Gustav Fröhlich

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notable role = Freder in "Metropolis"
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Gustav Fröhlich (March 21, 1902 – December 22, 1987) was a German actor. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film "Metropolis".

Biography

Fröhlich was born in Hannover, Germany, and was raised by foster parents. Before becoming an actor in the mid 1920s, he was an editor and a journalist. During World War I he volunteered for a duty in the occupied Brussels as the press' supervisor.

In 1922 he played the role of composer "Franz Liszt" in "Paganini", and in 1930 he was called to Hollywood to play roles in German versions of American films such as, "Die heilige Flamme" and "Kismet".

Between 1931 and 1935 Fröhlich was married to Hungarian opera star, and actress Gitta Alpar, with whom he had a child, Julika. He was engaged to the actress Lida Baarova until she became involved with the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels. In 1941 he married Maria Hajek. In the same year he served the Wehrmacht "Landschützen-Regiment".

Fröhlich gradually retired from the film business, and from 1956 he lived in Lugano, Switzerland, where he died in 1987, of complication from surgery.

Filmography

*1922 "De Bruut"
*1923 "Der Weg zum Licht "
*1923 "Paganini"
*1925 "Die Frau mit dem schlechten Ruf"
*1925 "Friesenblut"
*1925 "Schiff in Not "
*1926 "Die Frau die nicht nein sagen kann"
*1927 "Metropolis"
*1927 "Der Meister von Nürnberg"
*1927 "Die Elf Teufel"
*1927 "Gehetzte Frauen"
*1927 "Jahrmarkt des Lebens"
*1927 "Jugendrausch"
*1928 "Heimkehr"
*1928 "Angst - Die schwache Stunde einer Frau"
*1928 "Die Pflicht zu schweigen"
*1928 "Eva und der Grashüpfer"
*1929 "Asphalt"
*1929 "Das Brennende Herz"
*1930 "Zwei Menschen"
*1930 "Brand in der Oper"
*1930 "Der Unsterbliche Lump"
*1930 "II Kismet"
*1930 "Liebeslied"
*1931 "Die Heilige Flamme"
*1931 "Die Verliebte Firma"
*1931 "I Gloria"
*1931 "Liebeskommando"
*1931 "Sang viennois"
*1931 "Solang' noch ein Walzer von Strauss erklingt"
*1931 "Voruntersuchung"
*1932 "Ein Lied, ein Kuß, ein Mädel"
*1932 "Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz"
*1932 "Ich will nicht wissen, wer du bist"
*1932 "Mann mit Herz, Ein"
*1932 "Mein Leopold"
*1932 "Unter falscher Flagge"
*1933 "Die Nacht der großen Liebe"
*1933 "Gardez le sourire"
*1933 "Rund um eine Million"
*1933 "Sonnenstrahl"
*1933 "Was Frauen träumen"
*1934 "Abenteuer eines jungen Herrn in Polen"
*1934 "Der Flüchtling von Chicago"
*1934 "Oberwachtmeister Schwenke"
*1935 "Barcarole"
*1935 "Es flüstert die Liebe"
*1935 "Leutnant Bobby, der Teufelskerl"
*1935 "Liebesleute"
*1935 "Nacht der Verwandlung"
*1935 "Stradivari"
*1936 "Die Entführung"
*1936 "Die Stunde der Versuchung
*1936 "Inkognito
*1936 "Stadt Anatol"
*1937 "Alarm in Peking"
*1937 "Gabriele: eins, zwei, drei"
*1937 "Gleisdreieck"
*1938 "Die Kleine und die große Liebe"
*1938 "Frau Sixta"
*1938 "In geheimer Mission"
*1939 "Adieu Vienne"
*1939 "Alarm auf Station III"
*1939 "Renate im Quartett"
*1940 "Alles Schwindel"
*1940 "Herz - modern möbliert "
*1940 "Herz geht vor Anker"
*1940 "Ihr Privatsekretär"
*1941 "Clarissa"
*1941 "Sechs Tage Heimaturlaub"
*1942 "Der Große König"
*1942 "Mit den Augen einer Frau"
*1943 "Tolle Nacht"
*1944 "Der Große Preis"
*1944 "Familie Buchholz"
*1944 "Konzert, Das"
*1944 "Neigungsehe"
*1946 "Sag' die Wahrheit"
*1948 "Das Verlorene Gesicht"
*1948 "Eine Alltägliche Geschichte"
*1948 "Wege im Zwielicht"
*1949 "Diese Nacht vergess ich nie"
*1949 "Große Fall, Der"
*1950 "Dieser Mann gehört mir"
*1951 "Die Sünderin"
*1951 "Stips"
*1951 "Torreani"
*1952 "Abenteuer in Wien"
*1952 "Haus des Lebens"
*1953 "Ehe für eine Nacht"
*1953 "Von Liebe reden wir später"
*1954 "Ball der Nationen"
*1954 "Die Kleine Stadt will schlafen gehen"
*1954 "Rosen aus dem Süden"
*1956 "Der Erste Frühlingstag"
*1956 "Vergiß wenn Du kannst"
*1958 "Das gab's nur einmal"

External links

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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=610 Photographs of Gustav Fröhlich]

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NAME= Fröhlich, Gustav
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1902-3-21
PLACE OF BIRTH= Germany
DATE OF DEATH= 1987-12-22
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