About Max Adalbert
Lived 1874 – 1933 (aged 58). Max Adalbert was a German actor, stage actor, film actor, cabaret performer and comedian.
Max Adalbert (born Johannes Adolph Krampf; 19 February 1874 – 7 September 1933) was a German stage and film actor.
Biography Adalbert was born in Danzig (Gdansk), Imperial Germany as Maximilian Adalbert Krampf to a Prussian Officer. Using his first names as his stage name, he debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of Lübeck and in 1894 at the municipal theater of Barmen. Adalbert also appeared in St.Gallen, Nuremberg and Vienna. He moved to Berlin in 1899 to work at the Residenztheater. Coming in contact with Curt Bois, Adalbert turned into a comedian and co-founded the popular Kabarett der Komiker in December 1924. On 30 May 1931 he made his debut as the central character of Carl Zuckmayer's Der Hauptmann von Köpenick at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was filmed in the same year.
Max Adalbert died of pneumonia while in Munich for a guest performance, and was buried at the Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin.
Selected filmography + List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role 1920 Judith Trachtenberg Fürst Metternich 1921 The Indian Tomb (Uncredited) The Golden Bullet (Uncredited) Lady Hamilton drei Lazaronis Destiny Schatzmeister The Story of Christine von Herre (Uncredited) The Blockhead Amadeu Beck The Kwannon of Okadera (Uncredited) 1922 Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Uncredited) 1923 The Flame Journalist 1930 Three Days Confined to Barracks Hoffmann 1931 The Captain from Köpenick Wilhelm Voigt My Leopold Gottlieb WeigeltErrant Husbands Dr. Peter Liezow The Scoundrel Aldalbert Bulcke My Heart Longs for Love Anton Heberlein 1932 The Champion Shot Funke Sr. A Mad Idea BirnstielSpies at the Savoy Hotel Wengert 1933 Laughing Heirs Justus Bockelmann
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Who was Max Adalbert?
German actor (1874-1933)
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Max Adalbert was born on 19 December 1874 in Gdańsk.
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Max Adalbert died on 7 September 1933 in Munich.
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Max Adalbert was an actor, stage actor, film actor, cabaret performer and comedian.
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Max Adalbert was German.
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