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Reinhold Schünzel

Nov 07, 1888 - Nov 11, 1954 (66 years old) in Sankt Pauli, Hamburg, Germany

Reinhold Schünzel (7 November 1888 – 11 November 1954) was a German actor and director, active in both Germany and the United States. The son of a German father and a Jewish mother, he was born in St. Pauli, the poorest part of Hamburg. Despite his ancestry, Schünzel was allowed by the Nazis to continue making films for several years until he left in 1937 to live abroad.

Known For

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Notorious
Dr. Anderson
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Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage)
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Dragonwyck
Count De Grenier (uncredited)
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Hangmen Also Die!
Gestapo Insp. Ritter
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Madame DuBarry
Duke of Choiseul
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First Comes Courage
Col. Kurt von Elser
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Golden Earrings
Otto Krosigk
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1914
Nikolaus II.
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The Vicious Circle
Baron Arady

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