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The actor Ferdinand Bonn was a distinguished theater director who wrote
among others the stage plays "Sherlock Holmes" (06) and "Der Hund von Baskerville".
First he studied jurisprudence but he abandoned and he turned to the
acting. After successful acting lessons he made his stage debut in 1885
with the role of "Derwisch" in the play "Nathan der Weise".
In the next decades he had successful appearances at different theaters,
and in 1905 he founded his own theater in Berlin called "Ferdinand Bonns
Berliner Theater", which was specialised in dramatic plays beside the plays
concerning Sherlock Holmes, mentioned at the beginning.
He made his film debut in 1913 with "Ludwig II von Bayern" (13) with
which he launched a second productive career.
In the next years he took part in well-known silent movies like "Svengali"
(14), "Der Katzensteg" (15), "Robert und Bertram" (15) - where he acted
at the then unknown Ernst Lubitsch's side and competed for the gags, "Hoffmanns
Erzählungen" (16), "Graf Michael" (18) and "Manon Lescaut" (19).
Beside it he impersonated the famous detective Sherlock Holmes in five
movies.
As a respected actor of the Burgtheater he got further engagements for
silent movies. Until shortly his dead he took part in movies like "Die
Schuldigen" (22), "Der Fluch" (25), "Im weissen Rössl" (26), "Dr.
Bessels Verwandlung" (27), "Verirrte Jugend" (29), "Dreyfus" (30) and "Friederike"
(32).
In 1959 was the Bonnweg inaugurated in Vienna in memory of the great
actor.
Other movies with Ferdinand Bonn:
Nur ein Lächeln (13) Späte
Reue (13) Die reiche Erbin (14) Die Hornviper (14) Die Geschichte der stillen
Mühle (14) Lache Bajazzo (14) Hampels Abenteuer (15) Der Spion (16)
Professor Erichsons Rivale (16) Der Erbe von 'Het Steen' (16) Dolly's Bekehrung
(16) Sturmflut/Ihr Sohn (17) Don Juans letztes Abenteuer (18) Der Verräter
(18) Das Schicksal der Renate Jongk (18) Die Giftplombe (18) Farmer Borchardt
(18) Um die Liebe des Dompteurs (18) Was er im Spiegel sah (18) Die goldene
Mumie (18) Die Prostitution (19) Das Werkzeug des Cosimo (19) Der neue
Herr Generaldirektor (19) Die Mexikanerin (19) Kaiser Wilhelms Glück
und Ende (19) Leichtsinn und Lebewelt (19) Ludwig II, König von Bayern
(19) Echte Perlen (19) Hölle der Jungfrauen (19) Menschen in Ketten
(19) Die rätselhafte Sphinx (19) Die Madonna mit den Lilien (19) Der
Gürtel der Basthi (19) Salome (20) Martin Schalanters letzter Gang
(20) Das vierte Gebot (20) Die Geheimnisse von London (20) Das Judenmädel
(21) Die Sklavenkönigin (24) Lumpen und Seide (25) Der Bankkrach unter
den Linden (25) Als ich wiederkam (26) Die Frau in Gold (26) Der goldene
Schmetterling (26) Eine tolle Nacht (26) Der falsche Prinz (27) Da hält
die Welt den Atem an (27) Gustav Mond...Du gehtst so stille (27) Üb'
immer Treu und Redlichkeit (27) Der Zigeunerbaron (27) Heut' spielt der
Strauss/Der Walzerkönig (28) Rasputins Liebesabenteuer (28) Die Frau
im Talar (29) Donauwalzer (30) Nur Du (30) Die grosse Sehnsucht (30) Solang'
noch ein Walzer von Strauss erklingt (31) Im Geheimdienst (31) |
