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Adolf Klein


1847 - 1931

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The actor Adolf Klein learnt his acting abilities at the conservatory in Vienna before he made his stage debut in Baden near Vienna in 1865. His works at the theater led him to different cities within Europe. Among others he was engaged at theaters in Bucharest Berlin, Leipzig, Vienna Hamburg, Moscow, Dresden and Lodz.
Besides his activity as an actor he also took over the management of the Deutsches Theater in Lodz.

Adolf Klein was already 69 years old when he entered the film business in 1916.
To his first movies belong "Gelöste Ketten" (16), "Das Tagebuch des Dr. Hart" (16), "Lulu" (17), "Der Weltspiegel" (18), "Veritas vincit" (19) and "Arme Thea" (19).

In the 20s followed numerous other engagements in front of the camera where he impersonated support roles in partially important movies.
To his well-known productions of those years belong "Anna Boleyn" (20), "Am Webstuhl der Zeit" (21), "Lady Hamilton" (21), "Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft" (21), "Fridericus Rex" (22), "Der brennende Acker" (22), "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22), "Phantom" (22), "Frauenmoral" (23), "Carlos und Elisabeth" (24), "Ein Sommernachtstraum" (25), "Bismarck, 1. Teil" (25) and "Wie einst im Mai" (26).

He remained active as an actor till to the old age. He appeared in his only sound film in 1931 for "1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand" (31). He died in the same year.

Adolf Klein was married with the actress Jenny Frauenthal.


Other movies with Adolf Klein (Actor):
Die Gräfin Heyers (16) Totenkopfreiter (17) Des Prokurators Tochter (17) Dem Licht entgegen (18) In Sachen Marc Renard (18) Die Dreizehn (18) Die Liebschaften der Käthe Keller (19) Die Pantherbraut (19) Keimendees Leben (19) Der Tänzer (19) Uriel Acosta (20) Die Maske des Todes (20) Frauen vom Gnadenstein (20) Die Stunde nach Mitternacht (20) Die Lieblingsfrau des Maharadscha, 3. Teil (21) Die drei Tanten (21) Das Geheimnis der Mumie (21) Die Amazone (21) Die Erbin von Tordis (21) Ilona (21) Staatsanwald Alexander oder Der Raubord in der Ziegelgasse Nr. 17 (21) Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo (21) Das schwarze Kuvert (22) Rivalen (23) Die Frau mit den Millionen (239 Der letzte Kampf (23) Judith (23) Weltspiegel (23) Die Magyarenfürstin (23) Frauen im Sumpf (24) Windstärke 9 (24) Die Stadt der Versuchung (25) Schatten der Weltstadt (25) Freies Volk (25) Der Schrecken der Westküste (25) Die tolle Herzogin (26) Das Lebenslied (26) Bismarck 1862-1898 (27)

Director:
Der Georgitaler (20)

 
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