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Alexander Binder


The well-known signature of Alexander Binder

1888 - 1929

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The photographer Alexander Binder was the most important German portrait photographer of movie stars of the silent movie era. He had nearly all important movie stars of his time in front of his camera, among others Emil Jannings, Ernst Lubitsch, Hans Albers, Greta Garbo, Willy Fritsch, Lilian Harvey, Leni Riefenstahl, Douglas Fairbanks and Lil Dagover.
 
Alexander Binder was born in Alexandria in 1888 and was presumably of Swiss origin. Later he studied engineering science without finishing it.
From 1908 he worked for the Munich Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Photographie where he learnt the ability of a photographer.
 
He took the plunge in 1913 into the freelance work and he founded his first own photo studio in Berlin. Two years later he moved at the Kurfürstendamm where he became the No. 1 address for portraiture. His photo studio was regarded as the biggest one in Europe in the 20s.
 
Already at an early stage of his career he portrayed silent movie stars. Many of his photographs were published by publishers like Photochemie and especially Ross which are still existing today as autograph cards in a huge number. The actor/actresses portraits made him famous internationally.
 
Besides his portrayal he also worked for advertisements and for the fashion trade.
 
Alexander Binder often marked his photos with his in white written signature "Binder" in the picture.
 
For the atelier Binder may have worked many photographers over the years and a lot of them learnt their trade at this studio.
 
Alexander Binder died surprisingly in 1929 at the age of only 40 years. He was on the height of his career.
 
His photo studio was continued by his wife Binder-Allemann, his two daughters and by Liesel von Stengel. Like Alexander Binder all were Jewish. In 1938 the National Socialists dispossessed them and Liesel von Stengel was deported to the KZ Theresienstadt. There she was able to survive the inhuman conditions as a Kapo - an attendant nominated from the prisoners. She died in Ascona/Switzerland in 1978. It is unknown what happened with the family Binder.
 
The photo studio survived but there are different information about the continuation. On the one hand they say that the photographer Hubs Floter took over the studio in 1938 - he was an employee of the studio since 1935 - and that after his conscription call his wife took over the function. On the other hand they say that the photographer Karl Ludwig Haenchen continued the photo studio in 1938.
 
During the years 1929 till 1938 (perhaps even longer) the pictures of the studio were still published with the signature of Alexander Binder although he did not shoot the pictures himself.
 
After World War II the photo studio Binder was taken over by the company Hasse und Wiese.


Gallery of movie portraits by Alexander Binder


Truus van Alten
1910 - 1999

Alfred Abel
1879 - 1937

Fritz Achterberg
1880 - 1971

Marcella Albani
1899 - 1959

Hans Albers
1891 - 1960

Luciano Albertini
1882 - 1945

Erna Alberty
? - ?

Bernd Aldor
1881 - 1950

Dorothea Albu
1903 - ?

Georg Alexander
1888 - 1945

Ferdinand von Alten
1885 - 1933

Edith d'Amara
? - ?

Irene Ambrus
1904 - 1990

Betty Amman
1907 - 1990
mit  Modekünstlerin
Mirowa

Lena Amsel
1898 - 1929

Fern Andra
1894 - 1974

Karl Armster
1883 - 1943

Valy Arnheim
1883 - 1950

Hansi Arnstaedt
1878 1945

Lu L'Arronge
? - ?

Nils Asther
1897 - 1981

Carl Auen
1892 - 1972

Margit Barnay
1896 - 1974

Leopold Bauer
? - ?

Theodor Becker
1880 - 1952

Carl Beckersachs
1881 - 1951

Olga von Belajeff
1900 - ?

Henry Bender
1867 - 1933

Anita Berber
1899 - 1928

Harry Berber
1886 - 1972

Siegfried Berisch
? - 1933

Else Berna
? - ?

Steffa Bernhard
1901 - ?

Paul Biensfeldt
1869 - 1933

Käthe Bill
? - ?

