Rudolf Rittner
Actor · Writer
Born Jun 30, 1869 · Weißbach, Silesia, Germany [now Bílý Potok, Czech Republic]
Active 1923–1943
Rudolf Rittner was a German actor born in Weissbach, Silesia, famous for playing knight and folk hero Florian Geyer in Gerhart Hauptmann's drama of the same name. The well-known German painter Lovis Corinth portrayed him in 1906.
Filmography
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) — Ruediger von BechlarnDie Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924) — Margrave Rüdiger von BechlarnThe Man in the Fire (1926) — Johann MichaelThe Master of Nuremberg (1927) — Hans Sachs · WriterA Glass of Water (1923)The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925) — Owe HeikenFather and Son (1930) — Markurell, GastwirtDer fröhliche Weinberg (1927) — Jean Baptiste GunderlochDer Wilderer (1926) — Andreas Weiler