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John Gottowt‌

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John Gottowt

Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]

John Gottowt

Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1881-06-15

Popularity

star4.7

Biography

John Gottowt (born Isidor Gesang; 15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies. Gottowt was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. After his education in Vienna, he joined the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1905, working for Max Reinhardt as an actor and director. Gottowt was mainly active in different theatres in Berlin as a character actor and director. His first silent film appearance was in Paul Wegener’s Der Student von Prag ("The Student of Prague") (1913). In 1920 he appeared in Robert Wiene's Genuine and took the main role in the early science fiction film Algol. In 1921 he played Professor Bulwer (Abraham van Helsing) in the classic silent film Nosferatu directed by F.W. Murnau. Gottowt made also several films with his brother-in-law Henrik Galeen but, as a Jew, was banned in 1933 from working as a professional actor. After a few years in Denmark he moved to Kraków in Poland. He was murdered in 1942 by an SS officer while in hiding in Wieliczka, disguised as a Roman Catholic priest.

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Nosferatu

Nosferatu‌
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calendar 1922

Morphium

Morphium‌
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calendar 1919

The Student of Prague

The Student of Prague‌
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calendar 1913

The Living Dead

The Living Dead‌
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calendar 1932

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire‌
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calendar 1920

Nosferatu: The First Vampire

Nosferatu: The First Vampire‌
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calendar 1998

The Flight in the Night

The Flight in the Night‌
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calendar 1926

Der schwarze Stern

Der schwarze Stern‌
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calendar 1922

Brennendes Land

Brennendes Land‌
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calendar 1921

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The Night of Queen Isabeau‌
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calendar 1920

Algol: Tragedy of Power

Algol: Tragedy of Power‌
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calendar 1920

Der rote Henker

Der rote Henker‌
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calendar 1920

Waxworks

Waxworks‌
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calendar 1924

The Twelfth Hour

The Twelfth Hour‌
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calendar 1930

Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend

Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend‌
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calendar 1919

Das schwarze Los

Das schwarze Los‌
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calendar 1913

The Hunchback and the Dancer

The Hunchback and the Dancer‌
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calendar 1920

Die Prinzessin von Neutralien

Die Prinzessin von Neutralien‌
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calendar 1917

NOSFERATU: A Symphony of Horror (Audio Score by idiedtrying.)

NOSFERATU: A Symphony of Horror (Audio Score by idiedtrying.)‌
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calendar 2024

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