Teddy Bill
1900 - 1949

Sybille Binder
1895 - 1962

Lars Birbach
? - ?

Michael Bohnen
1887 - 1965

Ilse Bois
1896 - 1960

Carmen Boni
1904 - 1963

Ferdinand Bonn
1861 - 1933

Valery Boothby
1904 - 1982

Inge Borg
? - ?

Elfriede Borodin
1909 - 1993

Else Bötticher
1880 - 1966

Hans Brausewetter
1899 - 1945

Kurt Brenkendorf
1882 - ?

Gerd Briese
1897 - 1957

Elga Brink
1905 - 1985

Hanna Brinkmann
1895 - 1984

Louise Brooks
1906 - 1985

Rolf Brunner
? - ?

Gisa Bund
? - ?

Eugen Burg
1871 - 1944

Diana Carenne
1888 - 1940

Lizzi Castella
? - ?

Carmencita Chamira
? - ?

Nils Chrisander
1884 - 1947

Lillebil Christensen
1899 - 1989

Mady Christians
1896 - 1951

Rita Clermont
1894 - 1969

Maria Corda
1898 - 1976

Jonnie Cox
? - ?

Lil Dagover
1886 - 1980

Lily Damita
1904 - 1994

Gerhard Dammann
1883 - 1946

Betty Darmand
? - ?

Bruno Decarli
1877 - 1950

Maly Delschaft
1898 - 1995

Olga Desmond
1890 - 1964

Xenia Desni
1897 - 1962

Ernst Deutsch
1890 - 1969

Wilhelm Diegelmann
1861 - 1934

Wilhelm Dieterle
1893 - 1972

Marlene Dietrich
1901 - 1992

Barbara Dju
? - ?

Hugo Döblin
1876 - 1960

Fred Döderlein
1906 - 1985

Lucy Doraine
1898 - 1989

Anita Dorris
1903 - 1993

Käthe Dorsch
1890 - 1957

Blandine Ebinger
1899 - 1993

Ada van Ehlers
1899 - 1981

Richard Eichberg
1888 - 1952

Lilian Ellis
1907 - 1951

Mogens Enger
1894 - 1918

Agnes Esterhazy
1891 - 1956

Evi Eva
1899 - 1985

Karin Evans
1907 - 2004

Josef Ewald
? - ?

Douglas Fairbanks
1883 - 1939

Julius Falkenstein
1879 - 1933

Maria Fein
1892 - 1965

Cilly Feindt
1909 - 1999

Fritz Feld
1900 - 1993

Angelo Ferrari
1897 - 1945

Hugo Flink
1879 - 1947

Olaf Fjord
1897 - 1945

Lilli Flohr
1893 - 1978

Olaf Fönss
1882 - 1949

Heidi Ford
? - ?

Willi Forst
1903 - 1980

Ellen Frank
1904 - 1999

Olivia Fried
1911 - ?

Willy Fritsch
1901 - 1973

Gustav Fröhlich
1902 - 1987

Alphons Fryland
1888 - 1953

Elsie Fuller
1902 - ?

Wladimir Gaidarow
1893 - 1976

Greta Garbo
1905 - 1990

Viola Garden
1902 - 1993

Otto Gebühr
1877 - 1954

Cécile Gelers
? - ?

Vivian Gibson
1893 - 1981

Erika Glässner
1890 - 1959

Ingeborg Gleichen
? - ?

Curt Goetz
1888 - 1960

Bernhard Goetzke
1884 - 1964

Rolf von Goth
1906 - 1981

Dina Gralla
1905 - 1994

Cläre Grieger
? - ?

Sascha Gura
1896 - ?

Olga Gzowskaja
1883 - 1962

Käthe Haack
1897 - 1986

Dolly Haas
1910 - 1994

Liane Haid
1895 - 2000

Anneliese Halbe
1894 - 1986

Harry Halm
1902 - 1980

Max Hansen
1897 - 1961

Harry Hardt
1899 - 1980

Stella Harf
1890 - 1979

Hella Hartwig
? - ?

