--- name: "Hans Albers" canonical: "https://film.one/person/hans-albers" fi1m_id: "hans-albers" imdb_id: "nm0002161" tmdb_id: 2899 wikidata_id: "Q561231" roles: ["Actor"] born: "22 September 1891" died: "24 July 1960" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T00:21:20.210614+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." --- # Hans Albers ## Identity Hans Albers - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hans-albers - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** hans-albers - **IMDb ID:** nm0002161 - **TMDB ID:** 2899 - **Wikidata ID:** Q561231 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Albers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2899 Actor. Born 22 September 1891 in Hamburg, Germany. Died 24 July 1960. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 22 September 1891, Hamburg, Germany - **Died:** 24 July 1960 - **Also known as:** Ганс Альберс, Hans Philipp August Albers - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Albers, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2899 ## 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 Hans Albers (also credited as Hans Philipp August Albers) was a German actor and singer. Born in Hamburg in 1891, he began his career in theatre and appeared in over one hundred silent films before achieving prominence with the advent of sound cinema. He played Mazeppa in *The Blue Angel* (1930). Albers starred in numerous popular German films of the 1930s to 1950s, including *The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes* (1937) and *Münchhausen* (1943) as Baron Münchhausen. He often worked with Heinz Rühmann and maintained a long-term partnership with actress Hansi Burg until his death in 1960. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Blue Angel* (1930), Fi1m 81, as Mazeppa — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) ## Complete filmography (130) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hitler's Hollywood* (2017), as Various Roles (archive footage) - *Shiva und die Galgenblume* (1994), as Kriminalrat Dongen /archive footage) - *Kein Engel ist so rein* (1960), as Dr. Zilinsky - *13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court* (1958), as Josef Krapp - *The Man in the Stream* (1958), as Paul Hinrichs - *The Copper* (1958), as Otto Friedrich Dennert - *Das Herz von St. Pauli* (1957), as Kapitän Jonny Jensen - *Der tolle Bomberg* (1957), as Baron Gisbert von Bomberg - *Engaged to Death* (1957), as Lorenzo - *Before Sundown* (1956), as Generaldirektor Mathias Clausen - *The Last Man* (1955), as Karl Knesebeck - *Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins* (1954), as Hannes Wedderkamp - *Ten on Every Finger* (1954), as Er selbst - *Jonny Saves Nebrador* (1953), as Jonny / General Oronta - *Captain Bay-Bay* (1953), as Käpt'n Bay-Bay - *Nights on the Road* (1952), as Fernlastfahrer Heinrich Schlüter - *Chased by the Devil* (1950), as Dr. Heinrich Blank - *Föhn* (1950), as Dr. Johannes Jensen - *...and the Sky Above Us* (1947), as Hans Richter - *Port of Freedom* (1944), as Hannes Kröger - *Münchhausen* (1943), as Baron Münchhausen - *Carl Peters* (1941), as Dr. Carl Peters - *Trenck, der Pandur* (1940), as Franz von der Trenck - *Ein Mann auf Abwegen* (1940), as Percival Pattersson - *Water for Canitoga* (1939), as Oliver Montstuart / Nicholsen - *Sergeant Berry* (1938), as Sergeant Mecki Berry · Producer - *Fahrendes Volk* (1938), as Fernand - *The Yellow Flag* (1937), as Peter Diercksen - ehemaliger Flieger - *The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes* (1937), as Sherlock Holmes / Morris Flint - *Under Blazing Heavens* (1936), as Capt. Kellersperg - *Savoy-Hotel 217* (1936), as Andrei Antonovitch Wolodkin - *Hangmen, Women, and Soldiers* (1935), as Rittmeister Michael von Prack - *Variety* (1935), as Pierre - *Peer Gynt* (1934), as Peer Gynt - *Gold* (1934), as Werner Holk - *Refugees* (1933), as Arneth - *A Certain Mr. Gran* (1933), as Ein gewisser Herr Gran - *Heut' kommt's drauf an* (1933), as Hannes Eckmann - *F.P.1 Doesn't Answer* (1932), as Flieger Ellissen - *The White Demon* (1932), as Heini Gildemeister - *Quick* (1932), as Quick · Music Clown - *Monte Carlo Madness* (1932), Actor - *The Winner* (1932), as Hans Kühnert - *The Daredevil* (1931), as Hans Röder - *Bombs Over Monte Carlo* (1931), as Kapitän Craddock - *Three Days of Love* (1931), as Franz - *Hans in Every Street* (1930), as Hans Steindecker, Reporter - *The Copper* (1930), as Sgt. Harry Cross - *The Blue Angel* (1930), as Mazeppa — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) - *The Night Belongs to Us* (1929), Actor - *Die Schleiertänzerin* (1929), Actor - *Heilige oder Dirne* (1929), Actor - *Dear Homeland* (1929), as Verbrecher - *Ja, ja, die