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Walter Franck

1896 - 1961

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The actor Walter Franck began his acting career at the beginning of the 20's. The German theater was in a state of stagnation, new impulses only came from independant groups of young actors.

Many of these young actors played unpaid in new plays at the "Junge Bühne" and looked for new forms of expressions. To these actors belonged Walter Franck too. He had a great success as "Grand" in the play "Anarchie in Sillian" (24) and was praised by the critics.

With this success Walter Franck came to the Renaissance-Theater where he acted successfully in the next years.

He made his film debut in 1926 with "Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines" (26). But only from the 30's to the 40's he appeared regularly in movies.
To his well-known productions belong "Der Herr der Welt" (34), "Der Kaiser von Kalifornien" (36), "Togger" (37), "Der Berg ruft!" (38), "Kautschuk" (38), "Alarm auf Station III" (39), "Friedrich Schiller" (40) and "Bismarck" (40).

After the war he went back to the Renaissance-Theater again where he continued his career. Plays like "Die schmutzigen Hände" by Jean-Paul Sartre demonstrated his acting ability.

In the post-war film he only appeared seldom in movies. To his last works belong "Der Bagnosträfling" (49), "Der Fall Rabanser" (50) and "Wenn abends die Heide träumt" (52).
 

Other movies with Walter Franck:
Die Insel (34) Der stählerne Strahl (35) Eskapade (36) Stärker als Paragraphen (36) Starke Herzen (37) Heimweh (37) Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (37) Grossalaram (38) Der Fall Deruga (38) Der Gouverneur (39) Die Rothschilds (40) Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti (40) Das Fräulein von Barnhelm (40) Liebesgeschichten (43) Die Jahre vergehen (44) Die Lüge (50) Der Fall Molander (45) Blockierte Signale (48) 0 Uhr 15, Zimmer 9 (50) Die tödlichen Träume (50) K - Das Haus des Schweigens (51) Ferientage - einmal anders (52)


 
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