Justus von Dohnányi
| Justus von Dohnányi | |
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 Ken Duken and Justus von Dohnányi, January 2015 | |
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2 December 1960 Lübeck, West Germany |
Justus von Dohnányi (born 2 December 1960) is a German actor, best known for portraying Wilhelm Burgdorf in 2004 film Der Untergang.
Life and career
Born in Lübeck, Von Dohnányi is the son of German conductor Christoph von Dohnányi and a member of the well-known Dohnányi family. His grandfather was Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and German resistance fighter and his great-uncle was Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and a co-founder of the Confessing Church, both of whom were executed by the Third Reich.
Dohnányi studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[1] He appeared on the legitimate stage in Hamburg, Zurich, and Frankfurt before working in television, where he appeared in several television movies.[1]
He appeared in the 2004 film Downfall (German: Der Untergang) as Wilhelm Burgdorf. He had a prominent role in the 2001 movie The Experiment as a prison guard, opposite Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, who also appeared in Downfall. He received the 2001 Lola for Best Supporting Actor.[1] In 2014 he appears alongside Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin and others in the movie The Monuments Men. He is featured in the 2015 film Woman in Gold as the representative of the Belvedere Gallery who attempts to keep the title-painting, stolen by the Nazis, from being returned to its rightful owner, Maria Altmann.
Selected filmography
- Jakob the Liar (1999) - Preuss
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Captain Nikoli
- Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000) - Eberhard Bethge
- Das Experiment (2001) - Berus - Strafvollzugsbeamter / Guard
- Amen. (2002) - Baron Von Otter
- September (2003) - Philipp Scholz
- Blueprint (2003) - Thomas Weber
- Before the Fall (2004) - Gauleiter Heinrich Stein
- Downfall (2004) - General Wilhelm Burgdorf
- Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe (2005) - Harry
- Vineta (2006) - Lutz Born
- GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007) - Richter (segment "Artikel 5")
- Bis zum Ellenbogen (2007) - Sven Hansen
- Hardcover (2008) - Chico Waidner
- 1½ Knights – In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde (2008) - Bernd
- Buddenbrooks (2008) - Bendix Grünlich
- Men in the City (2009) - Bruce Berger
- Der grosse Kater (2010) - Magun
- Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010) - Veit Harlan
- Das Leben ist zu lang (2010) - Johannes
- Lessons of a Dream (2011) - Richard Hartung
- Männerherzen … und die ganz ganz große Liebe (2011) - Bruce Berger
- Yoko (2012) - Prof. Kellerman
- Ruhm (2012) - Joachim Ebling
- A Coffee in Berlin (2012) - Karl Speckenbach
- Ludwig II (2012) - Johann (Freiherr von) Lutz
- Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013) - Hugh Gordon
- The Monuments Men (2014) - Viktor Stahl
- Frau Müller muss weg! (2015) - Wolf Heider
- Woman in Gold (2015) - Dreimann
- Desaster (2015)
- Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft (2015) - Schulrat Henning
- Der Hund begraben (2016) - Hans
- Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen (2017) - Baron Lefuet
References
- 1 2 3 "Justus von Dohnányi - Biographie und Filmographie" Kino-Zeit. Retrieved April 8, 2011 (in German)