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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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Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
Self (archive footage)
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Notorious
Dr. Anderson
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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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The Hitler Gang
Gen. Ludendorff
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The Man in Half Moon Street
Dr. Kurt van Bruecken
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The 3 Penny Opera
Tiger-Brown
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Golden Earrings
Otto Krosigk

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