Acting

Max Wogritsch

Born June 6, 1880 · Dresden, Germany

Died March 23, 1951 · aged 70

Wogritsch had received musical training and played as a cellist before he began his first acting engagement at the Zurich City Theater in 1906 . He stayed there for the next five years and in 1911 moved to the Stadttheater Düsseldorf . Max Wogritsch appeared there until the end of the First World War and, since August 11, 1911, also appeared in films of Düsseldorf and Berlin provenance, including …

Known For

A Romany SpyA Romany Spy · 1912
A Romany Spy
6.31912
MovieDrama
Gypsy girl Zidra falls in love with the lieutenant she is supposed to spy on.
The Immortal VagabondThe Immortal Vagabond · 1930
The Immortal Vagabond
7.01930
MovieDrama
Prevented from wedding a postman's daughter (her father prefers she marry a farmer) a Tyrol schoolteacher succeeds instead in having an opera of his acceptance in Vienna. But this isn't the happiness he wanted, he becomes a hobo.
Gräfin MaruschkaGräfin Maruschka · 1917
Gräfin Maruschka
1917
Movie
Die rote NachtDie rote Nacht · 1921
Die rote Nacht
10.01921
Movie
Die von der Liebe lebenDie von der Liebe leben · 1919
Die von der Liebe leben
10.01919
Movie
The Lost ShoeThe Lost Shoe · 1923
The Lost Shoe
5.91923
MovieFantasy
One of the first movies made about the fairy tale Cinderella. The film is part of the current German expressionism. Because of that the film ends up being darker than the fairy tale itself.
Manolescu, the Prince of SwindlersManolescu, the Prince of Swindlers · 1929
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
9.01929
MovieDrama
George Manolescu (Ivan Mosjoukine) plays a confidence man who works his way from Paris to New York. Along the way, during a train ride to Monte Carlo, he meets the voluptuous Cleo (Brigitte Helm). They have a whirlwind romance that ends suddenly after she flees from him.
Hungarian RhapsodyHungarian Rhapsody · 1928
Hungarian Rhapsody
8.01928
MovieDramaRomance
On the plains of Hungary, Franz, a Hussard lieutenant, broods about his future; Born into an aristocratic family, his father drank away the family fortune and marriage seems an unlikely prospect. Impoverished Franz's love for effervescent and upright country girl Marika coincides with the tragic tale of lovelorn violinist Josef, all but ignored by royal beauty Camilla.

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