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Lorenz Bätz
1889 - 1926 |
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. The director Lorenz Bätz (also Leo Bätz) first studied acting before he made his stage debut in 1906. In the next years followed engagements in Jena, Colmar and Berlin. He joined the film business at the end of the 10s where he realised numerous movies as a director within few years. To his first movie as a director belong "Der Wilderer" (18), "Papa Krause" (18), "Die andere Welt" (19), "Krause als Detektiv" (19), "Die Rächerin" (19) and "Weib gegen Weib" (19). He shot his last movies as a director at the beginning of the 20s. To these productions belong "Der Kampf unter dem Meeresspiegel" (20), "Der Flüchtling von Sing-Sing" (20), "Praschnas Geheimnis" (22), "Harry Hill, der Herr der Welt" (23) and "Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod" (25). His film career ended at the age of 37 with his premature death in 1926. Other movies from Lorenz Bätz: Die graue Macht (23) Arabella (24) Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (25) Der Sohn der Hagar (27) Grossstadtschmetterling (29) |
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