Curt Lowens
Curt Lowens , also Kurt Lowens , born Kurt Löwenstein , (born November 17, 1925 in Allenstein , Prussia , German Empire ; † May 8, 2017 ) was a German actor and a survivor of the Holocaust . Since 1960 he starred in more than 100 films.
Life
Lowens was born into a Jewish family in the East Prussian town of Allenstein (now Olsztyn, Poland ). His father, Alfred Loewenstein, was a respected attorney whose law firm collapsed after the Nazis came to power due to the law on admission to the bar . The family moved to Berlin in 1936 but later decided to leave Germany for the United States . While they were waiting in Rotterdam to leave, the Germans attacked Holland . In June 1943 the family was brought to Westerbork and was supposed to be deported from there to Auschwitz , when their father's relationships set them free. After his release, he went underground and became an active member of the Resistance under the false name of Ben Joosten . In 1947 he immigrated to the United States with his father and stepmother, where he became an actor. He played German Nazis very often in the following years.
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: ... and yet they live (La ciociara)
- 1962: An odd saint (The Reluctant Saint)
- 1962: The four days of Naples (Le quattro giornate di Napoli)
- 1962: Murder at full moon (Lycanthropus)
- 1962: Imperial Venus (Venere imperiale)
- 1963: The Verona process (Il processo di Verona)
- 1967: The Tobruk cannons (Tobruk)
- 1969: The Secret of Santa Vittoria (The Secret of Santa Vittoria)
- 1970: Danger in the Deep (The Aquarians)
- 1971: Mephisto Waltz (The Mephisto Waltz)
- 1973: Trader Horn
- 1975: The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg)
- 1976: On balance murder (The Swiss Conspiracy)
- 1977: The other Side of Midnight
- 1981: The essence
- 1982: Firefox
- 1983: To be or not (To Be or not to Be)
- 1986: Blind Happiness (TV movie)
- 1988: Heroes USA 3 (Operation: Paratrooper)
- 1989: Los Angeles Cop
- 1991: Paid To Kill
- 1992: Special Unit IQ (A Midnight Clear)
- 1993: HP Lovecrafts Necronomicon
- 1993: Invisible
- 1993: Mandroid
- 1994: Firehawk
- 1994: Spacecenter Babylon 5 (TV series, episode Attack of the Aliens ) (Babylon 5 - Voice in the Wilderness)
- 1997: Dark Moments - In the Face of Death
- 2005: The Cutter (The Cutter)
- 2006: Ray of Sunshine
- 2008: Miracle at St. Anna
- 2009: Illuminati
Web links
- Curt Lowens at filmportal.de
- Curt Lowen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marijke Engel: This thing with the memory. In: Berliner Zeitung . Berliner Verlag , June 29, 2010, accessed on May 11, 2017.
- ^ Richard Stellar: Actor Curt Lowens' Biggest Legacy Is Offscreen, as Holocaust Survivor and Rescuer. In: TheWrap.com. The Wrap News Inc., May 11, 2017, accessed May 11, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Survivor: Curt Lowens. In: Jewish Journal. May 7, 2014, accessed May 17, 2017 .
- ^ Curt Lowens - A Polish Survivor with more than 120 acting credits, including many roles as Nazis. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. hollywoodreporter.com, accessed May 11, 2017.
- ^ Chapman Donor who Survived Holocaust to Portray Nazi ( Memento of October 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: College Life. (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lowens, Curt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lowens, Kurt; Lowenstein, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and a survivor of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Allenstein , Prussia , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2017 |