Karl Valentin
Born: 1882-06-04 in Munich, Germany
Died: 1948-02-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
Karl Valentin (IPA: ['falɛntiːn], born Valentin Ludwig Fey; 4 June 1882 – 9 February 1948) was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". His work has an essential influence on artists like Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot and Helge Schneider. He developed a reputation for writing and performing short comic routines, which he performed in a strong Bavarian dialect, usually with his female partner, Liesl Karlstadt. His art centered mostly around linguistic dexterity and wordplay—Valentin was a linguistic anarchist.
Filmography
2019
- WRDLBRMPFD! Karl Valentin: Der Unverstandene as Self (archival footage)
2001
- Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts as Self (archive Footage)
1986
- İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı ... (Writer)
1982
- Einmal im Jahr möcht' ich auch lachen können as selbst (Archivmaterial)
1979
- E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo? ... (Writer)
1963
- Der Buchbinder Wanninger ... (Theatre Play)
1953
1941
- In der Apotheke as Kunde
1937
- Der Antennendraht as Intruder
1936
- Street Music as Kürassier-Otto
- Die Erbschaft as Karl Meier
- At the Neurologist as Mr. Meier
- Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine as Schneidermeister Huckebein
- Ein verhängnisvolles Geigensolo
- Beim Rechtsanwalt as The Farmer
- Musik zu zweien
- Die karierte Weste
1935
- Fruit in the Neighbor's Garden as Valentin, sein Gärtner
1934
- Im Schallplattenladen as Kunde
- So ein Theater! as Geiger
- Der Zithervirtuose as Zithervirtuose
- The Confirmee as Father
- Der Theaterbesuch as Fanny's Husband
- Der verhexte Scheinwerfer as Elektriker
- Es knallt as Xaver Fürst
1933
- Im Photoatelier as Heinrich
- Orchesterprobe as Trumpeter
1932
- The Bartered Bride as Rudolph Brummer
1929
- Der Sonderling as Schneidergeselle
1923
- The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop as Frisiergeselle
1921
1914
- New Desk as Sekretär Dürr
1912
- The Jolly Vagabonds as Valentin (Police Officer)