Conrad Veidt
Casablanca
Il gabinetto del dottor Caligari
Il ladro di Bagdad
Conrad Veidt, pseudonimo di Hans Walter Konrad Veidt (Potsdam, 22 gennaio 1893 – Hollywood, 3 aprile 1943), è stato un attore tedesco naturalizzato britannico nel 1933, poi divenuto statunitense nel 1941. Principalmente noto per aver interpretato il personaggio di Cesare ne Il gabinetto del dottor Caligari (1920) e Gwynplain ne L'uomo che ride (1928), è ricordato come uno degli attori che seppero meglio interpretare la figura del cattivo. Stella del cinema muto tedesco, nella sua carriera recitò in un centinaio di pellicole. Nel 1942 girò a Hollywood Casablanca, in cui interpretò il ruolo del maggiore Strasser, il comandante tedesco; fu il suo penultimo ruolo: morì prematuramente nel 1943. La sua ultima pellicola fu Al di sopra di ogni sospetto di Richard Thorpe. Wikipedia
Berlin, Germany
22 Gennaio 1893 - 03 Aprile 1943
50 anni 2 mesi e 11 giorni
Fimografia
- 2008 - Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad as Jaffar (archival footage)
- 2000 - The Many Faces of Dracula as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 - Universal Horror as (archive footage)
- 1974 - The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)
- 1943 - Al di sopra di ogni sospetto as Hassert Seidel
- 1943 - Casablanca as Major Heinrich Strasser
- 1942 - Nazi Agent as Otto Becker / Baron Hugo von Detner
- 1942 - Sesta colonna as Franz Ebbing
- 1941 - The Men in Her Life as Stanislas Rosing
- 1941 - La prima notte in tre as Joseph Jones
- 1941 - Volto di donna as Torsten Barring
- 1940 - Il ladro di Bagdad as Jaffar
- 1940 - Incontro senza domani as General Kurt von Kolb
- 1940 - A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940 - Contrabbando as Capt. Andersen
- 1939 - La spia in nero as Captain Ernst Hardt
- 1938 - Le Joueur d'échecs as Le baron de Kempelen
- 1938 - Tempête sur l'Asie as Erich Keith
- 1937 - Le tre spie as Baron Karl Von Marwitz
- 1937 - Il manto rosso as Gil de Berault
- 1935 - King of the Damned as Convict 83
- 1935 - The Passing of the Third Floor Back as The Stranger
- 1934 - Bella Donna as Mahmoud Baroudi
- 1934 - Jew Süss as Josef 'Jew Süss' Oppenheimer
- 1934 - Wilhelm Tell as Gessler
- 1933 - The Wandering Jew as Matathias / The Unknown Knight / Dr Matteos Battadios
- 1933 - I Was A Spy as Commandant Oberaertz
- 1933 - F.P.1 as Maj. Ellissen
- 1933 - Ich und die Kaiserin as Marquis de Pontignac
- 1932 - Rome Express as Zurta
- 1932 - Der schwarze Husar as Captain Hansgeorg von Hochberg
- 1932 - Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen as Grigori Rasputin
- 1931 - Congress Dances as Prince Metternich
- 1931 - Die andere Seite as Hauptmann Stanhope
- 1931 - Il congresso si diverte as Fürst Metternich
- 1931 - Die Nacht der Entscheidung
- 1931 - Der Mann, der den Mord beging as Oberst Marquis de Sévigné
- 1930 - Menschen im Käfig as Kingsley
- 1930 - Die große Sehnsucht as Himself
- 1930 - Die letzte Kompagnie as Hauptmann Burk
- 1929 - The Last Performance as Erik the Great
- 1929 - Das Land ohne Frauen as Dick Ashton
- 1928 - Die Filmstadt Hollywood as Self
- 1928 - L'uomo che ride as Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie
