Max Landa

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Max Landa
Landa photographed in 1920 by Nicola Perscheid
Born24 April 1873
Died8 November 1933
Other namesMax Landau
OccupationActor
Years active1913–1928 (film)
SpouseMargot Walter

Max Landa (Belarusian: Макс Ландаў; 24 April 1873 – 8 November 1933;[1] born Max Landau) was a Russian Empire-born Austrian silent film and stage actor.

Career

Landa attended the

leading man by movie star Asta Nielsen with whom he played in several movies directed by Urban Gad.[3]

When

Nazi seizure of power in 1933, and he committed suicide in exile in Yugoslavia.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "Z Bleda" [From Bled]. Triglav (in Slovenian). Vol. 1, no. 22. Konzorcij. 18 November 1933. p. 3.
  2. ^ Weniger p.75
  3. ^ Weniger p.75-76
  4. ^ Weniger p.76
  5. ^ Prawer p.88

Bibliography

  • Isenberg, Noah William. Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era. Columbia University Press,2013.
  • Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
  • Weniger, Kay: 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamtübersicht. ACABUS Verlag, 2011, p. 75-77

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