Rolf von Goth

Rolf von Goth
Born	5 November 1906 Windhoek, German Southwest Africa
Died	9 November 1981 West Berlin, West Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1927-1938 (film)

Rolf von Goth (1906–1981) was a film actor from Windhoek in German Southwest Africa who settled and worked in Germany. After appearing in minor roles in several silent films such as Metropolis (1927) von Goth emerged as a prominent actor in the late 1920s. During the early 1930s he played a mixture of leading and supporting roles in films such as Once There Was a Waltz^[1] and A Shot at Dawn (1932)^[2] but his appearances began to decline during the Nazi era. By the outbreak of the Second World War he had almost entirely retired from film. von Goth switched to become a director of radio shows, becoming extremely successful in the format during the post-war years. He was married to the actress Karin Hardt.

Selected filmography

• Metropolis (1927)
• Misled Youth (1929)
• Spring Awakening (1929)
• Father and Son (1929)
• The King of Paris (1930)
• A Shot at Dawn (1932)
• Once There Was a Waltz (1932)
• Sehnsucht 202 (1932)
• Five from the Jazz Band (1932)
• A Woman With Power of Attorney (1934)

References

1. Grange p.386
2. Youngkin p.465

External links

• Rolf von Goth at the Internet Movie Database

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Youngkin, Stephen. The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky, 2005.