Hadrian Maria Netto

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Hadrian Maria Netto , also Walter Netto (born June 6, 1882 in Leipzig ; † November 27, 1947 in Dresden ) was a German actor who appeared in over 40 silent and sound films from 1920 .

Life

After graduating from high school , Netto studied constitutional law , served in the military and made it up to Rittmeister in the First World War . After the end of the war, he became a writer in 1918, an actor in 1920 and made his debut in the stands that same year . Other stations in the twenties were the Small Theater and the Berlin Theater .

In the thirties Netto worked primarily as a film actor. In supporting roles, he embodied stiff, solemn figures from servants and secretaries to ambassadors and ministers. In Dance on the Volcano , he was Prefect of Police Gravon. His trademark was the multi- curled high forehead.

Netto also wrote several plays, one of which was made into a film in 1938 under the title The Pious Lie .

From 1934 until his divorce in 1942, he was married to the writer Hertha Margarete Maria von Puttkamer (1900–1976), a granddaughter of Robert Viktor von Puttkamer . He had a daughter from his first marriage; his great-granddaughter is the singer Pascal von Wroblewsky .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. According to Nettos Reichsfilmkammerakte. According to other information on June 6, 1884 in Dresden, cf. Genealogical handbook of noble houses. Volume 22: Noble houses A (= Genealogical manual of the nobility. Vol. 103). Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1992, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4 , p. 302.
  2. According to the funeral notice, he died on November 27, 1947 in Dresden and was born on December 3, 1947 on the Ev.-Luth. Johannisfriedhof Dresden buried, administration of the Elias-, Trinitatis- and Johannisfriedhof Dresden