Heinrich Gotho

Heinrich Gotho was an Austrian film actor.^[1] He started his acting career at some provincial theatres, until he found an engagement at the Neues Volkstheater in Berlin. The character actor appeared in over 50 films between 1922 and 1933, mostly in smaller roles. He notably appeared in numerous movies by director Fritz Lang, among them Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), Metropolis (1927) and M (1931). Gotho was forced to retire from film acting in 1933; as a Jew he could no longer work in Nazi Germany.^[2]

Information about his later life remains sparse and controversial, and there are no undisputed sources for his birth or death year.

Selected filmography

• Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
• The False Dimitri (1922)
• Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination (1923)
• Man Against Man (1924)
• The Tower of Silence (1924)
• The Gentleman Without a Residence (1925)
• Weekend Magic (1927)
• The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
• The Imaginary Baron (1927)
• Grand Hotel (1927)
• Metropolis (1927)
• Spione (1928)
• The Beaver Coat (1928)
• The Shop Prince (1928)
• Accident (1928)
• Volga Volga (1928)
• The Saint and Her Fool (1928)
• The Insurmountable (1928)
• Love's Masquerade (1928)
• The Duty to Remain Silent (1928)
• Come Back, All Is Forgiven (1929)
• What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1929)
• My Heart is a Jazz Band (1929)
• Woman in the Moon (1929)
• Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929)
• The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)
• Love in the Ring (1930)
• Rooms to Let (1930)
• Dance Into Happiness (1930)
• M (1931)
• Mary (1931)
• The Forester's Daughter (1931)

References

Bibliography

• Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.

External links

• Heinrich Gotho on IMDb