Curt A. Stark

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Curt A. Stark (actually Kurt Schöltzel-Stark , born February 2, 1880 at Saupark Springe Castle ; † October 2, 1916 in Transylvania ) was a German actor and film director .

Life

He began his acting career in 1900 at the Harburger Stadttheater and subsequently played mostly on provincial stages, but also in Berlin. From 1905 to 1907 he traveled through the United States, made guest appearances at the Deutsches Theater in Milwaukee , where almost 70% of German immigrants lived around the turn of the century, and married an American. After his return he worked on various theaters in Berlin, including the Lessing Theater and the Residenz Theater .

Stark turned to the young medium of film at an early stage. He worked as an actor in several productions and became an assistant director for Oskar Messter . On October 10, 1912, he married his film partner Henny Porten . Since 1911 he has independently directed melodramas, dramas and comedies for Messter with Porten as the leading actress.

With her and the team he went on a film tour along the Mediterranean coast and through Italy, where The Valley of Dreams was filmed. When the First World War broke out in 1914, he was drafted and fell on the Transylvanian front in 1916.

Filmography

presentation

  • 1911: Pearls mean tears
  • 1911: The miller and his child
  • 1912: The Prince's kiss
  • 1912: addressee died
  • 1912: Masked love
  • 1912: Life's dice game

Director

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 446.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b biography on film-zeit.de ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 16, 2013
  2. ↑ filmportal.de and the Internet Movie Database name 1878 as the year of birth
personal data
SURNAME Stark, Curt A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schöltzel-Stark, Kurt (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Saupark Springe Castle
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1916
Place of death Transylvania