Polyphemus
person poster

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-11-07 (136 years old)

Place of Birth

Sankt Pauli, Hamburg, Germany

Reinhold Schünzel

Biography:

Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad.

Known For

Acting

1975

Film Emigration from Nazi Germany as Self (archive footage)

1954

Eine Liebesgeschichte as Schlumberger

1951

1948

Berlin Express as Walther
The Vicious Circle as Baron Arady

1947

Golden Earrings as Otto Krosigk

1946

Notorious as Dr. Anderson
Dragonwyck as Count De Grenier (uncredited)

1945

The Man in Half Moon Street as Dr. Kurt van Bruecken

1943

Hangmen Also Die! as Gestapo Insp. Ritter
Hostages as Kurt Daluege
First Comes Courage as Col. Kurt von Elser

1931

The 3 Penny Opera as Tiger-Brown
1914 as Nikolaus II.
Her Grace Commands as Staatsminister Graf Herlitz

1929

Kolonne X as Robert Sandt, Führer der Kolonne X

1928

Adam und Eva as Adam Grünau
Herkules Maier as Herkules Maier
Don Juan in der Mädchenschule as Dr. Eckehart Bleibtreu

1927

Hallo Caesar! as Caesar
Heaven on Earth as Traugott Bellmann
The Imaginary Baron as Der Juxbaron

1926

1925

Der Hahn im Korb as Peter Abendrot
Sündenbabel as Emil Stiebel
Flight Around the World as Louis Renard

1924

1923

All for Money as Schieber

1922

Das Liebesnest as Lothar von Brandt

1921

Lady Hamilton as Ferdinand IV, König von Neapel

1920

Catherine the Great as Tsar Peter
Figures of the Night as The secretary
The Count of Cagliostro as Alessandro Cagliostro
Drei Nächte as Anton Wicleff
Moriturus as Freiherr von Mohrungen

1919

Eerie Tales as Der Teufel / Various Other Roles
Madame DuBarry as Duke of Choiseul
Around the World in 80 Days as Archibald Corsican
Blonde Poison as Adolf Reiss
Wahnsinn as Jörges
The Last Payment as Jules Lambert
Heddas Rache as Georg
Lillis Ehe as Dr. Goldmann

1918

Countess Kitchenmaid as schüchterner Verehrer
The Ballet Girl as Eduard Stutzig, Lebemann
Diary of a Lost Woman as Graf Kasimir Osdorff
Auf Probe gestellt as Reichsgraf Adolar von Warowingen

1917

1916

Writing

1995

Victor/Victoria as Original Film Writer

1982

Victor/Victoria as Original Film Writer

1957

Viktor und Viktoria as Screenplay

1937

Land of Love as Writer

1936

The Girl Irene as Writer
Donogoo Tonka as Writer

1934

Georges et Georgette as Scenario Writer

1933

1931

Ronny as Writer

1930

1928

Herkules Maier as Screenplay
Adam und Eva as Screenplay

1927

Hallo Caesar! as Writer
Heaven on Earth as Screenplay

1920

Directing

1941

New Wine as Director

1939

Balalaika as Director

1938

1937

Land of Love as Director

1936

Donogoo Tonka as Director
The Girl Irene as Director

1933

Cairo Season as Director
Idylle au Caire as Director

1931

Ronny as Director
Ronny as Director
The small gap as Director

1930

Love in the Ring as Director

1929

Peter, der Matrose as Director
Kolonne X as Director

1927

Heaven on Earth as Director
Hallo Caesar! as Director

1925

1924

Windstärke 9 as Director

1921

Production

1927

Heaven on Earth as Producer
Hallo Caesar! as Producer