Guido Herzfeld

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Guido Herzfeld (born August 14, 1851 in Berlin ; † November 16, 1923 there ) was a German actor and theater director .

Life

He started his first demonstrable theater engagement in Leoben in 1892 . Other stages in his stage career included Pettau , Passau , Pilsen , Aachen , Mannheim and Munich . In 1899/1900 he directed himself for the first time in Bochum .

In 1902 he came to Berlin and played at the local intimate theater. He also appeared in the cabaret Schall und Rauch and the Small Theater. Herzfeld was last employed at the Berliner Volksbühne from 1917 to 1923 and continued to work as an actor and director.

Herzfeld also filmed copiously since 1914, often in the roles of a father or as a strange loner. His best-known film is the silent film classic Nosferatu, a symphony of horror by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau , in which Herzfeld played a host. His last film, The Finances of the Grand Duke , was also directed by Murnau. He died surprisingly at the end of 1923, after having been on stage shortly before.

Films (selection)

theatre

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Herzfeld, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1923
Place of death Berlin