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German actor

Albert Florath Born (1888-12-07)7 December 1888 Bielefeld, German Empire Died 11 March 1957(1957-03-11) (aged 71) Gaildorf, West Germany Occupation actor

**Albert Peter Adam Florath** (7 December 1888, [Bielefeld](/source/Bielefeld) – 11 March 1957, [Gaildorf](/source/Gaildorf)) was a German stage and film actor.

## Early life and education

Born to Joseph Florath, a locksmith, and his wife Matilda, née Burkart, he attended school in [Brakel](/source/Brakel%2C_Germany) and the [Realgymnasium](/source/Gymnasium_(Germany)) in [Paderborn](/source/Paderborn). He embarked on a career as a civil servant in [Delbrück](/source/Delbr%C3%BCck), where he was active in the welfare, church and school department and the police administration.

## Acting career

Florath gained first stage experience in amateur dramatic groups of local clubs in Delbrück. In 1908, Florath gave up his career in office and went to Munich-[Schwabing](/source/Schwabing), to devote himself entirely to acting. He debuted in 1908 as a stage actor at the court theater in Munich. He took acting lessons with Alois Wohlmut and, as a sideline, wrote [feuilleton](/source/Feuilleton) contributions.

When the First World War began, Florath interrupted his artistic career, volunteering as a reserve lieutenant and serving as an instructor of recruits. His wartime experiences caused him to rethink his political views and he turned towards socialism. In 1919, he served as a socialist deputy in the Bavarian National Assembly.[1] After the failure of the [Bavarian Soviet Republic](/source/Bavarian_Soviet_Republic) and the murder of [Kurt Eisner](/source/Kurt_Eisner), Florath went to Berlin, where he served from 1920 until 1944 in the ensemble of the National Theatre and also directed. In 1938, Florath was designated as a *[Staatsschauspieler](/source/State_actor_(Germany))* (i.e. an actor of national importance).

He made his film debut in 1918. With the advent of sound film, Florath established himself as a character actor with mostly grumpy and sometimes quirky, but hearty characters. He played in literary adaptations such as [Alfred Döblin](/source/Alfred_D%C3%B6blin)'s *[Berlin Alexanderplatz](/source/Berlin_Alexanderplatz)*, [Gerhart Hauptmann](/source/Gerhart_Hauptmann)'s *[The Beaver Coat](/source/The_Beaver_Coat)* and [Henrik Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen)'s *[Nora](/source/A_Doll's_House)*, in dramas such as *[Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius](/source/Friedrich_Schiller_%E2%80%93_The_Triumph_of_a_Genius)* (along with [Horst Caspar](/source/Horst_Caspar)), in comedies such as *[Die Feuerzangenbowle](/source/Die_Feuerzangenbowle_(1944_film))*, but also in Nazi propaganda films such as *[Ich klage an](/source/Ich_klage_an)* (1941), *[Junge Adler](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junge_Adler)* (*Young Eagles*, 1944) and even in *[Jud Süß](/source/Jud_S%C3%BC%C3%9F_(1940_film))*.[2][3]

After the war, he returned to challenging roles, including *[Love '47](/source/Love_'47)* (based on [Wolfgang Borchert](/source/Wolfgang_Borchert)'s drama *Draußen vor der Tür* (*[The Man Outside](/source/The_Man_Outside)*) and next to [Curt Goetz](/source/Curt_Goetz) in *[Doctor Praetorius](/source/Doctor_Praetorius_(film))* (1950) and *[The House in Montevideo](/source/The_House_in_Montevideo_(1951_film))* (1951). He also took roles in the *[Heimatfilm](/source/Heimatfilm)* genre such as *[Heartbroken on the Moselle](/source/Heartbroken_on_the_Moselle)* (1953) and *[When the White Lilacs Bloom Again](/source/When_the_White_Lilacs_Bloom_Again_(1953_film))* (1953, [Romy Schneider](/source/Romy_Schneider)'s first film).

His last stage station eventually led him to Stuttgart. Florath lived in Schlechtbach, [Gschwend](/source/Gschwend%2C_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg), from 1938 until his death in 1957.

