Siegfried Weiss (18 April 1906 – 8 October 1989) was an East German actor.

Biography

Weiss made his artistic debut on the stage of the

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Theater, at 1924. He continued his career in the theaters of

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and Berlin, where he acted in the

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, among others. Weiss' film career started already in the Nazi era, with the 1937

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inspired movie ''Die Graue Dame'' (The Gray Lady), and had lasted for almost fifty years. After the

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he returned to acting on screen, working with the East German studio

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and with the television producers DFF. He appeared in more than fifty independent GDR productions and in co-productions with other Eastern Bloc countries, such as the epic movies ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He retired in 1984. Weiss retired at 1987, making his last appearance on stage in the Berlin Ensemble on 25 October that year.Various authors.
Notate, Volume 10
'' Brecht-Zentrum der DDR (1989). Page 17.

Partial filmography

* '' The Grey Lady'' (1937) - Ganove * ''

The Call of the Sea ''The Call of the Sea'' or ''The Oceans Are Calling'' (german: Die Meere rufen) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by Eduard Kubat and starring Hans Klering, Käte Alving and Evamaria Bath. A defector to West Germany returns to the East h ...

'' (1951) * '' Die Unbesiegbaren'' (1953) - Kriminalbeamter * '' Die Störenfriede'' (1953) - Erichs Vater * '' Kein Hüsung'' (1954) - Graf Pfeil * '' Alarm in Zirkus'' (1954) - Hepfield * '' Ernst Thaelmann - Leader of his Class'' (1955) - industrialist * ''

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'' (1956) - Hanussen * '' Zwischenfall in Benderath'' (1956) - Direktor Tappert * ''Rivalen am Steuer'' (1957) - Alvarez * '' Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser…'' (1957) - Fritz Erdmann * '' Spielbank-Affäre'' (1957) - Balduin * '' Gejagt bis zum Morgen'' (1957) - Eleganter Herr * '' Sie kannten sich alle'' (1958) - Dr. Blei * ''Der Prozeß wird vertagt'' (1958) * '' Das Lied der Matrosen'' (1958) * '' Erich Kubak'' (1959) - Egon Hempel * '' Doctor Ahrendt's Decision'' (1960) - Kripphahn * ''Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy'' (1961) - Colonel Nelson * ''Henker - Der Tod hat ein Gesicht'' (1961) - Sekretär * ''Das Stacheltier - Der Dieb von San Marengo'' (1963) - Syndikus der Hohlkörper AG * ''Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes'' (1963) - Geschworener : Herr Meier * '' Engel im Fegefeuer'' (1964) - Polizeioffizier * ''Das Stacheltier - Das blaue Zimmer'' (1964) - (voice) * ''

The Story of a Murder ''The Story of a Murder'' (german: Chronik eines Mordes) is an East German drama film directed by Joachim Hasler. It was released in 1965. The film is done following the novel of Leonhard Frank ''Die Jünger Jesu''. Cast * Angelica Domröse as ...

'' (1965) - Dr. Rotholz * ''

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'' (1965) - Franz Mehring * ''

The Escape In The Silent ''The Escape in the Silent'' (german: Flucht ins Schweigen)Flucht ins Schweigen' on DEFA Foundation's website. is an East German black-and-white film, directed by Siegfried Hartmann. It was released in 1966. Plot Construction works carried out in ...

'' (1966) - Juwelier * ''Ohne Kampf kein Sieg'' (1966, TV Mini-Series) * ''Ich - Axel Caesar Springer'' (1968, TV Series) * ''Mohr und die Raben von London'' (1968) - Ender * ''Der Mord, der nie verjährt'' (1968) - Prosecutor General * ''Lebende Ware'' (1969) - Ferenc Chorin * ' (1970) - Oberst am Klavier * ''

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'' (1971) - Canaris * ''

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'' (1971) - Gotzkowsky * '' Liberation III: Direction of the Main Blow'' (1971) - Manstein * ''Trotz alledem!'' (1972) * ''Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow'' (1973) - Obersekretär Dollwitz * ''Зарево над Драва'' (1974) * ''

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'' (1975) - Niels Bohr * ''Komödianten-Emil'' (1980) - Meyer sen. * ''Die Gerechten von Kummerow'' (1982) - Amtsrichter * ''Romeo and Julia auf dem Dorfe'' (1984) - Richter * ''

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'' (1984, TV Series) - Alois Hauber

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Siegfried 1906 births 1989 deaths People from Chemnitz German male film actors German male television actors German male stage actors 20th-century German male actors