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German actor

This article is about the German film actor and director. For the American historian, see [Paul Otto (historian)](/source/Paul_Otto_(historian)). For the German architect, see [Frei Otto](/source/Frei_Otto).

Paul Otto Born Paul Otto Schlesinger (1878-02-08)8 February 1878 Berlin, German Empire Died 25 November 1943(1943-11-25) (aged 65) Berlin, Nazi Germany Occupation Actor Years active 1910–1940

**Paul Otto Schlesinger** (8 February 1878 – 25 or 30 November 1943) was a German film actor and director. Born in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), he began a qualification as a retail merchant and made his actor's debut at the age of 17. Otto worked at theaters in [Halle](/source/Halle%2C_Saxony-Anhalt), [Wiesbaden](/source/Wiesbaden) and [Hanover](/source/Hanover) before he returned to Berlin about 1906.

He first appeared in the [silent film](/source/Silent_film) *Ringkampf Konkurrenz* in 1910 and in *[Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes](/source/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin_contra_Sherlock_Holmes)* (1910-11, five episode film serial) next to [Viggo Larsen](/source/Viggo_Larsen). In 1912 Otto directed his first own film *Selbstgerichtet*. In the beginning of the 1930s, he also appeared in successful sound movies like *[Der Hauptmann von Köpenick](/source/Der_Hauptmann_von_K%C3%B6penick_(1931_film))*. After 1933, Otto returned to theater stages and worked at the [Deutsches Theater Berlin](/source/Deutsches_Theater_Berlin) and the *Kammerspiele* Berlin. In 1937, he was awarded the title of *Staatsschauspieler* (state actor), and in 1942 [Joseph Goebbels](/source/Joseph_Goebbels) promoted him to the head of the stage council at the [Reichskulturkammer](/source/Reichskulturkammer).

In September 1943, his Jewish descent was discovered. To avoid his deportation, Otto committed suicide on 30 November 1943, together with his wife Charlotte Klinder-Otto at his home in Berlin.[1]

## Selected filmography

Otto appeared in 144 films between 1910 and 1940.

- *[Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes](/source/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin_contra_Sherlock_Holmes)* (1910–11)

- *[Frontstairs and Backstairs](/source/Frontstairs_and_Backstairs)* (1915)

- *[The Confessions of the Green Mask](/source/The_Confessions_of_the_Green_Mask)* (1916)

- *[The Woman at the Crossroads](/source/The_Woman_at_the_Crossroads_(1919_film))* (1919)

- *[Revenge Is Mine](/source/Revenge_Is_Mine_(1919_film))* (1919)

- *[Bettler GmbH](/source/Bettler_GmbH)* (1919)

- *[Judith Trachtenberg](/source/Judith_Trachtenberg_(film))* (1920)

- *[Temperamental Artist](/source/Temperamental_Artist)* (1920)

- *[Scherben](/source/Shattered_(1921_film))* (1921)

- *[Parisian Women](/source/Parisian_Women)* (1921)

- *[Ash Wednesday](/source/Ash_Wednesday_(1921_film))* (1921)

- *[Peter Voss, Thief of Millions](/source/Peter_Voss%2C_Thief_of_Millions_(1921_film))* (1921)

- *[The Sins of the Mother](/source/The_Sins_of_the_Mother)* (1921)

- *[The Inheritance of Tordis](/source/The_Inheritance_of_Tordis)* (1921)

- *[Power of Temptation](/source/Power_of_Temptation)* (1922)

- *[The Flight into Marriage](/source/The_Flight_into_Marriage)* (1922)

- *[Tabitha, Stand Up](/source/Tabitha%2C_Stand_Up)* (1922)

- *[Miss Rockefeller Is Filming](/source/Miss_Rockefeller_Is_Filming)* (1922)

- *[His Excellency from Madagascar](/source/His_Excellency_from_Madagascar)* (1922)

- *[Inge Larsen](/source/Inge_Larsen)* (1923)

- *[Comedians of Life](/source/Comedians_of_Life)* (1924)

- *[Girls You Don't Marry](/source/Girls_You_Don't_Marry)* (1924)

- *[Women Who Fall by the Wayside](/source/Women_Who_Fall_by_the_Wayside)* (1925)

- *[The Wife of Forty Years](/source/The_Wife_of_Forty_Years)* (1925)

- *[Hussar Fever](/source/Hussar_Fever)* (1925)

- *[The Old Ballroom](/source/The_Old_Ballroom)* (1925)

- *[Women You Rarely Greet](/source/Women_You_Rarely_Greet)* (1925)

- *[The Gentleman Without a Residence](/source/The_Gentleman_Without_a_Residence_(1925_film))* (1925)

- *[Women of Passion](/source/Women_of_Passion)* (1926)

- *[The Trial of Donald Westhof](/source/The_Trial_of_Donald_Westhof)* (1927)

- *[The Bordellos of Algiers](/source/The_Bordellos_of_Algiers)* (1927)

