Emil Rameau

Emil Rameau
Emil Rameau
Born	Emil Pulvermacher; 13 August 1878; Berlin, German Empire
Died	9 September 1957 (aged 79); Berlin, Germany
Years active	1898–1957

Emil Rameau (born Emil Pulvermacher; 13 August 1878 – 9 September 1957) was a German film and theatre actor, and for many years the deputy artistic director at the Schiller Theater. He appeared in nearly 100 films between 1915 and 1949.

Life and career

After his graduation from Realschule Rameau became an actor. His first role was Marcellus in Julius Caesar in Bromberg (today Bydgoszcz in Poland). In 1906 he went to the Schiller Theater in Berlin, where he worked with Leopold Jessner. From 1923 until 1931 he was the deputy artistic director at the Schiller theatre.^[1] He directed some plays at the Volksbühne. Rameau worked also with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater. He made his film debut in 1915 and appeared regularly in German silent films, mostly in character roles.

After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Rameau escaped through Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, and Great Britain to the United States. During the Second World War, he made small appearances in over 20 Hollywood movies. In the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight, Rameau played Maestro Guardi, Ingrid Bergman's Italian singing teacher, which was perhaps his most recognised role in Hollywood. He made his last film appearance in Hollywood in 1949 and returned to Germany, where he worked as a stage actor. In 1951, he was appointed deputy artistic director of the Schiller theatre.^[2]

Selected filmography

Der Fall Klerk (1916) - Jan Klerk
Arthur Imhoff (1916) - Ernst Kerber
Der Sekretär der Königin (1916)
Abseits vom Glück (1916) - Joachim, Graf von Olmerode
Das goldene Friedelchen (1916) - Caspar, Diener bei Ferdinand Strecker
The Wandering Light (1916) - Major von Glassner
The Uncanny House (1916) - Herr Eibner
Der chinesische Götze - Das unheimliche Haus, 3. Teil (1916) - Chinesischer Priester
Freitag, der 13. - Das unheimliche Haus, 2. Teil (1916) - Eibner
Friedrich Werders Sendung (1916)
The Man in the Mirror (1916)
Das Leid der Liebe (1916)
Life Is a Dream (1916) - Vater
Das Kind des Anderen (1916)
Stein unter Steinen (1917) - Steinmetz Zarncke
Der standhafte Benjamin (1917)
Für die Ehre des Vaters (1917) - Arbeiter Wendelin
Der lebende Leichnam (1918) - Iwan Makarowitsch
Die Singende Hand (1918) - Ministerpräsident
Im Zeichen der Schuld (1918) - Kapitän Vernon
The Devil (1918)
Strandgut oder Die Rache des Meeres (1918)
Das Alte Bild (1918)
Die rote Herzogin (1919) - Guido Ferrari - Maler
Zwischen Tod und Leben (1919) - Valentin
Wehrlose Opfer (1919)
Hedda's Rache (1919) - Ludwig Gerlach, Kaufmann
The Panther Bride (1919) - Dr. Duffoir
Die Dame im Auto (1919) - Torleif Hansen - Makler
The Mask (1919)
The Spies (1919) - Dr. Mahon
Jettatore (1919) - Fürst Jellinow
Die Tochter des Bajazzo (1919)
Lillis Ehe (1919) - Baumeister Stein
Lilli (1919) - Baumeister Stein
The Devil and the Madonna (1919) - Meister Tradler
Sins of the Parents (1919)
Der Tempel der Liebe (1919)
Der Kampf um die Ehe - 2. Teil: Feindliche Gatten (1919)
Der Kampf um die Ehe - 1. Teil: Wenn in der Ehe die Liebe stirbt (1919) - Lisas Father
Out of the Depths (1919) - Geheimpolizei-Chef
Hypnosis (1920) - Peter Hain
Der rote Henker (1920) - Marquis von Brichauteau
Prinzesschen (1920) - Hofarzt
Indian Revenge (1920) - 2. Inder
The Love of a Thief (1920)
The White Peacock (1920) - Alter
Föhn (1920) - Gutsbesitzer von Rodius
Princess Woronzoff (1920)
Themis (1920)
Madame Récamier (1920) - Dufrand
Die Benefiz-Vorstellung der vier Teufel (1920)
Entblätterte Blüten (1920)
Colombine (1920)
The Maharaja's Favourite Wife (1921) - Vater des Maharadscha
Die große und die kleine Welt (1921)
Der tote Gast (1921)
Sturmflut des Lebens (1921) - Arzt
Das gestohlene Millionenrezept (1921)
Roswolsky's Mistress (1921) - Kapellmeister
Die sterbende Stadt (1921) - Prof. Gottlieb Wiesinger
The Railway King (1921)
Your Brother's Wife (1921)
Der Fluch des Schweigens (1922)
His Excellency from Madagascar (1922)
The Curse of Silence (1922) - Friscard
Monna Vanna (1922) - Frederigo Fondalo
Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922)
The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen (1923) - Jörg, Olafs Diener
Der allmächtige Dollar (1923)
William Tell (1923) - Der Kanzler
Vineta. Die versunkene Stadt (1923)
The Hungarian Princess (1923)
The Sensational Trial (1923) - Untersuchungsrichter
Struggle for the Soil (1925) - Moses Hirsch
Love's Finale (1925) - Professor Troste
...und es lockt ein Ruf aus sündiger Welt (1925)
The Mill at Sanssouci (1926) - General Winterfeldt
The Wiskottens (1926) - Der Färber Barthelmes
Frauen, die den Weg verloren (1926) - Legationsrat von Wallburg
Carnival Magic (1927) - Der Großvater
Stolzenfels am Rhein (1927) - Murat
Yacht of the Seven Sins (1928) - Bürovorsteher
Das deutsche Lied (1928) - Heinrich von der Vogelweide
Möblierte Zimmer (1929) - Chef des Warenhauses
Only on the Rhine (1930) - Der Bürgermeister
The Adventurer of Tunis (1931) - Prokurist bei Bertell
Manolescu, der Fürst der Diebe (1933)
The Shanghai Gesture (1941) - Roulette Player (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943) - Ignacy Paderewski (uncredited)
Gaslight (1944) - Maestro Guardi
Greenwich Village (1944) - Kavosky
The Conspirators (1944) - Professor Wingby (uncredited)
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) - Mr. Korb (uncredited)
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945) - Prof. Renault
Two Sisters from Boston (1946) - Nervous Conductor (uncredited)
Two Smart People (1946) - Riverboat Waiter (uncredited)
So Dark the Night (1946) - Pere Cortot
The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) - Florist (uncredited)
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) - Prof. Jacques Dubonnet
Time Out of Mind (1947) - Alfred Stern
Where There's Life (1947) - Dr. Josefsberg
The Main Street Kid (1948) - Max
Arch of Triumph (1948) - Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Cry of the City (1948) - Dr. Niklas (uncredited)
The Great Sinner (1949) - Fearful Old Man (uncredited)
Sword in the Desert (1949) - Old Man - Dov's Father
The Red Danube (1949) - Proprietor (uncredited)
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949) - Dr. Mittenwald (uncredited) (final film role)

References

^ "Emil Rameau - Munzinger Biographie".
^ Kay Weniger: 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben …'. Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945. Eine Gesamtübersicht. S. 406 f., ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8