Johannes Riemann
Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.
Johannes Riemann

Nicola Perscheid · Public domain
- Name
- Johannes Riemann
- Born
- 31 May 1888
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Prussia, German Empire
- Died
- 30 September 1959
- Place of death
- Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
- Occupation
- Actor, Director, Writer
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- Staatsschauspieler
- Languages
- German
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Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) was a German actor and film director. Riemann was a member of the Nazi Party.
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• Name — Johannes Riemann • Born — 31 May 1888 • Birthplace — Berlin, Prussia, German Empire • Died — 30 September 1959 • Place of death — Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany • Occupation — Actor, Director, Writer • Years Active — 1916–1957 (film)
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• The Giant's Fist (1917) • Five Minutes Too Late (1918) • The Beggar Countess (1918) • Your Big Secret (1918) • Anna Karenina (1919) • The Commandment of Love (1919) • Veritas Vincit (1919) • Irrlicht (1919) • The Enchanted Princess (1919) • The Clan (1920) • Kri-Kri, the Duchess of Tarabac (1920) • Nobody Knows (1920) • Sappho (1921) • The Eternal Struggle (1921) • The Three Aunts (1921) • Count Varenne's Lover (1921) • Trix, the Romance of a Millionairess (1921) • The Anthem of Love (1922) • The Circle of Death (1922) • The Love Story of Cesare Ubaldi (1922) • William Tell (1923) • Der Herzog von Aleria (1923) • Count Cohn (1923) • The Men of Sybill (1923) • The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen (1923) • The City Without Jews (1924) • Prater (1924) • The Morals of the Alley (1925) • The Elegant Bunch (1925) • Rags and Silk (1925) • The Golden Calf (1925) • The Young Man from the Ragtrade (1926) • We'll Meet Again in the Heimat (1926) • Marriage Announcement (1926) • The Armoured Vault (1926) • Bigamie (1927) • Valencia (1927) • The Woman on the Rack (1928) • Miss Chauffeur (1928) • The Wrong Husband (1931) • Such a Greyhound (1931) • My Heart Longs for Love (1931) • Love at First Sight (1932) • Wrong Number, Miss (1932) • Maid Happy (1933) • The Gentleman from Maxim's (1933) • Grand Duchess Alexandra (1933) • Police Report (1934) • Eva (1935) • The Man with the Paw (1935) • Doctor Engel (1936) • The Day After the Divorce (1938) • All Lies (1938) • Yvette (1938) • Renate in the Quartet (1939) • Her First Experience (1939) • Marriage in Small Doses (1939) • Bel Ami (1939) • Everything for Gloria (1941) • Friedemann Bach (1941) • The Little Residence (1942) • A Man for My Wife (1943) • Beloved Darling (1943) • The Song of the Nightingale (1944) • Two Bavarians in the Harem (1957)

Der Schauspieler Johannes Riemann um 1920, mit Widmung. Photopostkarte des Ross-Verlags mit einer Aufnahme des Ateliers Becker Maass. Film-Sterne 219/3
Becker Maass / Marie Boehm · zvab

Der Schauspieler Johannes Riemann um 1920
Nicola Perscheid · zvab This image is a movie star postcard published by Ross Verlag in Berlin. This is image nr. 354/2 from their series. It was published ca. 1919–1924. This tag does not indicate the copyright status
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1888
Johannes Riemann born at Berlin.
1959
Johannes Riemann died at Constance.
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