Rolf Wenkhaus

Rolf Wenkhaus (September 9, 1917 - January 31, 1942) [ [http://www.moviekids.org/code/actor_page.php?sess=eff9mtla5h34cikol466htfjj6&actorid=730 Movie Kids] ] was a German child actor who is most likely recalled for his role of Emil Tischbein in the 1931 film "Emil and the Detectives".

Born in Berlin, Germany, [ [http://www.moviekids.org/code/actor_page.php?sess=eff9mtla5h34cikol466htfjj6&actorid=730 Movie Kids] ] Rolf Wenkhaus was the son of actor Kurt Wenkhaus. He made his film debut at age 14 in 1931 as a child actor in the role of Emil in the Gerhard Lamprecht-directed adventure film "Emil and the Detectives" (German: "Emil und die Detektive") for Universum Film AG. The film was based on eponymous 1929 novel by Erich Kästner and proved to be commercially successful. [cite news
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In 1933 he appeared in one of the Third Reich's first propaganda films "S.A.-Mann Brand" [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9401EED6143FE53ABC4051DFB366838F629EDE "The New York Times Movies: S.A.-Mann Brand"] ] as Erich Lohner, a juvenile member of the Hitler Youth who selflessly sacrifices himself at film's end to save a comrade. [cite news
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work=New York Times
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accessdate=2008-08-10] Like many Nazi propaganda films of the period, "S.A.-Mann Brand" was banned from viewing for many years following World War II. After the outbreak of WW II, Wenkhaus enlisted in the military and was killed in action in 1942.

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