Paul Biensfeldt
Paul Biensfeldt (4 March 1869 – 2 April 1933) was a German-Jewish stage and film actor.
Paul Biensfeldt

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- Name
- Paul Biensfeldt
- Born
- 4 March 1869
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
- Died
- 2 April 1933
- Place of death
- Berlin, Nazi Germany
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Paul Biensfeldt • Born — 4 March 1869 • Birthplace — Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia • Died — 2 April 1933 • Place of death — Berlin, Nazi Germany • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1890–1932
Documentary record
Paul Biensfeldt, an actor, film actor and comedian, was born on 4 March 1869 in Berlin and died on 2 April 1933 in Berlin. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Canned Bride (1915) • The Queen's Love Letter (1916) • Countess Kitchenmaid (1918) • The Blue Lantern (1918) • The Adventure of a Ball Night (1918) • Carmen (1918) • The Victors (1918) • My Wife, the Movie Star (1919) • The Bodega of Los Cuerros (1919) • The Spies (1919) • Harakiri (1919) • Prince Cuckoo (1919) • Veritas Vincit (1919) • A Drive into the Blue (1919) • Mascotte (1920) • Va banque (1920) • Romeo and Juliet in the Snow (1920) • Sumurun (1920) • The Hunchback and the Dancer (1920) • The Adventuress of Monte Carlo (1921) • Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1921) • The Wildcat (1921) • Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922) • The Girl with the Mask (1922) • The Flight into Marriage (1922) • His Excellency from Madagascar (1922) • Das Milliardensouper (1923) • The Little Napoleon (1923) • Bob and Mary (1923) • The Stone Rider (1923) • The Path to God (1924) • The Little Duke (1924) • By Order of Pompadour (1924) • The Telephone Operator (1925) • The Island of Dreams (1925) • Fire of Love (1925) • Flight Around the World (1925) • Wood Love (1925) • The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925) • Cab No. 13 (1926) • I Liked Kissing Women (1926) • Sword and Shield (1926) • The World Wants To Be Deceived (1926) • Circus Romanelli (1926) • The Fallen (1926) • The Flight in the Night (1926) • The Adventurers (1926) • The Queen of Moulin Rouge (1926) • Vienna, How it Cries and Laughs (1926) • Carnival Magic (1927) • Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927) • Svengali (1927) • Behind the Altar (1927) • A Serious Case (1927) • Nameless Woman (1927) • Suzy Saxophone (1928) • A Girl with Temperament (1928) • Dyckerpotts' Heirs (1928) • Erzherzog Johann (1929) • The Midnight Waltz (1929) • Her Dark Secret (1929) • Sprengbagger 1010 (1929) • Archduke John (1929) • Danube Waltz (1930) • Hocuspocus (1930) • A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930) • The Flute Concert of Sanssouci (1930) • Student Life in Merry Springtime (1931) • The Spanish Fly (1931) • The Beggar Student (1931) • My Friend the Millionaire (1932) • Madame Makes Her Exit (1932) • A Tremendously Rich Man (1932) • Trenck (1932) • The White Demon (1932) • Marshal Forwards (1932) • The Little Crook (1933) • Tell Me Who You Are (1933)
Identity
Identity
Paul Biensfeldt is recorded with the occupation stage actor. Recorded as a citizen of Germany.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1933
Paul Biensfeldt died on 2 April 1933.
Places
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Berlin.
Birth place
Halensee.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Paul Biensfeldt”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q96589: Paul Biensfeldt
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Bach, Steven. Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt. University of California Press, 2008.
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918–1945. University of California Press, 1999.
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