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Lupu
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1886 - 1931 |
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. The actor Lupu Pick showed first interests to the theater in his childhood which he underpinned later in a layman group. After an acting education he was engaged tot the Schillertheater Altona in 1909, it followed other stages which led him to Berlin. Although he even wasn't 30 years old he normally impersonated old people whicht he masterly knew how to play. He already made his film debut in 1910 with "Japanisches Opfer" (10),
and from 1915 Lupu Pick appeared regularly in movies, especially the director
Richard
Oswald relied on his service.
Other popular productions in the 10's were "Schlemihl" (15), "Hoffmanns Erzählungen" (16), "Das unheimliche Haus" (16), "Nächte des Grauens" (16), "Es werde Licht!" (17), "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" (17), "Die Pagode" (17) and "Maria Magdalena" (18). Lupu Pick was a co-founder of the Rex-Film GmbH in 1918 and from now on he acted often as a director, writer and producer. He put his acting activies into to background and appeared only sporadically in front of the camera. Lupu Pick realised movies like "Herr über Leben und Tod" (19), "Tötet nicht mehr!" (19), "Der Dummkopf" (20), "Scherben" (21), "Sylvester" (23), "Das Panzergewölbe" (26) and "Napoleon auf St. Helena" (29) as a director. In 1931 he shot his only sound film as a director with the title "Gassenhauer" (31). In the late 20's he took part as an actor in movies like "Die letzte Droschke von Berlin" (26), "Der Feldherrnhügel" (26) and Fritz Lang's "Spione" (28). When Lupu Pick unexpected died because of a gastric complaint in 1931
an impressive career came to an end. His wife, the actress Edith Posca,
committed suicide four months after Lupu Pick's death.
Other movies with Lupu Pick:Auf der Alm, da gibt's ka Sünd (15) Satan Opium (15) Die grüne Phiole (16) Seine letzte Maske (16) Die Rache der Toten (16) Freitag, der 13. (16) Der chinesische Götze (16) Der Fall Routt (16) Aus Liebe gefehlt (17) Der Fall Dombronowska (17) Des Goldes Fluch/Schatten der Vergangenheit (17) Das Geschäft (17) Frank Hansens Glück (17) Der Schlossherr von Hohenstein (17) Die Fremde (17) Die Claudi vom Geiserhof (17) Das Geheimnis der Briefmarke (17) Höhenluft (17) Die zweite Frau (17) Edelweiss (17) Das Opfer der Yella Rogesious (17) Lehrer Matthiessen (17) Die schwarze Kugel (18) Der letzte Augenblick (18) Die Rothenburger/Leib und Seele (18) Die Serenyi (18) Misericordia - Tötet nicht mehr! (19) Niemand weiss es (20) Der verbotene Weg (20) Der Dummkopf (20) Aus dem Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes (21) Zum Paradies der Damen (22) Writer:
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