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Adolf Klein

Adolf Klein was an Austrian actor and theatre director. Klein appeared in around sixty films, mainly during the silent era. He appeared in a number of the epics made by the German film industry during the early 1920s such as his role as Cardinal Wolsey in Ernst Lubitsch's Anna Boleyn (1920).

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Adolf Klein
Born(1847-08-15)15 August 1847
Died11 March 1931(1931-03-11) (aged 83)
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • Stage actor
Years active1916–1931 (film)

Adolf Klein (15 August 1847 – 11 March 1931) was an Austrian actor and theatre director. Klein appeared in around sixty films, mainly during the silent era. He appeared in a number of the epics made by the German film industry during the early 1920s such as his role as Cardinal Wolsey in Ernst Lubitsch's Anna Boleyn (1920).1

Selected filmography

References

References

  1. Fletcher p. 191
Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Fletcher, Stella (2009). Cardinal Wolsey: A Life in Renaissance Europe. London: Continuum. ISBN 978-1-84725-245-6.
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