Max Adalbert
Max Adalbert | |
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Born | Maximilian Adalbert Krampf 19 February 1874 Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany |
Died | 7 September 1933 | (aged 59)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | –1933 |
Max Adalbert (19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor.
Biography[]
Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany as Maximilian Adalbert Krampf to a Prussian Officer. He used his first names as his stage name from the start of his career and debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of Lübeck and in 1894 at the municipal theater of Barmen. Adalbert also appeared in St.Gallen, Nuremberg and Vienna. He moved to Berlin in 1899 to work at the Residenztheater. Coming in contact with Curt Bois, Adalbert turned into a comedian and co-founded the popular Kabarett der Komiker in December 1924. On 30 May 1931 he made his debut as the central character of Carl Zuckmayer's Der Hauptmann von Köpenick at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was filmed in the same year.
Max Adalbert died of pneumonia while in Munich for a guest performance, and was buried at the celebrities cemetery Südwestkirchhof at Berlin Stahnsdorf.
Selected filmography[]
Year | Title | Role |
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1920 | Judith Trachtenberg | Fürst Metternich |
1921 | The Indian Tomb | (Uncredited) |
The Golden Bullet | (Uncredited) | |
Lady Hamilton | drei Lazaronis | |
Destiny | Schatzmeister | |
The Story of Christine von Herre | (Uncredited) | |
The Blockhead | Amadeu Beck | |
The Kwannon of Okadera | (Uncredited) | |
1922 | Dr. Mabuse the Gambler | (Uncredited) |
1923 | The Flame | Journalist |
1930 | Three Days Confined to Barracks | Hoffmann |
1931 | The Captain from Köpenick | Wilhelm Voigt |
My Leopold | Gottlieb Weigelt | |
The Scoundrel | Aldalbert Bulcke | |
1932 | The Champion Shot | Funke Sr. |
A Mad Idea | Birnstiel | |
1933 | Laughing Heirs | Justus Bockelmann |
References[]
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- "Max Adalbert". filmportal.de (in German). 1933-09-07. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
External links[]
- 1874 births
- 1933 deaths
- German male film actors
- German male silent film actors
- German male stage actors
- Male actors from Gdańsk
- 19th-century German male actors
- 20th-century German male actors
- People from the Province of Prussia
- Deaths from pneumonia