Franz Stein

Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German cinematographer and film actor. During the silent era he shot a number of films, many of them for National Film. After 1925 his film appearances were exclusively as an actor.

Franz Stein
Born	29 July 1880 Cologne, German Empire
Died	12 February 1958 (aged 77) West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, actor
Years active	1917–1955 (film)

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

• Lotte Lore (1921)
• Your Brother's Wife (1921)
• Your Bad Reputation (1922)
• La Boheme (1923)
• The Red Rider (1923)
• Maud Rockefeller's Bet (1924)
• The Doomed (1924)
• Set Me Free (1924)
• Za La Mort (1924)
• The Proud Silence (1925)
• Hedda Gabler (1925)
• Lena Warnstetten (1925)
• Battle of the Butterflies (1924)

Actor

• The Catwalk (1927) - Landrat von Krotkeim
• The Old Fritz (1928) - Lordmarschall Keith
• Luther (1928)
• Fair Game (1928) - Regisseur Finke
• Robert and Bertram (1928) - 2. Vagabund
• Die von der Scholle sind (1928)
• The Lord of the Tax Office (1929) - Udo von Langwitzs Vater
• Andreas Hofer (1929) - Pater Haspinger
• The Way Through the Night (1929)
• Marriage in Name Only (1930)
• Wibbel the Tailor (1931) - Nachtwächter
• M (1931) - Minister
• The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931) - Gesangslehrer
• The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
• Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) - Kreisel in der Irrenanstalt
• The Black Hussar (1932) - Der Spion
• The First Right of the Child (1932)
• The Lake Calls (1933) - Der alte Jansen
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
• Music in the Blood (1934)
• Love and the First Railway (1934)
• The Two Seals (1934) - Dr.Spärlich
• The Gypsy Baron (1935)
• The Bird Seller (1935)
• A Pair of Lovers (1935)
• The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935) - Vater Christmann
• Frisians in Peril (1935) - Christian Kröger
• Pillars of Society (1935) - Ein Bürger
• Augustus the Strong (1936) - Superintendent
• Soldaten - Kameraden (1936)
• Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (1937) - Schreiber
• Madame Bovary (1937) - Herzog de Laverrière
• To New Shores (1937) - Puritaner
• La Habanera (1937) - Falk
• Der nackte Spatz (1938) - Engel - Schneidermeister
• Spaßvögel (1939) - Kimpel
• Salonwagen E 417 (1939)
• Detours to Happiness (1939) - Dr. Lehmann
• Die Geliebte (1939)
• The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939) - Dr. Ossorgin (uncredited)
• Robert Koch (1939) - Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institu
• Kornblumenblau (1939)
• Ein ganzer Kerl (1939) - Versicherungsbeamter
• My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939)
• Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) - Hausknecht August
• The Girl at the Reception (1940) - Hauptschriftleiter Grimm
• Clothes Make the Man (1940)
• Frieder und Catherlieschen (1940)
• The Swedish Nightingale (1941) - Hofuhrmacher
• Rembrandt (1942) - Stadtschreiber
• Der große Schatten (1942) - Zeitungsredakteur
• Münchhausen (1943) - Leibjäger Rösemeyer (uncredited)
• Paracelsus (1943) - Doctor
• Die Zaubergeige (1944)
• Shiva und die Galgenblume (1945)
• The Adventures of Fridolin (1948) - Der Standesbeamte
• Knall and Fall as Detectives (1953) - Professor Brott
• The Star of Rio (1955) - (final film role)

Bibliography

• Rolf Giesen. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2003.

External links

• Franz Stein at IMDb