Willy Fritsch
Acting
Biography
Willy Fritsch war der bekannteste deutsche Schauspieler neben Hans Albers und Heinz Rühmann in den vierziger Jahren, er drehte mehrere Filme mit Lillian Harvey bis diese nach Frankreich emigrierte Er ist der Vater des Schauspielers Thomas Fritsch
Born: January 27, 1901
Place of Birth: Kattowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Katowice, Slaskie, Poland]
Known For
I Learned It from Father
Clemens Andermann, once a celebrated stage and film star, now an equally successful industrialist, is firmly convinced that his son Andreas is studying chemistry in the idyllic university town of Freylangen. But he is completely mistaken. In reality, his offspring has secretly been hired by theater director Löwe to play Romeo. He would also love to play the role to his stage Juliet, the charming guest star Monika Holl. Then the telegram announcing his father's visit hits like a bombshell. Together with his friend Oskar, Andreas tries to keep the deception going by impersonating his father's doppelganger – an undertaking that initially descends into utter chaos and ultimately leads to a happy ending.
Drei Tage Mittelarrest
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Die Fledermaus
Theater director Falke, dressed as a bat, ends up in prison after a merry carnival night. Director Frank only releases him after some time. Falke decides to take revenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein, to whom he owes the whole affair. The annual masked ball at Prince Orlofsky's provides the opportunity. Falke stages a game of mistaken identity in which Eisenstein does not recognize his own wife and courts her, while maid Adele appears as the countess. Eisenstein is duped, Falke has taken his revenge.
Woman at the Wheel
Maria Kelemen is a secretary in the office of a bank in Budapest. Her boss, director Borden, courts her, albeit she is engaged to Paul (about which she has remained silent). On the day of the wedding, Paul becomes unemployed and takes on the role of a house-husband. During a visit at Borden’s, Maria introduces Paul as her brother, which incites raging jealousy in the latter.
Waltz War
The quarrel between the waltz king Joseph Lanner and his still unknown violinist Johann Strauss. It comes to a break. Strauss is engaged in London and has his first successes there. Thanks to the initially unfortunate intervention of Lanner's daughter, a reconciliation is finally achieved.
Vienna Blood
Young Count Georg Wolkersheim is sent to the Congress of Vienna to represent the interests of his country, Reuss-Schleiz-Greiz. Tensions arise between the count, his wife Melanie, and their two chamberlains, and when the four attend a court ball, Melanie leaves Georg, assumes the identity of a famous actress, and attracts the affections of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria.
Spies
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
Woman in the Moon
A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon. He builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.
Filmography
as Clemens Andermann
as Konsul Stülcken
as Studienrat Hanselmann
as Dr. Erdmann
as Gunzel
as Otto von Lindenberg
as Gregor
as Arthur Altenberg
as Alexander Korty
as Herr Lehmann
as Richard Kühn
as Chefarzt Dr. Burger
as Harald Rehm
as Herbert Olberg
as Konsul Willy Kossmann
as Dr. Lindenberg
as Major von Faber
as Silvester
as Kurt Henner
as Werner Schrey
as Direktor Walter Rhomberg
as Le Grand-Duc
as Großherzog
as Willy Forster
as Herbert Blank
as Professor Christian Hollmann
as Roberts Vater
as Dr. Hartung
as Amtsrichter
as Jupp Holunder
as King Ludwig I of Bavaria
as Marcel Thomas
as Georg Vorster
as Dahlen
as Dr. Thomas Benninghoff
as als er selbst
as Self
as Gefängnisdirektor Frank
as training manager Roth
as Walter Baumann
as Georg Rentmeister
as Werner Lüdtke
as Generaldirektor Dr. Blohm
as Hans Romberg, Security Service Officer
as Count Georg Wolkersheim
as Rittmeister von Karstein
as Fürst Alexander Woronin
as Pierre Dugard, Plantagenbesitzer
as Thomas Holk
as Hans Eckardt
as Paul Banky
as Stanley Stalton
as William Tenson MacPhab
as Oberleutnant Maltzach
as Gil Taylor, Reporter
as Erkki Collin
as Jupiter / Amphitryon
as Kalaf
as Raak, Handelsattaché
as Graf Marenzi d. Jüngere
as Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau
as Pauker Gustl
as Tobby Blackwell
as Hans
as Willy I
as Paul Lüders
as Junger Mann
as Zar Alexander von Russland / Uralsky
as Thomas Higgins
as Leutnant Karl von Conradi
as Durand
as Peter Bille
as Bobby Fould
as János Garas
as Wolf Helius
as Erik Termeulen
as Klaus Brandt
as Hans Amberg (Tanzstudent)
as No. 326
as Lt. Franz Graf v. Turoczy
as Fürst Ernst Albrecht
as Graf Dimitri Sarrasow
as Count Horkay
as René Boislurette
as Fritz Spitz
as Nicholas Graf Preyn
as Akke
as Charley
as Werner
as Wilbur Crawford