Who was Conrad Veidt?

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what did he do after Calgari? Who was he? Where did he came from?

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and what a beautiful name.

― erik, Saturday, 25 January 2003 12:49 (twenty-three years ago)

german theatre i think erik

search also: max schreck (a pseudonym IIRC)

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 25 January 2003 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

He was ALSO the original inspiration for the Joker in Batman comics (artist Jerry Robinson based the look of the character on Veidt's appearance in an old silent movie, 'The Man Who Laughed' (IIRC) which I think is now lost.)

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Saturday, 25 January 2003 13:14 (twenty-three years ago)

He was the inspiration for Blixa Bargeld, too, obviously.

― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 25 January 2003 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I love him so much. He's truly lovely.

After fleeing Germany before WW2, he spent the rest of his life playing bit parts as Nazis in war films. Most famously, he was the Nazi commandant who gets shot at the end of Casablanca.

― kate, Saturday, 25 January 2003 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

He stars in Victor Sjöström's last film, Under the Red Robe, from 1937.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 25 January 2003 21:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Conrad Veidt is totally classic!

In addition to Caligari, he is most known for playing the lead Nazi in "Casablanca", and the evil wizard in "Thief of Bagdad" (obviously the template for the evil wizard of Disney's "Aladdin"). He was also the lead in an excellent Michael Powell film called (I think) "The Spy in Black". He plays a German WWI U-boat captain, or something like that.

As Kate mentioned, he defected from Nazi Germany in WWII (I think it was because his wife was Jewish), and moved to America. He specified that he should always play Nazi roles, because he was intent in portraying them as villains. He died of a heart attack, I think, he was only 50 or so.

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 26 January 2003 01:58 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

Totally classic. If there's anyone out there who has a decent recording of "The Lighthouse by the Bay", or even a decent way of getting a legit copy, don't hesitate to tell me how. The part about the seagulls makes me weep.

― Okeigh, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 06:48 (twenty years ago)

He's also great in "Different Than the others", an early "moral hygiene" film from Germany about homosexuality that's great and very weird.

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 09:06 (twenty years ago)

'the spy in black' is so great!

was he also in 'contraband'?

― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 09:21 (twenty years ago)

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Wind, WIND!!!

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 9 March 2006 04:22 (twenty years ago)

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