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Hermann Vallentin

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Hermann Vallentin

Born May 24, 1872 in Berlin, GermanyDied September 18, 194585 films

Hermann Vallentin (24 May 1872 – 18 September 1945) was a German actor born in Berlin. He was the son of a Jewish timber merchant and factory owner, Felix Vallentin. He was the older brother of actress Rosa Valetti. After training as an actor at the Royal Theatre in Berlin with Max Grube and Hans Oberländer, he received his first engagement at the Central-Theatre in Berlin in the 1895/96 season. In the next few years, appearances on various Berlin stages followed.

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From 1914, Vallentin was also a film actor. He mostly embodied fatherly figures, patriarchs and directors, but also small-minded philistines. In the 1931 film version of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick, he played the uniform tailor Adolph Wormser.

The seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933, ended his film career abruptly. In 1933 Vallentin, emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where he appeared on German language stages in Ústí and Prague. In 1938 he left for Switzerland and worked at the Stadttheater Basel and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. In 1939 he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. Not being able to speak Hebrew, he retired from acting altogether. In Tel Aviv, he lectured, read poetry and was a sporadic anchorman for German-language news on the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS). He died in Tel Aviv in 1945, aged 73.

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Essential films

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Filmography

85 films as actor
  1. 1933Sprung in den AbgrundGeneraldirektor Schenk
  2. 1932The Tempest
  3. 1931The Captain from KöpenickAdolph Wormser
  4. 1931Help! Raid!Kriminalrat Kipping
  5. 1930Him or MeKriminalkommissar
  6. 1930The Stolen FaceWirt
  7. 1930Two WorldsUhrmacher Simon Goldschneider
  8. 1930Bookkeeper KremkeKremke
  9. 1930Only YouRichard Geldern
  10. 1930Cyanide
  11. 1930The Case of Helena WillfuerSein Vater
  12. 1929Die seltsame Vergangenheit der Thea Carter
  13. 1929AtlanticDr. Holtz
  14. 1929Woman in the Moon
  15. 1929Asphalt
  16. 1928LotteBurgkastellan Süßkind
  17. 1928Die letzte Galavorstellung des Zirkus Wolfson
  18. 1928Die Sache mit SchorrsiegelIsaak
  19. 1928Spies(uncredited)
  20. 1928LutherProfessor Karlstadt
  21. 1928Ledige Mütter
  22. 1928The Story of a Little ParisianGavard's Father
  23. 1927The Dangerous AgeFischer Jensen
  24. 1927Das Erwachen des WeibesVater Ponath
  25. 1927The Trial of Donald Westhof
  26. 1927Der Sohn der HagarSteinert
  27. 1927Die glühende Gasse
  28. 1927Die 3 NiemandskinderKastellan
  29. 1926Madame Wants No Children
  30. 1926The Flight in the NightIrrenarzt, Prof. Genoni
  31. 1926Adventure MadLakington
  32. 1926Qualen der Nacht
  33. 1926The FallenEin Raffke
  34. 1925Des Lebens WürfelspielKommerzienrat Reichenberg
  35. 1925In the Name of the Kaisers
  36. 1924The Last LaughPotbellied Guest
  37. 1924Königsliebchen
  38. 1924La vierge du portail
  39. 1924The Finances of the Grand DukeHerr Bekker
  40. 1924Das Herz der Lilian Thorland
  41. 1924The House by the Sea
  42. 1923The Ancient LawHeinrich Laube
  43. 1923The Countess of ParisPolizeikommissar
  44. 1923The Love of a Queen
  45. 1923The BuddenbrooksSmith
  46. 1923Wüstenrausch
  47. 1923Friedrich Schiller - Eine DichterjugendHerzog Karl Eugen von Württemberg
  48. 1923ExplosionMarie's Father
  49. 1923Das Geheimnis des Renngrafen
  50. 1922Marie Antoinette - Das Leben einer KöniginMirabeau
  51. 1922She and the ThreeRäuberhauptmann Krause
  52. 1922Hannele's AscensionMattern
  53. 1922Ihr schlechter Ruf
  54. 1922Die Dame und der Landstreicher
  55. 1922Die Königin von WhitechapelBertot
  56. 1921Der Eisenbahnkönig, 1. Teil - Mensch und Mammon
  57. 1921Der Eisenbahnkönig, 2. Teil - Lauernder Tod
  58. 1921Das zweite Leben
  59. 1921The Black PantherAntonius, a poet
  60. 1921Destiny(uncredited)
  61. 1921The RatsHarro Hassenreuter
  62. 1921Der zeugende TodTessling
  63. 1921The Haunted CastleLandgerichtsrat a.D.
  64. 1921Planetenschieber
  65. 1920Judith Trachtenberg
  66. 1920Hearts Are TrumpsSebaldus Dühringer
  67. 1920Christian Wahnschaffe I: WeltbrandCardillac
  68. 1920Der Schädel der Pharaonentochter
  69. 1920The Abyss of Souls
  70. 1920Die goldene KroneGustav Lindlieb
  71. 1920Die drei Tänze der Mary Wilford
  72. 1919Die gelbe FratzeKittys Father
  73. 1919Hölle der Jungfrauen
  74. 1919Das Gift im Weibe
  75. 1919Die Gespenster von Garden Hall
  76. 1918Das Frühlingslied
  77. 1918Die Nonne und der Harlekin
  78. 1918Am anderen UferDymischow
  79. 1917Börse und AdelGraf Hochfeld oder Bankier Bath
  80. 1917John Riew
  81. 1916Das lebende Rätsel
  82. 1916Die LastGutspächter
  83. 1915The TunnelMr. Lloyd
  84. 1915The Sun's RevengeMörder
  85. 1915Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer