Peter Elsholtz
Peter Elsholtz , born as Peter Ludwig Wilhelm Elsholtz (born October 20, 1907 in Berlin ; † August 30, 1977 there ) was a German actor , director and voice actor .
Life
The merchant's son had received his artistic training in the mid-1920s at the Max Reinhardt School and then, at the age of 19, began his first engagement in Vienna . Under Reinhardt's directorship he made his debut in 1926 in the play ' Neidhardt von Gneisenau' . In 1927 Elsholtz came to Otto Falckenberg's Kammerspiele in Munich . Other theater stations were Leipzig , Königsberg and Berlin, where he has been a part of since the early 1930s. a. at the Saltenburg-Bühnen, the Komödienhaus, the Hebbel-Theater and the grandstand . For a while he was also active as a representative of Karl Heinz Martin in the management of the Hebbel Theater and also worked there as a director .
Regularly based in Berlin since 1934, Peter Elsholtz appeared in front of the camera for the first time two years later. Until the end of the Second World War , the actor was a sought-after interpreter of variously sized supporting roles. He played a clairvoyant in The Castle in Flanders , a medical officer in Fronttheater , an engineer in The Ruler , a gamekeeper in The Fox of Glenarvon, and an adjutant each in Ritt in die Freiheit and in The Warsaw Citadel . He also appeared in front of the camera several times in brown-colored propaganda ( man for man , The fox of Glenarvon , attention! Enemy is listening , my life for Ireland , about everything in the world , front theater ). In the extremely successful circus film Truxa , the Berliner played the eponymous high - wire artist .
After the war, Elsholtz rarely filmed, instead he dedicated himself to dubbing as a director.
Peter Elsholtz was married to the actress, voice actress and dialogue writer Karin Vielmetter (1907-?). Her children Edith Elsholtz (1930-2004) and Arne Elsholtz (1944-2016) were well-known actors and voice actors.
Filmography
- 1936: final chord
- 1936: The castle in Flanders
- 1936: Riding to freedom
- 1936: Truxa
- 1937: The ruler
- 1937: The Warsaw Citadel
- 1937: Revolutionary wedding
- 1937: The mountain is calling
- 1938: The woman at the crossroads
- 1938: Shadows over St. Pauli
- 1938: By a thread
- 1938: two women
- 1938: Adventure in love
- 1939: man for man
- 1939: Robert Koch, the fighter against death
- 1939: Your life is mine
- 1939: blood brotherhood
- 1940: The Glenarvon Fox
- 1940: The three codonas
- 1940: Warning! Enemy hears with!
- 1940: Dream music (and Italian version: Ritorno )
- 1940: counterfeiter
- 1940: My Life for Ireland
- 1941: alarm
- 1941: About everything in the world
- 1940/41: Attack on Baku (premiere: 1942)
- 1941: … rides for Germany
- 1941: Venus on trial
- 1942: Andreas Schlueter
- 1942: Voice of the Heart
- 1942: Titanic
- 1942: When the young wine blooms
- 1943: city melody
- 1948: street acquaintance
- 1948: Seduced hands
- 1952: Cuba Cabana
- 1953: Music by night
- 1954: Good advice - your profit (short documentary, co-director)
- 1955: Vacation on word of honor
- 1957: Goodbye, Franziska!
literature
- Wilhelm Kosch: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon, Klagenfurt and Vienna 1953, first volume, p. 391.
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 1: A-Heck. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1960, DNB 451560736 , p. 352 f.
Web links
- Peter Elsholtz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Elsholtz at filmportal.de
- Peter Elsholtz. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on August 18, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prussian General 42/1973, p 9. October 20, 1973, accessed April 13, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Elsholtz, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elsholtz, Peter Ludwig Wilhelm (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor and director |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1977 |
Place of death | Berlin |