Max Pohl
Max Pohl (born December 10, 1855 in Nikolsburg , Moravia , Austrian Empire , † April 7, 1935 in Berlin , Germany ) was an Austrian actor .
Life
Pohl had Jura studied and in this field of study PhD . During his student days, the native of South Moravia appeared twice in student performances, for example as Spiegelberg in Die Räuber in 1876 and the following year as Geßler in Wilhelm Tell . In the autumn of 1878 Pohl made his debut as a professional actor at the city theater of the Styrian Marburg (now Slovenia's Maribor ). In 1879 Pohl moved to Leipzig , 1882 to Hamburg and the following year to the German Theater in Moscow .
In the following years Max Pohl played a number of classic character roles, such as Mephisto , Shylock , Falstaff , the judge of Zalamea , King Lear and Nathan the Wise , especially at the Deutsches Theater and the Royal Theater in Berlin, where he had received several engagements since 1884. But Pohl also appeared again and again in folk plays, especially in performances based on models by Ludwig Anzengruber . There he was seen regularly in the roles of strange, idiosyncratic old men.
During the Weimar Republic , the elderly artist also found employment in a number of cinema films. His last appearance in front of the camera was old Karamasoff in Fedor Ozep's film The Murderer Dimitri Karamasoff . It was to remain Pohl's only sound film. Max Pohl was also active in associations; from 1901 to 1908 he was President of the Cooperative of German Stage Members .
Max Pohl was buried in the Schöneberg II cemetery in Berlin.
Filmography
- 1920: The Marchesa d'Armiani
- 1920: The great light
- 1920: thief and woman
- 1921: The second life
- 1921: The fear of women
- 1922: Lucrezia Borgia
- 1922: Monna Vanna
- 1923: Man on the way
- 1923: The Magyar Princess
- 1924: Living Buddhas
- 1924: The radio marriage
- 1927: Stolzenfels on the Rhine
- 1927: Queen Luise , 2nd part
- 1931: The murderer Dimitri Karamasoff
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, pp. 777 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- 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 , p. 274 f.
Web links
- Max Pohl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pohl, Max |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1855 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nikolsburg , Moravia , Austrian Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1935 |
Place of death | Berlin , Germany |