- Rudolf Rittner
Rudolf Rittner (
June 30 , 1869 – February 4, 1943) was a Germanactor born in Weissbach,Sudetenland , famous for playing knight and folk heroFlorian Geyer in Gerhart Hauptmann's drama of the same name. The well-known German painterLovis Corinth portrayed him in 1906. Only one year later, at the age of 38, Rittner being at the peak of his career retired as theatrical actor. In 1922, he returned as actor in several German movies, especially in Fritz Lang's 1924 silent masterpieceDie Nibelungen with Rittner starring as Markgraf Rüdiger von Bechlarn. When he died in 1943, Rittner left two dramas, one of them being "Narrenglanz" (A Fool's Glory), an allegory on modern acting. Rudolf Rittner died in Weissbach and is buried on the local cemetery.Filmography
*1922 - "Der Graf von Charolais" (The Count of Charolais)
*1923 - "Ein Glas Wasser" (One Glass of Water)
*1924 - "Die Nibelungen "
*1925 - "Zur Chronik von Grieshuus" (The Chronicles of the Gray House)
*1925 - "Der Wilderer"
*1926 - "Der Mann im Feuer"
*1927 - "Der Meister von Nürnberg" (The Master of Nuremberg)
*1927 - "Der fröhliche Weinberg"
*1930 - "Väter und Söhne"External links
*imdb name|0728845|Rudolf Rittner at the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.rudolf-rittner.de Rudolf Rittner: Ein deutscher Schauspieler] (German)
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