Ernst Pittschau (actor, 1883)

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Pittschau, around 1915

Ernst Pittschau (born October 5, 1883 in Altona , † June 2, 1951 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

Life

The son of the theater actor Ernst Pittschau received a commercial training and traded in dental supplies. But then he chose his father's profession and got his first engagement at the end of 1905 in Koblenz .

In 1910 he appeared in New York , in 1911 he became a stage actor in Berlin. A year later he took on roles in the still underestimated cinematography . Pittschau embodied elegant lovers and was, among other things, partner of Hanni Weisse and Henny Porten .

In the 20s his film roles became smaller, after that he was given hardly any tasks. He now played mainly at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm , at the comedy and in the stands . In the 1940s he lived in poverty and was dependent on the support of the Goebbels Foundation “Künstlerdank”. Small roles in film in the late phase of the Second World War resulted in little additional income.

After the end of the war, the Italian director Roberto Rossellini brought the almost forgotten actor in front of the camera again. In 1948, he played the bedridden family man in the survival drama Germany in the year zero .

His step brother was the actor Werner Pittschau .

Filmography

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 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pittschau, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1951
Place of death Berlin