Alfred Balthoff (1905 – 1989) was a German

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, film and

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. He also worked as a

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, dubbing foreign releases for the German-speaking market. Of

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background, he spent the final years of the Nazi era in hiding.Noack p.257 In the immediate post-war years he made several films in the

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for

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, but later established himself in

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Selected filmography

* ''

Marriage in the Shadows ''Marriage in the Shadows'' (German: ''Ehe im Schatten'') is 1947 German melodrama film directed by Kurt Maetzig and starring Paul Klinger, Ilse Steppat and Alfred Balthoff. It was produced in the Soviet zone in what later became East Germany ...

'' (1947) * ''

Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. The opera is based on the drama '' Woyzeck'', which the German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at ...

'' (1947) * '' The Marriage of Figaro'' (1949) * '' Our Daily Bread'' (1949) * '' Love's Awakening'' (1953) * ''

The Great Test ''The Great Test'' (german: Ihre große Prüfung) is a 1954 West German drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Luise Ullrich, Hans Söhnker and Karin Dor.Bock & Bergfelder p. 511 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and o ...

'' (1954) * '' Bon Voyage'' (1954) * ''

Confess, Doctor Corda ''Confess, Doctor Corda'' (german: Gestehen Sie, Dr. Corda) is a 1958 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Hardy Krüger, Elisabeth Müller and Lucie Mannheim. It is considered to be a film noir, one of a number made i ...

'' (1958) * ''

Dorothea Angermann ''Dorothea Angermann'' is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar and Alfred Schieske.Alpi p.357 It was adapted from the play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The film's sets were designed by the a ...

'' (1959) * ''

A Thousand Stars Aglitter ''A Thousand Stars Aglitter'' (german: Tausend Sterne leuchten) is a 1959 West German musical comedy film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Germaine Damar, Toni Sailer and Maria Sebaldt.Koepnick p. 61 Cast * Germaine Damar as Patricia * Ton ...

'' (1959) * ''

The Death Ship ''The Death Ship'' (German title: ''Das Totenschiff'') is a novel by the pseudonymous author known as B. Traven. Originally published in German in 1926, and in English in 1934, it was Traven's first major success and is still the author's secon ...

'' (1959) * '' Blind Justice'' (1961) * '' Murderer in the Fog'' (1964) * ''

All People Will Be Brothers ''All People Will Be Brothers'' (german: Alle Menschen werden Brüder) is a 1973 West German drama film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Harald Leipnitz, Doris Kunstmann and Rainer von Artenfels.Bock & Bergfelder p.504 Cast * Harald Leipnit ...

'' (1973)

References

Bibliography

* Noack, Frank. ''Veit Harlan: The Life and Work of a Nazi Filmmaker''. University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

External links

* German male film actors German male television actors German male stage actors German male voice actors People from Pyskowice 20th-century German Jews 1905 births 1989 deaths {{Germany-actor-stub