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Josef Coenen
actor, director, editor
- Born:
- 1885-03-30, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Professions:
- actor, director, editor
Biography
On the last day of March 1885, Cologne’s Rhine-scented air welcomed Josef Coenen into the world. Within a few restless years he had traded the cathedral city’s cobblestones for the flicker of early film stock, conjuring three surreal milestones of German silent cinema: the one-eyed gentlemen’s society of 1917, the gold-haired Loo and her mischief two years later, and—most fantastical of all—the elusive Isle of the Fortunate, all released in the breathless aftermath of war.