## Selected filmography

- *[Danton](/source/Danton_(1921_film))* (1921)

- *[A Free People](/source/A_Free_People)* (1925)

- *[The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin](/source/The_Last_Horse_Carriage_in_Berlin)* (1926) as Wilhelm Lemke

- *Gehetzte Frauen* (1927)

- *[Two Under the Stars](/source/Two_Under_the_Stars)* (1927) as Maitre Latapie

- *[The Prince of Rogues](/source/The_Prince_of_Rogues)* (1928)

- *[Napoleon at Saint Helena](/source/Napoleon_at_Saint_Helena)* (1929) as [Louis XVIII](/source/Louis_XVIII)

- *[Der lustige Witwer](/source/Der_lustige_Witwer)* (1929)

- *[The Street Song](/source/The_Street_Song)* (1931)

- *[Berlin – Alexanderplatz](/source/Berlin-Alexanderplatz_(1931_film))* (1931) as Pums

- *[The Captain from Köpenick](/source/The_Captain_from_K%C3%B6penick_(1931_film))* (1931) as the keeper

- *[No Money Needed](/source/No_Money_Needed)* (1932) as the director of the public bank

- *[Ripening Youth](/source/Ripening_Youth_(1933_film))* (1933) as Nehring

- *[The Gentleman from Maxim's](/source/The_Gentleman_from_Maxim's)* (1933)

- *Das Meer ruft* (1933)

- *[The Black Whale](/source/The_Black_Whale)* (1934) as the capitain

- *[Love, Death and the Devil](/source/Love%2C_Death_and_the_Devil)* (1934) as The Notary

- *[Hearts are Trumps](/source/Hearts_are_Trumps_(1934_film))* (1934) as the helmsman

- *[The King's Prisoner](/source/The_King's_Prisoner)* (1935) as [Von Archenholtz](/source/Johann_Wilhelm_von_Archenholz)

- *[Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden](/source/Fruit_in_the_Neighbour's_Garden_(1935_film))* (1935) as Anton Huber

- *[Donogoo Tonka](/source/Donogoo_Tonka)* (1936) as Voisin

- *Guten Abend, gute Nacht* (1936), as [Johannes Brahms](/source/Johannes_Brahms)

- *[Glückskinder](/source/Gl%C3%BCckskinder)* (1936) as Jackson

- *[A Woman of No Importance](/source/A_Woman_of_No_Importance_(1936_film))* (1936) as Lord Caverstam

- *[Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine](/source/Thunder%2C_Lightning_and_Sunshine)* (1936) as Paul Huberding

- *[Back in the Country](/source/Back_in_the_Country)* (1936)

- *Die Austernlilli* (1937)

- *[Capers](/source/Capers_(1937_film))* (1937)

- *[An Enemy of the People](/source/An_Enemy_of_the_People_(1937_film))* (1937) as Worse

- *[Diamonds](/source/Diamonds_(1937_film))* (1937) as the judge

- *[The Beaver Coat](/source/The_Beaver_Coat_(1937_film))* (1937) as Agust Wulkow

- *[Women for Golden Hill](/source/Women_for_Golden_Hill)* (1938)

- *[The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl](/source/The_Roundabouts_of_Handsome_Karl)* (1938)

- *[Yvette](/source/Yvette_(1938_film))* (1938)

- *[Five Million Look for an Heir](/source/Five_Million_Look_for_an_Heir)* (1938)

- *[Hurrah! I'm a Father](/source/Hurrah!_I'm_a_Father)* (1939)

- *Fortsetzung folgt* (1939)

- *[The Governor](/source/The_Governor_(1939_film))* (1939)

- *[Who's Kissing Madeleine?](/source/Who's_Kissing_Madeleine%3F)* (1939)

- *[In the Name of the People](/source/In_the_Name_of_the_People_(1939_film))* (1939)

- *[Alarm at Station III](/source/Alarm_at_Station_III)* (1939)

- *[Wibbel the Tailor](/source/Wibbel_the_Tailor_(1939_film))* (1939)

- *[Bachelor's Paradise](/source/Bachelor's_Paradise)* (1939)

- *[Mistake of the Heart](/source/Mistake_of_the_Heart)* (1939)

