Werner Pittschau
Werner Pittschau | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 October 1928 | (aged 26)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1919–1928 |
Relatives | Ernst Pittschau (half-brother) |
Werner Pittschau (24 March 1902 – 28 October 1928) was a German theater and
film actor of the silent film era. During the 1920s he was a leading man in 30 films with famous film partners (Asta Nielsen, Anny Ondra, Tamara Karsavina, Carmen Cartellieri, Dina Gralla, Mady Christians, Carla Bartheel
etc.), but his career was cut short by his death in an automobile accident, aged 26.
Pittschau was the son of the German theater actor
Hanseatics
with Tamara Karsavina. (Continuation see filmography below)
On Sunday, 28 October 1928, Werner Pittschau and his girlfriend, dancer Wilma Harmening, were driving from Berlin to Mecklenburg when Harmening or Pittschau lost control of the vehicle and collided into a tree near the village of Gerdshagen. The vehicle overturned several times. When the accident was discovered, Pittschau was already deceased. Harmening died at the scene shortly after help arrived. Both Pittschau and Harmening were buried at the Friedhof Heerstraße cemetery in Berlin. However, their graves have not been preserved.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Clever Fox (1925)
- The Iron Bride (1925)
- The Hanseatics (1925)
- Anne-Liese of Dessau (1925)
- Women of Luxury (1925)
- People in Need (1925)
- The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin (1926)
- The Pride of the Company (1926)
- The Wiskottens (1926)
- Wrath of the Seas (1926)
- Vienna, How it Cries and Laughs (1926)
- The Eleven Schill Officers (1926)
- Der Balletterzherzog aka Virtue (1926)
- Sacco und Vanzetti (1927)
- Tragedy of the Street (1927)
- A Murderous Girl (1927)
- Tragedy at the Royal Circus (1928)
- Kaiserjäger (1928)
- The White Sonata (1928)
- Archduke John (1929, posthumous release)
- Street Acquaintances (1929, posthumous release)
References
- ^ "Werner Pittschau". Cyranos (in German). 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ISBN 978-3-7759-0476-6.
External links
- Werner Pittschau at IMDb