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John Gottowt(1881-1942)

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  • Director
  • Writer
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John Gottowt in The Student of Prague (1913)
John Gottowt was born on 15 June 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Nosferatu (1922), Das schwarze Los (1913) and The Student of Prague (1913). He died on 27 August 1942 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.
BornJune 15, 1881
DiedAugust 27, 1942(61)
BornJune 15, 1881
DiedAugust 27, 1942(61)
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John Gottowt and Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)
John Gottowt, Lyda Salmonova, and Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)

Known for:

Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu
7.9
  • Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
  • 1922
Das schwarze Los (1913)
Das schwarze Los
  • Brighella
  • 1913
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague
6.4
  • Scapinelli, an Old Sorcerer
  • 1913
Peer Gynt
7.3
  • der Dovre-Alte
  • 1919

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Actor

  • The Living Dead (1932)
    The Living Dead
    • Beamter des Mechanischen Museums
    • 1932
  • Prinz Louis Ferdinand (1927)
    Prinz Louis Ferdinand
    • 2. Redakteur der Vossischen Zeitung
    • 1927
  • Die Flucht in die Nacht (1926)
    Die Flucht in die Nacht
    • Bediensteter
    • 1926
  • Conrad Veidt in Dürfen wir schweigen? (1926)
    Dürfen wir schweigen?
    • Sein Faktotum
    • 1926
  • Waxworks (1924)
    Waxworks
    • Inhaber der Panoptikums
    • 1924
  • Der Geldteufel
    • Black
    • 1923
  • Der schwarze Stern
    • 1922
  • Der falsche Dimitri
    • Narr
    • 1922
  • Elixiere des Teufels
    • 1922
  • Menschenopfer
    • 1922
  • Nosferatu (1922)
    Nosferatu
    • Professor Bulwer - ein Paracelsianer
    • 1922
  • J. Fenneker in Pariserinnen (1921)
    Pariserinnen
    • Aristide
    • 1921
  • Susanne Stranzky
    • 1921
  • Brennendes Land
    • 1921
  • Fern Andra and J. Fenneker in Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau (1920)
    Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau
    • Buckliger Narr
    • 1920

Director

  • Das schwarze Los (1913)
    Das schwarze Los
    • Director
    • 1913

Writer

  • Der verbotene Weg
    • Writer
    • 1920

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Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)
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Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014)

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  • Born
    • June 15, 1881
    • Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
  • Died
    • August 27, 1942
    • Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland(shot by SS officer)

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