Friedrich Feher
Austrian actor and director (1889–1950)
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Friedrich Feher (born Friedrich Weiß, 16 March 1889 – 30 September 1950. Sometimes spelled with an accent as Friedrich Fehér) was an Austrian[1] actor and film director. He first entered the film business in 1913, starting out as an actor but quickly gravitating toward directing.[2]
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16 March 1889
Friedrich Feher | |
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Feher in 1920 | |
| Born | Friedrich Weiß 16 March 1889 |
| Died | 30 September 1950 (aged 61) |
| Other names | Friedrich Fehér |
| Occupations | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1913–1950 |
| Spouse | Magda Sonja |
| Children | Hans Feher |
He is perhaps best remembered as Francis, the protagonist of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920). He directed Das Haus des Dr. Gaudeamus (English: The House Without Windows) the following year, based on a book by Thea von Harbou, in which his art directors mimicked the Expressionist set designs of Dr. Caligari; it is now considered a lost film.[2]
Feher died in 1950 in Stuttgart at age 61.
Selected filmography
Actor
- Kabale und Liebe (1913)
- Emilia Galotti (1913) - Odoardo
- Die Räuber (1913) - Karl Moor
- Die Ehe der jungen Felicitas (1913)
- Stürme (1913)
- Die Befreiung der Schweiz und die Sage vom Wilhelm Tell (1913) - Hermann Gessler
- Theodor Körner (1914) - Theodor Körner
- Alexandra (1915) - Graf Erwin
- The Robber Bride (1916, Short)
- Lebenswogen (1917)
- Das neue Leben (1918)
- Bergblumen (1919) - Kunstler Daniel Thom Suhn
- Pro domo, das Geheimnis einer Nacht (1919)
- Der unsichtbare Gast (1919)
- Wie das Schicksal spielt (1920) - Erwin Freiburg
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Francis
- The Three Dances of Mary Wilford (1920)
- Die tote Stunde (1920)
- Tyrannei des Todes (1920) - Toter
- Die sieben Gesichter (1920)
- Marionetten des Teufels (1920)
- Die rote Hexe (1921)
- Das Haus des Dr. Gaudeamus (1921)
- Die Geburt des Antichrist (1922)
- Die Memoiren eines Mönchs (1922) - Oginski
- The Tales of Hoffmann (1923)
- Der Rosenkavalier (1926) - Valzacchi
- Ihr Junge (1931) - Michowski
- Jive Junction (1943) - Frederick Feher (final film role)
Director
- Diamonds (1920)
- Das Haus des Dr. Gaudeamus (1921)[2]
- Confessions of a Monk (1922)
- Ssanin (1924)
- Forbidden Love (1927)
- Mary Stuart (1927)
- That Murder in Berlin (1929)
- Když struny lkají (1930)
- Haunted People (1932)
- The Robber Symphony (1936)
Bibliography
- Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.[ISBN missing]
