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| Emil Rameau
1878 - 1957 |
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. The actor Emil Rameau was born as Emil Pulvermacher in Berlin. He made his stage debut at the age of 20 at the Stadttheater in Bromberg, later followed engagements in Zurich and Berlin. In Berlin he often worked for Max Reinhardt and he became a well-known stage actor in the German capital city. Emil Rameau joined the film business in the middle of the 10s where he soon became a busy movie actor. To his early movies belong "Arthur Imhoff" (15), "Das Leben in Traum" (16), "Das wandernde Licht" (16), "Stein unter Steinen" (16), "Der chinesische Götze" (16), "Das alte Bild" (18), "Der Teufel" (18), "Der lebende Leichnam" (18), "Zwischen Tod und Leben" (19), "De Profundis" (19), "Lilli" (19) and "Jettatore" (19). Emil Rameau remained a demanded actor in front of the camera during the 20s. To his well-known silent movies of those years belong "Der rote Henker" (20), "Die Fürstin Woronzoff" (20), "Madame Récamier" (20), "Lola Montez, die Tänzerin des Königs" (22), "Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen" (23), "Wilhelm Tell" (23), "Kampf um die Scholle" (25), "Die Mühle von Sanssouci" (26), "Die Wiskottens" (26) and "Möblierte Wohnung" (29). His last cinematical works in Germany came at the beginning of the 30s into being with "Nur am Rhein..." (30), "Die Abenteurerin von Tunis" (31) and "Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe" (33). With the rise of the National Socialists he had to leave Germany. It followed an odyssey through half Europe before he emigrated to the USA. There he was able to continue his film career from the 40s with small roles. He impersonated roles in the productions "Mission to Moscow" (43), "Gaslight" (44), "The Conspirators" (44), "Two Sisters from Boston" (46), "The Return of Monte Cristo" (46), "Arch of Triumph" (48), "The Great Sinner" (49) and "The Red Danube" (49). Finally he returned to Germany where he spent his last years at the theater again, among others as a deputy director of the Schillertheater.
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