Lilian Harvey
1906 - 1968

Claire Hayn
? - ?

Alice Hechy
1893 - 1973

Grit Hegesa
1891 - 1972

Paul Heidemann
1884 - 1968

Edith Heinrich
? - ?

Brigitte Helm
1908 - 1996

Trude Hesterberg
1892 - 1967

Gertrud Hoffmann
? - ?

Ernst Hofmann
1890 - 1945

Loo Holl
? - ?

Dary Holm
1897 - 1960

Gerda Holmer
1904 - 1983

Reva Holsey
1911 - 1987

Evelyn Holt
1906 - 2001

Paul Hörbiger
1894 - 1981

Camilla Horn
1903 - 1996

Tatjana Irrah
? - ?

Emil Jannings
1884 - 1950

Victor Janson
1884 - 1960

Ria Jenda
1898 - ?

Babette Jenssen
1909 - ?

Mary Johnson
1896 - 1975

Jenny Jugo
1904 - 2001

Zinaida Jurjevskaja
1892 - 1925

Fritz Kampers
1891 - 1950

Dora Kasan
1900 - ?

Bruno Kastner
1890 - 1932

Mary Kid
1901 - 1988

Marga Kierska
? - ?

Lucy Kieselhausen
1897 - 1926

Herbert Kiper
1897 - 1978

Melitta Klefer
1893 - 1987

Eugen Klöpfer
1886 - 1950

Leopoldine Konstantin
1886 - 1965

Siri von Kora
? - ?

Werner Krauss
1884 - 1959

Mely Lagarst
? - ?

Harry Lamberts
1895 - 1928

Max Landa
1873 - 1933

Inge Landgut
1922 - 1986

Gilda Langer
1896 - 1920

Viggo Larsen
1880 - 1957

Max Laurence
1852 - 1926

Franz Lederer
1899 - 2000

Fred Louis Lerch
1902 - 1985

Lori Leux
1896 - 1964

Gritta Ley
1903 - ?

Lya Ley
1899 - 1992

Rose Liechtenstein
1887 - 1955

Harry Liedtke
1882 - 1945

Georgia Lind
1905 - 1984

Margo Lion
1899 - 1989

Lo Lolotte
? - ?

Theodor Loos
1883 - 1954

Ernst Lubitsch
1892 - 1947

Curt Lucas
1888 - 1960

Anny Lucas-Navarra
? - ?

Max Mack
1884 - 1973

Max Magnus
? - ?

Helena Makowska
1893 - 1964

Fee Malten
1911 - 2005

Lya Mara
1897 - 1960

Carmen Marah
? - ?

Fay Marbé
1899 - 1986

Oscar Marion
1896 - 1986

Mona Maris
1903 - 1991

Hilde Maroff
1904 - 1984

Ernst Matray
1891 - 1978

André Mattoni
1900 - 1985

Gerda Maurus
1903 - 1968

Eva May
1902 - 1924

Mia May
1884 - 1980

Ila Meery
1915 - 2010

Rudolf Meinert
1882 - 1943

Edith Meller
1897 - 1953

Hans Mierendorff
1882 - 1955

Marietta Millner
1894 - 1929

Alexander Moissi
1879 - 1935

Hella Moja
1890 - 1951

Trude von Molo
1906 - 1989

Phoebe Monard
? - ?

Beni Montano
? - ?

Dene Morel
1901 - 1928

Erna Morena
1885 - 1962

Paul Morgan
1886 - 1938

Grete Mosheim
1905 - 1986

Anna Müller-Lincke
1869 - 1935

Vony Myriame
? - ?

Käthe von Nagy
1904 - 1973

Pola Negri
1897 - 1987

Lotte Neumann
1896 - 1977

Alwin Neuss
1879 - 1935

Ellinor Niell
? - ?

Asta Nielsen
1881 - 1972

Aud Egede Nissen
1893 - 1974

Veronika Nitschmann
? - ?

Ralf Nordeck
? - ?

