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| Friedrich Gnass
1892 - 1958 |
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. The actor Friedrich Gnass finished an education as a metalworker before he earned his first money as a miner, sailor and builder. He dedicated to the acting very late and he was already over 30 years old when he got his first acting lessons. Afterwards followed engagements at theaters in Hamburg and Beuthen before he moved to Berlin where he became established as a stage actor. In Berlin he also joined the film business and he impersonated first roles in the movies "Jenseits der Strasse" (29) and "Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück" (29). The 30s offered him nuermous support roles in often popular movies. To his well-known productions belong "Danton" (31), "Fra Diavolo" (31), "M" (31), "Luise, Königin von Preussen" (31), "Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen" (32), "Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht" (32), "F.P.1 antwortet nicht" (32), "Flüchtlinge" (33), "Henker, Frauen und Soldaten" (35), "Capriccio" (38), "Sergeant Berry" (38) and "Legion Condor" (39). Friedrich Gnass already attracted attention by negative statements against the Hitler regime and he was even condemned to prison in 1936. Still he was able to work again in movies time and again after his release. But during World War II he did not get any engagements in movies. He was able to continue his film career after the war and he impersonated again numerous grateful roles in movies like "Wozzeck" (47), "Der Biberpelz" (49), "Unser täglich Brot" (49), "Familie Benthin" (50), "Der Untertan" (51), "Frauenschicksale" (52), "Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck" (53), "Spur in die Nacht" (57), "Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti" (57) and "Madeleine und der Legionär" (58). Other movies with Friedrich Gnass: Revolte im Erziehungshaus (30) Troika (30) Kameradschaft (31) Razzia in St. Pauli (32) Morgenrot (33) Der Stern von Valencia (33) Achtung! Wer kennt diese Frau? (34) Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen (34) Blutsbrüder (35) Hundert Tage (35) Fahrendes Volk (38) Geheimzeichen LB 17 (38) Nordlicht (38) Kautschuk (38) Pour le Mérite (38) Aufruhr in Damaskus (39) Abgrund (48) Die Buntkarierten (49) Angst (49) Roman einer jungen Ehe (52) Das verurteilte Dorf (52) Schatten über den Inseln (52) Anna Susanna (53) Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar (53) Hirse für die Achte (54) Leuchtfeuer (54) Das Stacheltier – Eine Bären Geschichte (54) Wer seine Frau lieb hat (55) Das Stacheltier – Letztes Fach unten rechts (55) Einmal ist keinmal (55) Das Stacheltier – Das Gold in der Ackerstrasse (56) Speilbank-Affäre (57) Katzgraben (57) Der Fackelträger (57) Gejagt bis zum Morgen (57) Die Schönste (57) |
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