Fritz Delius (actor)

Fritz Delius around 1920 on a photograph by Nicola Perscheid

Fritz Delius (born September 28, 1890 in Berlin , † September 20, 1966 in Basel ; born Friedrich Wilhelm Diamant ) was a German actor .

Life

He made his debut in 1909 at the Meiningen Court Theater and later appeared frequently at the Reinhardt Theaters in Berlin and Vienna. He started silent films during the First World War and was a leading actor on several occasions at Henny Porten's side . Also Fern Andra one of his partners. He was also responsible twice as a screenwriter.

In 1920, he played Ludwig XIV in the historical film Am Liebeshof des Sonnenkönig . In the 1920s, Delius turned more to the theater and then belonged to the theater ensemble in the Josefstadt in Vienna for many years . After the annexation of Austria , Delius emigrated to Switzerland because of his Jewish origins. There he later received an engagement at the Comedy in Basel.

Filmography

1915: The great silence 1915: The waves are silent 1916: Life is serious 1916: Apart from happiness (also screenplay) 1916: your best shot 1916: The Call of Love (also screenplay) 1917: The mermaid queen 1917: The field-gray groschen 1917: The Prisoner of Dahomey 1918: The secret of the Cecilienhütte 1919: The lash of the whip 1919: the heiress 1919: Everything was wrong

1920: The accursed hunger for gold 1920: Catherine the Great 1920: The Brescia women's refuge 1920: Ut mine Stromtide 1920: At the love court of the Sun King / Louise de Lavallière 1920: The will of an eccentric 1920: Fool's rope on love 1921: Lotte Lore 1923: Fridericus Rex 1924: German heroes in difficult times 1925: The Tower of Silence 1930: His girlfriend Annette 1944: Landammann Stauffacher 1947: Matto rules

literature

• Thomas Blubacher : Fritz Delius . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 441 f.

Web links

• Fritz Delius in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography with photo