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Max Adalbert

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Although somewhat forgotten these days, Max Adalbert was a great name of the German theater at he beginning of the twentieth century. Born Max Kampf in Danzig (now Gdansk in Poland) Max Adalbert worked in Lübeck, St. Gallen (Switzerland), Vienna and Berlin (Kleines Theater, Reinhardt-Bühnen). During the silent period he appeared in two masterpieces by Fritz Lang 'Der müde Tod' and 'Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'. After a few years solely devoted to the boards Adalbert successfully returned to the cinema. He was very good in 'Mein Leopold' but it is 'Der Hauptmann von Köpenick' that earned him most acclaim. A heart attack brutally broke this virtuous circle.
- IMDb mini biography by: Guy Bellinger

Max Adalbert became a popular actor in normally in comedic plays.
His appearances in the cinema increased in the 20s, beside it he still remained active at the theater.
As quiet as Max Adalbert had lived as quiet he said goodbye to the life. He died at the age of 58 because of pneumonia in 1933.
He made his stage debut at the theater in Lübeck in 1894 and in the next years he got engagement at many German theaters, among others in Nuremberg, Berlin and Vienna.
From the middle of the 20s he retired from the film business temporarily because he missed the possibility to use words, one of his vigorousness. When the sound film became accepted in Germany in 1929, this medium became also more interesting for him again, and In the next years he experienced an enormous increase in his popularity both on stage and in the movies.

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