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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• 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)
Documentary record
Johannes Riemann (31 May 1888 – 30 September 1959) is described as an actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter and director in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Johannes Riemann was born on 31 May 1888 in Berlin and died on 30 September 1959 in Konstanz.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• 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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Johannes Riemann is recorded as having received Staatsschauspieler.
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