Actor. Born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, he became one of the most prominent German stage and film actors of the early 20th century. He made his theatrical debut in 1912 in Kołobrzeg, appearing in the operetta Die keusche Susanne ("The Chaste Susanne").
During the 1920s, he established himself as a leading performer in both theater and cinema. Among his notable film appearances are Metropolis (1927), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931), and Orient Express (1927). In 1923, he co-founded the Schauspieler-Theater together with Elisabeth Bergner and Alexander Granach, seeking greater artistic independence.
He worked with influential directors such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator. During the Weimar Republic, he was associated with leftist political circles and maintained links to the Communist Party of Germany.
Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933 (Nazi seizure of power), he continued his acting career and appeared in several films produced during the Third Reich, including Jud Süß (1940) and Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies (1940), which are regarded as propaganda productions.
After the end of World War II, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and interned at the Sachsenhausen Special Camp (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), where he died in 1946 under difficult conditions.
His son, Götz George, later became a well-known actor.
Sources:
• Filmportal.de biography of
Heinrich George
• Bundesarchiv records
• IMDb filmography
• Deutsches Historisches Museum
During the 1920s, he established himself as a leading performer in both theater and cinema. Among his notable film appearances are Metropolis (1927), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931), and Orient Express (1927). In 1923, he co-founded the Schauspieler-Theater together with Elisabeth Bergner and Alexander Granach, seeking greater artistic independence.
He worked with influential directors such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator. During the Weimar Republic, he was associated with leftist political circles and maintained links to the Communist Party of Germany.
Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933 (Nazi seizure of power), he continued his acting career and appeared in several films produced during the Third Reich, including Jud Süß (1940) and Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies (1940), which are regarded as propaganda productions.
After the end of World War II, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and interned at the Sachsenhausen Special Camp (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), where he died in 1946 under difficult conditions.
His son, Götz George, later became a well-known actor.
Sources:
• Filmportal.de biography of
Heinrich George
• Bundesarchiv records
• IMDb filmography
• Deutsches Historisches Museum
Actor. Born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz, he became one of the most prominent German stage and film actors of the early 20th century. He made his theatrical debut in 1912 in Kołobrzeg, appearing in the operetta Die keusche Susanne ("The Chaste Susanne").
During the 1920s, he established himself as a leading performer in both theater and cinema. Among his notable film appearances are Metropolis (1927), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931), and Orient Express (1927). In 1923, he co-founded the Schauspieler-Theater together with Elisabeth Bergner and Alexander Granach, seeking greater artistic independence.
He worked with influential directors such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator. During the Weimar Republic, he was associated with leftist political circles and maintained links to the Communist Party of Germany.
Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933 (Nazi seizure of power), he continued his acting career and appeared in several films produced during the Third Reich, including Jud Süß (1940) and Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies (1940), which are regarded as propaganda productions.
After the end of World War II, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and interned at the Sachsenhausen Special Camp (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), where he died in 1946 under difficult conditions.
His son, Götz George, later became a well-known actor.
Sources:
• Filmportal.de biography of
Heinrich George
• Bundesarchiv records
• IMDb filmography
• Deutsches Historisches Museum
During the 1920s, he established himself as a leading performer in both theater and cinema. Among his notable film appearances are Metropolis (1927), Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931), and Orient Express (1927). In 1923, he co-founded the Schauspieler-Theater together with Elisabeth Bergner and Alexander Granach, seeking greater artistic independence.
He worked with influential directors such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator. During the Weimar Republic, he was associated with leftist political circles and maintained links to the Communist Party of Germany.
Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933 (Nazi seizure of power), he continued his acting career and appeared in several films produced during the Third Reich, including Jud Süß (1940) and Friedrich Schiller – Der Triumph eines Genies (1940), which are regarded as propaganda productions.
After the end of World War II, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and interned at the Sachsenhausen Special Camp (Sachsenhausen concentration camp), where he died in 1946 under difficult conditions.
His son, Götz George, later became a well-known actor.
Sources:
• Filmportal.de biography of
Heinrich George
• Bundesarchiv records
• IMDb filmography
• Deutsches Historisches Museum
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