# Harry Liedtke > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harry_Liedtke > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harry_Liedtke.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Liedtke > Source revision: 1356952055 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German actor (1882–1945) Harry Liedtke Born (1882-10-12)12 October 1882 Königsberg, East Prussia, German Empire Died 28 April 1945(1945-04-28) (aged 62) Bad Saarow-Pieskow, Nazi Germany Occupation Actor Years active 1908–1944 Spouses Ernestine Emaline Johanne Proft ​ ​ (m. 1907; div. 1916)​ [1] Käthe Dorsch ​ ​ (m. 1920; div. 1928)​ Christa Tordy ​ (m. 1928)​ Children 1 **Harry Liedtke** (12 October 1882 – 28 April 1945) was a German film actor. ## Early life Liedtke was born in [Königsberg](/source/K%C3%B6nigsberg), [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia) as the seventh out of 12 children of a merchant. After his father's death in 1896, he grew up in an orphanage and began a qualification in retail business. By the chance acquaintance of Hans Oberländer, a stage director at [Berlin](/source/Berlin), he started to take stage classes and was first engaged at the municipal Theater of [Freiberg, Saxony](/source/Freiberg%2C_Saxony). In 1908 Liedtke worked at the [New German Theatre](/source/New_German_Theatre_(New_York_City)) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and in 1909 at the [Deutsches Theater Berlin](/source/Deutsches_Theater_Berlin). ## Career Liedtke, c. 1910s In 1912 Liedtke appeared for the first time in the [silent movie](/source/Silent_movie) *Zu spät* and from then onwards usually as a young "Charming Boy" and gentleman. With [Ernst Lubitsch](/source/Ernst_Lubitsch) he made movies like *Das fidele Gefängnis* (1917), *[Die Augen der Mumie Ma](/source/Die_Augen_der_Mumie_Ma)* (1918), *[Carmen](/source/Carmen_(1918_film))* (1918), *[Die Austernprinzessin](/source/The_Oyster_Princess)* (1919), *[Madame Dubarry](/source/Madame_Dubarry_(1919_film))* (1919), *[Sumurun](/source/Sumurun)* (1920) and *[Das Weib des Pharao](/source/The_Loves_of_Pharaoh)* (1921). He also appeared in several crime stories as *[Stuart Webbs](/source/Stuart_Webbs)* or *[Joe Deebs](/source/Joe_Deebs)* written by [Joe May](/source/Joe_May). Liedtke was a popular actor in the 1920s and partner of [Marlene Dietrich](/source/Marlene_Dietrich) in *[I Kiss Your Hand, Madame](/source/I_Kiss_Your_Hand%2C_Madame)* (1929). Liedtke met with less success in [sound films](/source/Sound_film), probably due to his advancing age. Liedtke's first marriage was to Ernestine Emaline Johanne Proft, also known as Hanne Schutt. The two had one child together before divorcing in 1916. From 1920 to 1928, Liedtke was married to the actress [Käthe Dorsch](/source/K%C3%A4the_Dorsch). Shortly after their divorce, he married actress [Christa Tordy](/source/Christa_Tordy) on 27 March 1928.[2] ## Death Grave of Harry Liedtke and his spouses Käthe Dorsch and Christa Tordy in Pieskow, Bad Saarow On 28 April 1945 Liedtke was murdered by [Red Army](/source/Red_Army) soldiers in his house at [Bad Saarow-Pieskow](/source/Bad_Saarow-Pieskow) east of Berlin together with his wife Christa Tordy.[3] While attempting to save Tordy from being raped and murdered, he died after either being smashed on the head with a beer bottle,[4] or after being clubbed to death.[5] Prior to their murder, the couple had attempted suicide. Tordy and Liedtke's bodies were exhumed in October 1948 and buried at Waldfriedhof Saarow-Pieskow Cemetery.[6][7] Upon Liedtke's ex-wife Käthe Dorsch's death in 1957, she was buried alongside the two. ## Filmography - *[Zu spät](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zu_sp%C3%A4t_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1912) - *[Der wankende Glaube](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_wankende_Glaube&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1913) - *[Eva](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_(1913_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1913) - *[Schuldig](/source/Schuldig)* (1913) - *[Die Tat von damals](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Die_Tat_von_damals&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1915) - *[Der Krieg brachte Frieden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_Krieg_brachte_Frieden&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1915) - *[Das rätselhafte