Ernst Deutsch

Ernst Deutsch, aka Ernest Dorian was born on the 16^th September 1890 in Prague; he died on the 22^nd March 1969 in Berlin. He was an Austrian actor.

He played the role of the protagonist in the world premiere of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden to great acclaim in the year 1916. He is mostly known by the English speaking audiences for the role he played in the in the 1949 film noir The Third Man as Baron Kurtz.

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Career

Ernst Deutsch grew up in the town of Prague, went to the high school. He was a good player of the tennis and came up to the rank 7 of the Austro-Hungarian tennis list. After his high school, he served in the k.u.k. Army.

In the year 1914, Ernst Deutsch appeared at the Berthold Viertel of the city of Vienna Volksbühne for the first time. He was hired by Edgar Licho after a short spell in Prague for the Albert Theatre in Dresden and it was there that he moved to in the year 1916. In the Albert Theatre in Dresden, Ernst Deutsch played a role in the Schiller's The Robbers. He was acclaimed for the title role he played in the Franz Moor and in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening the role of Moritz Stiefel. He became popular for the role in Walter Hasenclever's drama The Son. The role established him as a famous expressionist actor and the drama premiered on the 8^th October 1916. He played in the presence of the invited guests.

Ernst Deutsch moved to the German theatre Berlin and played there until the year 1933 at many stages of the city, and he gave guest performances in the city of Hamburg, Munich and the city of Vienna, he also took part in the tour of the South America. He starred in the total of 42 silent movies since the year 1916. In April of the year 1933, Ernst Deutsch left Germany due to the Nazi state doctrine was Anti-Semitism. He played back in the city of Vienna and Prague after he had left Germany, he gave guest performances in the city of Zurich, Brussels and in the year 1936, he played in London. The Anti-Semitism of Germany was spread all through the Europe and he moved to New York city in the year 1938, he played for a short time on the Broadway in the year 1939 and moved to the Hollywood, and it was there tht he got the American citizenship. He played under the name, Ernest Dorian in some Hollywood films from the year 1942.

After a spell in the city of Buenos Aires, Ernest went back to Paris and from there, he moved to the city of vienna. In the city of vienna, he became a member of the Burgtheatre.he played at the national theatre in the year 1948 in The Helpers of God that was directed by Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross Society.

Ernest moved back to Berlin in the year 1951 and played there in Schiller and Schlossparktheater.

Awards

• He was the winner of the Volpi Cup for best actor at the 1948 Venice Film Festival for his part in Der Prozess.

Filmography

Ø  1916 Die Rache der Toten

Ø  1917 Die zweite Frau

Ø  1918 Apokalypse

Ø  1919 Irrungen

Ø  1919 Die Tochter des Henkers

Ø  1919 Aladdin und die Wunderlampe

Ø  The Monastery of Sendomir (1919)

Ø  1919 Die Frau im Käfig

Ø  1919 Die Geisha und der Samurai

Ø  1919 Blondes Gift

Ø  1919 Der Galeerensträfling (2 parts)

Ø  1919 Fluch der Vergangenheit

Ø  1919 Vom Schicksal erdrosselt

Ø  1919 Monica Vogelsang

Ø  1920 Der gelbe Tod (2 parts)

Ø  1920 Erpreßt

Ø  1920 Ferreol

Ø  1920 Fiebernächte

Ø  1920 Gerechtigkeit

Ø  1920 Haß

Ø  1920 Das Frauenhaus von Brescia

Ø  1920 Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam The Golem: How He Came Into the World

Ø  1920 Die Jagd nach dem Tode (2. Teil: Die verbotene Stadt)

Ø  1920 Judith Trachtenberg

Ø  1920 Lady Godiva

Ø  1920 Von morgens bis mitternachts

Ø  1921 Hannerl und ihre Liebhaber

Ø  Burning Country (1921)

Ø  1921 Die Dame und der Landstreicher

Ø  1922 Der alte Gospodar

Ø  1922 Herzog Ferrantes Ende

Ø  1922 Sein ist das Gericht

Ø  1922 Der Kampf ums Ich

Ø  1922 Liebe kann man nicht kaufen

Ø  1923 Die Pagode

Ø  1923 Das brennende Geheimnis

Ø  The Ancient Law (1923)

Ø  1924 Soll und Haben

Ø  1926 Dagfin

Ø  1927 Das Frauenhaus von Rio

Ø  1927 Zwei unterm Himmelszelt

Ø  1927 Artisten

Ø  1936 The Marriage of Corbal

Ø  1939 Nurse Edith Cavell

Ø  1940 The Man I Married

Ø  1941 So Ends Our Night

Ø  1942 The Prisoner of Japan

Ø  1942 Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen

Ø  1942 Reunion in France

Ø  1943 The Moon Is Down

Ø  1943 Nightplane from Chungking

Ø  1945 Isle of the Dead

Ø  1948 Der Prozeß

Ø  1949 The Third Man

Ø  1951 K - Das Haus des Schweigens

Ø  1952: Wenn abends die Heide träumt

Ø  1955 Nathan der Weise (TV)

Ø  1958 Jedermann (TV)

Ø  1958 Sebastian Kneipp - Ein großes Leben / Sebastian Kneipp - Der Wasserdoktor

Ø  1961 Ein Mädchen vom Lande (TV)

Ø  1962 Vor Sonnenuntergang (TV)

Ø  1963 In der Strafkolonie (TV)

Ø  1966 Der Fall Bohr (TV)