Rudolf Biebrach

Rudolf Biebrach
His grave in Berlin
Born	November 24, 1866 Leipzig, Germany
Died	September 5, 1938 (aged 71) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Film director, Actor
Years active	1890-1938

Rudolf Biebrach (1866–1938) was a German actor and film director. He directed over 70 films between 1909 and 1930; and he appeared as an actor in nearly 110 films between 1909 and 1938. In his youth, Biebrach had worked for some years as a engraver. He got his first engagement as an actor in Gießen during 1890/1891. After a long career as a stage actor, Biebrach managed to become a successful director and character actor in the German film during the 1910s. He directed many films with Henny Porten and Lotte Neumann.

Selected filmography

Actor

• The Queen's Love Letter (1916)
• The Homecoming of Odysseus (1918)
• Rose Bernd (1919)
• The Solemn Oath (1921)
• Carlos and Elisabeth (1924)
• The Adventures of Sybil Brent (1925)
• Slums of Berlin (1925)
• False Shame (1926)
• The Woman in the Cupboard (1927)
• Sajenko the Soviet (1928)
• Mary Lou (1928)
• Scandal in Baden-Baden (1929)
• Children of the Street (1929)
• The Man with the Frog (1929)
• Peter the Mariner (1929)
• High Treason (1929)
• Hokuspokus (1930)
• Love in the Ring (1930)
• A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
• The White Devil (1930)
• Waltz of Love (1930)
• The Street Song (1931)
• Emil and the Detectives (1931)
• The Scoundrel (1931)
• The Beautiful Adventure (1932)
• Two Hearts Beat as One (1932)
• Happy Days in Aranjuez (1933)
• Black Fighter Johanna (1934)
• If It Were Not for Music (1935)
• Inkognito (1936)
• Boccaccio (1936)

Director

• Christa Hartungen (1917)
• Imprisoned Soul (1917)
• The Marriage of Luise Rohrbach (1917)
• The Princess of Neutralia (1917)
• Countess Kitchenmaid (1918)
• The Homecoming of Odysseus (1918)
• Her Sport (1919)
• The Solemn Oath (1921)
• The Adventure of Doctor Kircheisen (1921)
• The Woman in the Cupboard (1927)
• Adam und Eva (1928)

Bibliography

• Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.

External links

• Rudolf Biebrach at the Internet Movie Database