Albert Heine (16 November 1867, in

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– 13 April 1949, in Westerland) was a

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, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'',

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(2007), p. 213

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and

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. He also directed two

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. He was the director of the Burgtheater in

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between 1918 and 1921.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1922) * '' The Curse'' (1924) * '' Boarding House Groonen'' (1925) * ''

The Arsonists of Europe ''The Arsonists of Europe'' (German: ''Die Brandstifter Europas'') is a 1926 Austrian silent drama film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Charlotte Ander, Eugen Neufeld and Robert Valberg.Grange p.234 It was shot at the Sievering Studios in V ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Monte Cristo of Prague ''The Monte Cristo of Prague'' (German: ''Der Monte Christo von Prag'') is a 1929 Austrian-Czech silent adventure film directed by Hans Otto and starring Albert Heine, Valerie Boothby and Walter Rilla.Bock & Bergfelder p.397 Cast * Albert ...

'' (1929) * '' Play Around a Man'' (1929) * '' Daughter of the Regiment'' (1933)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

References

External links

* 1867 births 1949 deaths Jewish German male actors German male film actors German male stage actors German male silent film actors Film directors from Lower Saxony Actors from Braunschweig People from the Duchy of Brunswick 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub