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Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany.
Walter Rilla. Actor: The Scarlet Pimpernel. The tall, expressively-browed, rather stern-looking character actor Walter Rilla was educated at the University of Koenigsberg and first worked as a newspaper journalist, drama critic and story editor for the Berliner Theater.
Seit den 1920er Jahren gehörte Walter Rilla zu den wichtigsten deutschen Charakterschauspielern. 1926 spielte er neben Elisabeth Bergner in Der Geiger von Florenz, 1928 neben Marlene Dietrich in Prinzessin Olala. 1934 ging er für eine Filmrolle erstmals nach England, gefolgt von seiner endgültigen Emigration 1936.
Walter Rilla. Actor: The Scarlet Pimpernel. The tall, expressively-browed, rather stern-looking character actor Walter Rilla was educated at the University of Koenigsberg and first worked as a newspaper journalist, drama critic and story editor for the Berliner Theater.
Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany. He was the father of the director Wolf Rilla, who directed him in Cairo.
This dissertation fills research gaps in general historiography, film historiography and exile historiography alike by presenting the first ever monography on the German plurilingual multiple artist Walter Rilla (1894-1980) whose filmography of 200+ titles developed parallel to his similarly huge German-British stage, radio, literature and ...
In a career spanning over 50 years, prolific German actor Walter Rilla weathered the storm of rising Nazism, fleeing his native land and finding work in British and French productions before...
Walter Rilla was born on 22 August 1894 in Neunkirchen/Saar. He was the older brother of the renowned journalist and literary scholar Paul Rilla (1896-1954). Walter Rilla studied literature, art history and philosophy in Breslau, Lausanne and Berlin.
Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1977. He was born in Neunkirchen, Germany and died in Rosenheim, Germany.
In a career spanning over 50 years, prolific German actor Walter Rilla weathered the storm of rising Nazism, fleeing his native land and finding work in British and French productions before finally returning home, where he also directed and wrote for television.
