Guido Herzfeld (born Guido Kornfeld; 1870 – 16 November 1923) was a German stage and film actor. Herzfeld established himself in the theatre in the nineteenth century. In 1914 he made his film debut and went on to appear in over sixty films before his death. His notable screen roles include appearances in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy '' Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) and Victor Janson's First World War propaganda film '' The Yellow Ticket'' (1918). In 1920 he played the lead in Ewald André Dupont's '' Whitechapel'' (1920). His final appearance was in the comedy '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924).

Selected filmography

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The Canned Bride ''The Canned Bride'' (German: ''Die Konservenbraut'') is a 1915 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Margarete Kupfer, Senta Söneland and Bogia Horska. Cast * Margarete Kupfer * Bogia Horska * Senta Söneland ...

'' (1915) * '' Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) * ''

The Queen's Secretary ''The Queen's Secretary'' (German: ''Der Sekretär der Königin'') is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Käthe Dorsch, Ressel Orla and Margarete Kupfer. A young Queen secretly marries the commander of her bod ...

'' (1916) * ''

Lehmann's Honeymoon ''Lehmann's Honeymoon'' (German: ''Lehmanns Brautfahrt'') is a 1916 German silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Guido Herzfeld, Christel Lorenz, and Arnold Rieck. In order to persuade a daydreaming Professor of Greek History ...

'' (1916) * ''

Europe, General Delivery ''Europe, General Delivery'' or ''Europe poste restante'' (German: ''Europa postlagernd'') is a 1918 German silent mystery film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Max Landa, Viktor Senger and Lu Synd. It was part of a series of films st ...

'' (1918) * '' The Devil'' (1918) * ''

Die Arche ''Die Arche'' (''The Ark'') is a 1919 silent science fiction film starring Leo Connard and directed by Richard Oswald. It is a two-part German epic based upon a novel by Werner Scheff Werner Scheff (1888–1947) was a German novelist and sc ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Duty to Live ''The Duty to Live'' (german: Die Pflicht zu leben) is a 1919 German silent film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Magnus Stifter, Margarete Schön, Reinhold Schünzel Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German a ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Yellow Death ''The Yellow Death'' (german: Der gelbe Tod) is a 1920 German silent thriller film directed by Carl Wilhelm and starring Eduard von Winterstein, Guido Herzfeld and Frida Richard. It was released in two parts, premiering at the Marmorhaus in Berl ...

'' (1920) * ''

The White Peacock ''The White Peacock'' is the first novel by D. H. Lawrence, published in 1911, though with 1910 on the title page. Lawrence started the novel in 1906 and then rewrote it three times. The early versions had the working title of ''Laetitia.'' Ma ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Red Peacock ''The Red Peacock'' (German: ''Arme Violetta'') is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was redis ...

'' (1921) * '' Man Overboard'' (1921) * '' Wandering Souls'' (1921) * ''

Kean Kean may refer to: * Kean (name) * Kean (play), ''Kean'' (play), 1838 play by Alexandre Dumas père based on the life of the actor Edmund Kean, and its adaptations: ** Kean (1921 film), ''Kean'' (1921 film), a German silent historical film ** Kean ...

'' (1921) * '' Roswolsky's Mistress'' (1921) * '' The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' Nosferatu'' (1922) * ''

Tabitha, Stand Up ''Tabitha, Stand Up'' or ''Tabitha, Arise!'' (German: ''Tabea, stehe auf!'') is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Robert Dinesen and starring Lotte Neumann, Maria Forescu and Guido Herzfeld.Grange p.132 The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1922) * ''

Sunken Worlds ''Sunken Worlds'' (German: ''Versunkene Welten'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Victor Varconi, Ria Jende and Hans Albers.Bock & Bergfelder p.8 Cast * Victor Varconi * Ria Jende * Max Devrient * Hans Al ...

'' (1922) * '' The Blood'' (1922) * ''

I.N.R.I. In the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the King of the Jews, both at the beginning of his life and at the end. In the Koine Greek of the New Testament, e.g., in John 19:3, this is written as '' Basileus ton Ioudaion'' (). Both uses of t ...

'' (1923) * ''

Bob and Mary ''Bob and Mary'' (german: Bob und Mary) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Max Glass and starring Helga Molander, Anton Edthofer, and Paul Biensfeldt. The film's art direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job f ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924)

References

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. * Prawer, S.S. ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933''. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

* 1870 births 1923 deaths German male stage actors German male film actors German male silent film actors Male actors from Berlin 19th-century German Jews 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub