Hermann Vallentin
Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed. From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser. The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.
Destiny
as (uncredited)As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is...
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The Last Laugh
as Spitzbäuchiger Gast [Potbellied Guest]An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel is forced to...
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The Finances of the Grand Duke
as Herr BekkerThe likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to...
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The Haunted Castle
as Landgerichtsrat a.D.The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he...
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The Ancient Law
as Heinrich LaubeBaruch Mayer, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia, decides to break with the...
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Asphalt
as uncreditedOne of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May’s Asphalt is a love...
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Luther
as Professor KarlstadtGerman silent film about the life of Martin Luther
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Cyanide
as uncreditedDrama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her...
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Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
as uncreditedA pharaonic tragedy to the content that spans six different eras. In the first episode, the...
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Schlagende Wetter
as Marie's fatherAfter the revelation that Georg has seduced her, Maria is driven away by her father. Georg,...
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Atlantic
as Dr. HoltzGerman-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic"...
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The Captain from Köpenick
as Adolph WormserBased on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain's uniform, assumed command...
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Die Buddenbrooks
as SmithFour-generation story-saga dealing with the decline of a middle-class Lübeck family. The first...
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The Tempest
as uncreditedTwo inspiration sources appear clearly: contemporary American gangster movies and Alfred...
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Bookkeeper Kremke
as KremkeIn this realistic, unsentimental portrait of Germany’s dire economic situation, a middle-aged...
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Die Liebe einer Königin
as uncreditedIn 1766, the young English princess Caroline Mathilde is sent to Denmark to marry the King...
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Christian Wahnschaffe I: Weltbrand
as CardillacWeltbrand is the first part of the two-part silent movie Christian Wahnschaffe.
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Friedrich Schiller - Eine Dichterjugend
as Herzog Karl Eugen von WürttembergIn his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young...
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Des Lebens Würfelspiel
as Kommerzienrat Reichenberga silent movie by Heinz Paul
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The Dangerous Age
as Fischer JensenThe gorgeous 40-year-old Elsie Lindtner lives in a beautiful house, and is married to a...
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The Rats
as uncreditedDie Ratten was produced by actress and singer Grete Ly. Her company, Grete Ly-Film, made five...
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Two Worlds
as Uhrmacher Simon GoldschneiderGerman language version of Two Worlds.
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The Tunnel
as uncreditedMax Allan, a visionary engineer persuades investors to fund building an undersea railway...
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The Black Panther
as Antonius, a poetKornej is a young painter of primitivism. An art agent discover the works of Kornej and buy the...
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The Stolen Face
as WirtBill's girlfriend Lore is an art student in Berlin. Since her professor doesn't think much of...
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Wüstenrausch
as uncreditedA romantic adventure set in the Sahara desert.
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Him or Me
as KriminalkommissarPrince Valona has a bit of trouble with his girlfriend Eveline (Olivia Fried), so he's quite...
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The Story of a Little Parisian
as Gavard's FatherTotte works in Paris when she meets the wealthy Renato. Renato's father wants him to marry so to...
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Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer
as uncreditedA mysterious man saves the son of a wealthy couple so they allow him to stay at their place for...
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The Sun's Revenge
as MörderAn innkeeper in sheer despair murders a passing by musician and steals his money in order to buy...
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The Flight in the Night
as Irrenarzt, Prof. GenoniBased on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. Conrad Veidt plays Count di Nolli, a nobleman...
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