--- name: "Eduard von Winterstein" canonical: "https://film.one/person/eduard-von-winterstein" fi1m_id: "eduard-von-winterstein" imdb_id: "nm0903235" tmdb_id: 2904 wikidata_id: "Q85051" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 August 1871" died: "22 July 1961" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T00:21:30.870346+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Eduard von Winterstein ## Identity Eduard von Winterstein - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eduard-von-winterstein - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** eduard-von-winterstein - **IMDb ID:** nm0903235 - **TMDB ID:** 2904 - **Wikidata ID:** Q85051 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_von_Winterstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2904 Actor. Born 1 August 1871 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. Died 22 July 1961. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 August 1871, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria] - **Died:** 22 July 1961 - **Also known as:** Eduard V. Winterstein, Eduard Clemens Freiherr von Wangenheim - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_von_Winterstein, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903235/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2904 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Blue Angel*](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Eduard von Winterstein (also credited as Eduard V. Winterstein and Eduard Clemens Freiherr von Wangenheim) was an Austrian-German actor. Born on 1 August 1871 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), he received acting lessons from his mother, a stage actress, and made his professional debut in 1889 at the theatre in Gera. He went on to a long career in German theatre, appearing at venues including the Schiller Theater and, from the 1920s, working with Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Winterstein began appearing in films from 1913 and became known for supporting roles as authority figures such as generals, judges and directors. His credits include the school headmaster in *The Blue Angel* (1930), Caliph in *Destiny* (1921), Vater Münchhausen in *Münchhausen* (1943) and Weimann in *The Silent Star* (1960). He also appeared in *The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes* (1937). After the Second World War he remained in East Berlin as a member of the Deutsches Theater ensemble. He died on 22 July 1961 in East Berlin. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmportal.de.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Blue Angel* (1930), Fi1m 81, as School Headmaster — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) ## Complete filmography (175) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Silent Star* (1960), as Weimann, Kernphysiker - *The Sailor's Song* (1958), as Hindenburg - *Emilia Galotti* (1958), as Camillo Rota, Ratgeber - *Recovery* (1956), as Professor Beheim - *Heimliche Ehen* (1956), as Hildebrandt - *Gefährliche Fracht* (1954), Actor - *The Condemned Village* (1952), as Dorfpfarrer - *The Kaiser's Lackey* (1951), as Buck sen. - *The Sonnenbrucks* (1951), as Prof. Walter Sonnenbruck - *The Boys of Kranichsee* (1950), as Schulleiter Buchholz - *Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter* (1950), Actor - *Hogler's Task* (1950), as Hufland - *Und wieder 48* (1948), as Vater Althaus - *Philharmonic* (1944), as Arzt - *The Roedern Affair* (1944), Actor - *Meine vier Jungens* (1944), as Doctor - *Der Verteidiger hat das Wort* (1944), as Vorsitender - *Harald Arrives at Nine* (1944), Actor - *Ein glücklicher Mensch* (1943), as Mediziner - *When the Young Wine Blossoms* (1943), as Petersen - *My Summer Companion* (1943), as Der alte Rink, Angelikas Vater - *Münchhausen* (1943), as Vater Münchhausen - *Andreas Schlüter* (1942), as Naumann, ein Freund Schlüters - *Rembrandt* (1942), as Ratsherr van Straaten - *Annelie* (1941), as Sanitätsrat Heberlein - *Stukas* (1941), as Geheimrat - *Kopf hoch, Johannes!