Hans Von Twardowski


Hans Von Twardowski

Biography

Hans Von Twardowski was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Twardowski began his career with roles in the Werner Krauss thriller "Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari" (1921), "Adorable" (1933) and "The Scarlet Empress" (1934). Twardowski next focused his career on film, appearing in "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" (1939), "Espionage Agent" (1939) and the dramatic adaptation "C...

Biography

Hans Von Twardowski was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Twardowski began his career with roles in the Werner Krauss thriller "Das Kabinett des Dr. Caligari" (1921), "Adorable" (1933) and "The Scarlet Empress" (1934). Twardowski next focused his career on film, appearing in "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" (1939), "Espionage Agent" (1939) and the dramatic adaptation "Casablanca" (1942) with Humphrey Bogart. He also appeared in "Hangmen Also Die" (1943) with Brian Donlevy. Later in his career, Twardowski acted in the crime adaptation "Margin For Error" (1943) with Joan Bennett. Twardowski passed away in November 1958 at the age of 60.

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Hangmen Also Die (1943) --(Movie Clip) Reichsprotector Heydrich H. H. v. Twardowski as the real historical figure Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi Reichsprotector of Bohemia-Moravia, who gets himself assassinated in Fritz Lang's Hangmen Also Die, 1943.
Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The -- (Movie Clip) Cesare Knows All Secrets The doctor (Werner Krauss) at a carnival, promoting the first appearance of Cesare (Conrad Veidt), who has a nasty prognostication for Alan (Hans von Twardowski) and buddy Francis (Friedrich Feher), in The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, 1919.
Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The -- (Movie Clip) Two Time Murderer Caught The doctor (Werner Kraus) is quite happy to let cops examine his snoozing somnambulist Cesare (Conrad Veidt), even as news of the capture of the wrong suspect breaks, in The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, 1919, sets by Herman Warm, Walter Reimann and Walter Rohrig.
Confessions Of A Nazi Spy (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Only Obedience Loyal Nazi Kassell (Paul Lukas) tricks dissenting immigrant Greutzwald (Willy Kaufman) into turning himself over to Schlager (George Sanders) and Gestapo men (Lionel Royce, Henry Victor), in Confessions Of A Nazi Spy, 1939.
Phantom (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Our Young Lady Instigating the obsession that will drive the story, distracted Lubota (Alfred Abel) gets hit by a dreamy girl (Lya de Putti) with white horses, in F.W. Murnau's Phantom, 1922.
Phantom (1922) -- (Movie Clip) My Former Life Opening featuring an on-camera appearance by the author, the Nobel laureate Gerhart Hauptmann, the opening from the 2006 restoration of F.W. Murnau's long lost Phantom, 1922.
Phantom (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Losing His Head Psycho stuff beginning, aspiring poet Lubota (Alfred Abel) first with his mother (Frieda Richard) then with Starke (Karl Ettinger) and daughter Marie (Lil Dagover), in F.W. Murnau's Phantom, 1922.

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