Ethel Orff
? - ?

Ressel Orla
1889 - 1931

Martha Orlanda
? - ?

Maria Orska
1893 - 1930

Berthe Ostyn
1906 - ?

Richard Oswald
1880 - 1963

Ossi Oswalda
1897 - 1947

Paul Otto
1878 - 1943

Anna von Palen
1875 - 1939

Max Pallenberg
1877 - 1934

Mizzi Parla
? - ?

Dita Parlo
1908 - 1971

Lee Parry
1901 - 1977

Reinhold Pasch
1883 - 1965

Maria Paudler
1903 - 1990

Albert Paulig
1873 - 1933

Herbert Paulmüller
1858 - 1939

Heinrich Peer
1867 - 1927

Agnes Petersen
1906 - 1973

Ivan Petrovich
1894 - 1962

Ellen Petz
1899 - 1970

Leo Peukert
1885 - 1944

Lupu Pick
1886 - 1931

Mary Pickford
1892 - 1979

Harry Piel
1892 - 1963

Elisabeth Pinajeff
1900 - 1995

Werner Pittschau
1902 - 1928

Anton Pointner
1890 - 1949

Rosa Porten
1884 - 1972

Elizza la Porta
1902 - 1997

Edith Posca
1892 - 1931

Lya de Putti
1897 - 1931

Hanna Ralph
1888 - 1978

Ernst Reicher
1885 - 1936

Grete Reinwald
1902 - 1983

Ellen Richter
1891 - 1969

Eva Richter
? - ?

Arnold Rieck
1876 - 1924

Leni Riefenstahl
1902 - 2003

Johannes Riemann
1888 - 1959

Walter Rilla
1894 - 1980

Ita Rina
1907 - 1979

Lily Rodien
? - ?

Claire Rommer
1904 - 1996

Else Roscher
? - ?

Lore Rückert
? - ?

Heinz Rühmann
1902 - 1994

Rita Sacchetto
1880 - 1959

Thea Sandten
1884 - 1943

Fritzi Schadl
1905 - 1975

Ina Schätz
? - ?

Joseph Schildkraut
1896 - 1964

Vera Schmiterlöw
1904 - 1987

Robert Scholz
1886 - 1927

Heinrich Schroth
1871 - 1945

Reinhold Schünzel
1888 - 1954

Friedrich Schütze
1891 - 1968

Guido Schützendorff
? - ?

Grete Sellin
? - ?

Dagny Servaes
1894 - 1961

Kissa von Sievers
1889 - ?

Ferry Sikla
1865 - 1932

Walter Slezak
1902 - 1983

Sybil Smolowa
1900 - ?

Vladimir Sokoloff
1889 - 1962

Maria Solveg
1907 - 1993

Emmy Sonnemann
1893 - 1973

Senta Söneland
1882 - 1934

Eva Speyer
1883 - 1932

Marianne Stanior
1910 - 1967

Anna Sten
1908 - 1993

Klaus Sternheim
1908 - 1946

Magnus Stifter
1878 - 1943

Ilse Stobrawa
1908 - 1987

Olaf Storm
1894 - 1931

Henry Stuart
1885 - 1942

Hans Stüwe
1901 - 1976

Lu Synd
1886 - 1978

Szöke Szakall
1883 - 1955

Rita Tanagra
? - ?

Elza Temary
1905 - 1968

Mechthildis Thein
1888 - 1959

Erna Thiele
1895 - ?

Carola Toelle
1892 - 1958

Christa Tordy
1904 - 1945

Anni Törsz
? - ?

Ludwig Trautmann
1885 - 1957

Luis Trenker
1892 - 1990

Wanda Treumann
1889 - ?

Olga Tschechowa
1897 - 1980

Manja Tzatschewa
? - ?

Rosa Valetti
1876 - 1937

Nina Vanna
1899 - 1953

Conrad Veidt
1893 - 1943

Rose Veldtkirch
1891 - 1971

Ernst Verebes
1902 - 1971

Hedda Vernon
1886 - ?

