Max Adalbert

Max Adalbert (February 19, 1874 – September 7, 1933) was a German stage and movie 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 May 30, 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.

Filmography

• 1915: Wie werde ich Amanda los?
• 1919: König Nicolo
• 1919: Die Verführten
• 1919: Liebe, Haß und Geld
• 1920: Das Haus zum Mond
• 1920: Judith Trachtenberg
• 1921: Lady Hamilton
• 1921: Der müde Tod
• The Story of Christine von Herre (1921)
• The Golden Bullet (1921)
• 1921: Das indische Grabmal
• 1922: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
• 1923: The Flame
• 1925: Vorderhaus und Hinterhaus
• 1930: Das gestohlene Gesicht
• Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930)
• 1930: Hans in allen Gassen
• The Scoundrel (1931)
• 1931: Der Herr Finanzdirektor
• 1931: Die Schlacht von Bademünde
• 1931: So'n Windhund
• 1931: Die Nacht ohne Pause
• My Leopold (1931)
• 1931: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1931 film)
• 1932: Ein toller Einfall
• The Champion Shot (1932)
• 1932: Husarenliebe
• 1932: Spione im Savoy-Hotel
• 1933: Hände aus dem Dunkel
• 1933: Lachende Erben

External links

• Max Adalbert at the Internet Movie Database
• Photos of Max Adalbert
• suedwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf