- Heinrich George
Heinrich George (
October 9 ,1893 in Stettin (Szczecin ),Pomerania -September 25 ,1946 inOranienburg ,Brandenburg ) was a German stage and film actor.He had one of first roles in the
Fritz Lang directed film "Metropolis" and the first film version of "Berlin Alexanderplatz " (1931). George is also noted for spooking the youngBertolt Brecht in his first directing job, a production ofArnolt Bronnen 's "Parracide" (1922), when he refused to continue working with the director.Thomson (1994, 26).] He was active in theCommunist Party of Germany before the Nazi takeover, who did not permit him to continue work. After arrangements, he took over leading a group of "none-desirable" actors. He acted in a number of propaganda films before and during WWII, including "Hitlerjunge Quex ", "Jud Süß ", and "Kolberg". He died in 1946 in theRussia nconcentration camp Speziallager Nr. 7 Sachsenhausen (), just north ofBerlin , after an appendix operation.In 1994, after the collapse of Communism and the removal of Soviet occupation troops from Germany thousands of bodies were found in the camp area. Heinrich George could be identified by comparing his DNA with that of his son's.
He was the father of actor
Götz George .Works cited
* Thomson, Peter. 1994. "Brecht's Lives." In "The Cambridge Companion to Brecht". Ed. Peter Thomson and Glendyr Sacks. Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521414466. p.22-39.
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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=825 Virtual History - Bibliography and Tobacco cards]
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