* (1941), as Inspektor - *Uncle Krüger* (1941), as Kommandant Cronje - *Bismarck* (1940), as General von Manstein - *The Heart of a Queen* (1940), Actor - *The Young Lady of Barnhelm* (1940), as Müller Willig - *Für die Katz'* (1940), as Gerd Tapken - *Robert Koch, der Bekämpfer des Todes* (1939), as Prof. Ernst von Bergmann - *Freed Hands* (1939), as Gutsbesitzer von Erken - *The Journey to Tilsit* (1939), as Erwin Bohrmann - *D III 88* (1939), as Landarzt - *The Golden Mask* (1939), as Alter Herr - *Die Frau ohne Vergangenheit* (1939), Actor - *Menschen vom Varieté* (1939), as Theaterarzt - *Der grüne Kaiser* (1939), as Gerichtsvorsitzender im 2. Prozeß - *The Immortal Heart* (1939), as Richter Sixtus Heith - *Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything* (1938), as Mr. Harrison - *Steputat & Co.* (1938), as Gerichtsvorsitzender - *Maja zwischen zwei Ehen* (1938), as Dr.Burckhardt - *Ballade* (1938), Actor - *The Marriage Swindler* (1938), as Franz Buschko - *The Man Who Can't Say No* (1938), as Colonel - *Cat Walk* (1937), as Pfarrer Götz - *The Coral Princess* (1937), as Vukowitsch - *The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes* (1937), as Richter - *Das schöne Fräulein Schragg* (1937), as Landrat Schragg - *Der Etappenhase* (1937), as Major d.L. Grothe - *Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit* (1937), as Gerichtsvorsitzender - *90 Minutes Stop* (1936), as Kriminalkommissar Winkler - *Martha* (1936), Actor - *The Higher Command* (1935), as Major - *Familie Schimek* (1935), as Gerichtsvorsitzender - *His Late Excellency* (1935), as Graf Seefeld - *The Girl from the Marsh Croft* (1935), as Amtmann Gerhart - *Hundert Tage* (1935), as Blücher - *Streak of Steel* (1935), as Der Notar - *Regine* (1935), as Keller - *Der letzte Walzer* (1934), as General Dymoff - *The Eternal Dream* (1934), as Marias Vater - *At the Strassburg* (1934), as Jacob Rusti - *The Rider on the White Horse* (1934), as Oberdeichgraf - *Wedding at Lake Wolfgang* (1933), as Bürgermeister von St. Wolfgang - *Die Nacht im Forsthaus* (1933), as Bergmann, Bürgermeister - *Spione am Werk* (1933), as Oberst von Waldmüller - *Der Läufer von Marathon* (1933), as Dr. Brandt - *Dawn* (1933), as Hauptmann Kolch - *Sacred Waters* (1932), as Peter Waldisch - *The White Demon* (1932), Actor - *Frederica* (1932), as Hauptmann Knebel - *Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe* (1932), as Freiherr von der Goltz - *The child's first right* (1932), Actor - *The Man Without a Name* (1932), as Richter - *Secret Agent* (1932), as Professor Managan - *In the Employ of the Secret Service* (1931), as Head of Intelligence - *Between Night and Dawn* (1931), as Father - *Do you know the country* (1931), Actor - *Poor little Eva* (1931), as Direktor Bergemann - *Road to Rio* (1931), as Argentinian crime commissioner - *Him or Me* (1930), as R.A. Wilken - Schiffsreeder - *Darling of the Gods* (1930), as Dr. Marberg - *Love's Carnival* (1930), as Oberst von Friese - Kommandeur - *The Other* (1930), as Dr. Köhler - *The Twelfth Hour* (1930), as Innkeeper - *The Blue Angel* (1930), as School Headmaster — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) - *Napoleon at St. Helena* (1929), as General Blücher - *Die Siebzehnjährigen* (1929), as Erik Sörensen - *Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel* (1928), Actor - *Ein Mädel aus dem Volke* (1927), as Generalissimus Laudon - *Make Up* (1927), as Kriminalkommissar - *Ein Tag der Rosen im August..* (1927), as Major von Rudow - *An der Weser* (1927), Actor - *Stolzenfels am Rhein* (1927), as Matthias Sebald - *Prinz Louis Ferdinand* (1927), Actor - *Das rosa Pantöffelchen* (1927), as Oberförster - *Human Law* (1927), Actor - *Lützow's Wild Hunt* (1927), Actor - *Elternlos* (1927), Actor - *Die glühende Gasse* (1927), Actor - *Gern hab' ich die Frauen geküßt* (1926), as Franz Hartwig - *Der Meineidbauer* (1926), as Mathias, sein jüngerer Bruder - *The Master of Death* (1926), as Colonel von Hersdorff - *Der gute Ruf* (1926), Actor - *Die Kleine und ihr Kavalier* (1926), as Papa Horlinger - *Fräulein Josette - Meine Frau* (1926), Actor - *Des Königs Befehl* (1926), Actor - *Frauen der Leidenschaft* (1926), Actor - *The Bohemian Dancer* (1926), as