Emil Justitz

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Emil Justitz (born May 3, 1878 in Vienna , † December 17, 1932 in Berlin ) was an Austrian actor and film director .

Life

He attended the commercial academy in Vienna and then received singing lessons at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde . The artist of Jewish origin began as an opera singer in Elberfeld in 1900 , after which he played in Königsberg (1901) and at the Metropoltheater in Berlin (1902).

As early as 1909 he worked in a film, and in 1911 he switched to film directing. In 1917 he returned to Vienna and shot both there and in Budapest . His Beethoven biography The Martyr of His Heart attracted particular attention .

After the First World War, Justitz was also a producer of his films several times. In the mid-1920s he was forgotten, and it was not until 1931 that he was still working as a film production manager for two sound film productions .

His company Emil Justitz Filmvertrieb was listed in the Berlin telephone books until 1940.

Filmography (as a director)

  • 1909: Carmen (actors only)
  • 1911: We are a happy couple
  • 1912: European slave life (also screenwriter)
  • 1915: The Indian death
  • 1916: The Solvingsholm judge
  • 1916: The last of an old generation
  • 1917: Halálítélet
  • 1917: Prof. Satanell
  • 1918: The martyr of his heart (also screenwriter)
  • 1918: The song of the Colombine
  • 1919: A Müvészet diadalútja
  • 1919: Az Összeesküvök
  • 1919: The betrayal of Countess Leonie
  • 1919: The wrong note
  • 1920: The cardsharp (also producer)
  • 1920: The red poster (also producer)
  • 1921: The red poster, part 2 - The Iron Eight (also producer)
  • 1921: Pickpockets
  • 1922: Tie Maker - The Usurer of Berlin (also producer and screenwriter)
  • 1923: Demon Circus (also producer)
  • 1924: The stolen professor
  • 1925: The woman without a conscience (only co-producer)
  • 1931: When the soldiers (production manager only)
  • 1931: As poor as a church mouse (production manager only)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Filmportal.de and Kay Less : The film's large personal encyclopedia name May 3rd, IMDb June 3rd as the date of birth. According to Less, the date of death is December 17th, and December 16th according to IMDb and the film portal.
personal data
SURNAME Justitz, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1932
Place of death Berlin