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Rosa Valetti


Foto: Alexander Binder (1888-1929)

1876 - 1937

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The actress Rosa Valetti was born as Rosa Vallentin. She not only belonged to the popular support actresses of the German silent film but also belonged to the crème de la crème of German cabaret artists.

She began her career at the theater where she first worked in Berlin and later in Paris, Bruxelles and Vienna.
But he celebrated her greatest successes on stages in Berlin where she not only worked as an actress but also as a director. Her biggest triumph at the theater was the première of "Die Dreigroschenoper" in 1928. Via Kurt Tucholsky she came in contact with the cabaret where she first appeared at the cabaret "Schall und Rauch" and later at the cabarets "Café Grössenwahn", "Die Rampe" and "Comedia Valetti" which were founded by herself.

She also joined the film business very soon and she took part in the movies "Madame Potiphar" (11) and "Die Ballhaus-Anna" (11).
In the next years she appeared in other productions like "Das Laster" (15), "Rosa kann alles" (16), "Die lachende Maske" (18), "Othello" (18), "Seelenverkäufer" (19) and "Die Geächteten" (19).

The height of her film career followed in the 20s where she also took part in many important productions.
To these well-known movies belong "Das Mädchen aus der Ackerstrasse" (20), "Kurfürstendamm" (20), "Weltbrand" (20), "Hannerl und ihre Liebhaber" (21), "Der Graf von Essex" (22), "Herr Tartüff" (25), "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" (26), "Die Waise von Lowood" (26), "Dr. Bessels Verwandlung" (27), "Spione" (28) and "Asphalt" (29).

In the sound film era of the 30s she impersonated again support roles in some important movies, first of all "Der blaue Engel" (30) and "M" (31).
Other works of those years are "Das Ekel" (31), "Der Raub der Mona Lisa" (31), "Ehe mit beschränkter Haftung" (31), "Die Tänzerin von Sans Souci" (32) and "Liliom" (34).

Afterwards she could no longer work in Germany because of her Jewish roots. She went to Austria and in 1936 to Palestine. She never appeared again in a movie.

Her brother was the well-known actor Hermann Vallentin. She was married with the actor Ludwig Roth, her daughter Lisl Valetti became an actress too.  


Other movies with Rosa Valetti:
Wollen Sie meine Tochter heiraten? (14) Kleine weisse Sklaven (14) Spiel im Spiel (16) Rosa als Strassensängerin (16) Die Gräfin Heyers (16) Nicht lange täuschte mich das Glück (17) Schwiegermutter (18) Wanderratten (18) Die Menschen, die nennen es Liebe (19) Hang Lu (19) Der blasse Albert (19) Verlorene Töchter (20) Der gelbe Tod (20) Die Tänzerin Barberina (20) Moral (20) Anständige Frauen (20) Die Schuld der Lavinia Morland (20) Narrentanz der Liebe (20) Steuermann Holk (20) Die entfesselte Menschheit (20) Die glühende Kammer (20) Die rote Katze (20) Der fliegende Tod (20) Der Dummkopf (21) Das Haus zum Mond (21) Die drei Tanten (21) Das Gewissen der Welt (21) Madeleine (21) Der ewige Fluch (21) Die im Schatten gehen (21) Der Strom (22) Die Schneiderkomtess (22) Gespenster (22) Steuerlos (24) Zwischen Morgen und Morgen (24) Das goldene Kalb (25) Heiratsschwindler (25) Die Blumenfrau vom Potsdamer Platz (25) Die Feuertänzerin (25) Die Prinzessin und der Geiger (25) O alte Burschenherrlichkeit (25) Die Frau ohne Geld (25) Die Moral der Gasse (25) Die da unten (26) Das Gasthaus zur Ehe (26) Fünf-Uhr-Tee in der Ackerstrasse (26) Schatz, mach'Kasse (26) Wie heirate ich meinen Chef? (27) Üb' immer Treu' und Redlichkeit (27) La storia di una piccola Parigina (28) Herkules Maier (28) Gaunerliebchen (28) Das brennende Herz (29) Der Held aller Mädchenträume (29) Täter gesucht (31) Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (31) Die Abenteurerin von Tunis (31) Ausflug ins Leben (31) Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag (32) Skandal in der Parkstrasse (32) ie unsichtbare Front (33) Moral und Liebe (33)

Director:
Der Verlorene Sohn (1918) 

 
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