Guido Herzfeld Explained

Guido Herzfeld
Birth Date:14 August 1851
Birth Place:Karolinenthal, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Death Date:16 November 1923 (aged 72)
Death Place:Berlin, Weimar Republic
Birth Name:Guido Kornfeld
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1914–1923 (film)

Guido Herzfeld (born Guido Kornfeld; 14 August 1851 – 16 November 1923) was a German stage and film actor. Herzfeld established himself in the theatre in the nineteenth century. In 1914 he made his film debut and went on to appear in over sixty films before his death.

His notable screen roles include appearances in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy Shoe Palace Pinkus (1916)[1] and Victor Janson's First World War propaganda film The Yellow Ticket (1918).[2] In 1920 he played the lead in Ewald André Dupont's Whitechapel (1920).[3] His final appearance was in the comedy The Grand Duke's Finances (1924).[4]

Selected filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Prawer p.43
  2. Prawer p.16
  3. Prawer p.141
  4. Book: Die Weltbühne: Wochenschrift für Politik, Kunst, Wirtschaft . 22 . 1978 . Athenäum Verlag . German . 978-3-7610-9301-6 . 90– . ... wird der Bruch in ihr sichtbar. Vor dem neuen Film der Ufa:,Die Finanzen des Großherzogs' trat dieser Augenblick erst im sechsten, letzten Akt ein. ... Aber vom großen ersten Rang ist Guido Herzfeld als Geldgeber. Die Laune des Films wirft ....