# Kurt Lilien

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{{short description|German actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| image        = Kurt Lilien postcard by Arnold Mocsigay (extracted).jpg
| image_size   =
| caption      = Lilien {{circa}} 1915
| name         = Kurt Lilien
| birth_name   = Kurt Lilienthal
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1882|8|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = Berlin, Germany
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1943|5|28|1882|8|6|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [Sobibor extermination camp](/source/Sobibor_extermination_camp), [Lubelskie](/source/Lubelskie), Poland
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1919–1933 
}}

'''Kurt Lilien''' (born '''Kurt Lilienthal'''; 6 August 1882 &ndash; 28 May 1943) was a German actor.<ref name="filmportal">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmportal.de/en/person/kurt-lilien_f30307592a622226e03053d50b375262 |title=Kurt Lilien |access-date=17 July 2013 |work=Film Portal}}</ref> He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a [Jewish](/source/Jews) family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to [Sobibor extermination camp](/source/Sobibor_extermination_camp) by the [Nazis](/source/Nazism) where he was murdered in 1943.<ref>[http://db.yadvashem.org/names/nameDetails.html?itemId=3927456&language=de Yad Vashem: The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names]</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[Maciste and the Silver King's Daughter](/source/Maciste_and_the_Silver_King's_Daughter)'' (1922)
* ''[A Crazy Night](/source/A_Crazy_Night)'' (1927)
* ''[The Most Beautiful Legs of Berlin](/source/The_Most_Beautiful_Legs_of_Berlin)'' (1927)
* ''[Dolly Gets Ahead](/source/Dolly_Gets_Ahead)'' (1930)
* ''[Rag Ball](/source/Rag_Ball)'' (1930)
* ''[Hocuspocus](/source/Hocuspocus_(1930_film))'' (1930)
* ''[Die zärtlichen Verwandten](/source/Die_z%C3%A4rtlichen_Verwandten)'' (1930)
* ''[Flachsmann the Educator](/source/Flachsmann_the_Educator)'' (1930)
* ''[Susanne Cleans Up](/source/Susanne_Cleans_Up)'' (1930)
* ''[My Leopold](/source/My_Leopold_(1931_film))'' (1931)
* ''[The Soaring Maiden](/source/The_Soaring_Maiden)'' (1931)
* ''[Bobby Gets Going](/source/Bobby_Gets_Going)'' (1931)
* ''[Weekend in Paradise](/source/Weekend_in_Paradise_(1931_film))'' (1931)
* ''[Every Woman Has Something](/source/Every_Woman_Has_Something)'' (1931)
* ''[Grock](/source/Grock_(film))'' (1931)
* ''[My Heart Longs for Love](/source/My_Heart_Longs_for_Love)'' (1931)
* ''[The Secret of the Red Cat](/source/The_Secret_of_the_Red_Cat_(1931_film))'' (1931)
* ''[A Woman Branded](/source/A_Woman_Branded)'' (1931)
* ''[Headfirst into Happiness](/source/Headfirst_into_Happiness)'' (1931)
* ''[When the Soldiers](/source/When_the_Soldiers)'' (1931)
* ''[I'll Stay with You](/source/I'll_Stay_with_You_(film))'' (1931)
* ''[Johnny Steals Europe](/source/Johnny_Steals_Europe)'' (1932)
* ''[The Testament of Cornelius Gulden](/source/The_Testament_of_Cornelius_Gulden)'' (1932)
* ''[Two Hearts Beat as One](/source/Two_Hearts_Beat_as_One_(film))'' (1932)
* ''[Scandal on Park Street](/source/Scandal_on_Park_Street)'' (1932)
* ''[Gitta Discovers Her Heart](/source/Gitta_Discovers_Her_Heart)'' (1932)
* ''[The Tsar's Diamond](/source/The_Tsar's_Diamond)'' (1932)
* ''[The Importance of Being Earnest](/source/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1932_film))'' (1932)
* ''[Greetings and Kisses, Veronika](/source/Greetings_and_Kisses%2C_Veronika)'' (1933)
* ''[The Roberts Case](/source/The_Roberts_Case)'' (1933)
* ''[Manolescu, Prince of Thieves](/source/Manolescu%2C_Prince_of_Thieves)'' (1933)
* ''[What Women Dream](/source/What_Women_Dream)'' (1933)
* ''[And Who Is Kissing Me?](/source/And_Who_Is_Kissing_Me%3F)'' (1933)
* ''[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs](/source/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film))'' (1938) (German original dub)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0510227|Kurt Lilien}}

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Category:1882 births
Category:1943 deaths
Category:German male film actors
Category:German male silent film actors
Category:German male stage actors
Category:German male musical theatre actors
Category:20th-century German male actors
Category:Jewish German male actors
Category:German Jews who died in the Holocaust
Category:German people who died in Sobibor extermination camp
Category:German male comedians
Category:Male actors from Berlin
Category:Comedians from Berlin

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