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| Kurt Lilien
1882 - 1943 |
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. The actor Kurt Lilien was born as Kurt Lilienthal in Berlin. He began his stage career at the "Intimes Theater" in Berlin in 1902, it soon followed appearances on stages in different German cities. When he came to Hamburg in 1908 he remained active at the Carl-Schultze-Theater for the next twelve years. Finally he returned to Berlin where he not only appeared in stage plays but also in numerous revues and operettas. There he joined the film business and in the next years he impersonated roles in the silent movies "Erdgift" (19), "Harry Hill, der Herr der Welt" (23), "Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod" (25), "Eine tolle Nacht" (27) and "Die schönsten Beine von Berlin" (27). He became a demanded support actor in the sound film era of the 30s. To these productions belong "Hokuspokus" (30), "Nur Du" (30), "Grock" (31), "Fra Diavolo" (31), "Der verjüngte Adolar" (31), "Bobby geht los" (31), "Jonny stiehlt Europa" (32), "Strafsache van Geldern" (32), "Der Diamant des Zaren" (32), "Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe" (33) and "Gruss und Kuss - Veronika" (33). As a Jew he was no longer able to work in Germany from 1933 and his artistic career came to an end. He fled to Holland where he was able to work on stages again for a brief time but when the German Wehrmacht invaded Holland the fate of Kurt Lilien was sealed. They arrested him and he was brought to Westerbork in 1940. Afterwards they deported him to Sobibor in 1943 where he was killed in a gas chamber. Other movies with Kurt Lilien: Wenn der junge Kaktus blüht (20) Maciste e la figlia del re dell'argento (22) Lumpenball (30) Die zärtlichen Verwandten (30) Bockbierfest (30) Dolly macht Karriere (30) Flachsmann als Erzhieher (30) Susanne macht Ordnung (30) Kopfüber ins Glück (31) Jede Frau hat etwas (31) Gefahren der Liebe (31) Wenn die Soldaten... (31) Das Geheimnis der roten Katze (31) Mein Herz sehnt sich nach Liebe (31) Sie schwebende Jungfrau (31) Der Herr Finanzdirektor (31) Wochenend im Paradies (31) Ich bleib bei Dir (31) Einer Frau muss man alles verzeih'n (31) Mein Leopold (31) Fasse dich kurz (32) Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag (32) Skandal in der Parkstrasse (32) Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz (32) Drei von der Kavallerie (32) Liebe, Scherz und Ernst (32) Das Testament des Cornelius Gulden (32) Baby (32) ...und wer küsst mich? (33) Was Frauen träumen (33) Die Nacht im Forsthaus (33) Was gibt's Neues heut? (33) Hugos Nachtarbeit (33) |
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