Nico Turoff

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Nico Turoff (born November 24 . Jul / 6. December  1899 greg. As Nikolai Turow in Kremenchuk , Russian Empire , today: Ukraine ; † 22. June 1978 in East Berlin ) was a Ukrainian-born boxer and actor at the German film.

Life

Nikolai Turoff fled to Germany as a result of the October Revolution in 1917, where he started a career as a boxer. After his last fight in Madrid in 1925, he changed jobs and was brought in front of the camera as an actor.

With a beefy stature and a massive, angular skull, Turoff was predestined for powerful batches of all kinds. Turoff consistently embodied down-to-earth types and gripping, solid guys, including several crooks. He received a rare leading role at the side of Grete Mosheim in Hans Tintner's much-discussed social drama Cyankali in early 1930 .

The propaganda cinema of the Third Reich often cast him as a sinister negative figure, after 1945 Turoff was often committed to proletarian types in DEFA productions. In the GDR he was one of the busiest small actors in film; However, his parts rarely got beyond a few seconds and were often not even mentioned by name.

Nico Turoff has also played theater, in East Berlin he was seen at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater and the Berliner Ensemble, among others .

Filmography

Radio plays

literature

  • 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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 80 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Turoff, Nico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Turov, Nikolai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian boxer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Kremenchuk
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1978
Place of death East Berlin