Rolf Randolf

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Rolf Randolf (born January 15, 1878 in Vienna ; † June 29, 1941 there ; born Rudolf Zanbauer ) was an Austrian actor , film director , film producer and screenwriter .

Life

Rolf Randolf attended the cadet school and in 1897 embarked on an officer career. In 1901 he first appeared as an actor at the Cilli City Theater . Further stage stations were St. Pölten (1902) and Preßburg (1903).

In 1904 he came to Germany and was a member of the Munich Schauspielhaus ensemble until 1914 . During the First World War, he directed his own front theater on both the Eastern and Western Fronts for three months. In 1912 he directed the Altenburger Ensemble under the direction of Wilhelm Julius Zahn (1859–1934).

Randolf first appeared as a film actor during the war. In 1918 he founded his Rolf Randolf-Film GmbH in Munich and worked as a film director at the same time. In his film adaptation of the events of Mayerling , the first ever, he played Crown Prince Rudolf himself in 1919 . Since 1935, Randolf has focused exclusively on production.

None of his works received greater attention from contemporary audiences. When he died he was one of the last independent film producers in the German Reich.

Filmography

Directed unless otherwise stated

  • 1917: Life's Unmixed Joy (actors only)
  • 1917: The Night Mystery (actors only)
  • 1918: Zlatorog
  • 1919: Crown Prince Rudolph or: The Secret of Mayerling (also actor, screenplay)
  • 1919: The Struggle for Marriage, Part 2: Hostile Spouses (actors only)
  • 1921: Under the Crown of Thorns (also screenplay, production and actor)
  • 1921: The Secret of Santa Margherita (also actor)
  • 1922: The old Gospodar (also actor)
  • 1925: Wallenstein
  • 1925: What stones tell (also production)
  • 1926: women of passion (also production)
  • 1926: The secret of St. Pauli
  • 1927: Manner's career
  • 1927: The linden landlady on the Rhine
  • 1927: The beggar from Cologne Cathedral
  • 1927: Light cavalry
  • 1928: Cupid on skis
  • 1928: The house without men
  • 1929: Swap faces (also script)
  • 1929: The Missing Testament (also script)
  • 1930: who saw Bobby?
  • 1930: O old lad glory
  • 1932: Death over Shanghai
  • 1933: The Indian diamond
  • 1934: The Spork hunters
  • 1935: The Red Rider (also production)
  • 1935: Ännchen von Tharau
  • 1935: King Tiger (also production)
  • 1936: The Adventurer of Paris (production only)
  • 1937: An Impossible Bet (Production Only)
  • 1937: Hercules (only production)
  • 1937: Visit in the evening (production only)
  • 1938: Stronger Than Love (production only)
  • 1939: The Right to Love (Production Only)
  • 1940: passion (production only)
  • 1941: Weather lights around Barbara (production only)
  • 1941: Homeland (production only)

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personal data
SURNAME Randolf, Rolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zanbauer, Rudolf (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor, film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1941
Place of death Vienna , Austria