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Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George ( [geˈɔɐ̯ gə]), was a German stage and film actor.
George is noted for having spooked the young Bertolt Brecht in his first directing job, a production of Arnolt Bronnen's Parricide (1922), when he refused to continue working with the director.
George was an active member of the Communist party during the Weimar Republic. He worked with theatre director Erwin Piscator and playwright Bertolt Brecht, both of whom identified with the political left. George starred in the lead role of the film Berlin-Alexanderplatz (1931).
On 12 October 1932, he changed his legal name to his stage name George.
Nazi era
After the Nazi takeover, George was classified as a "non-desirable" actor at first because of his earlier political affiliations and was thus barred from working in cinematic productions. However, he was eventually able to reach an accommodation with the Nazi regime. In 1937, George was designated as a Staatsschauspieler (i.e. an actor of national importance) and in 1938 was appointed director of the Schiller Theater in Berlin. George actively collaborated with the Nazis and agreed to star in Nazi propaganda films such as Hitler Youth Quex (1933), Jud Süß (1940), and Kolberg (1945) as well as appearing in numerous newsreels.
George had a stocky build and a Berlin accent which made him readily recognizable to German audiences. George's prestige as a leading actor of the day made him an "extraordinarily valuable catch for the Nazis." Cooke and Silberman describe him as "the actor most closely tied with fascist fantasies of the autocratic and the populist leader".
Postwar
Although Heinrich George had been a member of the Communist Party of Germany before the Nazi takeover, he was nonetheless interned as a Nazi collaborator at the Soviet concentration camp in Sachsenhausen where he died in 1946.
The cause of his death was starvation, even though official reports stated that he died "after an appendix operation".
Personal life
Heinrich George married the German actress Berta Drews. They had two sons: Jan George and actor Götz George.
Filmography
Actor
1945
Das Mädchen Juanita as
Konsul Christoph Henseling
1945
Dr. phil. Doederlein as
Dr. Franz Doederlein
1945
Life Goes On as
F. W. Wurm
1945
Burning Hearts as
Bürgermeister Joachim Nettelbeck
1944
Die Degenhardts as
Herr Degenhardt
1944
Der Verteidiger hat das Wort as
Justizrat Jordan
1943
Wien 1910 as
Georg Ritter von Schönerer
1942
Der große Schatten as
Conrad Schroeter
1942
Andreas Schlüter as
Andreas Schlüter
1942
Hochzeit auf Bärenhof as
Baron von Hanke, Herr auf Bärenhof
1942
Schicksal as
Stephan Rakitin
1941
Pedro soll hängen as
Manuel, Kellner
1940
Friedrich Schiller - Der Triumph eines Genies as
Herzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
1940
Jud Süß as
Karl Alexander, Herzog von Württemberg
1940
Der Postmeister as
Der Postmeister
1939
Sensationsprozess Casilla as
M.Vandegrift, Rechtsanwalt
1939
The Immortal Heart as
Peter Henlein
1938
Magda as
Leopold von Schwartze
1938
Frau Sylvelin as
Manfred Block
1937
The Beaver Coat as
Amtsvorsteher Baron von Wehrhahn
1937
An Enemy of the People as
Dr, Hans Stockmann
1937
The Private's Job as
Der Kommandierende General
1937
Versprich mir nichts! as
Kunsthändler Felder
1937
Ball im Metropol as
Rudolf von Waltzien
1936
Stjenka Rasin as
Fürst Dolgoruki
1936
When the Cock Crows as
Jan Kreyenborg, Gemeindevorsteher
1936
Die große und die kleine Welt as
Höxter - Besitzer einer Brotfabrik
1935
Pillars of Society as
Consul Bernick
1935
Nacht der Verwandlung as
Boris Pettkoff
1935
Das Mädchen Johanna as
Herzog von Burgund
1935
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten as
Zimmermeister Frymann
1933
The Growing Youth as
Brodersen, Studiendirektor
1933
Our Flags Lead Us Forward as
Vater Völker
1933
Tugboat M 17 as
Henner, der Schiffer
1933
The Lake Calls as
Terje Wiggen
1932
Goethe lebt...!