- *[A Woman Like You](/source/A_Woman_Like_You_(1939_film))* (1939)

- *[The Journey to Tilsit](/source/The_Journey_to_Tilsit)* (1939)

- *Angelika* (1940)

- *[The Fox of Glenarvon](/source/The_Fox_of_Glenarvon)* (1940) as Baron O'Connor

- *[Das Herz der Königin](/source/Das_Herz_der_K%C3%B6nigin)* (1940)

- *[Friedrich Schiller – Triumph eines Genies](/source/Friedrich_Schiller_%E2%80%93_Triumph_eines_Genies)* (1940) as Pastor Moser

- *[The Rothschilds](/source/The_Rothschilds_(film))* (1940) as [Baring](/source/Sir_Francis_Baring%2C_1st_Baronet)

- *[Between Hamburg and Haiti](/source/Between_Hamburg_and_Haiti)* (1940)

- *[Jud Süß](/source/Jud_S%C3%BC%C3%9F_(1940_film))* (1940) as Colonel Röder

- *Männerwirtschaft* (1941)

- *[The Way to Freedom](/source/The_Way_to_Freedom)* (1941)

- *[Friedemann Bach](/source/Friedemann_Bach_(film))* (1941) as the Dresden's restaurateur

- *[Ich klage an](/source/Ich_klage_an)* (1941) as Prof. Schlüter

- *[Clarissa](/source/Clarissa_(1941_film))* (1941)

- *[Jakko](/source/Jakko_(film))* (1941)

- *[Sky Hounds](/source/Sky_Hounds)* (1942)

- *[Diesel](/source/Diesel_(1942_film))* (1942)

- *[The Big Game](/source/The_Big_Game_(1942_film))* (1942)

- *Die Erbin vom Rosenhof* (1942)

- *[Voice of the Heart](/source/Voice_of_the_Heart_(film))* (1942)

- *[The Old Boss](/source/The_Old_Boss)* (1942)

- *Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint* (1943)

- *[A Waltz with You](/source/A_Waltz_with_You)* (1943)

- *[Immensee](/source/Immensee_(film))* (1943)

- *[Harald Arrives at Nine](/source/Harald_Arrives_at_Nine)* (1944)

- *[Die Feuerzangenbowle](/source/Die_Feuerzangenbowle_(1944_film))* (1944)

- *[Nora](/source/Nora_(1944_film))* (1944)

- *[Young Hearts](/source/Young_Hearts_(1944_film))* (1944)

- *[Via Mala](/source/Via_Mala_(1945_film))* (1945)

- *Der Puppenspieler (unvollendet)* (1945)

- *[The Court Concert](/source/The_Court_Concert_(1948_film))* (1948)

- *[Liebe 47](/source/Liebe_47)* (1949)

- *[Dangerous Guests](/source/Dangerous_Guests)* (1949)

- *[Nothing But Coincidence](/source/Nothing_But_Coincidence)* (1949)

- *[I'll Never Forget That Night](/source/I'll_Never_Forget_That_Night)* (1949)

- *[Derby](/source/Derby_(1949_film))* (1949)

- *[Second Hand Destiny](/source/Second_Hand_Destiny)* (1949)

- *[My Wife's Friends](/source/My_Wife's_Friends)* (1949)

- *[Tobias Knopp – Abenteuer eines Junggesellen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tobias_Knopp_%E2%80%93_Abenteuer_eines_Junggesellen&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Knopp_%E2%80%93_Abenteuer_eines_Junggesellen)]* (1950, voice)

- *[Doctor Praetorius](/source/Doctor_Praetorius_(film))* (1950)

- *[Blondes for Export](/source/Blondes_for_Export)* (1950)

- *[Unknown Sender](/source/Unknown_Sender_(film))* (1950)

- *[The Girl from the South Seas](/source/The_Girl_from_the_South_Seas)* (1950)

- *[Wedding Night In Paradise](/source/Wedding_Night_In_Paradise_(1950_film))* (1950)

- *[Gabriela](/source/Gabriela_(1950_film))* (1950)

- *[Professor Nachtfalter](/source/Professor_Nachtfalter)* (1950)

