Portrait by Günter Rittner 1967.
Fritz Kortner (May 12, 1892 – July 22, 1970) was an Austrian-born stage and film actor. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
Kortner was born in Vienna as Fritz Nathan Kohn. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ( Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) is an Austrian University located in After graduating, he joined Max Reinhardt in Berlin in 1911 and then Leopold Jessner in 1916. Max Reinhardt ( September 9, 1873 - October 30, 1943) was an Austrian (later naturalised American) theatre and film Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Leopold Jessner ( March 3, 1878 &ndash December 13, 1945) was a noted producer and director of German Expressionist Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Also in that year he made his first appearance in a silent film. He became one of Germany's best known character actors. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. His speciality was playing sinister and threatening roles.
The coming of the Nazis to power forced Kortner to flee Germany in 1933, and he emigrated to the United States, where he found work as a character actor and play director for a time before returning to Germany in 1949. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Upon his return, he became noted for his innovative staging and direction, particularly of classics such as his Richard III (1964) in which the king crawls over piles of corpses at the end. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.
Kortner died in Munich. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany.
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