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Reinhold Schünzel

Acting

Born November 7, 1888 · Hamburg, Germany

Died November 11, 1954

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Biography

Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad.

Awards & recognition

  • German Film Award

Filmography10 titles

Notorious

1946as Dr. Anderson

Victor/Victoria

1982Original Film Writer

The Threepenny Opera

1931as Tiger-Brown

Victor and Victoria

1933Director, Writer

Hangmen Also Die!

1943as Gestapo Insp. Ritter

Dragonwyck

1946as Count De Grenier (uncredited)

Berlin Express

1948as Walther

The Vicious Circle

1948as Baron Arady

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939Director

Balalaika

1939Director