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Heinrich George(1893-1946)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Heinrich George in Der Postmeister (1940)
Heinrich George was born on 9 October 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and producer, known for Metropolis (1927), Burning Hearts (1945) and Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931). He was married to Berta Drews. He died on 25 September 1946 in Soviet Special Camp No. 7, Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany.
BornOctober 9, 1893
DiedSeptember 25, 1946(52)
BornOctober 9, 1893
DiedSeptember 25, 1946(52)
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Known for

Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis
8.3
  • Grot -Wärter der Herzmaschine
  • Guardian of the Heart Machine
  • 1927
Heinrich George and Veit Harlan in Burning Hearts (1945)
Burning Hearts
6.0
  • Bürgermeister Joachim Nettelbeck
  • 1945
Maria Bard, Gerhard Bienert, Alfred Döblin, Albert Florath, Heinrich George, Phil Jutzi, Bernhard Minetti, Margarete Schlegel, and Paul Westermeier in Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931)
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
6.6
  • Franz Biberkopf
  • 1931
Heinrich George, Gunnar Möller, Ilse Petri, and Renée Stobrawa in Die Degenhardts (1944)
Die Degenhardts
4.0
  • Herr Degenhardt
  • 1944

Credits

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Actor

  • Das Mädchen Juanita (1945)
    Das Mädchen Juanita
    6.9
    • Konsul Christoph Henseling
    • 1945
  • Life Goes On (1945)
    Life Goes On
    7.2
    • F. W. Wurm
    • 1945
  • Dr. phil. Doederlein
    • Dr. Franz Doederlein
    • 1945
  • Heinrich George and Veit Harlan in Burning Hearts (1945)
    Burning Hearts
    6.0
    • Bürgermeister Joachim Nettelbeck
    • 1945
  • Heinrich George, Gunnar Möller, Ilse Petri, and Renée Stobrawa in Die Degenhardts (1944)
    Die Degenhardts
    4.0
    • Herr Degenhardt
    • 1944
  • Rudolf Fernau, Heinrich George, Werner Klingler, Willy Mattes, Harald G. Petersson, Carla Rust, Karl Schönböck, and Margit Symo in Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)
    Der Verteidiger hat das Wort
    6.4
    • Justizrat Jordan
    • 1944
  • Lil Dagover, E.W. Emo, O.W. Fischer, Rudolf Forster, Heinrich George, Carl Kuhlmann, Alfred Neugebauer, and Otto Treßler in Wien 1910 (1943)
    Wien 1910
    3.7
    • Georg Ritter von Schönerer
    • 1943
  • Heidemarie Hatheyer, Heinrich George, Will Quadflieg, and Siegfried Karl Trieb in Der große Schatten (1942)
    Der große Schatten
    7.3
    • Conrad Schroeter
    • 1942
  • Georg Schubert in Andreas Schlüter (1942)
    Andreas Schlüter
    7.1
    • Andreas Schlüter
    • 1942
  • Hochzeit auf Bärenhof (1942)
    Hochzeit auf Bärenhof
    4.3
    • Baron von Hanke, Herr auf Bärenhof
    • 1942
  • Gisela Uhlen in Schicksal (1942)
    Schicksal
    4.3
    • Stephan Rakitin
    • 1942
  • Gustav Knuth, Ursula Deinert, Erich Fiedler, Heinrich George, Maria Landrock, Ernst Legal, Werner Scharf, and Jakob Tiedtke in Pedro soll hängen (1941)
    Pedro soll hängen
    3.1
    • Manuel, Kellner
    • 1941
  • Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies (1940)
    Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies
    6.1
    • Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
    • 1940
  • Ferdinand Marian and Bruno Rehak in Jud Süß (1940)
    Jud Süß
    5.0
    • Karl Alexander, Herzog von Württemberg
    • 1940
  • Alfred Otto Boettcher in Der Postmeister (1940)
    Der Postmeister
    6.8
    • Der Postmeister
    • 1940

Producer

  • Das Mädchen Juanita (1945)
    Das Mädchen Juanita
    6.9
    • line producer
    • 1945
  • Dr. phil. Doederlein
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Anneliese Uhlig in Solistin Anna Alt (1945)
    Solistin Anna Alt
    7.6
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Heinrich George, Gunnar Möller, Ilse Petri, and Renée Stobrawa in Die Degenhardts (1944)
    Die Degenhardts
    4.0
    • producer
    • 1944
  • Rudolf Fernau, Heinrich George, Werner Klingler, Willy Mattes, Harald G. Petersson, Carla Rust, Karl Schönböck, and Margit Symo in Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)
    Der Verteidiger hat das Wort
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1944

Director

  • Betty Amann, Hansjoachim Büttner, Berta Drews, Willy Döll, Friedrich Ettel, Heinrich George, Kurt Getke, Will Meisel, Maria Schanda, Wilfried Seyferth, Alex Stone, Joachim Streubel, and Josef Fenneker in Tugboat M 17 (1933)
    Tugboat M 17
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1933

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Henry George
  • Born
    • October 9, 1893
    • Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]
  • Died
    • September 25, 1946
    • Soviet Special Camp No. 7, Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany(malnutrition preventing recovery from an appendectomy)
  • Spouse
    • Berta Drews1932 - September 26, 1946 (his death)
  • Children
    • Jan George
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Biographical Movies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 1 Article
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    After World War II, he and his wife Berta Drews were imprisoned by the Soviet Army in June 1945, first in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen, then in the former Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen, where he died during an appendix operation in September 1946. His remains were found and identified in an unmarked mass grave in a forest near Sachsenhausen in 1994.

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