Artur Menzel
Artur Menzel , also known as Arthur Menzel , (born January 13, 1881 in the German Reich , † March 24, 1937 in Berlin ) was a German actor in the stage and film industry.
Live and act
Artur Menzel started working as a painter at the turn of the century before turning to the theater in the first decade of the 20th century. He made his debut in Freiberg in Saxony. Via the stage stations in Aschaffenburg, Bonn and Hanover, Menzel finally came to the Schillertheater in Berlin, where he was particularly successful as a comedian for ten years. Arthur Menzel then moved to the Prussian State Theater for almost 15 years, where he celebrated successes with roles such as the flax man as an educator, the Seifert in Kater Lampe or the tinder in the court concert .
Menzel also appeared in front of the camera in silent films, especially from 1916 to 1921. His most important role here was the manor owner Hermann von Hermanntitz, whom he portrayed in 1918 alongside Henny Porten (with whom he had already played years earlier in The Robber's Bride ) in the drama Agnes Arnau and her three suitors . In 1932 Menzel returned to the camera for the last time for a small role as an official in the registration office in the sound film drama Man Without a Name . Struggling with health problems in his later years, Arthur Menzel also made a name for himself in acting circles as president of the Künstlerheim Association. Menzel was briefly (from 1915 to 1918) married to one of Hedwig Courths-Mahler's two daughters , Elfriede Stein (1891–1985).
Filmography
- 1916: The robber bride
- 1916: The wrong Robinson
- 1918: Agnes Arnau and her three suitors
- 1918: Lost Daughters
- 1919: Lost Daughters, Part 2
- 1919: Death from the East
- 1919: victim of shame
- 1920: Matrimonium Sacrum
- 1920: Brigandines love
- 1921: The Secrets of Berlin, Part 3
- 1932: Man without a name
literature
- Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch, year 1938, p. 123 (obituary)
- Wilhelm Kosch : Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Biographisches und Bibliographisches Handbuch, second volume, Klagenfurt a. Vienna 1960, p. 1437
Web links
- Artur Menzel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Artur Menzel at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menzel, Artur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Menzel, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor on stage and film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1937 |
| Place of death | Berlin |