HOME INDEX
GERMAN MOVIE
THE GERMAN
MOVIE
MAIL English Version

 

Karl Dannemann


1896 - 1945

.
.
The actor Karl Dannemann worked as a decoration painter in the first place, later he studied art in Berlin and Munich.

After World War I he was working as an actors for the first time at different stages before he devoted again to the pictoral arts.
He soon was successful as an artist and got several commissions for creating walls of public buildings. Beside it he also painted portraits but also stage sets for theater productions. His paintings distinguished with late impressionistic. 
From 1933 he avoided showing his works in public exhibitions because his paintings didn't come up with the standard of the artistic assessment of the National Socialists.

Karl Dannemann launched a successful film career from 1934 which he continued till his death.
To his well-known movies of the 30's belong "Schwarzer Jäger Johanna" (34), "Einer zuviel an Bord" (35), "Ein idealer Gatte" (35), "Arzt aus Leidenschaft" (36), "Tango Notturno" (37), "Wasser für Canitoga" (39) and "Alarm auf Station III" (39).

He also impersonated support roles during World War II and took part in popular productions.
To his last movies belong "Stern von Rio" (40), "Bismarck" (40), "Carl Peters" (41), "Ich klage an" (41), "Das Mädchen von Fanö" (41), "Die Entlassung" (42), "Titanic" (43), "Die goldene Spinne" (43) and "Zwischen Herz und Gewissen" (45).

Karl Dannemann committed suicide in Berlin in 1945 in order to avoid an arrest by the Sowjet army.
 

Other movies with Karl Dannemann:
Eine Siebzehnjährige (34) Oberwachtmeister Schwenke (34) Krach um Jolanthe (34) Ich für dich, du für mich (34) Das Mädchen Johanna (35) Der höhere Befehl (35) Stützen der Gesellschaft (35) Ein Mädel aus guter Familie (35) Es geht um mein Leben (36) Der Weg nach Shanghai (36) Der Katzensteg (37) Mit versiegelter Order (37) Der Spieler (38) Abenteuer in Marokko (38) Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone (38) Die fremde Frau (39) Die Pfingstorgel (39) Das Lied der Wüste (39) Der Fuchs von Glenarvon (40) Achtung! Feind hört mit! (40) Herz geht vor Anker (40) Für die Katz' (40) Bismarck (40) Blutsbrüderschaft (41) Kopf hoch, Johannes (41) Mein Leben für Irland (41) Hochzeit auf dem Bärenhof (42) Rembrandt (42) Der grosse Schatten (42) Die unheimliche Wandlung des Axel Roscher (43) Gefährtin meines Sommers (43) Ein schöner Tag (44) Junge Adler (44) Die Affäre Rödern (44) Das kleine Hofkonzert (44) Das war mein Leben (44) Eines Tages (44) Das fremde Leben (45) Der Scheiterhaufen (45) Die Schenke zur ewigen Liebe (45)


 
Back