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Karl Platen(1877-1952)

  • Actor
  • Cinematographer
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Karl Platen
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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 Anna Boleyn (1920). He died on 4 July 1952 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
BornMarch 6, 1877
DiedJuly 4, 1952(75)
BornMarch 6, 1877
DiedJuly 4, 1952(75)
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Known for

M (1931)
M
8.3
  • Damowitz
  • 1931
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Woman in the Moon
7.3
  • Der Mann am Mikrophon(as Platen)
  • 1929
Emil Jannings and Henny Porten in Anna Boleyn (1920)
Anna Boleyn
6.5
  • Physician
  • 1920
Georg Alexander, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, and Sybille Schmitz in An Ideal Spouse (1935)
An Ideal Spouse
6.4
  • Phips, Diener bei Goring
  • 1935

Credits

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Actor

  • Der Posaunist (1949)
    Der Posaunist
    6.0
    • Franz Bittrich, 1. Posaunist
    • 1949
  • Freies Land (1946)
    Freies Land
    5.7
    • 1946
  • Harry Piel and Gerhild Weber in Der Mann im Sattel (1945)
    Der Mann im Sattel
    6.5
    • Gastwirt
    • 1945
  • Das schwarze Schaf (1944)
    Das schwarze Schaf
    5.5
    • 1944
  • Heinz Rühmann, Paul Henckels, Karin Himboldt, Erich Ponto, Heinrich Spoerl, Helmut Weiss, and Rolf Goetze in The Punch Bowl (1944)
    The Punch Bowl
    7.7
    • Minor Role (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Rose Rauch in Kollege kommt gleich (1943)
    Kollege kommt gleich
    7.6
    • Ein bei der Damenwahl erwählter Tänzer
    • 1943
  • Marianne Hoppe, Ferdinand Marian, and Hans Otto Wendt in Romanze in Moll (1943)
    Romanze in Moll
    7.3
    • Michael's servant
    • 1943
  • Wilhelm Borchert and Elfriede Datzig in Der ewige Klang (1943)
    Der ewige Klang
    6.9
    • Diener
    • 1943
  • Du gehörst zu mir (1943)
    Du gehörst zu mir
    5.6
    • 1943
  • Elfie Mayerhofer, Harald Paulsen, Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Mady Rahl, Hans Söhnker, and Rolf Weih in Meine Frau Teresa (1942)
    Meine Frau Teresa
    6.9
    • 1942
  • Diesel (1942)
    Diesel
    6.5
    • Der Büroangestellte im Vorraum bei Krupp
    • 1942
  • Rembrandt (1942)
    Rembrandt
    5.2
    • 1942
  • Sonntagskinder (1941)
    Sonntagskinder
    • Oberkellner Max
    • 1941
  • Tanz mit dem Kaiser (1941)
    Tanz mit dem Kaiser
    6.6
    • 1941
  • Frau Luna (1941)
    Frau Luna
    7.0
    • Regisseur am Apollo-Theater (uncredited)
    • 1941

Cinematographer

  • The Tragedy of Love (1923)
    The Tragedy of Love
    5.4
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1923

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Destiny
Trailer 1:32
Destiny

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • C. Platen
  • Born
    • March 6, 1877
    • Halle, Germany
  • Died
    • July 4, 1952
    • Weimar, German Democratic Republic(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    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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