Karl Elzer
Conrad Karl Valentin Elzer, Carl Elzer ( born August 2, 1881 in Karlsruhe, † August 30 1938 in Rottach -Egern ) was a German actor.
Life and work
Elzer, who had already given at the age of eight years, his children debut as "little England " in " The Fairy Doll ", his professional career began at the turn of the century as a volunteer under Albert Biirklin, the general manager of the court theater of his hometown of Karlsruhe. Incidentally received Elzer private acting lessons with William Aquarius. Then went through Elzer classical acting career with obligations in the German Province: His stage stations were Gera, Flensburg and Szczecin. At the latter town in Pomerania Bellevue Theatre he was in the season 1907/1908 Partner of Viktor Schwanneke and the young Emil Jannings, who also directed. 1911 brought him the director of the Schiller Theatre, Max Pategg, who had seen him at a suburban stage as Bertram in Robert and Bertram, led by him to the venue. In the following years, especially since the late phase of the First World War, up Elzer divided his work between theater and film, to the Viggo Larsen had brought the 30 -year-olds at the beginning of his time in Berlin for the first time on. In war times, fed, Charles Elzer was severely wounded at the front.
Especially 1918-1931 he participated in a plethora of films with supporting roles. Elzer has been honored with every form of classical film batch; rich in particular and height Asked personalities he played regularly: the John Rockefeller in Maud Rockefellers bet the manufacturers Assmann in The Assmann, the Elector Max of Bavaria in a girl of the people, the Count Aranyi bursts in the competition, the Prince Ludwig in Lena warning Stetten, the Burgtheater in Kaiser sweetheart, Frederick the Wise in Luther and the banker Fören in the blue lantern. When sound film after 1931 Charles Elzer was rarely active. In addition to his theater and film work, the Karlsruhe also engaged extensively in the Berlin cabaret scene.
His last years he tied himself artistically at the Berlin Theatre under the direction of Oscar Ingenohl as well as the Theater of Youth, " the grateful and enthusiastic visitors he conveyed unforgettable impressions in 460 performances and in whose memory he will live on ," as in an obituary in 1939 said.