Susi Vernon
1901 - 1997

Carl de Vogt
1885 - 1970

Vera Voronina
1905 - ?

Hanna Waag
1904 - 1995

Steffi Walidt
? - ?

Walter-Wolff
? - ?

Hertha von Walther
1903 - 1987

Gustav v. Wangenheim
1895 - 1975

Aruth Wartan
1880 - 1945

Hans Wassmann
1873 - 1932

Hanni Weisse
1892 - 1967

Grete Weixler
? - ?

Gertrude Welcker
1896 - 1988

Molly Wessely
? - ?

Paul Westermeier
1892 - 1972

Maria Widal
? - ?

Mathias Wieman
1902 - 1969

Marianne Winkelstern
1910 - 1966

Eduard v. Winterstein
1871 - 1961

Hermann Wlach
1884 - 1962

Arete Woltze
? - ?

Hilde Wörner
1894 - 1963

Emmy Wyda
1876 - 1942

Friedrich Zelnik
1885 - 1950

Bruno Ziener
1870 - 1941

Manny Ziener
1887 - 1972

Mira
Hörmann-Richter
? - ?

Charlotte Freyer
? - ?


Edith Hamann
? - ?


Cordy Millowitsch
1890-1977

Erich Pommer
Producer
1889-1966

Ludwig Kainer
1885-1967
Art Director

Paul Graetz
1889-1937

Helena Makowska
1893-1964

Emmy Denner

Maria Elsner
1905 - 1983


Special serial "Stars with Cars"


Lee Parry
1901 - 1977

Harry Piel
1892 - 1963

Lya de Putti
1897 - 1931

Paul Heidemann
1884 - 1968

Johannes Riemann
1888 - 1959

Hanni Weisse 1892 - 1967 und 
Curt Bois 1901 - 1991

Maria Corda 1898 - 1976, Georg Alexander
1888 - 1945 und Lya de Putti 1897 - 1931

Maly Delschaft 1898 - 1995 und
Leo Peukert  1885 - 1944

Car with Ernst
Hofmann, Margot
Landa, Irene Ambrus
und Truus van Aalten

Adler Coupé with
Morell, Walter
Slezak, Vera von
Schmitterlöw, Oskar
Marion, Hertha von
Walther

Car with Norma Shearer,
Elisabeth Pinajeff und
Ruth Rickelt

Galery of miscellaneous portraits by Alexander Binder

Albert Speer
Architect
1905 - 1981

Hans Poelzig
Architect
1869 - 1936

Erich Ludendorff
General
1865 - 1937

Paul Löbe
Politician
1875 - 1967

Ernst Müller-Meiningen
Politician, Jurist
1866 - 1944

Gustav Stresemann
Politician
1878 - 1929

Bobby E. Lüthge
Screen Writer
1891 - 1964

Edith von Coler
Writer
1895 - 1949

Marianne Mosner
1912 - 1988
und
Charlotte Roman
? - ?
Cabaret artists

Genia Radow
Stage artist
? - ?

Erich Engel
Movie Director
1891 - 1966

Lotte Eckener
Photographer
1906 - 1995

G. H. Emmerich
Gründer Fotoschule
1870 - 1923

Manfred v. Brauchitsch
Race Driver

1905 - 2003

Bruno Loerzer
Fighter Pilot
1891 - 1960

Frank Arnau
Writer
1894 - 1976

Hedwig Courth-Mahler
Writer
1867 - 1950

Cäsar Flaischlen
Lyricist
1864 - 1920

Bruno Frank mit Frau
Writer
1887 - 1945

Artur Landsberger
Writer
1876 - 1933

Friedrich Werner
von Oesteren
Writer
1874 - 1953

Luigi Pirandello
Writer
1867 - 1936

Rudolf Presber
Writer
1868 - 1935

Annemarie
Schwarzenbach
Writer
1908 - 1942

Carl Zuckmayer
Writer
1896 - 1977

Marianne Alfermann
Singer
1891 - 1954

Elisabeth Blatzheim
Singer
? - ?

