Olaf Storm Explained

Olaf Storm
Birth Date:	10 January 1894
Birth Place:	Richterich, German Empire
Death Date:	March 1931 (aged 37)
Death Place:	Berlin, Germany
Occupation:	Film actor
Yearsactive:	1919–1927

Olaf Storm, pseudonym of Kurt Theodor von Kann^[1] (10 January 1894^[2] – 11 or 12 March 1931^[3]) was a German film actor of the silent era. Storm was a star of early German cinema, playing the lead in films such as The Stranger from Alster Street^[4] and had his own production company Olaf Film. He also appeared in supporting roles in The Last Laugh and Metropolis.^[5]

Selected filmography

• Nat Pinkerton (1920)
• Your Brother's Wife (1921)
• From the Files of a Respectable Woman (1920)
• Begierde (1921)
• The Stranger from Alster Street (1921)
• Miss Julie (1922)
• The Moneylender's Daughter (1922)
• Girl of the Berlin Streets (1922)
• The Voice of the Heart (1924)
• The Last Laugh (1924)
• False Shame (1926)
• Weekend Magic (1927)
• Metropolis (1927)
• Forbidden Love (1927)

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic.Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Rhodes, Gary Don. Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. McFarland, 2006.

Notes and References

1. Standesamt Berlin-Wilmersdorf, C, Nr. 394/1931
2. Standesamt Richterich, A I, Nr. 5/1894
3. last seen 11 March 1931, found dead 12 March 1931 – Standesamt Berlin-Wilmersdorf, C, Nr. 394/1931
4. Grange p.94
5. Rhodes p.70