Eugen Neufeld

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Eugen Neufeld (born December 6, 1882 in Göding , † October 18, 1950 in Vienna ) was an Austrian actor . He had his career high point as a character actor in silent films . He was the brother of the actor and director Max Neufeld .

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He received his first acting roles at provincial theaters around 1900. Soon, however, he came to Vienna, where he worked at the theater in der Josefstadt . Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War , he came to film, where he initially played alongside his brother Max, for example in False Flag (1913) and The Pastor of Kirchfeld (1914). Like his brother, he mostly portrayed people of high rank, such as veterans of the military, established citizens, aristocrats or clergy. It was mostly supporting roles for which he was employed. In the first half of the 1920s, however, he also played leading roles in some films. For example, as “Crown Prince Rudolf” in the Mayerling drama Leibfiaker Bratfisch (1919/25), as “Don Fernando” in the Heine poem adaptation The Dead Wedding Guest (1921), as the eponymous hero in Géza of Cziffra's unfinished directorial debut Gulliver's Travels (1923) or as the Russian Grand Duke in Arsonists of Europe (1926).

From 1927 he lived in Berlin , where he worked in both film and theater, most recently at the Metropol in 1933 , until the Nazis' seizure of power drove him out of the country. He returned to Austria, where, due to his anti-Nazi sentiments, after Austria's annexation to Germany between 1938 and 1945, he was largely “sidelined”. On July 1, 1938, he was temporarily placed in "protective custody" under the pretext of alleged "anti-subversive statements". In September 1939 he was officially warned for allegedly "false information about aircraft losses in the attack on Poland ". In addition, he was accused by the NSDAP of being a spy against National Socialist police officers.

It rests in the Evangelical Cemetery Vienna-Simmering (X, 1.9) in Vienna.

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Silent films
Sound films

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SURNAME Neufeld, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Goeding
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1950
Place of death Vienna