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Georg John(1879-1941)

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Georg John
An audacious revenge melodrama set under the canvas of the big top, starring Emil Jannings... A key work of German silent cinema and an international smash on its release, E. A. Dupont's Varieté (Variety) is an audacious revenge melodrama set under the canvas of the big top. When Boss Huller (the iconic Emil Jannings) meets the young émigré Berta-Marie (Lya De Putti), it kindles his desire to relaunch his career as a trapeze artist, stalled due to an injury and the pressures of domestic life. But with passion comes obsession, and with the involvement of the famed Artinelli into their act, tensions rise to a fever pitch. Visually astonishing, with some of the most inventive camerawork of the 1920s, and a typically intense and vivid central performance from Jannings, Varieté is presented here in an all-new restoration of the original German version. Featuring two scores: one by Stephen Horne (as performed at the London Film Festival 2015, and one by the Tiger Lilies (as performed at Berlinale 2015).
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Georg John was born on 23 July 1879 in Schmiegel, Poland. He was an actor, known for M (1931), Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924). He died on 18 November 1941 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
BornJuly 23, 1879
DiedNovember 18, 1941(62)
BornJuly 23, 1879
DiedNovember 18, 1941(62)
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Georg John and Paul Richter in Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Peter Lorre and Georg John in M (1931)

Known for

M (1931)
M
8.3
  • Blind Panhandler
  • 1931
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
7.8
  • Pesch
  • 1922
Fritz Lang in Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
7.9
  • Slaodel, his brother
  • 1924
Peer Gynt
7.3
  • Prof. Dr. Begriffenfeldt
  • 1919

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  • The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
  • Harry Piel in Sprung in den Abgrund (1933)
    Sprung in den Abgrund
  • Flower of Hawaii (1933)
    Flower of Hawaii
  • Hans Albers, Paul Hartmann, and Sybille Schmitz in F.P.1 Doesn't Answer (1932)
    F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
    • (as John)
  • Gerda Maurus in Death Over Shanghai (1932)
    Death Over Shanghai
  • Das erste Recht des Kindes
  • M (1931)
    M
  • Stürmisch die Nacht
  • Danton (1931)
    Danton
  • The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci (1930)
    The Flute Concert of Sans-Souci
  • Das Land des Lächelns (1930)
    Das Land des Lächelns
  • Lumpenball (1930)
    Lumpenball
  • Fundvogel (1930)
    Fundvogel
  • Die Frau ohne Nerven
  • Atlantik (1929)
    Atlantik

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    • July 23, 1879
    • Schmiegel, Poland
    • November 18, 1941
    • Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland

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    He made his film debut with "Ramara" (16) and in the next years he became a demanded actor who often impersonated strange figures.

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