Georg John
Acting
Biography
Georg John (born Georg Jacobsohn; 23 July 1879 – 18 November 1941) was a German stage and film actor.
Born: July 23, 1879
Place of Birth: Schmiegel, Province of Posen, Imperial Germany [now Śmigiel, Poland]
Known For
Attention Harry! Open eyes!
Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
M
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
The Making of 'The Last Laugh'
This movie was featured on the DVD release of Der letzte Mann in 2004 in Germany.
The Last Laugh
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel, is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Kriemhild.
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.
Destiny
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.
Filmography
as Nachtwächter (archive footage)
as Baums Diener
as Maschinist
as Blind Panhandler
as Ankläger
as Poacher
as Tschang
as Franz Raffl
as Portier
as Ansorge
as Working Man Who Causes Explosion of M-Machine (uncredited)
as Bediensteter
as Nathan Miller
as General Zieten
as Seemann
as Waschfraus Mann
as Night Watchman
as Owner of the Panoptikums
as Blaodel - Etzel's Brother
as Mime the Blacksmith / Alberich the Nibelung
as Astologer
as Pförtner
as Robespierre
as Pesch
as Beggar
as Blind begger
as Gutsverwalter Wolleck
as Dr. Telphas
as Dr. Telphas
as Zigeunerhauptmann
as Tschang-Ta
as Manager Pichler
as Death
as Franz Histrich