Paul Mederow

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Mederow, around 1918.

Paul Friedrich Wolfgang Mederow (born June 30, 1887 in Stralsund , † December 17, 1974 in Brissago , Canton Ticino ) was a German actor and radio play speaker .

Life

After graduating from high school and studying , Paul Mederow received his doctorate in philosophy in 1909 . This was followed by acting training with Friedrich Kayssler . He played first roles at the State Theater in Cottbus and the City Theater in Pforzheim . From 1915 to 1921 he was engaged at the Schauspielhaus in Leipzig and theaters in Berlin and Vienna ( Volkstheater ). Under the direction of Rudolf Beer , Paul Mederow performed at the Volkstheater in Vienna in a version of both parts of Goethe's Faust .

Paul Mederow worked from 1919 in various film and in later years in television productions . Among them was the National Socialist propaganda film Jud Süss , which today in Germany can only be shown as a reserved film under strict conditions. Paul Mederow also played in crime and entertainment films such as M by Fritz Lang in 1931 with Peter Lorre , Gustaf Gründgens and Theo Lingen , Reifende Jugend from 1933 by Carl Froelich with Horst Beck , Heinrich George and Albert Florath and in 1940 Kora Terry directed by Georg Jacoby with Marika Rökk , Will Quadflieg and Josef Sieber .

On television he was seen in two episodes of the series Das Kriminalmuseum . Paul Mederow was also active as a speaker in several radio plays and also worked as a voice actor .

Paul Mederow published the volume Das Spiel vom Doktor Faust in 1925 . Two parts of the tragedy for the performance in one evening .

Filmography (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

  • 1949: The fight with the sky
  • 1949: The golden candlesticks
  • 1949: The return of the prodigal son
  • 1950: The leap over the shadow
  • 1950: Post-season game
  • 1953: Sir Michael's adventures
  • 1954: A miracle costs only five piasters

Works

  • 1925: Doctor Faust's game. Two parts of the tragedy for the performance in one evening . O. Elsner Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin.

literature

  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 2: Hed – Peis. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560744 , p. 1104.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Mederow ( Memento from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on the list In Memoriam on deutsche-synchronsprecher.de; accessed on March 28, 2014
  2. ↑ DNB 573496579
personal data
SURNAME Mederow, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mederow, Paul Friedrich Wolfgang (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and radio play speaker
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1974
Place of death Brissago , Ticino, Switzerland