Fritz Kortner
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Also Known As
Fritz Nathan Kohn
Birth Place
Austria
Born
May 12, 1892
Died
July 22, 1970
Cause of Death
Leukemia
Biography
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Fritz Kortner was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1947, he moved to Germany. Kortner found his beginnings in film with roles in "Pandora's Box" (1928) and "Die Frau Nach der Man Sich Sehnt" (1929). Kortner began to focus on film after appearing in "The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler" (1943), the drama "Backfire" (1946) with John Hodiak and "The Brasher Doubloon" ...
Biography
Fritz Kortner was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1947, he moved to Germany. Kortner found his beginnings in film with roles in "Pandora's Box" (1928) and "Die Frau Nach der Man Sich Sehnt" (1929). Kortner began to focus on film after appearing in "The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler" (1943), the drama "Backfire" (1946) with John Hodiak and "The Brasher Doubloon" (1947) with George Montgomery. He also appeared in the drama "The Razor's Edge" (1947) with Tyrone Power. Later in his career, Kortner acted in the Merle Oberon spy thriller "Berlin Express" (1948). Kortner had zero children. Kortner passed away in July 1970 at the age of 78.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
City of Secrets
(1963)
Director
So ein Madel vergisst man nicht
(1932)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Ali Baba Nights
(1953)
Berlin Express
(1948)
[Otto] Franzen
The Vicious Circle
(1948)
Joseph Schwartz
The Brasher Doubloon
(1947)
Rudolph Vannier
The Razor's Edge
(1946)
Kostis
Somewhere in the Night
(1946)
Anzelmo
The Wife of Monte Cristo
(1946)
Maillard
The Hitler Gang
(1944)
Gregor Strasser
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
(1943)
Bauer
Evensong
(1934)
Kober
Chu Chin Chow
(1934)
Abu Hassan
Pandora's Box
(1929)
Ludwig Schon
Die Frau Nach der Man Sich Sehnt
(1929)
Writer (Feature Film)
City of Secrets
(1963)
Screenwriter
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
(1943)
Screenwriter
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
(1943)
Original Story
Life Events
1938
Immigrated to US
1947
Moved to Germany
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