Hermann Picha

Hermann Picha
Born	20 March 1865 Charlottenburg, Prussia
Died	7 June 1936(1936-06-07) (aged 71) Berlin, Nazi Germany
Other names	Hermann August Karl Picher
Occupation(s)	Film actor Stage actor
Years active	1914 - 1935

Hermann Picha (20 March 1865 – 7 June 1936) was a German stage and film actor. Picha was extremely prolific, appearing in over 300 short and feature films during the silent and early sound eras. Picha played a mixture of lead and supporting roles during his career. He played the title role in the 1920 film Wibbel the Tailor directed by Manfred Noa. He appeared in Fritz Lang's Destiny.

Selected filmography

• Hilde Warren und der Tod (1917)
• The Princess of Neutralia (1917)
• Wibbel the Tailor (1920)
• A Day on Mars (1921)
• Destiny (1921)
• The Stranger from Alster Street (1921)
• The Hotel of the Dead (1921)
• The Queen of Whitechapel (1922)
• Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
• The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen (1923)
• The Ravine of Death (1923)
• Adam and Eve (1923)
• The Man Without Nerves (1924)
• Arabella (1924)
• Father Voss (1925)
• Three Waiting Maids (1925)
• The Elegant Bunch (1925)
• The Woman with That Certain Something (1925)
• In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine (1925)
• The Old Ballroom (1925)
• Comedians (1925)
• Flight Around the World (1925)
• Passion (1925)
• The Venus of Montmartre (1925)
• If You Have an Aunt (1925)
• The Morals of the Alley (1925)
• The King and the Girl (1925)
• Bismarck (1925)
• People to Each Other (1926)
• The Boxer's Bride (1926)
• The Circus of Life (1926)
• The Prince and the Dancer (1926)
• The White Horse Inn (1926)
• Manon Lescaut (1926)
• Tartuffe (1926)
• Darling, Count the Cash (1926)
• The Captain from Koepenick (1926)
• The Schimeck Family (1926)
• The Fallen (1926)
• Why Get a Divorce? (1926)
• The Three Mannequins (1926)
• The Young Man from the Ragtrade (1926)
• Dancing Vienna (1927)
• Marie's Soldier (1927)
• A Crazy Night (1927)
• The Imaginary Baron (1927)
• The Awakening of Woman (1927)
• Weekend Magic (1927)
• Rinaldo Rinaldini (1927)
• Svengali (1927)
• The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
• The Pink Slippers (1927)
• Circle of Lovers (1927)
• The Transformation of Dr. Bessel (1927)
• Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
• The Weavers (1927)
• The Convicted (1927)
• The Green Alley (1928)
• Prince or Clown (1928)
• Autumn on the Rhine (1928)
• Secrets of the Orient (1928)
• The Lady in Black (1928)
• Robert and Bertram (1928)
• It's You I Have Loved (1929)
• Tempo! Tempo! (1929)
• The Black Domino (1929)
• The Circus Princess (1929)
• Youth of the Big City (1929)
• Danube Waltz (1930)
• The Fate of Renate Langen (1931)
• The Beggar Student (1931)
• Man Without a Name (1932)
• A Tremendously Rich Man (1932)
• The Escape to Nice (1932)
• Paprika (1932)
• Mother and Child (1934)
• Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (1935)

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
• Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
• Usai, Paolo Cherchi. Before Caligari: German cinema, 1895-1920. University of Wisconsin Press, 1991.

External links

• Hermann Picha at IMDb