Gaston Briese (19 August 1898 – 22 March 1953) was a German
stage
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and
film actor
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. He appeared in more than forty films during his career, which spanned from the late
silent era to the mid-1940s. His final appearance was in the 1946
rubble film ''
Somewhere in Berlin''.
[Shandley p.218]
Selected filmography
* ''
The Pink Slippers
''The Pink Slippers'' (German: ''Das rosa Pantöffelchen'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Franz Hofer and starring Hanni Reinwald, Ernst Rückert and Anna von Palen.Grange p.252
Cast
* Hanni Reinwald as Komtesse Lu von Sald ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Always Be True and Faithful
''Always Be True and Faithful'' (german: Üb' immer Treu' und Redlichkeit ) is a 1927 German silent film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Reinhold Schünzel, Rosa Valetti and Julius E. Herrmann.Bock & Bergfelder p. 524
The film's set ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Gentlemen Among Themselves'' (1929)
* ''
Distinguishing Features'' (1929)
* ''
The Love Market'' (1930)
* ''
Wibbel the Tailor'' (1931)
* ''
Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931)
* ''
Terror of the Garrison
''Terror of the Garrison'' (German: ''Der Schrecken der Garnison'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Felix Bressart, Lucie Englisch and Adele Sandrock.Bock & Bergfelder p.63
It was one of several military farces ...
'' (1931)
* ''
Bashful Felix'' (1934)
* ''
The Bird Seller'' (1935)
* ''
Trouble Backstairs'' (1935)
* ''
The Dreamer'' (1936)
* ''
Paul and Pauline'' (1936)
* ''
Orders Are Orders'' (1936)
* ''
Hilde and the Volkswagen'' (1936)
* ''
Red Orchids'' (1938)
* ''
Somewhere in Berlin'' (1946)
* ''
Falstaff in Vienna
''Falstaff in Vienna'' (german: Falstaff in Wien) is a 1940 German musical comedy film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Hans Nielsen, Gusti Wolf and Paul Hörbiger.Fawkes p. 110 It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Ot ...
'' (1940)
References
Bibliography
* Shandley, Robert. ''Rubble Films: German Cinema in the Shadow of the Third Reich''. Temple University Press, 2010.
External links
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1898 births
1953 deaths
German male stage actors
German male film actors
Male actors from Berlin
20th-century German male actors
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