Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor,

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, producer, and

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of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenstern "Jüdisches biographisches Lexikon. Eine Sammlung von bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten jüdischer Herkunft ab 1800", LIT Verlag, Vienna; p.637 his mother, of Romanian origin. He began as a stage actor in

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, Flensburg and Berlin before 1910. In 1917 he founded the film company Rex-Film AG. He served on the board of the Film Association of Industrialists (''Vorstand des Verbandes der Filmindustriellen''), SPIO and the Film Directors Association of Germany (''Verbandes der Filmregisseure Deutschlands'') and worked intensively to establish the union-based umbrella organization of Filmmakers in Germany (''Filmschaffenden Deutschlands'') (Dacho). He was the organization's first chairman. Pick was married to actress

Edith Posca Edith Posca (1892–1931) was a German stage actress, stage and film actress.A New History of German Cinema p.106 The wife of director Lupu Pick, she appeared as the leading lady in a number of his silent era productions. Selected filmography * ' ...

Selected filmography

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Die geheimnisvolle Villa ''Die geheimnisvolle Villa'' (lit. 'The Secret-Filled Villa') is a 1914 silent German detective film directed by Joe May and starring Ernst Reicher. It is the first in the series starring the fictional gentleman detective Stuart Webbs, modelle ...

'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * ''

A Night of Horror ''A Night of Horror'' (german: Nächte des Grauens) is a 1916 silent German horror film directed by Richard Oswald, Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss. It is the earliest known feature-length film to portray vampires, with vampire-like ...

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The Uncanny House ''The Uncanny House'' (German: ''Das unheimliche Haus'') is a 1916 German silent mystery film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Werner Krauss, Reinhold Schünzel and Lupu Pick. It was released in three parts.Bock & Bergfelder p.261 The s ...

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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 in ...

'' (1916) * '' Frank Hansen's Fortune'' (1917) * ''

The Lord of Hohenstein ''The Lord of Hohenstein'' (German: ''Der Schloßherr von Hohenstein'') is a 1917 German silent drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Bernd Aldor, Rita Clermont and Lupu Pick.Bock & Bergfelder p.433 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1917) * '' Mountain Air'' (1917) * ''

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The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...

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The Mirror of the World ''The Mirror of the World'' (German: ''Der Weltspiegel'') is a 1918 German silent film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Adolf Klein, Fritz Richard and Gertrude Welcker. It was the directoral debut of PickKreimeier p.44 who had been a prominent a ...

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The Serenyi ''The Serenyi'' (German: ''Die Serenyi'') is a 1918 German silent film directed by Alfred Halm and starring Lya Mara, Erich Kaiser-Titz, and Conrad Veidt.Soister p.316 It is a lost film. Cast * Lya Mara * Erich Kaiser-Titz * Conrad Veidt * Lupu ...

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The Forbidden Way ''The Forbidden Way'' (german: Der verbotene Weg) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Lupu Pick, John Gottowt, and Edith Posca Edith Posca (1892–1931) was a German stage actress, stage and film actress.A New H ...

'' (1920) * '' Nobody Knows'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1921) * '' Nights of Terror'' (1921) * ''

To the Ladies' Paradise ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (German: ''Zum Paradies der Damen'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Lupu Pick.Taylor p.182 It is based on the 1883 novel ''Au Bonheur des Dames'' by Emile Zola. The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

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City in View ''City in View'' (german: Stadt in Sicht) is a 1923 German silent drama film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Harry Nestor, Edith Posca and Friedrich Traeger. It premiered in Berlin on 8 February 1923.Grange p. 140 Cast * Harry Nestor a ...

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The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin ''The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin'' (german: Die letzte Droschke von Berlin) is a 1926 German silent comedy drama film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lupu Pick, Hedwig Wangel, and Maly Delschaft. The film's art direction was by Franz S ...

'' (1926) * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * ''

Countess Ironing-Maid ''Countess Ironing-Maid'' (German: ''Gräfin Plättmamsell'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Constantin J. David and starring Ossi Oswalda, Curt Bois, and Robert Garrison.Bock & Bergfelder p.353 The film's sets were designed ...

'' (1926) * '' Grandstand for General Staff'' (1926) * '' The House of Lies'' (1926) * ''

The Girl with the Five Zeros ''The Girl with the Five Zeros'' (German: ''Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen'') is a 1927 German silent comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt.Bock & Bergfelder p.41 It was shot at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were design ...

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Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein ''Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein'' (German: ''Familientag im Hause Prellstein'') is a 1927 German Silent film, silent comedy film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring S. Z. Sakall, Erika Glässner and Sig Arno. Cast *S. Z. Sakall ...

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A Knight in London ''A Knight in London'' (german: Eine Nacht in London) is a 1928 British-German silent drama film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Lilian Harvey, Ivy Duke and Robin Irvine. It was one of a significant number of co-productions between the tw ...

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The Street Song ''The Street Song'' or ''The Streetsweeper'' (German: ''Gassenhauer'') is a 1931 German musical crime film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Ina Albrecht, Ernst Busch and Albert Hoermann.Carol Anne Costabile-Heming, Rachel J. Halverson & Kri ...

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