Ernst Deutsch
- To the Austrian commercial artist and fashion designer Ernst Dryden - German German - see Ernst Dryden.
- At the publicist Heinrich Pudor (pseudonym Ernst German ) see Heinrich Pudor.
Ernst German aka Ernest Dorian ( born September 16, 1890 in Prague, † March 22, 1969 in Berlin) was an Austrian actor.
Family
The German actor Ernst was the son of the Prague big merchant Ludwig German and Louise Kraus.
He married in 1922 his childhood friend Anuschka Fuchs from Prague. She was the daughter of the Prague industrialist Arthur Fuchs and Margaret honor branch from Vienna. Her cousin Herbert Fuchs of Robettin was married to the sister of Franz Werfel.
Life
German grew up in the Old Town of Prague, attended high school there and came up to Rank 7 of the Austro- Hungarian tennis list. After high school he served in the k.u.k. Army.
He was a childhood friend Franz Werfel in Prague and remained there for a lifetime; both couples lived in California close together and often visited each.
In 1914, German made his stage debut under Berthold Viertel on the Vienna Volksbühne. After a short season in Prague hired him Edgar Licho for the Albert Theater in Dresden, where he moved in 1916. In the Dresden Albert Theatre, he played in Schiller's The Robbers the role of Franz Moor and in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening the role of Moritz Stiefel. He took over in Walter Hasenclever's drama The Son of the title role and became famous as expressionist actor. This premiered on October 8, 1916 work took place within a matinee in front of invited guests, such as the Royal Saxon directors Count Seebach. In 1917 he went to the German Theatre in Berlin, played until 1933 in various stages of the city, gave guest performances in Hamburg, Munich and Vienna, and was even in 1930 participants of a tour of South America. Since 1916, he starred in 42 silent films.
In April 1933 he left as a Jew because of the doctrine of the state had become anti-Semitism of the Nazis Germany and initially played back in Vienna and Prague, gave guest performances in Zurich, Brussels and 1936 in London. In 1938 he emigrated to New York, N. Y. (USA), played briefly on Broadway in 1939 and moved to Hollywood, where he also received American citizenship. From 1942 he played under the pseudonym Ernest Dorian in some Hollywood movies mostly Nazis and officers.
After a stint in 1946 in Buenos Aires returned Ernst German 1947 Paris and Switzerland to Vienna, where he became a member of the Burgtheater. At the National Theatre he played in 1948 in " The helper of God" Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross. From 1951 he lived back in Berlin, where he played on Schiller and Schlossparktheater. In addition, he often was on tour in Germany and abroad.
His early work in films included the Baron Kurtz in the classic film The Third Man by Carol Reed. As the " Best Actor ", he was awarded in 1948 in Venice for his performance in the film, the process. Largest theater successes came as Nathan the Wise in Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's classic of the same name, as well as Shylock in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. More than 10 years and in more than 1000 performances he embodied the Nathan and traveled with productions from all over Europe.
German was for his portrayal of the title role in Walter Hasenclever's youth drama The Son (1916, 1918 and 1923) as the Expressionist actor par excellence.
He was buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin highway.
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- For his performance in the movie The process he received on the film festival in Venice in 1948 the International Prize for "Best Supporting Actor ".