Heinz von Cleve

{{One source|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Heinz von Cleve | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 27 June 1897 | birth_place = [[Schwedt|Schwedt an der Oder]], [[Brandenburg]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|9 October 1984|27 June 1897}} | death_place = [[Düsseldorf]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[West Germany]] | other_names = Heinz Max von Cleve | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1933-1972 (film) }} '''Heinz von Cleve''' (27 June 1897 – 9 October 1984) was a German [[stage actor|stage]] and [[film actor]].<ref>Goble p.293</ref>

==Life== Cleve was the son of Gottlieb von Cleve, a young officer in the 2nd Dragoon Regiment, by his marriage to Elisabeth zu Dobeneck. He attended schools in his home town of Schwedt, [[Elbing]], and [[Stettin]], then in 1914 joined the 4th Guards Field Artillery Regiment in [[Potsdam]] and in 1915 was promoted to lieutenant. In July 1915 he was wounded at [[Krasnostaw]], during the Mackensen Offensive, and later served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], receiving the [[Iron Cross]], First and Second Class.

After the war, Cleve tried a banking career, then studied law and economics at [[Munich]]. In 1925 he gained a job with an Association of Industrialists in [[Dresden]].

In 1928 he became a stage actor, appearing in productions in [[Meissen]], [[Hamburg]], [[Nuremberg]], [[Görlitz]], and [[Berlin]]. At the beginning of the 1930s he came to Berlin for his first film part, in the feature film Waltz War. From then until 1939 he acted in many films, gaining some leading roles and the nickname "the handsome man of Ufa".

After the Second World War, Cleve was less active in the film world, but he had parts in television productions and also acted in Shakespeare plays.

==Selected filmography== * ''[[Waltz War]]'' (1933) * ''[[The Island (1934 film)|The Island]]'' (1934) * ''[[Light Cavalry (1935 German film)|Light Cavalry]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Private Life of Louis XIV]]'' (1935) * ''[[Victoria (1935 film)|Victoria]]'' (1935) * ''[[Hundred Days (film)|Hundred Days]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Empress's Favourite]]'' (1936) * ''[[Ball at the Metropol]]'' (1937) * ''[[An Enemy of the People (1937 film)|An Enemy of the People]]'' (1937) * ''[[Ride to Freedom]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Beaver Coat (1937 film)|The Beaver Coat]]'' (1937) * ''[[Maria Ilona]]'' (1939) * ''[[Ursula Under Suspicion]]'' (1939) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Das Halstuch|de}}'' (1962, TV miniseries)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0902105}} *[https://www.filmportal.de/person/heinz-von-cleve_f2118794ea6e44d6952f4902fa15e5e3 Heinz von Cleve] at filmportal.de {{Authority control}}

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