Karl Forest (1874–1944) was an

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 ...

n actor. He was married to the actress

Traute Carlsen Traute Carlsen (1882–1968) was a German stage and film actress. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Jewish Carlsen left Germany for Switzerland where she settled permanently. She was married to the Austrian actor Karl Forest. Biogr ...

Selected filmography

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The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Money Devil ''The Money Devil'' (German: ''Der Geldteufel'') is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Heinz Goldberg and starring Stella Arbenina, Karl Forest and Otto Gebühr.Bock & Bergfelder p.150 Cast In alphabetical order * Stella Arbenina a ...

'' (1923) * ''

Boarding House Groonen ''Boarding House Groonen'' (German: ''Pension Groonen'') is a 1925 Cinema of Austria, Austrian silent film, silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Anton Edthofer, Karl Forest and Harry Nestor. It was Wiene's first film in Vienna ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Guardsman ''The Guardsman'' is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the play '' Testőr'' by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts. It opens with a stage re-enactment of the final scene of Maxwell Anderson's '' ...

'' (1925) * ''

Der Rosenkavalier (''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel ''Les amours du chevalier de Faublas'' ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Queen of Moulin Rouge ''The Queen of Moulin Rouge'' (German: ''Die Königin von Moulin Rouge'') is a 1926 Austrian silent film, silent comedy film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Mady Christians, André Roanne and Livio Pavanelli. The film is based on the 1902 ...

'' (1926) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) * ''

Father Radetzky ''Father Radetzky'' (German: ''Vater Radetzky'') is a 1929 Austrian war film directed by Karl Leiter and starring Karl Forest, Otto Hartmann and Theodor Pištěk. It is a biopic of the nineteenth century Austrian soldier Joseph Radetzky von Ra ...

'' (1929) * '' Little Veronica'' (1929) * '' The Squeaker'' (1931) * ''

Die Fledermaus ' (, ''The Flittermouse'' or ''The Bat'', sometimes called ''The Revenge of the Bat'') is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée, which premiered in 1874. Background The original ...

'' (1931) * '' The Ringer'' (1932) * '' Mamsell Nitouche'' (1932) * ''

Wehe, wenn er losgelassen ''Wehe, wenn er losgelassen'' (lit. "Woe if He is Let Loose") is a 1932 German-Czech comedy film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač. It is a German language version of the Czech film ''Business Under Distress'' (1931). Cast * Vlasta Buria ...

'' (1932) * ''

Gently My Songs Entreat ''Gently My Songs Entreat'' (German: ') is a 1933 Austrian-German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Marta Eggerth, Luise Ullrich and Hans Jaray. The film was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna with art direction by Julius ...

'' (1933) * ''

Asew ''Asew'' or ''Double-Agent Asew'' or ''Asew the Agent Provocateur'' (german: Lockspitzel Asew) is a 1935 German-Austrian thriller film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring Fritz Rasp, Olga Tschechowa, and Hilde von Stolz. It was shot at the Siever ...

'' (1935) * '' Lumpaci the Vagabond'' (1936) * ''

Woman in the River ''Woman in the River'' (German: ''Frau im Strom'') is a 1939 drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Hertha Feiler, Attila Hörbiger and Oskar Sima.Hake, Sabine. ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich''. University of Texas Press, 2001. ...

'' (1939) * ''

Immortal Waltz ''Immortal Waltz'' () is a 1939 historical drama film directed by E. W. Emo and starring Paul Hörbiger, Dagny Servaes, and Maria Andergast. It was shot at the Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. The film's art direction was by Julius von Borsody. T ...

'' (1939)

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

* 1874 births 1944 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male stage actors Austrian male silent film actors Male actors from Vienna 20th-century Austrian male actors {{Austria-actor-stub