- *[The Hunt for the Bride](/source/The_Hunt_for_the_Bride)* (1927)

- *[The Lorelei](/source/The_Lorelei)* (1927)

- *[Benno Stehkragen](/source/Benno_Stehkragen)* (1927)

- *[Potsdam](/source/Potsdam_(film))* (1927)

- *[Forbidden Love](/source/Forbidden_Love_(1927_film))* (1927)

- *[Grand Hotel](/source/Grand_Hotel_(1927_film))* (1927)

- *[The Eighteen Year Old](/source/The_Eighteen_Year_Old)* (1927)

- *[The Green Alley](/source/The_Green_Alley)* (1928)

- *[Sajenko the Soviet](/source/Sajenko_the_Soviet)* (1928)

- *[The Abduction of the Sabine Women](/source/The_Abduction_of_the_Sabine_Women_(1928_film))* (1928)

- *[Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That](/source/Only_a_Viennese_Woman_Kisses_Like_That)* (1928)

- *[The Gallant Hussar](/source/The_Gallant_Hussar)* (1928)

- *[The Love of the Brothers Rott](/source/The_Love_of_the_Brothers_Rott)* (1929)

- *[The Tsarevich](/source/The_Tsarevich_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[Three Days Confined to Barracks](/source/Three_Days_Confined_to_Barracks_(1930_film))* (1930)

- *[Cadets](/source/Cadets_(1931_film))* (1931)

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

- *[Elisabeth of Austria](/source/Elisabeth_of_Austria_(film))* (1931)

- *[Storm in a Water Glass](/source/Storm_in_a_Water_Glass_(1931_film))* (1931)

- *[The Other Side](/source/The_Other_Side_(1931_film))* (1931)

- *[Rasputin, Demon with Women](/source/Rasputin%2C_Demon_with_Women)* (1932)

- *[Overnight Sensation](/source/Overnight_Sensation_(film))* (1932)

- *[The Secret of Johann Orth](/source/The_Secret_of_Johann_Orth)* (1932)

- *[Cavaliers of the Kurfürstendamm](/source/Cavaliers_of_the_Kurf%C3%BCrstendamm)* (1932)

- *[This One or None](/source/This_One_or_None)* (1932)

- *[The Dancer of Sanssouci](/source/The_Dancer_of_Sanssouci)* (1932)

- *[Things Are Getting Better Already](/source/Things_Are_Getting_Better_Already)* (1932)

- *[The Invisible Front](/source/The_Invisible_Front)* (1932)

- *[Kiki](/source/Kiki_(1932_film))* (1932)

- *[A Love Story](/source/A_Love_Story_(1933_film))* (1933)

- *[Spies at Work](/source/Spies_at_Work)* (1933)

- *[The Hymn of Leuthen](/source/The_Hymn_of_Leuthen)* (1933)

- *[Tell Me Who You Are](/source/Tell_Me_Who_You_Are_(1933_film))* (1933)

- *[The Tsarevich](/source/The_Tsarevich_(1933_film))* (1933)

- *[You Are Adorable, Rosmarie](/source/You_Are_Adorable%2C_Rosmarie)* (1934)

- *[Between Two Hearts](/source/Between_Two_Hearts)* (1934)

- *[Police Report](/source/Police_Report_(1934_film))* (1934)

- *[Escapade](/source/Escapade_(1936_film))* (1936)

- *[The Castle in Flanders](/source/The_Castle_in_Flanders)* (1936)

- *[Togger](/source/Togger_(film))* (1937)

- *[Unternehmen Michael](/source/Unternehmen_Michael)* (1937)

- *[The Mystery of Betty Bonn](/source/The_Mystery_of_Betty_Bonn)* (1938)

- *[Little County Court](/source/Little_County_Court)* (1938)

- *[Pour le Mérite](/source/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite_(film))* (1938)

- *[What Now, Sibylle?](/source/What_Now%2C_Sibylle%3F)* (1938)

- *[Uproar in Damascus](/source/Uproar_in_Damascus)* (1939)

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

- *[Robert Koch](/source/Robert_Koch_(film))* (1939)

- *[D III 88](/source/D_III_88)* (1939)

- *[Woman Without a Past](/source/Woman_Without_a_Past_(1939_film))* (1939)

- *[The Fox of Glenarvon](/source/The_Fox_of_Glenarvon)* (1940)

- *[Passion](/source/Passion_(1940_film))* (1940)

- *[Falstaff in Vienna](/source/Falstaff_in_Vienna)* (1940)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Paul Otto - filmportal.de"](http://www.filmportal.de/df/30/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,7DF7955EA3994DE2A0257D5D11CBE3E4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html). *filmportal.de*. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

## External links

- [Paul Otto](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653288/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Biography (German)](https://web.archive.org/web/20071209061856/http://film-zeit.de/home.php?action=result&sub=person&info=long&person_id=33196)

- [Photographs of Paul Otto](http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=882)

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