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Werner Pittschau

Actor | * 03/24/1902 († 26, 10/28/1928) | Berlin (Germany)
Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and film actor of the silent film era. During the 1920s he was a leading man in 30 films with famous film partners (Asta Nielsen, Anny Ondra, Tamara Karsavina, Carmen Cartellieri, Dina Gralla, Mady Christians, Carla Bartheel etc.), but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26. Pittschau was the son of the German theater actor Ernst Pittschau sen. (1859–1916) and the Viennese theatre and film actress Hilde Hofer-Pittschau née Schützenhofer (1873–1961). His older half-brother was actor Ernst Pittschau (1883–1951). He began his career after short training in 1919 as an actor at the Deutsches Landestheater in Prague. He left Prague in 1924 to continue his career in Berlin, where he played in the Schiller- Theater. During this time, he started to work also in movies. Pittschau's film debut in 1924/25 was a leading role in the picture The Clever Fox (director: Conrad Wiene). He followed this 1925 with an appearance in Anne-Liese of Dessau with Maly Delschaft and Hanseatics with Tamara Karsavina. (Continuation see filmography below) On Sunday, 28 October 1928, Werner Pittschau and his girlfriend, dancer Wilma Harmening, were driving from Berlin to Mecklenburg when Harmeni... ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime
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Movies with Werner Pittschau as Actor(18)

as Graf Ferdinand Prokesch1929 Erzherzog Johann
as Oberleutnant Graf Boris Utomski1928 Die weiße Sonate
as Felix - Student1927 Tragedy of the Street
as Count Hohenstein - the Arch-Duke's A.D.C.1926 Der Balletterzherzog. Ein Wiener Spiel von Tanz und Liebe
as Willy Klauser1926 Der krasse Fuchs
as Leutnant Fritz von Gernsdorf1926 Der Stolz der Kompagnie
as Paul1926 Die Wiskottens
as Horst1925 People in Need

Full Name: Werner Pittschau
Born: Monday, 03/24 1902 (March) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Sunday, 10/28 1928 (October) in Gerdshagen (aged: 26)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: German (DE)
Siblings: Hermann Pittschau
Father: Ernst Pittschau
Mother: Hilde Hofer-Pittschau
Related to: Ernst Pittschau, Walther Pittschau
Werner Pittschau frequently works together with these people:
Maly Delschaft (4x, Actress)
Clementine Plessner (3x, Actress)
Max Neufeld (3x, Crew)
Hermann Picha (3x, Actor)
Zet Molas (3x, Crew)
Arthur Bergen (3x, Actor)
Claire Rommer (2x, Actress)
Hans Brausewetter (2x, Actor)
Ellen Kürti (2x, Actress)
Wilhelm Braun (2x, Crew)
Leo Heller (2x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:171120, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024