Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Hans Walter Conrad Veidt (22 January 1893 – 3 April 1943) was a German actor best remembered for his roles in films such as Different from the Others (1919), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), and The Man Who Laughs (1928). After a successful career in German silent film, where he was one of the best-paid stars of Ufa, he was forced to leave Germany in 1933 with his new Jewish wife after the Nazis came to power. They settled in Britain, where he participated in a number of films, including The Thief of Bagdad (1940), before emigrating to the United States around 1941, which lead to him having a supporting role in Casablanca (1942). From 1916 until his death, Veidt appeared in more than 100 films. One of his earliest performances was as the murderous somnambulist Cesare in director Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), a classic of German Expressionist cinema, with Werner Krauss and Lil Dagover. His starring role in The Man Who Laughs (1928), as a disfigured circus performer whose face is cut into a permanent grin, provided the (visual) inspiration for the Batman villain the Joker, created in 1940 by Bill Finger. Veidt also starred in other silent horror films such as The Hands of Orlac (1924), another film directed by Robert Wiene, The Student of Prague (1926) and Waxworks (1924) where he played Ivan the Terrible. Veidt also appeared in Magnus Hirschfeld's film Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others, 1919), one of the first films to sympathetically portray homosexuality, although the characters in it do not end up happily. He had a leading role in Germany's first talking picture, Das Land ohne Frauen (Land Without Women, 1929). He moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s and made a few films, but the advent of talking pictures and his difficulty with speaking English led him to return to Germany. During this period he lent his expertise to tutoring aspiring performers, one of whom was the later American character actress Lisa Golm.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1893-01-22
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Also Known As: Veidt, Hans Walter Conrad Veidt, Конрад Файдт

Movies List of Conrad Veidt

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Casablanca

1943 Movie
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The Head of Janus

1920 Movie
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Wenn Tote sprechen

1917 Movie
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The Hands of Orlac

1924 Movie
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Desire

1921 Movie
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The Thief of Bagdad

1940 Movie
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Above Suspicion

1943 Movie
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The Man Who Laughs

1928 Movie
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The Student of Prague

1926 Movie
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Wahnsinn

1919 Movie
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Waxworks

1924 Movie
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A Woman's Face

1941 Movie
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Eerie Tales

1919 Movie
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All Through the Night

1942 Movie
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Nazi Agent

1942 Movie
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Schicksal

1925 Movie
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Whistling in the Dark

1941 Movie
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Dark Journey

1937 Movie
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The Spy in Black

1939 Movie
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Liebe macht blind

1926 Movie
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The Last Performance

1929 Movie
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Contraband

1940 Movie
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The Beloved Rogue

1927 Movie
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Escape

1940 Movie
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Under the Red Robe

1937 Movie
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Rome Express

1932 Movie
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The Wandering Jew

1933 Movie
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Jew Süss

1934 Movie
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Husbands or Lovers

1924 Movie
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Fear

1917 Movie
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Wilhelm Tell

1923 Movie
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I Was a Spy

1933 Movie
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The Only Girl

1933 Movie
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The Chess Player

1938 Movie
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The Congress Dances

1931 Movie
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The Black Hussar

1932 Movie
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Lucrezia Borgia

1922 Movie
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Should We Be Silent?

1926 Movie
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The Wife's Crusade

1926 Movie
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Wilhelm Tell

1934 Movie
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Menschen im Rausch

1921 Movie
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The Love Storm

1930 Movie
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Patience

1920 Movie
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F.P.1

1933 Movie
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The Merry-Go-Round

1920 Movie
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King of the Damned

1935 Movie
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Not of the Woman Born

1918 Movie
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Congress Dances

1931 Movie
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Prostitution

1919 Movie
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The Great Longing

1930 Movie
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Two Brothers

1926 Movie
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The Last Company

1930 Movie
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Die Mexikanerin

1919 Movie
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Die Japanerin

1919 Movie
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Nocturno der Liebe

1919 Movie
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Tempête sur l'Asie

1938 Movie
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The Men in Her Life

1941 Movie
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The Other Side

1931 Movie
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Napoleon

1927 Movie
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Lady Hamilton

1921 Movie
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Figures of the Night

1920 Movie
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Der Spion

1917 Movie
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Kurfürstendamm

1920 Movie
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Impetuous Youth

1926 Movie
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Prostitution II

1919 Movie
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Bella Donna

1934 Movie
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Manolescu's Memoirs

1920 Movie
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Opium

1919 Movie
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Paganini

1923 Movie
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A Man's Past

1927 Movie
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The Film in the Film

1924 Movie
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Diary of a Lost Woman

1918 Movie
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Colomba

1918 Movie
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Liebestaumel

1921 Movie
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Prinz Kuckuck

1919 Movie
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Moriturus

1920 Movie
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Das Land ohne Frauen

1929 Movie
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Le Comte Kostia

1925 Movie
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Der Weg des Todes

1917 Movie
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Das Dreimäderlhaus

1918 Movie
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Universal Horror

1998 Movie
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Die Okarina

1919 Movie
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Glanz gegen Glück

1923 Movie
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Künstlerlaunen

1920 Movie
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Die Augen der Welt

1920 Movie