Bruno Rahn
Bruno Rahn , pseudonym Alfons Berthier , (born November 24, 1887 in Berlin , † September 15, 1927 in Berlin) was a German film director , actor and producer.
Life
Bruno Rahn began as a stage actor in Memel and Berlin. From 1917 he worked for film, as an actor, film writer, assistant director, director and producer. In Two Blue Boys by Alwin Neuss he played the cabin boy Hans Frank.
From 1918 to 1922 he was engaged as an actor at the Meininger Theater . In Meiningen he founded the "Bruno-Rahn-Film GmbH Meiningen" and produced several films with the participation of Meininger Theaterschaupieler. In 1922 he returned to Berlin and worked mainly as a director and producer for film. Most of his films are lost . With the Dirnentragödie from 1927 , an important work of the New Objectivity , Rahn created an atmospherically dense milieu and street film . In it, Asta Nielsen plays the main role of an aging prostitute who is driven to murder out of jealousy of a younger colleague.
Rahn, who had suffered from lungs for many years, died shortly after the premiere of his last film Kleinstadtsünder , in which Asta Nielsen also played the leading role.
Filmography as a director (selection)
- 1917: Paradise lost (participation uncertain)
- 1918: Cain. 1. The doom at Santarem Castle
- 1918: Cain. 2. In the gold rush
- 1918: Cain. 3. Sacrificial love
- 1919: Cain. 4. Gate of Bliss
- 1927: Whore tragedy
- 1927: small town sinner
Web links
- Bruno Rahn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bruno Rahn at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rahn, Bruno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berthier, Alfons (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director, actor and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1927 |
| Place of death | Berlin |