Lange - *The House of Lies* (1926), Actor - *The Fallen* (1926), as Untersuchungsrichter - *People in Need* (1925), as General Samsonoff - *Was Steine erzählen* (1925), as General Wrangel - *Wallenstein, 1. Teil - Wallensteins Macht* (1925), Actor - *Guillotine* (1925), Actor - *Aschermittwoch* (1925), as Oberst - *Freies Volk* (1925), as Administrator von Nehling - *Der erste Stand. Der Großkapitalist* (1925), Actor - *Claire* (1924), Actor - *The Circus Diva* (1924), Actor - *In den Krallen der Schuld* (1924), as Schlossermeister Witt - *Mutter und Sohn* (1924), Actor - *Der kleine Herzog* (1924), as Oberst von Trucschicz - *Das fränkische Lied* (1923), Actor - *Der Schatz der Gesine Jakobsen* (1923), as Doktor Holgersen - *Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende* (1923), as Fürst Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau - *The Woman Worth Millions* (1923), as Mahmud Dedim Pascha - *Demon Circus* (1923), Actor - *Glanz gegen Glück* (1923), Actor - *Liebe und Ehe* (1923), Actor - *The White Desert* (1922), as Iwan - *The Burning Soil* (1922), as Graf Rudenburg / Count Rudenburg - *Fridericus Rex - 2. Teil: Vater und Sohn* (1922), as Leopold Fürst von Anhalt-Dessau - *Die Beute der Erinnyen* (1922), Actor - *Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang* (1922), as Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau - *Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo* (1921), as Rimay - *Destiny* (1921), as Caliph (uncredited) - *The Beauty of Life* (1921), Actor - *Der Teufel und die Circe* (1921), Actor - *Die Fremde aus der Elstergasse* (1921), Actor - *Danton* (1921), as Genaral Westermann - *Lady Godiva* (1921), as Herzog - *Die Bestie im Menschen* (1921), Actor - *Hamlet* (1921), as Claudius - *Das Haupt des Juarez* (1920), Actor - *The Woman House of Brescia* (1920), as Francesco de Barbiano - *Maria Tudor* (1920), Actor - *Figaros Hochzeit* (1920), Actor - *The Merry-Go-Round* (1920), as Albert Peters - *Der gelbe Tod, 2. Teil* (1920), Actor - *Maria Magdalene* (1920), Actor - *The Yellow Death, Part 1* (1920), as Karpuschkin - *Der Kampf der Geschlechter* (1920), Actor - *Nerves* (1919), as Roloff - *Madeleine* (1919), Actor - *Madame DuBarry* (1919), as Graf Jean du Barry - *Prostitution II* (1919), Actor - *Blonde Poison* (1919), as The chaffeur - *Prinzessin Tatjana's Tragödie* (1919), as Prince Fedor Terek - *Opium* (1919), as Professor Gesellius - *Die Hexe von Norderoog* (1919), Actor - *Hiob* (1919), as Hiob - *Pique Dame* (1918), as Paul - *Das Schicksal der Margarete Holberg* (1918), as Forester - *The Giant's Fist* (1917), as Diether von Brake - *Die Claudi vom Geiserhof* (1917), Actor - *Die Erzkokette* (1917), Actor - *Passionels Tagebuch* (1916), Actor - *Siri* (1916), Actor - *Felsenfest* (1916), Actor - *Sumurûn* (1910), Actor - *Vater ist im Kriege*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Eduard von Winterstein Privataufnahme](https://film.one/media/person/3851408/gallery-c9738b7484c1.jpg) Eduard von Winterstein Privataufnahme — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Eduard_von_Winterstein2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Westermann (Eduard von Winterstein), Camille Desmoulins(Ossip Runitsch), Danton (Emil Jannings) and Hérault de Séchelles (Ferdinand von Alten) (Front row, from (1921)](https://film.one/media/person/3851408/gallery-adb00e4d5d08.jpg) Westermann (Eduard von Winterstein), Camille Desmoulins(Ossip Runitsch), Danton (Emil Jannings) and Hérault de Séchelles (Ferdinand von Alten) (Front row, from (1921) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Danton1921.jpg/1280px-Danton1921.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Eduard von Winterstein](https://film.one/media/person/3851408/gallery-7efd3e7a6823.jpg) Eduard von Winterstein — Friedrich Gahlbeck, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-73766-0003%2C_Nationalpreistr%C3%A4ger_Eduard_von_Winterstein.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin 1955: Goethe Prize of the City of Berlin (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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