Leo Peukert

Leo Peukert
Born	26 August 1885 Munich, Bavaria German Empire
Died	January 6, 1944 (aged 58) Waldshut-Tiengen Nazi Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1910 - 1944 (film)

Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (August 26, 1885 – January 6, 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role in his early years, such as the comedy The Happy Journey (1924),^[1] he mostly appeared as a character actor. Peukert was also a film director, making eleven short and feature films during the silent era.

He was married to the actress Sabine Impekoven who appeared with him in several silent films.

Selected filmography

• Poor Jenny (1912)
• My Leopold (1914)
• My Leopold (1919)
• Hasemann's Daughters (1920)
• My Leopold (1924)
• The Happy Journey (1924)
• The Second Mother (1925)
• Radio Magic (1927)
• Autumn on the Rhine (1928)
• I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland (1928)
• The Convict from Istanbul (1929)
• Scandal in Baden-Baden (1929)
• Three Days Confined to Barracks (1930)
• Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1930)
• The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
• Moritz Makes his Fortune (1931)
• The Testament of Cornelius Gulden (1932)
• Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933)
• The Four Musketeers (1934)
• All Because of the Dog (1935)
• Paul and Pauline (1936)
• The Roundabouts of Handsome Karl (1938)
• The Deruga Case (1938)
• The Scoundrel (1939)
• Kora Terry (1940)
• Women Are Better Diplomats (1941)
• Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941)
• Doctor Crippen (1942)
• Diesel (1942)
• The Thing About Styx (1942)
• Back Then (1943)
• Kohlhiesel's Daughters (1943)
• Tonelli (1943)

References

1. Grange p.164

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• Leo Peukert at the Internet Movie Database