Charlotte Schulz in Fridericus Rex (1923)
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German postcard by W.J. Morlins, Berlin / Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 647/3. Photo: Karl Schenker / Cserepy Film Co.. Charlotte Schulz as Wilhelmine, Marchioness of Bayreuth, favourite sister of Frederick the Great, in the Fridericus Rex film series (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922-1923).
Charlotte Schulz (1899–1946) was a German stage and film actress and playwright. She appeared in several silent films and after a long interruption in the 1920s, she made a comeback in the cinema from 1934 till her early death in 1946.
Charlotte Elise Schultz was born in 1899 in Klein-Prägschen, in, East Prussia, now Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. She was engaged by Victor Barnowsky at the Lessingtheater in Berlin in 1917. Later, in 1925, she appeared at the Munich Schauspielhaus in George Bernard Shaw's 'Back to Methuselah' with Therese Giehse and Emil Hess. She made her film debut at the end of WWI in Die Liebe des van Royk/The Love of Van Royk (Lupu Pick, 1918) opposite Bernd Aldor. Subsequently, she appeared in several silent films, including Steuermann Holk/Helmsman Holk (Rochus Gliese, Ludwig Wolff, 1920) with Paul Wegener, Asta Nielsen and Theodor Loos. The also appeared with Asta Nielsen in Der Absturz/Downfall (Ludwig Wolff, 1923). Another success was Fridericus Rex (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922-1923) a silent historical film series starring Otto Gebühr. The four-part series portrays the life of the eighteenth-century Prussian monarch Frederick the Great. Immensely popular, it launched the Prussian film as a major German genre during the Weimar era.
In the 1930s Charlotte Schultz worked at the Volksbühne Berlin. During her time at the Volksbühne, she also wrote the stage play 'Bitte zwei Mal läuten!' (Please, ring twice!). After a long interruption, she made a comeback in the cinema in Ein Mann will nach Deutschland (Paul Wegener, 1934). In the following decade, she appeared in a number of sound films. These included the crime film Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) co-starring with Kristina Söderbaum and Frits van Dongen and the comedy Der kleine Grenzverkehr/A Salzburg Comedy (Hans Deppe, 1943), starring Willy Fritsch and Hertha Feiler. The film was an adaptation of the novel 'Georg und die Zwischenfälle' (1938) by Erich Kästner who also wrote the screenplay. As he had been blacklisted by the Nazi Party he used the pseudonym Berhold Bürger. Schulz also played a small part in the National Socialist propaganda film Jud Süß/Süss, the Jew (Veit Harlan, 1940). The film, produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels, is considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time. Schulz was on the Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda's 1944 Gottbegnadeten-Liste, a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture. Charlotte Schulz died in 1946 in Berlin.
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Charlotte Schulz in Fridericus Rex (1923)
For Greg!
German postcard by W.J. Morlins, Berlin / Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 647/3. Photo: Karl Schenker / Cserepy Film Co.. Charlotte Schulz as Wilhelmine, Marchioness of Bayreuth, favourite sister of Frederick the Great, in the Fridericus Rex film series (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922-1923).
Charlotte Schulz (1899–1946) was a German stage and film actress and playwright. She appeared in several silent films and after a long interruption in the 1920s, she made a comeback in the cinema from 1934 till her early death in 1946.
Charlotte Elise Schultz was born in 1899 in Klein-Prägschen, in, East Prussia, now Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. She was engaged by Victor Barnowsky at the Lessingtheater in Berlin in 1917. Later, in 1925, she appeared at the Munich Schauspielhaus in George Bernard Shaw's 'Back to Methuselah' with Therese Giehse and Emil Hess. She made her film debut at the end of WWI in Die Liebe des van Royk/The Love of Van Royk (Lupu Pick, 1918) opposite Bernd Aldor. Subsequently, she appeared in several silent films, including Steuermann Holk/Helmsman Holk (Rochus Gliese, Ludwig Wolff, 1920) with Paul Wegener, Asta Nielsen and Theodor Loos. The also appeared with Asta Nielsen in Der Absturz/Downfall (Ludwig Wolff, 1923). Another success was Fridericus Rex (Arzén von Cserépy, 1922-1923) a silent historical film series starring Otto Gebühr. The four-part series portrays the life of the eighteenth-century Prussian monarch Frederick the Great. Immensely popular, it launched the Prussian film as a major German genre during the Weimar era.
In the 1930s Charlotte Schultz worked at the Volksbühne Berlin. During her time at the Volksbühne, she also wrote the stage play 'Bitte zwei Mal läuten!' (Please, ring twice!). After a long interruption, she made a comeback in the cinema in Ein Mann will nach Deutschland (Paul Wegener, 1934). In the following decade, she appeared in a number of sound films. These included the crime film Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (Veit Harlan, 1938) co-starring with Kristina Söderbaum and Frits van Dongen and the comedy Der kleine Grenzverkehr/A Salzburg Comedy (Hans Deppe, 1943), starring Willy Fritsch and Hertha Feiler. The film was an adaptation of the novel 'Georg und die Zwischenfälle' (1938) by Erich Kästner who also wrote the screenplay. As he had been blacklisted by the Nazi Party he used the pseudonym Berhold Bürger. Schulz also played a small part in the National Socialist propaganda film Jud Süß/Süss, the Jew (Veit Harlan, 1940). The film, produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels, is considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time. Schulz was on the Reich Ministry for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda's 1944 Gottbegnadeten-Liste, a 36-page list of artists considered crucial to Nazi culture. Charlotte Schulz died in 1946 in Berlin.
Sources: Wikipedia (German and English) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.