Inserat](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Das_r%C3%A4tselhafte_Inserat&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Leutnant auf Befehl](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leutnant_auf_Befehl&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Wie ich Detektiv wurde](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wie_ich_Detektiv_wurde&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Der Amateur](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_Amateur&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Arme Eva Maria](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arme_Eva_Maria&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Das Bild der Ahnfrau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Das_Bild_der_Ahnfrau&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Die bleiche Renate](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Die_bleiche_Renate&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1916) - *[Das fidele Gefängnis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Das_fidele_Gef%C3%A4ngnis&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_fidele_Gef%C3%A4ngnis)]* (1917) - *[Das Geheimnis der leeren Wasserflasche](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Das_Geheimnis_der_leeren_Wasserflasche&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1917) - *[The Ring of Giuditta Foscari](/source/The_Ring_of_Giuditta_Foscari)* (1917) - *[Wedding in the Eccentric Club](/source/Wedding_in_the_Eccentric_Club)* (1917) - *[Lulu](/source/Lulu_(1917_film))* (1917) - *[Sleeping Beauty](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sleeping_Beauty_(1917_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1917) - *[Die Kameliendame](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Die_Kameliendame&action=edit&redlink=1)* (*[Prima Vera](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prima_Vera_(1917_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)*) (1917) - *[The Flyer from Goerz](/source/The_Flyer_from_Goerz)* (1918) - *[The Sacrifice](/source/The_Sacrifice_(1918_film))* (1918) - *[The Toboggan Cavalier](/source/The_Toboggan_Cavalier)* (1918) - *[Die blaue Mauritius](/source/Die_blaue_Mauritius)* (1918) - *[The Mystery of Bangalore](/source/The_Mystery_of_Bangalore)* (1918) - *[Carmen](/source/Carmen_(1918_film))* (1918) - *[The Ballet Girl](/source/The_Ballet_Girl_(1918_film))* (1918) - *[Der gelbe Schein](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_gelbe_Schein&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1918) - *[The Eyes of the Mummy Ma](/source/Die_Augen_der_Mumie_Ma)* (1918) - *[Countess Doddy](/source/Countess_Doddy)* (1919) - *[Madame Dubarry](/source/Madame_Dubarry_(1919_film))* (1919) - *[Vendetta](/source/Vendetta_(1919_film))* (1919) - *[Die Tochter des Mehemed](/source/Die_Tochter_des_Mehemed)* (1919) - *[The Woman at the Crossroads](/source/The_Woman_at_the_Crossroads_(1919_film))* (1919) - *[The Oyster Princess](/source/The_Oyster_Princess)* (1919) - *[Moral und Sinnlichkeit](/source/Moral_und_Sinnlichkeit)* (1919) - *[Irrungen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irrungen&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1919) - *[Rebellenliebe](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rebellenliebe&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1919) - *[Retter der Menschheit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Retter_der_Menschheit&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1919) - *[Der Tempelräuber](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_Tempelr%C3%A4uber&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1919) - *[The Carousel of Life](/source/The_Carousel_of_Life)* (1919) - *[Sumurun](/source/Sumurun)* (1920) - *[The Prisoner](/source/The_Prisoner_(1920_film))* (1920) - *[Das einsame Wrack](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Das_einsame_Wrack&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1920) - *[Indian Revenge](/source/Indian_Revenge)* (1920) - *[The Dancer Barberina](/source/The_Dancer_Barberina)* (1920) - *[What a Girl](/source/What_a_Girl)* (1920) - *[The Sins of the Mother](/source/The_Sins_of_the_Mother)* (1921) - *[Peter Voss, Thief of Millions](/source/Peter_Voss%2C_Thief_of_Millions_(1921_film))* (1921, 6 parts) - *[Mein Mann - Der Nachtredakteur](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mein_Mann_-_Der_Nachtredakteur&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1921) - *[The