Elisabeth van Endert
Singer
1876 - 1956

Edwin Heyer
Singer
1885 - 1966

Grace Holst
Singer
1892 - 1975

Karl Gentner
Opera
Singer
1876 - 1922

Elfriede Marherr
Singer
1888 - 1973

Konstanze Nettesheim
Singer
1900 - 1965

Beate Roos-Reuter
Singer
1899 - 1994

Mafalda Salvatini
Singer
1886 - 1971

Josef Schwarz
Singer
1880 - 1926

Claire Waldoff
Singer
1884 - 1957

Hermann Wehling
Singer
? - ?

Emmy Zimmermann
Singer
1878 - 1954

Friedrich Holländer
Composer
1896 - 1976

Richard Strauss
Composer
1864 - 1949

Wilhelm Furtwängler
Conductor
1886 - 1954

Erich Kleiber
Conductor
1890 - 1956

Felix von Weingartner
Conductor
1863 - 1942

Dajos Béla
Violinist
1897 - 1978

Harriet Cohen
Pianist
1895 - 1967

Heinrich Jolles
Pianist
1902 - 1965

Tatjana Barbakoff
Dancer
1899 - 1944

Baby Cornay
Dancer
? - ?

Isadora Duncan
Dancer
1877 - 1927
Sergei Yesenin
Lyricist
1895 - 1925

Little Esther
Dancer
1915 - ?

Yvonne Georgi
Dancer
1903 - 1975

Gina und Roberts
Dancing Duo
? - ?

Tamara Karsawina
Dancer
1885 - 1978

Rudolf Kölling
Dancer
1904 - 1970

Riccardo de Luca
Dancer
1904 - 1970

Ruth Marcus
Dancer
1909 - 1990

Maja Mat
Dancer
? - ?

Cat Nemo
Dancer
? - ?

Tatjana
Schimanowskaja
Dancer
? - ?

Irma Westphal
Dancer
? - ?

Yvette und Roberts
Dancing Duo
? - ?

Paul Simmel
Painter
1887 - 1933

Elisabeth Rodzin
Miss Germany 1928
? - ?

Edith Andreae
Salonnière
1883 - 1952

Esther Glück
? - ?

Gerti Reimann
? - ?

Elfriede Elisabeth
Köhler
Wife and Muse of
Rudolf Schlichter
1902 - 1975

Sascha Teit
Fashion Designer
? - ?

Hilde Zimmermann
Modell
? - ?

Gertrud Hoffmann
Wife of Karl
Freund
? - ?

Ilse
Domgraf-Fassbaender
Berliner Society
? - ?

Lillyclaire von Gontard
Berliner 
Society
? - ?

Marie-Louise und
Regine von Graffenried
Swiss
Society
? - ?

Wilhelmine von
Preussen
? - ?

Käthe Boddien
? - ?

Njura Noskaja
? - ?

Nele
? - ?

Gerda Rademacher
? - ?

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Alexandra de Vaux
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Lieselotte Boll
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Liselotte Semera
Model

Stephani von
Huneralsky
Model

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Cerina Kirchhofer
Model

Steffi Bischoff
Model

Inge
Model

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Models

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Hans Redding
Motorist

Asch Wednesday with
Maria Paudler, Agnes
von Esterhazy, Harry
Liedtke und Ernst
Verebes

Car

Car "Adler"

Boat

Boat

Roses

Spätsommertag

Paris

Dog

Margret
Pfahl-Wallerstein
1897-1950
Sängerin

Margrete von Kluck
? - ?

Paula Schwarz
Modell

Kronprinz Wilhelm

Neugebauer auf N.A.G.

Baronin Veronika von
Goldschmidt -
Rothschild
1902-1965

Marie - The Morél
Theaterschauspielerin
? - ?

Irene Palasty
Sängerin
1898 - 1985

Ruth Patzschke
Sängerin
? - ?
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