Leopold Kramer was born on September 29, 1869 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Ecstasy (1933), Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer (1928) and Das Haus ohne Lachen (1918). He was married to Pepi Glöckner-Kramer. He died on October 29, 1942 in Vienna, Austria.
His last cinematical works came in the 30's into being, among them "Der Hexer" (1932), based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, the then scandalous movie "Ekstase" (1933) with Hedwig Kiesler alias Hedy Lamarr and "Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten" (1935) directed by Kurt Gerron.
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The actor Leopold Kramer made his film debut in 1913 with "Johann Strauss an der schönen blauen Donau" (13), it followed the Hungarian production "Az utolso hajnal" directed by Mihály Kertész, who became later the famous director Michael Curtiz in Hollywood.
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He was prohibited to work as an actor because of his Jewish ancestry.
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He was able to avoid a deportation but was condemned to passiveness. Four years later he died from a perforation of the stomach.