Hans Adalbert Schlettow

Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Born	(1888-06-11)11 June 1888 Frankfurt, Germany
Died	30 April 1945(1945-04-30) (aged 56) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	German
Other names	Hans Adelbert Droescher von Schlettow
Years active	1920-1940

Hans Adalbert Schlettow (11 June 1887 – 30 April 1945) was a German film actor. Schlettow appeared in around a hundred and sixty films during his career, the majority during the silent era. In 1929 he starred in the British director Anthony Asquith's film A Cottage on Dartmoor.

He was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Organization. Schlettow died in the Battle of Berlin.

Selected filmography

• Algol (1920)
• Don Juan (1922)
• Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)
• Die Nibelungen (1924)
• Malva (1924)
• Op Hoop van Zegen (1924)
• In the Name of the Kaisers (1925)
• The Last Horse Carriage in Berlin (1926)
• My Heidelberg, I Can Not Forget You (1927)
• The Last Waltz (1927)
• Queen Louise (1927)
• The Bordellos of Algiers (1927)
• Aftermath (1927)
• The Woman with the World Record (1927)
• Thérèse Raquin (1928)
• Volga Volga (1928)
• A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
• The Right of the Unborn (1929)
• The Immortal Vagabond (1930)
• The Great Longing (1930)
• The Mad Bomberg (1932)

• Sacred Waters (1932)
• Marshal Forwards (1932)
• The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel (1933)
• Flüchtlinge (1933)
• Hubertus Castle (1934)
• A Woman With Power of Attorney (1934)
• The Private Life of Louis XIV (1935)
• Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (1935)
• Der Jäger von Fall (1936)
• Yvette (1938)
• Nights in Andalusia (1938)
• Women for Golden Hill (1938)
• Anton the Last (1939)
• Wibbel the Tailor (1939)
• Wunschkonzert (1940)
• Ohm Krüger (1941)

Bibliography

• Hardt, Ursula. From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books, 1996.
• Ernst Klee. Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, p. 626.
• Ryall, Tom. Anthony Asquith. Manchester University Press, 2005.