Georg Alexander in Leutnant warst Du einst bei deinen Husaren (1930)
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5368/1, 1930-1931. Photo: AAFA Film. Georg Alexander in Leutnant warst Du einst bei deinen Husaren/Love Comes But Once (Manfred Noa, 1930).
Georg Alexander (1888-1945) was a German actor, director and producer. He belongs to the busiest actors and his career continued smoothly till his death.
Georg (alternate name George) Alexander was born Werner Louis Georg Lueddeckens in Hannover, Germany, in 1888. He made his film debut in 1915 in Der Schwiegervater seines Leutnants/The Father-in-law of His Lieutenant, followed by Sonne und Schatten/Sun and Shadow (Paul von Woringen, 1915). In 1917 he married the Norwegian actress Aud Egede Nissen, with whom he founded their own production company. Their first film project was Die Geburt der Venus/The Birth of Venus (Georg Alexander, 1917), and till 1919 he directed and produced circa 30 silent films.
When Georg Alexander founded his company Alexander-Film-GmbH in 1919, he concentrated on acting again. He often played in detective and other entertainment films like the adventure serial Der Mann ohne Namen/The Man Without a Name (Georg Jacoby, 1921) starring Harry Liedtke, Lady Hamilton (Richard Oswald, 1921), Eifersucht/Jealousy (Karl Grune, 1925) starring Lya de Putti, Die Frau ohne Namen/The Woman Without a Name (Georg Jacoby, 1927), Venus im Frack/Venus in Tails (Robert Land, 1927), and Schwarzwaldmädel/Girl from the Black Woods (Victor Janson, 1929) with Liane Haid.
In the 1930s Georg Alexander often appeared as a distinguished Bon vivant or a snobbish nobleman in such comedies as Wie sag ich's meinem Mann/How Shall I Tell My Husband? (Reinhold Schünzel, 1932) with Liane Haid, and Die englische Heirat/The English Marriage (Reinhold Schünzel, 1934), in which he starred with Adele Sandrock. He also played in Liebeswalzer/The Love Waltz (1930, Wilhelm Thiele) opposite Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch, Mamsell Nitouche/Miss Nitouche (Carl Lamac, 1932), Der alte und der junge König/The Making of a King (Hans Steinhoff, 1935), Heimat/Magda (Carl Froelich, 1938) starring Zarah Leander, Der Kleinstadtpoet/The Poet of a Small Town (Josef von Baky, 1940), and Frau Luna/Mistress Moon (Theo Lingen, 1942) with Lizzi Waldmüller. His last film was the very funny musical Die Frau meiner Träume/The Woman of My Dreams (Georg Jacoby, 1944) starring Marika Rökk. In total, he worked on more than 160 films. Besides his film activity, he was also interested in sports. He was a racing jockey himself - he even set up a new record with a horse jump over 1.85 meters. Georg Alexander died in 1945 in Berlin.
Sources: Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Filmportal.de, Wikipedia (German), and IMDb.
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Georg Alexander in Leutnant warst Du einst bei deinen Husaren (1930)
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 5368/1, 1930-1931. Photo: AAFA Film. Georg Alexander in Leutnant warst Du einst bei deinen Husaren/Love Comes But Once (Manfred Noa, 1930).
Georg Alexander (1888-1945) was a German actor, director and producer. He belongs to the busiest actors and his career continued smoothly till his death.
Georg (alternate name George) Alexander was born Werner Louis Georg Lueddeckens in Hannover, Germany, in 1888. He made his film debut in 1915 in Der Schwiegervater seines Leutnants/The Father-in-law of His Lieutenant, followed by Sonne und Schatten/Sun and Shadow (Paul von Woringen, 1915). In 1917 he married the Norwegian actress Aud Egede Nissen, with whom he founded their own production company. Their first film project was Die Geburt der Venus/The Birth of Venus (Georg Alexander, 1917), and till 1919 he directed and produced circa 30 silent films.
When Georg Alexander founded his company Alexander-Film-GmbH in 1919, he concentrated on acting again. He often played in detective and other entertainment films like the adventure serial Der Mann ohne Namen/The Man Without a Name (Georg Jacoby, 1921) starring Harry Liedtke, Lady Hamilton (Richard Oswald, 1921), Eifersucht/Jealousy (Karl Grune, 1925) starring Lya de Putti, Die Frau ohne Namen/The Woman Without a Name (Georg Jacoby, 1927), Venus im Frack/Venus in Tails (Robert Land, 1927), and Schwarzwaldmädel/Girl from the Black Woods (Victor Janson, 1929) with Liane Haid.
In the 1930s Georg Alexander often appeared as a distinguished Bon vivant or a snobbish nobleman in such comedies as Wie sag ich's meinem Mann/How Shall I Tell My Husband? (Reinhold Schünzel, 1932) with Liane Haid, and Die englische Heirat/The English Marriage (Reinhold Schünzel, 1934), in which he starred with Adele Sandrock. He also played in Liebeswalzer/The Love Waltz (1930, Wilhelm Thiele) opposite Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch, Mamsell Nitouche/Miss Nitouche (Carl Lamac, 1932), Der alte und der junge König/The Making of a King (Hans Steinhoff, 1935), Heimat/Magda (Carl Froelich, 1938) starring Zarah Leander, Der Kleinstadtpoet/The Poet of a Small Town (Josef von Baky, 1940), and Frau Luna/Mistress Moon (Theo Lingen, 1942) with Lizzi Waldmüller. His last film was the very funny musical Die Frau meiner Träume/The Woman of My Dreams (Georg Jacoby, 1944) starring Marika Rökk. In total, he worked on more than 160 films. Besides his film activity, he was also interested in sports. He was a racing jockey himself - he even set up a new record with a horse jump over 1.85 meters. Georg Alexander died in 1945 in Berlin.
Sources: Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Filmportal.de, Wikipedia (German), and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.