Loves of Pharaoh](/source/The_Loves_of_Pharaoh)* (1922) - *[The Last Payment](/source/The_Last_Payment)* (1922) - *[The Merchant of Venice](/source/The_Merchant_of_Venice_(1923_film))* (1923) - *[Die Fledermaus](/source/Die_Fledermaus_(1923_film))* (1923) - *[The Love of a Queen](/source/The_Love_of_a_Queen_(1923_film))* (1923) - *[The Little Napoleon](/source/The_Little_Napoleon)* (1923) - *[Der Seeteufel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_Seeteufel&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1923, 2 parts) - *[Orient](/source/Orient_(1924_film))* (1924) - *[Ein Traum vom Glück](/source/Ein_Traum_vom_Gl%C3%BCck)* (1924) - *[Nanon](/source/Nanon_(1924_film))* (1924) - *[The Grand Duke's Finances](/source/The_Grand_Duke's_Finances)* (1924) - *[A Woman for 24 Hours](/source/A_Woman_for_24_Hours)* (1925) - *[Countess Maritza](/source/Countess_Maritza_(1925_film))* (1925) - *[Love and Trumpets](/source/Love_and_Trumpets_(1925_film))* (1925) - *[Um Recht und Ehre](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Um_Recht_und_Ehre&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1925) - *[The Island of Dreams](/source/The_Island_of_Dreams)* (1925) - *[The Doll Queen](/source/The_Doll_Queen)* (1925) - *[Madame Wants No Children](/source/Madame_Wants_No_Children_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[Fadette](/source/Fadette)* (1926) - *[The World Wants To Be Deceived](/source/The_World_Wants_To_Be_Deceived)* (1926) - *[Grandstand for General Staff](/source/Grandstand_for_General_Staff_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[The Girl on a Swing](/source/The_Girl_on_a_Swing_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[The Woman's Crusade](/source/The_Woman's_Crusade)* (1926) - *[The Violet Eater](/source/The_Violet_Eater)* (1926) - *[The Blue Danube](/source/The_Blue_Danube_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[The Wiskottens](/source/The_Wiskottens)* (1926) - *[The Bohemian Dancer](/source/The_Bohemian_Dancer_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[The Adventurers](/source/The_Adventurers_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[The Man Without Sleep](/source/The_Man_Without_Sleep)* (1926) - *[Nixchen](/source/Nixchen_(1926_film))* (1926) - *[A Girl of the People](/source/A_Girl_of_the_People)* (1927) - *[Weekend Magic](/source/Weekend_Magic)* (1927) - *[The Fate of a Night](/source/The_Fate_of_a_Night)* (1927) - *[Ein Mädel aus dem Volke](/source/Ein_M%C3%A4del_aus_dem_Volke)* (1927) - *[The Spinning Ball](/source/The_Spinning_Ball_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[The Marriage Nest](/source/The_Marriage_Nest)* (1927) - *[The Prince's Child](/source/The_Prince's_Child)* (1927) - *[Regine](/source/Regine_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[The Queen Was in the Parlour](/source/The_Queen_Was_in_the_Parlour_(film))* (1927) - *[Durchlaucht Radieschen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Durchlaucht_Radies&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1927) - *[Marie's Soldier](/source/Marie's_Soldier)* (1927) - *[The Mistress](/source/The_Mistress_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[Carnival Magic](/source/Carnival_Magic_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[A Crazy Night](/source/A_Crazy_Night)* (1927) - *[Chance the Idol](/source/Chance_the_Idol)* (1927) - *[The Beggar Student](/source/The_Beggar_Student_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[Der Herzensphotograph](/source/Der_Herzensphotograph)* (1928) - *[The Carnival Prince](/source/The_Carnival_Prince)* (1928) - *[A Modern Casanova](/source/A_Modern_Casanova)* (1928) - *[The Game of Love](/source/The_Game_of_Love_(1928_film))* (1928) - *[Robert and Bertram](/source/Robert_and_Bertram_(1928_film))* (1928) - *[Love on Skis](/source/Love_on_Skis_(1928_film))* (1928) - *[Darling of the Dragoons](/source/Darling_of_the_Dragoons)* (1928) - *[Mein Freund Harry](/source/Mein_Freund_Harry)* (1928) - *[Queen of Fashion](/source/Queen_of_Fashion)* (1929) - *[Father and Son](/source/Father_and_Son_(1929_German_film))* (1929) - *[The Black Domino](/source/The_Black_Domino_(film))* (1929) - *[Youth of the Big City](/source/Youth_of_the_Big_City)* (1929) - *[The Merry Widower](/source/The_Merry_Widower)* (1929) - *[The Hero of Every Girl's Dream](/source/The_Hero_of_Every_Girl's_Dream)* (1929) - *[The Circus Princess](/source/The_Circus_Princess_(1929_film))* (1929) - *[I Kiss Your Hand, Madame](/source/I_Kiss_Your_Hand%2C_Madame)* (1929) - *[My Daughter's Tutor](/source/My_Daughter's_Tutor)* (1929) - *[Josef the Chaste](/source/Josef_the_Chaste_(1930_film))* (1930) - *[The Corvette Captain](/source/The_Corvette_Captain)* (1930) - *[O Mädchen, mein Mädchen, wie lieb' ich Dich!](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=O_M%C3%A4dchen,_mein_M%C3%A4dchen,_wie_lieb%27_ich_Dich!