Hermann Picha
| Hermann Picha | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 March 1865 Charlottenburg, Prussia |
| Died |
7 June 1936 (age 70) Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Other names | Hermann August Karl Picher |
| Occupation |
Film actor Stage actor |
| Years active | 1914 - 1935 |
Hermann Picha (March 20, 1865 – June 7, 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting roles during his career. He played the title role in the 1920 film Wibbel the Tailor directed by Manfred Noa.[1] He appeared in Fritz Lang's Destiny.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Princess of Neutralia (1917)
- Wibbel the Tailor (1920)
- A Day on Mars (1921)
- Destiny (1921)
- The Stranger from Alster Street (1921)
- The Hotel of the Dead (1921)
- Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
- The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen (1923)
- Adam and Eve (1923)
- The Man Without Nerves (1924)
- Father Voss (1925)
- Passion (1925)
- Bismarck (1925)
- People to Each Other (1926)
- The White Horse Inn (1926)
- Manon Lescaut (1926)
- Tartuffe (1926)
- The Fallen (1926)
- Why Get a Divorce? (1926)
- The Three Mannequins (1926)
- The Young Man from the Ragtrade (1926)
- Dancing Vienna (1927)
- Marie's Soldier (1927)
- The Imaginary Baron (1927)
- Weekend Magic (1927)
- Rinaldo Rinaldini (1927)
- Svengali (1927)
- The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
- The Pink Slippers (1927)
- Circle of Lovers (1927)
- The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
- Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
- The Weavers (1927)
- The Convicted (1927)
- The Green Alley (1928)
- Secrets of the Orient (1928)
- The Lady in Black (1928)
- Robert and Bertram (1928)
- It's You I Have Loved (1929)
- Danube Waltz (1930)
- The Beggar Student (1931)
- Man Without a Name (1932)
- A Tremendously Rich Man (1932)
- The Escape to Nice (1932)
- Paprika (1932)
- Mother and Child (1934)
References
Bibliography
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Usai, Paolo Cherchi. Before Caligari: German cinema, 1895-1920. University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.