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Jaro Fürth


Foto: Ludwig Gutmann (1869-1943)

1871 - 1945

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The actor Jaro Fürth was born as Edwin Fürth-Jaro in Prague. He got acting lessons by Alexander Römpler, afterwards followed first theater engagements in Scandinavia.
He went to Austria in 1905 where he got an engagement at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna.

When he moved to Germany in 1920 he not only experienced the height of his theater career but also became a demanded movie actor. During his career he appeared in some of the most important silent movies and he had partners of worldwide renown at his side.

Under the direction of the great Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau he played in his movies "Der Januskopf" (20) and "Satanas" (20), after that followed movies like "Das Blut der Ahnen" (20), "Der falsche Dimitry" (22) and "I.N.R.I." (23)..

The height of his career formed the movie "Die freudlose Gasse" (25) where he acted at Asta Nielsen's side - the greatest star of the 10's - and at Greta Garbo's side - the greatest star of the 20's and 30's. 

Other movies with Jaro Fürth are "Dr. Bessels Verwandlung" (27), "Somnambule" (29), "Der Hund von Baskerville" (29), "Fräulein Else" (29), "Va Banque" (30) and "Sonnenstrahl" (33).

His career came to an end when the National Socialists seized the power. Jaro Fürth left Germany and went back to Austria. But the political situation caught him up soon. It followed the deportation to Theresienstadt in 1942. He survived the KZ but was only able to rejoice in the freedem for few months. In November 1945 he died in Vienna. 
 

Other movies with Jaro Fürth:
Va Banque (12) Opfer (19) 10 Milloiarden Volt (20) Die Kronjuwelen des Herzogs von Rochester (20) Seelen im Sturm (20) Das Geld auf der Strasse (21) Ein Erpessertrick (21) Der Eisenbahnkönig (21) Die Diktatur der Liebe (21) Es waren zwei Königskinder... (21) Zwei Welten (22) Bohème (23) Seine Frau, die Unbekannte (23) Die Perücke (24) Der Roman eines Pferdes/Arabella (24) Ballettratten (25) Der Mann aus dem Jenseits (25) Die Todgeweihten (25) Die Dame aus Berlin (25) Tragödie (25) Hinter den Kulissen der Reichspost (25) Die rote Maus (25) Insel der Träume (25) Komödianten (25) Wien - Berlin (26) Die Brüder Schellenberg (26) Spitzen (26) Achtung Harry! Augen auf! (26) Die elf Schill'schen Offiziere (26) Überflüssige Menschen (26) Liebe (26) Mitgiftjäger (26) Die Unehelichen (26) Die Waise von Lowood (26) Der alte Fritz (27) Der Anwalt des Herzens (27) Die Dollarpinzessin und ihre sechs Freier (27) Faschingszauber (27) Die indiskrete Frau (27) Liebelei (27) Primanerliebe (27) Man steigt nach (27) Zwei unterm Himmelszelt (27) Der Sieg der Jugend (27) Kindertragödie (27) Versiegelte Lippen (27) Der Schöpfer (28) Die Dame und ihr Chauffeur (28) Panik (28) Die fidele Herrenpartie (29) Die Halbwüchsigen (29) Jugendtragödie (29) Spielereien einer Kaiserin (29) Zwischen vierzehn und siebzehn (29) Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen (29) Napoleon auf St. Helena (29) Mutterliebe (29) Der Erzieher meiner Tochter (29) Die Frau, die jeder liebt, bist Du! (29) Dich hab ich geliebt (29) Polizeispionin 77 (29) Das Schicksal der Renate Langen (30) Der unsterbliche Lump (30) Die Schikosbaroness (30) Das gelbe Haus des King-Fu (31) Männer um Lucie (31) Die Fledermaus (31) Träumender Mund (32) Unsichtbare Gegner (33)


 
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