Arthur Wellin
Arthur Wellin , actually Arthur Lewin (born October 31, 1880 in Berlin , † probably 1941 ) was a German film director and actor.
Life
Lewin, who renamed himself Wellin at a young age in order to conceal his Jewish identity, had already played on Berlin theaters before the First World War - Berlin theater , Schiller Theater , Neues Schauspielhaus - and was employed there in the 1st hero class . He also performed in the provinces, for example as a singer in Trier . As a director in film since 1913, Wellin intensified his work in front of and behind the camera with the outbreak of the First World War.
Wellin directed 17 silent films between 1916 and 1927 and acted occasionally as an actor. He became known as the director of a two-part leather stocking film. A 5-part series with Alexander Moissi , which was created between 1918 and 1920, also attracted attention. Wellin complied with Moissi's request to have worked as a stage director. For a time, Wellin was co-owner of the production company Amboß-Film together with Rudolf Dworsky .
As an actor he was u. a. engaged at the Volksbühne Berlin in the 1925/26 season . Shortly before Adolf Hitler came to power , Wellin received his only sound film role in " Ganovenehre " in 1932. As a Jew, excluded from gaming since 1933, Wellin then joined the Kulturbund Deutscher Juden . His last sign of life dates from 1941. He was transported from Prague to the Lodz ghetto on Transport D , where he arrived on October 31, 1941. It is unclear exactly when and how he perished.
Filmography
- Director
- 1913: his career
- 1916: Burned wings
- 1918: The ring of three wishes
- 1918: Queen of Spades
- 1919: stepchildren of happiness
- 1919: Between death and life
- 1919: The young Goethe
- 1919: Borrowed luck
- 1919: The Hall of the Seven Sins
- 1919: Fool's Dance of Love
- 1919: The Rose of Stambul
- 1919: Loyalty to the youth
- 1920: Leather stocking , 1st part: The game killer and 2nd part: The last of the Mohicans
- 1920: Black Forest girl
- 1920: The luck trap
- 1921: The assassination attempt
- 1921: The Houndsditch Crime
- 1927: The light Isabell
- actor
- 1913: The fan painter
- 1915: The truck
- 1915: The find in the new building
- 1917: The Portrait of Dorian Gray
- 1917: racing fever
- 1918: the eternal doubt
- 1927: Lützow's wild, daring hunt
- 1929: The convict from Stambul
- 1933: crooks honor
Web links
- Arthur Wellin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Arthur Wellin at filmportal.de
- Entry in the Central Database of the Names of Holocaust Victims at the Yad Vashem Memorial
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arthur Wellin at steffi-line.de
- ↑ Jerzy Toeplitz : History of the film. 1928-1933. 2nd, revised edition. Rogner & Bernhard, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-8077-0067-6 , p. 13.
- ^ Arthur Wellin ( Memento from December 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Volksbühne Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wellin, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lewin, Arthur (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1941 |