1931
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf as
Franz Biberkopf
1931
Menschen hinter Gittern as
Butch
1931
Der Mann, der den Mord beging as
Lord Falkland
1931
1914, die letzten Tage vor dem Weltbrand as
Jean Jaurès
1930
The Love Storm as
Cass
1930
The Dreyfus Case as
Emile Zola
1930
Der Andere as
Dickert
1929
Sprengbagger 1010 as
Direktor March
1929
Der Sträfling aus Stambul as
Thomas Zezi
1929
Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler as
Jack
1929
Kinder der Straße
1929
Der Mann mit dem Laubfrosch as
Der Mann mit dem Laubfrosch
1929
The Last Fort as
Croff
1928
Theatre as
Stroganoff
1928
Whirl of Youth as
Jig Hartford
1928
The Lady with the Mask as
Otto Hanke, ein Holzhändler
1928
Schmutziges Geld as
Jack Houben
1928
Die Leibeigenen as
Wildhüter Nikita
1927
Caught in Berlin's Underworld (unconfirmed)
1927
Bigamie as
Otto Engel
1927
Orientexpress as
Peter Karg
1927
Das Meer as
Yann
1927
Metropolis as
Grot -Wärter der Herzmaschine / Guardian of the Heart Machine
1926
The Armored Vault as
Cracker
1926
Wrath of the Seas as
Obermaat Röwer
1926
Superfluous People as
Balagula
1925
She as
Horace Holly
1924
Zwischen Morgen und Morgen
1924
Soll und Haben as
Hippus, Winkeladvokat
1924
Steuerlos
1923
Die Sonne von St. Moritz
1923
Quarantäne
1923
Man by the Roadside as
Gutsbesitzer
1923
Das fränkische Lied
1923
Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende as
Prinz Karl von Lothringen
1923
Earth Spirit as
Rodrigo
1922
Lola Montez, die Tänzerin des Königs as
Don Miguel
1922
Lucrezia Borgia as
Sebastiano
1922
Die Perlen der Lady Harrison
1922
Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang as
Graf Neipperg
1921
Kean as
Edmund Kean
1921
Lady Hamilton as
Kapitän, Sir John Willet Payne
1921
Der Roman der Christine von Herre as
Graf Dieter von Herre
Producer
1945
Das Mädchen Juanita (line producer)
1945
Dr. phil. Doederlein (producer)
1945
Solistin Anna Alt (producer)
1944
Die Degenhardts (producer)
1944
Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (producer)
Director
1933
Tugboat M 17
Self
1938
The Stars Shine as
Self
1931
Wir schalten um auf Hollywood as
Self
Archive Footage
2014
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (Documentary) as
Self
2014
Forbidden Films (Documentary)
2013
George (TV Movie) as
Various / Self (uncredited)
2010
L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2007
Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (Documentary) as
Jack Houben (clip from Song (1929)) (uncredited)
2004
René Deltgen - Der sanfte Rebell (TV Movie documentary)(uncredited)
2003
Vorher - Nachher: Filmrestaurierung am Beispiel Metropolis (Video documentary short) as
Grot (uncredited)
2002
Bellaria - So lange wir leben! (Documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
2001
History (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Tod in Sachsenhausen - der Schauspieler Heinrich George im Schatten zweier Diktaturen (2001) - Self
1999
Television Under the Swastika (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - at the Schillertheater (uncredited)
1997
'Wenn sie mich nur spielen lassen' - Erinnerungen an Heinrich George (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1976
Chantons sous l'occupation (Documentary) as
Self
1969
Star unter Sternen (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Erinnerungen an Heinrich George (1969) - Self
1965
Der 30. Januar 1945 (Documentary) as
Stadtverordneter Nettelbeck
1963
Heinrich George - Ein ungebändigtes Leben (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1963
Lieblinge unserer Eltern (TV Series documentary) as
