Guido Herzfeld (born Guido Kornfeld; 1870 – 16 November 1923) was a German

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and

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. 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

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's comedy '' Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) and

Victor Janson Victor Arthur Eduard Janson ( lv, Viktors Artūrs Eduards Jansons; 25 September 1884 – 29 June 1960) was a German stage and film actor and film director of Latvian ethnicity. Selected filmography Actor * ''Your Dearest Enemy'' (1916) * '' When ...

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'' (1918). In 1920 he played the lead in

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's ''

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'' (1920). His final appearance was in the comedy '' The Grand Duke's Finances'' (1924).

Selected filmography

* '' The Canned Bride'' (1915) * '' Shoe Palace Pinkus'' (1916) * '' The Queen's Secretary'' (1916) * '' Lehmann's Honeymoon'' (1916) * '' Europe, General Delivery'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' Die Arche'' (1919) * '' The Duty to Live'' (1919) * '' The Yellow Death'' (1920) * '' The White Peacock'' (1920) * '' The Red Peacock'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

Wandering Souls ''Wandering Souls'' (German: ''Irrende Seelen'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Asta Nielsen, Alfred Abel, and Walter Janssen. It was based on the 1869 novel ''The Idiot'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The fil ...

'' (1921) * '' Kean'' (1921) * ''

Roswolsky's Mistress ''Roswolsky's Mistress'' (german: Die Geliebte Roswolskys) is a 1921 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Felix Basch and starring Asta Nielsen, Paul Wegener, and Wilhelm Diegelmann. It was based on a novel by George Froeschel. The f ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Graveyard of the Living ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (German: ''Der Friedhof der Lebenden'') is a 1921 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Guido Herzfeld and Hanni Weisse. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Moldenhaue ...

'' (1921) * ''

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...

'' (1922) * '' Tabitha, Stand Up'' (1922) * '' Sunken Worlds'' (1922) * '' The Blood'' (1922) * '' I.N.R.I.'' (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 was by Robert Neppach Robert Neppach (2 March 1890 – 18 A ...

'' (1923) * '' Carousel'' (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