Rudolf Lettinger

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Rudolf Lettinger (role photo 1905)

Rudolf Lettinger (born October 26, 1865 in Hamburg , † March 21, 1937 in Berlin-Schöneberg ) was a German theater and film actor .

Life

At his father's request, he completed an apprenticeship in a commercial company after graduating from school before deciding on a career as an actor. On March 2, 1883, he made his debut as "Kosinsky" in Schiller's Robber in Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein . Then he moved to the theater in Detmold for a year , then to Heidelberg and for three years in the field of youthful hero and lover in Stettin .

Further stages in the theater were Magdeburg (1890), Nuremberg (1891/92) and Zurich (1893), before he managed to switch to the character subject during a long-term engagement at the Oldenburg Court Theater . From 1897 to 1901 he was seen in Breslau and in 1901 came to Berlin at the Schillertheater.

He worked several times under the direction of Max Reinhardt . His portrayals of “Gessler” in Wilhelm Tell and the embodiment of “Cyrano von Bergerac” were particularly famous .

In 1912 he joined the silent film industry, where he was busy appearing in a wide variety of roles as a comic age. His most famous film was probably the classic Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari , in which Lettinger played the role of Dr. Olsen took over. He hardly played a role in the sound film, the last known film participation is the film Emil and the Detectives from 1931.

He was married to the actress Marie Wendt .

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SURNAME Lettinger, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1937
Place of death Berlin-Schöneberg