stage
Stage or stages may refer to:
Acting
* Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions
* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
* ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper
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and
film actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
notable for his later career in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
.
Life
Arndt was born in
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...
, Germany. From 1910 he was a member of the Burgretheater ensemble in
Vienna
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. He also made occasional appearances in supporting roles in films. On 13 March 1931, he was made an Honorary Citizen of
Vienna
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On 10 July 1942, at the age of 81, he was deported to the
Theresienstadt Ghetto
Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...
, and from there on 23 September of the same year to
Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...
, where he is presumed to have been murdered shortly afterward.
Filmography
* ''Herbstzauber'' (1918, directed by
Emil Albes
Friedrich Emil Albes (30 October 1861 – 22 March 1923) was a German actor and film director of the silent era.Giesen p.171
Selected filmography
* ''The Traitress'' (1911)
* '' Poor Jenny'' (1912)
* '' The Dance of Death'' (1912)
* '' Veritas ...
, Germany) as agricultural labourer
* ''Der Umweg zur Ehe'' (1919, directed by Fritz Freisler, Germany) as Joe Castor
* ''Seine Durchlaucht der Landstreicher'' (1919, directed by Paul L. Stein, Austria)
* ''Licht und Schatten'' (1919, directed by Artur Holz, Austria)
* '' A Vanished World'' (1922, directed by
Alexander Korda
Sir Alexander Korda (; born Sándor László Kellner; hu, Korda Sándor; 16 September 1893 – 23 January 1956)Samson und Delila'' (1922, directed by Alexander Korda, Austria) as impresario
* '' The Prince of Arcadia'' (1932, directed by Karl Hartl, Austria)
* ''Die grausame Freundin'' (1932, directed by Carl Lamač, Germany) as Professor Bierbrot
* '' Gently My Songs Entreat'' (1933, directed by
Willi Forst
Willi Forst, born Wilhelm Anton Frohs (7 April 1903 – 11 August 1980) was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As a debonair actor he was a darling of the German-speaking film audiences, as a director, one ...
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron (11 May 1897 – 28 October 1944) was a German Jewish actor and film director. He and his wife, Olga were murdered in the Holocaust.
Life
Born Kurt Gerson into a well-off merchant family in Berlin, he studied medicine before being ca ...
, Austria ) as Seifert, Katja's uncle (final film role)