Stage & Screen
DEUTSCH
(Ernst, 1890-1969, Jewish Austrian Actor)
Fine vintage postcard photo by Becker & Maass, signed
showing him half length, seated in profile, 5½ x 3½, no place, no date
Background
In 1916, his performance as the protagonist in the world première of Walter Hasenclever's Expressionist play The Son in Dresden was praised. Deutsch also played the antihero Famulus in Paul Wegener's The Golem: How He Came into the World in 1920. He is known by English-speaking audiences for his role as Baron Kurtz in Carol Reed's 1949 film noir, The Third Man.
Stock No. 43359