Werner Pittschau

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Werner Pittschau
Pittschau, ca. 1924
Born(1902-03-24)24 March 1902
Died28 October 1928(1928-10-28) (aged 26)
OccupationActor
Years active1919–1928
RelativesErnst 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

Dina Gralla and Pittschau in the 1926 film Der Balletterzherzog

References

  1. ^ "Werner Pittschau". Cyranos (in German). 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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