Max Maximilian (born Franz Kuhn; 23 September 1885 – 25 June 1930)
[Landesarchiv Berlin, Sterberegister StA Schöneweide, Nr. 196/1930] was a German singer, actor and director.
[Waldman p.141]
Career
Maximilian was born in
Cologne and began his career as a singer and stage actor. He made his stage debut on 20 October 1905 at the
Stadttheater Passau
Stadttheater Passau is a theatre in Passau, Bavaria, Germany
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performing in
operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
s. In 1906 he moved to the Studienhaus in
Coburg, in 1907 to
Pirmasens, in 1908 to the Meininger Residenztheater, and in 1909 as an operetta singer at the
Bochum
Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...
City Theater. In 1910 he followed a call to
Speyer, and 1911 to
Wittenberge, where he was also allowed to stage plays as a director, and in 1912 to
Munich, where he stayed until 1914 and also proved himself as a director and actor.
In the last few years before the outbreak of World War I, Max Maximilian turned to the new medium of film. There he covered the entire range of supporting roles: he played fathers and subordinate service providers, seamen and miners, shady characters and police gendarmes. In the 1920s Maximilian occasionally worked as an assistant director (e.g. in 1922 for the film ''Der Absturz'') or as a production manager (e.g. in 1924 for ''Garragan'' and 1926 for ''Der Student von Prag'').
Maximilian died in
Berlin in 1930, aged 44.
Selected filmography
* ''
Rose Bernd'' (1919)
* ''
Monika Vogelsang'' (1920)
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Garragan
''Garragan'' is a 1924 German silent film directed by Ludwig Wolff and starring Edward Burns, Carmel Myers and Julanne Johnston.Bock & Bergfelder p. 440
The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinrich Beisenherz.
Cast
* Edward Burns
...
'' (1924)
* ''
Slums of Berlin
''Slums of Berlin'' (german: Die Verrufenen) is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Bernhard Goetzke, and Mady Christians. It was shot at the Marienfelde Studios in Berlin. The film's sets ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The Student of Prague'' (1926)
* ''
Children of No Importance
''Children of No Importance'' or ''The Illegitimate'' (German: ''Die Unehelichen'') is a 1926 German Silent film, silent Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Margarete Kupfer and Els ...
'' (1926)
* ''
People to Each Other
''People to Each Other'' (german: Menschen untereinander) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Alfred Abel, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Eduard Rothauser. The film's art direction was by Otto Moldenhauer
Otto Molden ...
'' (1926)
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The Poacher'' (1926)
* ''
The Sporck Battalion'' (1927)
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The Long Intermission'' (1927)
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Aftermath'' (1927)
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The Catwalk'' (1927)
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Orient Express'' (1927)
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Mata Hari'' (1927)
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That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights
''That Was Heidelberg on Summer Nights'' (German:''Das war in Heidelberg in blauer Sommernacht'') is a 1927 German romance film directed by Emmerich Hanus and starring Fritz Alberti, Charlotte Susa and Olga Engl.Grange p.250 The film was shot on ...
'' (1927)
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Luther'' (1928)
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Modern Pirates'' (1928)
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Cry for Help'' (1928)
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Violantha'' (1928)
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Volga Volga'' (1928)
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Pawns of Passion'' (1928)
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Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest
''Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest'' (German: ''Eddy Polo im Wespennest'') is a 1928 German silent action film directed by Léo Lasko and starring Eddie Polo, Grit Haid and Heddy Waldow.Krautz p.46
The film's sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1928)
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Lemke's Widow'' (1928)
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Guilty'' (1928)
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The Beaver Coat'' (1928)
* ''
Under the Lantern'' (1928)
* ''
Escape'' (1928)
* ''
Docks of Hamburg
''Docks of Hamburg'' or ''The Carmen of St. Pauli'' (german: Die Carmen von St. Pauli) is a 1928 German silent drama film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Jenny Jugo, Willy Fritsch, and Fritz Rasp. It was made by UFA at their Babelsberg ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Mary Lou'' (1928)
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Sajenko the Soviet'' (1928)
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Eva in Silk
''Eva in Silk'' (German: ''Eva in Seide'') is a 1928 German silent film directed by Carl Boese and starring Lissy Arna, Walter Rilla and Margarete Kupfer.Parish & Canham p.26 It was shot at the National Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were des ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Veil Dancer'' (1929)
* ''
Archduke John
Archduke John of Austria (german: Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Österreich; 20 January 1782 – 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial regent (''Reichsverwese ...
'' (1929)
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Dawn'' (1929)
* ''
Youth of the Big City'' (1929)
* ''
The Hero of Every Girl's Dream'' (1929)
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Woman in the Moon'' (1929)
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Painted Youth'' (1929)
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The League of Three
''The League of Three'' (German: ''Der Bund der Drei'') is a 1929 German silent crime film directed by Hans Behrendt and starring Jenny Jugo, Max Maximilian and Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur.
The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann. It premiered a ...
'' (1929)
* ''
What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime
''What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime'' (German: ''Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt'') is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Curt Blachnitzky and starring Paul Rehkopf, Anna Müller-Lincke and Colette Brettel.Prawer p.83 The film' ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Ship of Lost Souls
''The Ship of Lost Souls'' or ''The Ship of Lost Men'' (German: ''Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen'') is a 1929 German silent thriller film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Fritz Kortner, Marlene Dietrich and Robin Irvine.
It was ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Roses Bloom on the Moorland'' (1929)
* ''
Witnesses Wanted
''Witnesses Wanted'' (German: ''Zeugen gesucht'') is a 1930 German silent mystery film directed by Edmund Heuberger and starring Eddie Polo, Lotte Stein and Kurt Brenkendorf.Wottrich p.176
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gust ...
'' (1930)
* ''
The Tiger Murder Case
''The Tiger Murder Case'' (German: ''Der Tiger'') is a 1930 German mystery film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Charlotte Susa, Harry Frank and Hertha von Walther.Bock & Bergfelder p.206 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. T ...
'' (1930)
References
Bibliography
* Waldman, Harry. ''Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films''. McFarland, 2001.
External links
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1885 births
1930 deaths
German male stage actors
German musical theatre actors
German male film actors
German male silent film actors
20th-century German male actors
German male singers
Actors from Cologne
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