Ernst Deutsch, aka Ernest Dorian (16 September 1890 in Prague – 22 March 1969 in Berlin), was an Austrian actor. In 1916 he played the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden to great acclaim. He also had the role of the antihero Famulus in Wegener's The Golem: How He Came into the World in 1920. He is most widely known to English-speaking audiences for his role as "Baron" Kurtz in the 1949 film noir The Third Man.
Deutsch married his childhood friend Anuschka Fuchsin in 1922. She was the daughter of the Prague industrialist Arthur Fuchs. Her cousin Herbert Fuchs of Robettin was married to the sister of writer Franz Werfel.
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After a stint in 1946 in Buenos Aires Ernst Deutsch returned in 1947 to Paris from where he went to Vienna. In Vienna he became a member of the Burgtheater.
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In 1973, the former 'Junge Theater' of Friedrich Schütter in Hamburg-Uhlenhorst was renamed after him. Ernst Deutsch had staged a performance of Nathan The Wise here shortly before his death.
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He is most widely known to English-speaking audiences for his role as "Baron" Kurtz in the 1949 film noir The Third Man.
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The actor Ernst Deutsch began his theater career in 1914 at the Viennese Volksbühne and his career led him to the most important German-speaking theaters.
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In order to get by financially he also sold apartments along the way.
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During a theater tour in England he acted in the movie "The Marriage of Corbal" (1936).
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He was awarded the Best Actor award in 1948 in Venice for his performance in the film Der Prozeß.
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Ernst Deutsch returned to Vienna after the war, from 1951 he lived in Berlin.
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In his films he was very successful with his negative leaning characters which got him many roles during the silent movie era.
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In more than 2000 performances he played the role of 'Nathan the Wise' and traveled with productions from all over Europe.
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He usually impersonated Nazis or officers in the USA under his pseudonymous Ernest Dorian.
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He was buried in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin.
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Deutsch was a good tennis player and came up to rank 7 of the Austro-Hungarian tennis list.
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Although his name couldn't be more "German" he was undesirable in his own country in the 30's because of his Jewish roots. He already left Germany in 1933 and played at theaters in Vienna and Prague as well as in Zurich and Brussels.
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His parts distinguished through an intensive, sometimes tremendous performance which predestined Ernst Deutsch for gaunt and evil figures. These parts gave him a reputation as an expressionist actor par excellence.
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Won Honorary Award - 1964 for "For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the German film over the years.".
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In 1938 he went to the USA where he got the American nationality one year later.
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The actor Ernst Deutsch was the son of Prague based German merchant Ludwig Kraus and his wife Louise Kraus.
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After high school he served in the k.u.k. Army.
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German character actor, on stage from 1914 at the Wiener Volksbuehne. Had a distinguished theatrical career under Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Appeared in German silent films, often playing intense, dramatic roles. As a Jew, he left Germany in 1933, moving to the U.S. in 1938 and attaining American citizenship a year later. Acted under the nom de plume Ernest Dorian in English-speaking films, returning to Germany in 1947. Active in character roles, latterly white-haired, during the 1950's and 60's.
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Pseudonym Ernest Dorian.
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Stage actor.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Der Fall Bohr
1966
TV Movie
Peter von Bohr
Theater und Gesellschaft - Rollenbilder im Wandel der Jahrhunderte
1966
TV Series
Nathan
Nathan der Weise
1964
TV Movie
Nathan
In der Strafkolonie
1963
TV Movie
Der Reisende
Vor Sonnenuntergang
1962/I
TV Movie
Matthias Clausen
Ein Mädchen vom Lande
1961
TV Movie
Frank Elgin
Sebastian Kneipp
1958
Papst Leo XIII
Jedermann
1958
TV Movie
Nathan der Weise
1956
TV Movie
Nathan - ein reicher Jude in Jerusalem
Wenn abends die Heide träumt
1952
K - Das Haus des Schweigens
1951
Abel de Yonkh
The Third Man
1949
'Baron' Kurtz
Der Prozeß
1948
Scharf, Tempeldiener
Isle of the Dead
1945
Dr. Drossos (as Ernst Dorian)
Night Plane from Chungking
1943
Major Brissac (as Ernest Dorian)
The Moon Is Down
1943
Maj. Hunter (as Ernest Dorian)
Reunion in France
1942
Captain (as Ernest Dorian)
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
1942
Dr. Morse, Lido Club Physician (as Ernest Dorian)
Prisoner of Japan
1942
Matsuru (as Ernest Dorian)
So Ends Our Night
1941
Dr. Behr
Escape
1940
Baron von Reiber (uncredited)
The Man I Married
1940
Otto
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
Dr. Schroeder, Public Prosecutor
The Prisoner of Corbal
1936
The Fugitive
Artisten
1928
Der Illusionist Maranoff
Zwei unterm Himmelszelt
1927
Pierre Marescot, Eintänzer
Girls for Sale!
1927
Plüsch (Popescu)
Dagfin
1926
Assairan, ein Armenier
Soll und Haben
1924
Bernhard
Das alte Gesetz
1923
Baruch, sein Sohn
Das brennende Geheimnis
1923
Die Pagode
1923
Der alte Gospodar
1922
Zdenko & Wolfgan
Der Kampf ums Ich
1922
Liebe kann man nicht kaufen
1922
Sein ist das Gericht
1922
Herzog Ferrantes Ende
1922
Orlando
Die Dame und der Landstreicher
1922
Lady Godiva
1921
Brennendes Land
1921/I
Vikar Benedikt
Hannerl und ihre Liebhaber
1921
Priester
Das Frauenhaus von Brescia
1920
Der gelbe Tod, 2. Teil
1920
Ferréol
1920
Fiebernächte
1920
Haß
1920
Judith Trachtenberg
1920
Judith's Brother
The Golem
1920
Der Rabbi Famulus
Die Jagd nach dem Tode
1920
Die Jagd nach dem Tode 2.Teil: Die verbotene Stadt
1920
Erpreßt
1920
Gerechtigkeit
1920
Monika Vogelsang
1920
Johannes Walterspiel
From Morn to Midnight
1920
Kassierer
Aladdin und die Wunderlampe
1919
Das Kloster von Sendomir
1919
Die Tochter des Henkers
1919
Vom Schicksal erdrosselt
1919
Fluch der Vergangenheit
1919
Der Galeerensträfling
1919
Galeerensträfling
Blondes Gift
1919
Rolf Röm (Enkel)
Die Frau im Käfig
1919
Die Geisha und der Samurai
1919
Irrungen
1919
Franz, Arbeiter
Pique Dame
1918
Graf St-. Germain
Apokalypse
1918
Short
Die zweite Frau
1918
Jesuit
Die Rache der Toten
1916
Schreiber
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Symphonie Wien
1952
Documentary
Der Film im Film
1925
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jedermann Remixed
2011
TV Movie
Tod
A Daughter of Her People
1933
Judith's Brother
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1964
Honorary Award
German Film Awards
For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.
$1.9 Million
