Paul Biensfeldt

{{short description|German-Jewish stage and film actor (1869-1933)}} {{Infobox person | name = Paul Biensfeldt | image = Paul Biensfeldt by Alexander Binder.jpg | alt = | caption = Biensfeldt, ca. 1928 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|4|2|1869|3|4|df=y}} | death_place = [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany]] | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | death_cause = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1890–1932 | spouse = | children = }}

'''Paul Biensfeldt''' (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a [[German-Jewish]]<ref>[[Siegbert Salomon Prawer]], ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', [[Berghahn Books]] (2007), p. 213</ref> [[stage actor|stage]] and [[film actor]].

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[The Canned Bride]]'' (1915) * ''[[The Queen's Love Letter]]'' (1916) * ''[[Countess Kitchenmaid]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Blue Lantern]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Adventure of a Ball Night]]'' (1918) * ''[[Carmen (1918 film)|Carmen]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Victors (1918 film)|The Victors]]'' (1918) * ''[[My Wife, the Movie Star]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Bodega of Los Cuerros]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Spies (1919 film)|The Spies]]'' (1919) * ''[[Harakiri (1919 film)|Harakiri]]'' (1919) * ''[[Prince Cuckoo]]'' (1919) * ''[[Veritas Vincit (film)|Veritas Vincit]]'' (1919) * ''[[A Drive into the Blue]]'' (1919) * ''[[Mascotte (1920 film)|Mascotte]]'' (1920) * ''[[Va banque (film)|Va banque]]'' (1920) * ''[[Romeo and Juliet in the Snow]]'' (1920) * ''[[Sumurun]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Hunchback and the Dancer]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Adventuress of Monte Carlo]]'' (1921) * ''[[Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1921 film)|Peter Voss, Thief of Millions]]'' (1921) * ''[[The Wildcat (1921 film)|The Wildcat]]'' (1921) * ''[[Dr. Mabuse the Gambler]]'' (1922) * ''[[The Girl with the Mask]]'' (1922) * ''[[The Flight into Marriage]]'' (1922) * ''[[His Excellency from Madagascar]]'' (1922) * ''[[Das Milliardensouper]]'' (1923) * ''[[The Little Napoleon]]'' (1923) * ''[[Bob and Mary]]'' (1923) * ''[[The Stone Rider]]'' (1923) * ''[[The Path to God]]'' (1924) * ''[[The Little Duke]]'' (1924) * ''[[By Order of Pompadour]]'' (1924) * ''[[The Telephone Operator (1925 film)|The Telephone Operator]]'' (1925) * ''[[The Island of Dreams]]'' (1925) * ''[[Fire of Love (1925 film)|Fire of Love]]'' (1925) * ''[[Flight Around the World]]'' (1925) * ''[[Wood Love]]'' (1925) * ''[[The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins]]'' (1925) * ''[[Cab No. 13]]'' (1926) * ''[[I Liked Kissing Women (1926 film)|I Liked Kissing Women]]'' (1926) * ''[[Sword and Shield (film)|Sword and Shield]]'' (1926) * ''[[The World Wants To Be Deceived]]'' (1926) * ''[[Circus Romanelli]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Fallen (1926 film)|The Fallen]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Flight in the Night]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Adventurers (1926 film)|The Adventurers]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Queen of Moulin Rouge]]'' (1926) * ''[[Vienna, How it Cries and Laughs]]'' (1926) * ''[[Carnival Magic (1927 film)|Carnival Magic]]'' (1927) * ''[[Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine]]'' (1927) * ''[[Svengali (1927 film)|Svengali]]'' (1927) * ''[[Behind the Altar]]'' (1927) * ''[[A Serious Case]]'' (1927) * ''[[Nameless Woman]]'' (1927) * ''[[Suzy Saxophone]]'' (1928) * ''[[A Girl with Temperament]]'' (1928) * ''[[Dyckerpotts' Heirs]]'' (1928) * ''[[Erzherzog Johann]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Midnight Waltz]]'' (1929) * ''[[Her Dark Secret]]'' (1929) * ''[[Sprengbagger 1010]]'' (1929) * ''[[Archduke John (film)|Archduke John]]'' (1929) * ''[[Danube Waltz (film)|Danube Waltz]]'' (1930) * ''[[Hokuspokus (film)|Hocuspocus]]'' (1930) * ''[[A Student's Song of Heidelberg]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Flute Concert of Sanssouci]]'' (1930) * ''[[Student Life in Merry Springtime]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Spanish Fly (1931 film)|The Spanish Fly]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Beggar Student (1931 German film)|The Beggar Student]]'' (1931) * ''[[My Friend the Millionaire]]'' (1932) * ''[[Madame Makes Her Exit]]'' (1932) * ''[[A Tremendously Rich Man]]'' (1932) * ''[[Trenck (film)|Trenck]]'' (1932) * ''[[The White Demon]]'' (1932) * ''[[Marshal Forwards (film)|Marshal Forwards]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Little Crook]]'' (1933) * ''[[Tell Me Who You Are (1933 film)|Tell Me Who You Are]]'' (1933) {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Bach, Steven. ''Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend''. University of Minnesota Press, 2011. * Eisner, Lotte H. ''The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt''. University of California Press, 2008. * Kreimeier, Klaus. ''The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918–1945.'' University of California Press, 1999.

==External links== {{commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0081510}}

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