Max Wogritsch
Biography
Wogritsch had received musical training and played as a cellist before he began his first acting engagement at the Zurich City Theater in 1906 . He stayed there for the next five years and in 1911 moved to the Stadttheater Düsseldorf . Max Wogritsch appeared there until the end of the First World War and, since August 11, 1911, also appeared in films of Düsseldorf and Berlin provenance, including two early Asta Nielsen successes. Based in Berlin since 1919, Wogritsch concentrated on his work for the cinema. From the early 1920s he worked primarily as a unit manager, occasionally also as a production manager. In the 1930s, Wogritsch earned his living as a scheduler and manager in the audio engineering department at Tobis .
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Movie - 1912, 2h 15m • as Leutnant Sergej Ipanoff
Gypsy girl Zidra falls in love with the lieutenant she is supposed to spy on.
Movie - 1917, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1919, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • as Bischof
On the plains of Hungary, Franz, a Hussard lieutenant, broods about his future; Born into an aristocratic family, his father drank away the family fortune and marriage seems an unlikely prospect. Impoverished Franz's love for effervescent and upright country girl Marika coincides with the tragic tale of lovelorn violinist Josef, all but ignored by royal beauty Camilla.
Movie - 1929, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
George Manolescu (Ivan Mosjoukine) plays a confidence man who works his way from Paris to New York. Along the way, during a train ride to Monte Carlo, he meets the voluptuous Cleo (Brigitte Helm). They have a whirlwind romance that ends suddenly after she flees from him.
Movie - 1921, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1928, 2h 15m • as Don Felipe de Mendoza
A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes complications in her love life. Possibly an early example of genderqueer representation.