- *[The Beautiful Galatea](/source/The_Beautiful_Galatea_(film))* (1950)

- *[This Man Belongs to Me](/source/This_Man_Belongs_to_Me)* (1950)

- *[Veronika the Maid](/source/Veronika_the_Maid)* (1951)

- *[Eyes of Love](/source/Eyes_of_Love_(1951_film))* (1951)

- *[The House in Montevideo](/source/The_House_in_Montevideo_(1951_film))* (1951)

- *[Toxi](/source/Toxi)* (1952)

- *[Oh, You Dear Fridolin](/source/Oh%2C_You_Dear_Fridolin)* (1952)

- *[When the Heath Dreams at Night](/source/When_the_Heath_Dreams_at_Night)* (1952)

- *[Once on the Rhine](/source/Once_on_the_Rhine)* (1952)

- *[The Imaginary Invalid](/source/The_Imaginary_Invalid_(1952_film))* (1952)

- *[Roses Bloom on the Moorland](/source/Roses_Bloom_on_the_Moorland_(1952_film))* (1952)

- *[Heartbroken on the Moselle](/source/Heartbroken_on_the_Moselle)* (1953)

- *[Not Afraid of Big Animals](/source/Not_Afraid_of_Big_Animals)* (1953)

- *[Your Heart Is My Homeland](/source/Your_Heart_Is_My_Homeland)* (1953)

- *[Southern Nights](/source/Southern_Nights_(film))* (1953)

- *[When the White Lilacs Bloom Again](/source/When_the_White_Lilacs_Bloom_Again_(1953_film))* (1953)

- *[The Mill in the Black Forest](/source/The_Mill_in_the_Black_Forest)* (1953)

- *[Wedding Bells](/source/Wedding_Bells_(1954_film))* (1954)

- *[Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel](/source/Columbus_Discovers_Kraehwinkel)* (1954)

- *[The Silent Angel](/source/The_Silent_Angel)* (1954)

- *[The Beautiful Miller](/source/The_Beautiful_Miller)* (1954)

- *[Homesick for Germany](/source/Homesick_for_Germany)* (1954)

- *[Two Blue Eyes](/source/Two_Blue_Eyes)* (1955)

- *[The Spanish Fly](/source/The_Spanish_Fly_(1955_film))* (1955)

- *[The Dark Star](/source/The_Dark_Star_(1955_film))* (1955)

- *[The Mistress of Solderhof](/source/The_Mistress_of_Solderhof)* (1955)

- *Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof* (1955)

- *[The Forest House in Tyrol](/source/The_Forest_House_in_Tyrol)* (1955)

- *[Operation Sleeping Bag](/source/Operation_Sleeping_Bag)* (1955)

- *[Three Birch Trees on the Heath](/source/Three_Birch_Trees_on_the_Heath)* (1956)

- *Mädchen mit schwachem Gedächtnis* (1956)

- *[Skandal um Dr. Vlimmen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skandal_um_Dr._Vlimmen&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandal_um_Dr._Vlimmen)]* (1956)

- *[Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden](/source/Fruit_in_the_Neighbour's_Garden_(1956_film))* (1956)

- *[A Heart Returns Home](/source/A_Heart_Returns_Home)* (1956)

- *[If We All Were Angels](/source/If_We_All_Were_Angels_(1956_film))* (1956)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Balme, Christopher; Tangerding, Axel (2019-05-07). [*Res publica Europa: Networking the performing arts in a future Europe*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0RaXDwAAQBAJ). Verlag Theater der Zeit. pp. 52–53. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-95749-247-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-95749-247-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Tegel, Susan (2011-06-09). [*Jew Suss: Life, Legend, Fiction, Film*](https://books.google.com/books?id=66a6BwAAQBAJ). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 164, 252. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4411-6297-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4411-6297-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Dove, Richard; Mallett, Michael; Lamb, Stephen (1992-06-18). [*German Writers and Politics 1918–39*](https://books.google.com/books?id=JsyvCwAAQBAJ). Springer. pp. 15–17. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-349-11815-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-349-11815-1).

## External links

- [Albert Florath](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282632/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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