- 1927 - Gesetze der Liebe
- 1927 - A Man's Past as Paul La Roche
- 1927 - Il poeta vagabondo as King Louis XI
- 1926 - Die Flucht in die Nacht as Count di Nolli, Heinrich IV
- 1926 - Der Student von Prag as Balduin, Student
- 1926 - Liebe macht blind
- 1926 - Dürfen wir schweigen? as Paul Hartwig, Maler
- 1926 - Die Brüder Schellenberg as Wenzel Schellenberg / Michael Schellenberg
- 1926 - Der Geiger von Florenz as Renées Vater
- 1926 - Kreuzzug des Weibes as Der Staatsanwalt
- 1925 - Ingmarsarvet as Hellgum
- 1925 - Le Comte Kostia as Comte Kostia
- 1925 - Schicksal
- 1924 - Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau as Der Liebhaber, ein Dichter
- 1924 - Il gabinetto delle figure di cera as Ivan the Terrible
- 1924 - Le mani dell'altro as Paul Orlac
- 1924 - Der Film im Film as Himself
- 1924 - Don Carlos und Elisabeth as Don Carlos
- 1923 - Wilhelm Tell as Hermann Gessler
- 1923 - Paganini as Niccolo Paganini
- 1922 - Lucrezia Borgia as Cesare Borgia
- 1921 - Das indische Grabmal, zweiter Teil: Der Tiger von Eschnapur as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
- 1921 - Das indische Grabmal, erster Teil: Die Sendung des Yoghi as Ayan, Majarajah of Eschnapur
- 1921 - Lady Hamilton as Lord Nelson
- 1921 - Landstraße und Großstadt as Raphael, der Geiger
- 1921 - Christian Wahnschaffe, 2. Teil: Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker as Christian Wahnschaffe
- 1921 - Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft
- 1921 - Die Liebschaften des Hektor Dalmore as Hektor Dalmore
- 1921 - Liebestaumel as Jalenko
- 1921 - Sehnsucht as Ivan
- 1921 - Il cammino nella notte as Der Maler
- 1921 - Das Geheimnis von Bombay as Tossi
- 1921 - Menschen im Rausch
- 1920 - Der Graf von Cagliostro as Minister
- 1920 - Weltbrand as Christian Wahnschaffe
- 1920 - Manolescus Memoiren as Manolescu
- 1920 - Abend - Nacht - Morgen as Brilburn - Maud's brother
- 1920 - Moriturus as Wilmos, sanatorium director
- 1920 - Der Januskopf as Dr. Warren
- 1920 - Kurfürstendamm as The devil
- 1920 - Die Karten des Todes as Sir Percy Parker
- 1920 - Der Reigen - Ein Werdegang as Petre Karvan
- 1920 - Il gabinetto del dottor Caligari as Cesare
- 1920 - Nachtgestalten as The clown
- 1919 - Un affare misterioso as Der Tod / Various Other Roles
- 1919 - Wahnsinn as Bankier Lorenzen
- 1919 - Prinz Kuckuck as Carl Kraker
- 1919 - Die Prostitution, 2. Teil - Die sich verkaufen as Alfred Werner
- 1919 - Diverso dagli altri as Paul Körner
- 1919 - Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen as Phineas Fogg
- 1919 - Die Prostitution, 1. Teil - Das gelbe Haus as Alfred Werner
- 1919 - Opium as Dr. Richard Armstrong Jr.
- 1918 - Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 2. Henriette Jacoby
- 1918 - Dida Ibsens Geschichte as Erik Norrensen
- 1918 - Es werde Licht! 4. Teil: Sündige Mütter as Kramer
- 1918 - Jettchen Geberts Geschichte. 1. Jettchen Gebert
- 1918 - Colomba
- 1918 - Das Tagebuch einer Verlorenen as Dr. Julius
- 1918 - Der nicht vom Weibe Geborene as Satan
- 1918 - Das Dreimäderlhaus
- 1918 - Das Rätsel von Bangalor as Dinja
- 1917 - Der Spion as Steinau
- 1917 - Wenn Tote sprechen
- 1917 - Furcht as Indian Priest
- 1917 - Der Weg des Todes