Karl Platen(1877-1952)

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Cinematographer

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Karl Platen was born on 6 March 1877 in Halle, Germany. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for M (1931), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Deception (1920). He died on 4 July 1952 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.

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Damowitz

1931

Woman in the Moon

7.3

Der Mann am Mikrophon(as Platen)

1929

Deception

6.5

Physician

1920

Die Buddenbrooks

6.6

Pokurist

1923

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Der Posaunist
- Franz Bittrich, 1. Posaunist
- 1949
Freies Land
- 1946
Der Mann im Sattel
- Gastwirt
- 1945
Das schwarze Schaf
- 1944
The Punch Bowl
- Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1944
Kollege kommt gleich
- Ein bei der Damenwahl erwählter Tänzer
- 1943
Romanze in Moll
- Michael's servant
- 1943
Der ewige Klang
- Diener
- 1943
Du gehörst zu mir
- 1943
Meine Frau Teresa
- 1942
Diesel
- Der Büroangestellte im Vorraum bei Krupp
- 1942
Rembrandt
- 1942
Tanz mit dem Kaiser
- 1941
Sonntagskinder
- Oberkellner Max
- 1941
Frau Luna
- Regisseur am Apollo-Theater (uncredited)
- 1941

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Incisive German character actor. On stage from 1896, and from 1906 to 1944 based at various theatres in Berlin. In films from early silents, immensely busy throughout the 1920's, 30's and 40's, often in prestige pictures by renowned directors, including Joe May, Ernst Lubitsch and Fritz Lang.

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