Curt A. Stark
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Kurt Schöltzel-Stark
- Born:
- 1880-02-02, Springe, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Died:
- 1916-10-02, Transylvania, Romania
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
Born in the timber-frame town of Springe, Lower Saxony, on 2 February 1880, Curt A. Stark sprinted from provincial stages to the flickering frontier of early German cinema. Within a single explosive year—1914—he stood both behind and in front of the camera for three pioneering one-reelers: the rally-cry drama *The Dawn of Freedom*, the bittersweet romance *Gretchen Wendland*, and the playful royal caper *Ihre Hoheit*. Off-set, he shared his life with screen luminary Henny Porten, their marriage merging two of the era’s brightest spotlights. Fate cut the final frame short on 2 October 1916, when Stark died amid the Carpathian mists of Transylvania, Romania, leaving behind a trio of films that still whisper the first breaths of German moviemaking.
Filmography
Directed (7)
Eva
Madame Butterfly
Ihre Hoheit
The Dawn of Freedom
The Broken Promise
Alexandra
Das Tal des Traumes
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