&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1930) - *[Delicatessen](/source/Delicatessen_(1930_film))* (1930) - *[Danube Waltz](/source/Danube_Waltz_(film))* (1930) - *[The Great Longing](/source/The_Great_Longing)* (1930) - *[No More Love](/source/No_More_Love_(film))* (1931) - *[Der Liebesarzt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Der_Liebesarzt&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931) - *[That's All That Matters](/source/That's_All_That_Matters_(film))* (1931) - *[Liebe in Uniform](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liebe_in_Uniform&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1932) - *[The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel](/source/The_Page_from_the_Dalmasse_Hotel_(1933_film))* (1933) - *[When the Village Music Plays on Sunday Nights](/source/When_the_Village_Music_Plays_on_Sunday_Nights_(1933_film))* (1933) - *[Between Two Hearts](/source/Between_Two_Hearts)* (1934) - *[Liebesleute](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liebesleute&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1935) - *[City of Anatol](/source/City_of_Anatol)* (1936) - *[Dangerous Game](/source/Dangerous_Game_(1937_film))* (1937) - *[Preußische Liebesgeschichte](/source/Preu%C3%9Fische_Liebesgeschichte)* (1938) - *[Es Leuchten die Sterne](/source/Es_Leuchten_die_Sterne)* (1938) - *[Quax the Crash Pilot](/source/Quax_the_Crash_Pilot)* (1941) - *[The Master of the Estate](/source/The_Master_of_the_Estate)* (1943) - *[Sophienlund](/source/Sophienlund)* (1943) - *[Das Konzert](/source/Das_Konzert)* (1944) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [My Heritage](https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-2204443/ernestine-emaline-johanne-proft-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people) [*[user-generated source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources#User-generated_content)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Illustrated London News"](https://books.google.com/books?id=j45uCFE13EgC&q=christa+tordy). April 1928. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (September 2009). [*The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_Z4kDAAAQBAJ&q=christa+tordy&pg=PA285). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780857455659](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780857455659). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Christa Tordy"](https://www.steffi-line.de/archiv_text/nost_film20b40/154_tordy_christa.htm#name_info). *www.steffi-line.de*. Retrieved 11 November 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Film Culture"](https://books.google.com/books?id=Ka2RAAAAIAAJ&q=christa+tordy). 1971. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Waldfriedhof Saarow-Pieskow, Bad Saarow, Brandenburg, Germany | BillionGraves Cemetery and Images"](https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Waldfriedhof-Saarow-Pieskow/223996). *BillionGraves*. Retrieved 11 November 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Schauspieler 50"](https://www.knerger.de/html/liedtkeschauspieler_50.html). ## External links - [Harry Liedtke](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509573/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Harry Liedtke at www.filmportal.de](https://web.archive.org/web/20110508050108/http://www.filmportal.de/df/6e/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,513F17D6753F4DB1BD0E62A2337A6288,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html) - [pictures](https://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=724) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Czech Republic Spain Latvia Poland Israel Artists FID People Deutsche Biographie DDB Other IdRef SNAC Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Harry Liedtke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Liedtke) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Liedtke?action=history)). 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