Lupu Pick
Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a Romanian-German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Lupu Pick was born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian, and his mother of Romanian origin.
Lupu Pick

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- Name
- Lupu Pick
- Born
- 2 January 1886
- Birthplace
- Iaşi, Romania
- Died
- 7 March 1931
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Occupation
- Actor, film director
- Spouse
- Edith Posca
- Nationality
- Germany · Romania
- Fields
- acting · film direction · film production · film screenwriting
- Languages
- German
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Biography
Biography
He began as a stage actor in Hamburg, Flensburg and Berlin before 1910. In 1917 he founded the film company Rex-Film AG. He served on the board of the Film Association of Industrialists (Vorstand des Verbandes der Filmindustriellen), SPIO and the Film Directors Association of Germany (Verbandes der Filmregisseure Deutschlands) and worked intensively to establish the union-based umbrella organization of Filmmakers in Germany (Filmschaffenden Deutschlands) (Dacho). He was the organization's first chairman. Pick was married to actress Edith Posca.
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Lupu Pick was born in Iaşi, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Iaşi (Rouamnie).
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lupu Pick • Born — 2 January 1886 • Birthplace — Iaşi, Romania • Died — 7 March 1931 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Occupation — Actor, film director • Years Active — 1910–1931 • Spouse — Edith Posca
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Lupu Pick lived from 2 January 1886 to 7 March 1931 and was an actor, director, film actor, screenwriter and film producer. Lupu Pick was born on 2 January 1886 and died on 7 March 1931 in Berlin.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Die geheimnisvolle Villa (1914) • No Sin on the Alpine Pastures (1915) • A Night of Horror (1916) • The Uncanny House (1916) • Tales of Hoffmann (1916) • Frank Hansen's Fortune (1917) • The Lord of Hohenstein (1917) • Mountain Air (1917) • Let There Be Light (1917) • The Picture of Dorian Gray (1917) • The Mirror of the World (1918) • The Serenyi (1918) • The Forbidden Way (1920) • Nobody Knows (1920) • Shattered (1921) • Nights of Terror (1921) • To the Ladies' Paradise (1922) • City in View (1923) • New Year's Eve (1924) • The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin (1926) • The Armoured Vault (1926) • Countess Ironing-Maid (1926) • Grandstand for General Staff (1926) • The House of Lies (1926) • The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927) • Family Gathering in the House of Prellstein (1927) • Spies (1928) • A Knight in London (1929) • The Street Song (1931)
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1931
Lupu Pick died at Berlin.
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- 1.Hans Morgenstern "Jüdisches biographisches Lexikon. Eine Sammlung von bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten jüdischer Herkunft ab 1800", LIT Verlag, Vienna; p.637
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