Werner Pledath

Werner Pledath (1898–1965) was a German actor who appeared in many films during a lengthy career. He generally played supporting roles such as in Five from the Jazz Band (1932).^[1] Pledath specialized in playing powerful, authority figures. Following the Second World War he appeared in several films made in East Germany.

Selected filmography

• The Street Song (1931)
• Who Takes Love Seriously? (1931)
• Dreaming Lips (1932)
• I by Day, You by Night (1932)
• Five from the Jazz Band (1932)
• Scandal in Budapest (1933)
• Mother and Child (1934)
• The Higher Command (1935)
• Port Arthur (1936)
• Savoy Hotel 217 (1936)
• Victoria in Dover (1936)
• White Slaves (1937)
• Triad (1938)
• Red Orchids (1938)
• The Muzzle (1938)
• By a Silken Thread (1938)
• A Prussian Love Story (1938)
• Robert Koch (1939)
• Our Miss Doctor (1940)
• Diesel (1942)
• Circus Renz (1943)
• The Degenhardts (1944)
• The Benthin Family (1950)
• The Condemned Village (1952)
• Anna Susanna (1953)
• Ernst Thälmann (1954)

References

Bibliography

• Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.

External links

• Werner Pledath at the Internet Movie Database