Franz Stein

Franz Stein
Born	29 July 1880 Cologne, German Empire
Died	12 February 1958 (aged 77) West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, Actor
Years active	1917-1955 (film)

Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German cinematographer and film actor. During the silent era he shot a number of films, many of them for National Film. After 1925 his film appearances were exclusively as an actor.

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

• Lotte Lore (1921)
• Your Brother's Wife (1921)
• Your Bad Reputation (1922)
• La Boheme (1923)
• The Red Rider (1923)
• Maud Rockefeller's Bet (1924)
• The Doomed (1924)
• Set Me Free (1924)
• Za La Mort (1924)
• The Proud Silence (1925)
• Hedda Gabler (1925)
• Lena Warnstetten (1925)
• Battle of the Butterflies (1924)

Actor

• The Catwalk (1927) - Landrat von Krotkeim
• The Old Fritz (1928) - Lordmarschall Keith
• Luther (1928)
• Fair Game (1928) - Regisseur Finke
• Robert and Bertram (1928) - 2. Vagabund
• Die von der Scholle sind (1928)
• The Lord of the Tax Office (1929) - Udo von Langwitzs Vater
• Andreas Hofer (1929) - Pater Haspinger
• The Way Through the Night (1929)
• Marriage in Name Only (1930)
• Wibbel the Tailor (1931) - Nachtwächter
• M (1931) - Minister
• The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931) - Gesangslehrer
• The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
• Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) - Kreisel in der Irrenanstalt
• The Black Hussar (1932) - Der Spion
• The First Right of the Child (1932)
• The Lake Calls (1933) - Der alte Jansen
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
• Music in the Blood (1934)
• Love and the First Railway (1934)
• The Two Seals (1934) - Dr.Spärlich
• The Gypsy Baron (1935)
• The Bird Seller (1935)
• A Pair of Lovers (1935)
• The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935) - Vater Christmann
• Frisians in Peril (1935) - Christian Kröger
• Pillars of Society (1935) - Ein Bürger
• Augustus the Strong (1936) - Superintendent
• Soldaten - Kameraden (1936)
• Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (1937) - Schreiber
• Madame Bovary (1937) - Herzog de Laverrière
• To New Shores (1937) - Puritaner
• La Habanera (1937) - Falk
• Der nackte Spatz (1938) - Engel - Schneidermeister
• Spaßvögel (1939) - Kimpel
• Salonwagen E 417 (1939)
• Detours to Happiness (1939) - Dr. Lehmann
• Die Geliebte (1939)
• The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939) - Dr. Ossorgin (uncredited)
• Robert Koch (1939) - Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institu
• Kornblumenblau (1939)
• Ein ganzer Kerl (1939) - Versicherungsbeamter
• My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939)
• Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) - Hausknecht August
• The Girl at the Reception (1940) - Hauptschriftleiter Grimm
• Clothes Make the Man (1940)
• Frieder und Catherlieschen (1940)
• The Swedish Nightingale (1941) - Hofuhrmacher
• Rembrandt (1942) - Stadtschreiber
• Der große Schatten (1942) - Zeitungsredakteur
• Münchhausen (1943) - Leibjäger Rösemeyer (uncredited)
• Paracelsus (1943) - Doctor
• Die Zaubergeige (1944)
• Shiva und die Galgenblume (1945)
• The Adventures of Fridolin (1948) - Der Standesbeamte
• Knall and Fall as Detectives (1953) - Professor Brott
• The Star of Rio (1955) - (final film role)

Bibliography

• Rolf Giesen. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.

External links

• Franz Stein at IMDb