About Eugen Burg
Lived 1871 – 1944 (aged 73). Eugen Burg was a film director, stage actor, film actor, screenwriter, theatre manager and actor.
Eugen Burg (6 January 1871 – 17 April 1944) was a German actor. His daughter was Hansi Burg. Burg was a close friend of the actor Hans Albers.
Burg was born Eugen Hirschburg into a Jewish family, but later converted to Protestantism. He was banished from the film industry when the Nazi Party came to power in Germany. He later died in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Selected filmography
Robert and Bertram (1915) In the Castle by the Lake (1918) The Secret of Wera Baranska (1919) The Secret of the Scaffold (1919) A Night in Paradise (1919) Colonel Chabert (1920) The Black Panther (1921) Violet (1921) Fridericus Rex (1922) Circus People (1922) Marie Antoinette, the Love of a King (1922) The Island of Tears (1923) Old Heidelberg (1923) The Wonderful Adventure (1924) Gobseck (1924) The Third Squadron (1926) Wrath of the Seas (1926) Fadette (1926) Eyes Open, Harry! (1926) The Circus of Life (1926) A Modern Dubarry (1927) Rinaldo Rinaldini (1927) Dancing Vienna (1927) The Gypsy Baron (1927) His Greatest Bluff (1927) The Hunt for the Bride (1927) Queen of the Boulevards (1927) The Mistress (1927) Panic (1928) It Attracted Three Fellows (1928) Who Invented Divorce? (1928) Man Against Man (1928) Girls, Beware! (1928) The First Kiss (1928) The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) Dawn (1929) Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929) Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929) The Copper (1930) The Ring of the Empress (1930) 1914 (1931) Mary (1931) My Leopold (1931) Elisabeth of Austria (1931) Der Herzog von Reichstadt (1931) The Daredevil (1931) Holzapfel Knows Everything (1932) Impossible Love (1932) The Pride of Company Three (1932) The Victor (1932) The White Demon (1932)
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Eugen Burg?
German actor (1871–1944)
When was Eugen Burg born?
Eugen Burg was born on 6 January 1871 in Berlin.
When did Eugen Burg die?
Eugen Burg died on 15 November 1944 in Theresienstadt concentration camp.
What was Eugen Burg's occupation?
Eugen Burg was a film director, stage actor, film actor, screenwriter, theatre manager and actor.
What nationality was Eugen Burg?
Eugen Burg's recorded nationality: German Reich.
Sources & further reading
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Eugen Burg. https://biography.guide/eugen-burg/
MLA: "Eugen Burg." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/eugen-burg/.
Chicago: "Eugen Burg." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/eugen-burg/.
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