Frauen sind meine schwache Seite* (1929), Actor - *Inherited Passions* (1929), as Gauner - *Maskottchen* (1929), as Antoine - *Möblierte Zimmer* (1929), Actor - *The Crimson Circle* (1929), as Diener von Marl - *Asphalt* (1929), as Erster Dieb - *Heut' war ich bei der Frieda* (1928), as Eric Hahn - *Dornenweg einer Fürstin* (1928), Actor - *Saxophone Suzy* (1928), as Spencer - *Rasputins Liebesabenteuer* (1928), as Offizier - *Art of Love* (1928), as René - *Frauenarzt Dr. Schäfer* (1928), as Dr. Greber - *Der größte Gauner des Jahrhunderts* (1928), as Aristide Trasymopolus - *Es zogen drei Burschen* (1928), as Strafversetzter Oberleutnant - *A Perfect Gentleman* (1927), as Oberst Jacques Renard - *Die Dollarprinzessin und ihre sechs Freie* (1927), as Sekretär - *The Golden Abyss* (1927), as Baron Armand - *Primanerliebe* (1927), as Operasinger Blasiera - *Der Soldat der Marie* (1927), as Wonneberger - *Rinaldo Rinaldini* (1927), as Baron Salvi - *A Modern Dubarry* (1927), as Darius Kerbellan - *Die Villa im Tiergarten* (1927), as Baron Etville - *Die Frau die nicht nein sagen kann* (1927), Actor - *Die glühende Gasse* (1927), Actor - *Nixchen* (1926), as Lutz von Lonna - *Die Warenhausprinzessin* (1926), Actor - *Wrath of the Seas* (1926), as Oberheizer Tim Kreuger - *Der lachende Ehemann* (1926), as Graf Balthasar Selztal - *Schatz, mach' Kasse* (1926), as Theophil - *Only a Dancing Girl* (1926), Actor - *Küssen ist keine Sünd'* (1926), Actor - *Jagd auf Menschen* (1926), as Gordon - *An der Schönen Blauen Donau* (1926), Actor - *Die drei Mannequins* (1926), as Hochstapler - *Ich hatt' einen Kameraden* (1926), Actor - *Deutsche Herzen am deutschen Rhein* (1926), Actor - *Der Prinz und die Tänzerin* (1926), Actor - *Der Mann aus dem Jenseits* (1926), Actor - *The Fallen* (1926), as Hammer - *Der Bankkrach unter den Linden* (1926), as Fritz Bellmann - *Mein Freund der Chauffeur* (1926), Actor - *Halbseide* (1925), as Alex Bums/Pumm - *Der König und das kleine Mädchen* (1925), as Brechard - *Guillotine* (1925), Actor - *Luxusweibchen* (1925), as Kurt von Randow - *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1925), as Demetrius - *Die Venus von Montmartre* (1925), as Tricotin - *Das schöne Abenteuer* (1924), Actor - *Auf Befehl der Pompadour* (1924), as Herzog von Riverolles - *Inge Larsen* (1924), as gelangweilter Attaché - *Gehetzte Menschen* (1924), Actor - *Fräulein Raffke* (1923), as Baron - *Der Tiger des Zirkus Farini* (1923), Actor - *Lyda Ssanin* (1923), Actor - *Versunkene Welten* (1922), Actor - *Der böse Geist* (1922), Actor - *Söhne der Nacht, 2. Teil - Die Macht der Liebe* (1921), Actor - *Söhne der Nacht, 1. Teil: Die Verbrecher-GmbH* (1921), Actor - *Die große und die kleine Welt* (1921), Actor - *Taschendiebe* (1921), Actor - *Schieber* (1921), as Dr. Paul Grünmeier - *Der Schuß aus dem Fenster* (1920), Actor - *Die Schlange mit dem Mädchenkopf* (1920), Actor - *Madeleine* (1919), Actor - *Die Prinzessin von Urbino* (1919), Actor - *A Man's Girlhood* (1919), Actor - *Der Fürst der Nacht* (1919), Actor - *Das Tor der Freiheit* (1919), Actor - *Das Lied der Colombine* (1918), as Hans von Rotfels - *Das Spitzentuch der Fürstin Wolkowska* (1918), Actor - *Irrwege der Liebe* (1918), Actor - *Halkas Gelöbnis* (1918), as Graf Symon Barinowsky - *Der Mut zur Sünde* (1918), Actor - *Liebe und Leben. 1. Die Seele des Kindes* (1918), Actor - *Leuchtende Punkte* (1918), Actor - *Die Tochter der Gräfin Stachowska* (1917), Actor - *Rauschgold* (1917), Actor ## Gallery - ![Hans Albers](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-021c64c70def.jpg) Hans Albers — Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00586A,_Hans_Albers_und_italienischer_Tenor.jpg: UnknownUnknown derivative work: Janericloebe (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-00586A%2C_Hans_Albers%2C_Ausschnitt.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jenny Steiner and Hans Albers, March 1924](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-2a6216a33abc.jpg) Jenny Steiner and Hans Albers, March 1924 — Alexander Binder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Jenny_Steiner_and_Hans_Albers%2C_March_1924.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Portrait of the actor Hans Albers. 1922. Vintage gelatin silver print. 21 x 15,5 cm.](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-1bdf5d1d4f34.jpg) Portrait of the actor Hans Albers. 1922. Vintage gelatin silver print. 21 x 15,5 cm. — Alexander Binder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Hans_Albers_1922.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Hans Albers](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-4ff62aa6f020.jpg) Hans Albers — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Hans_Albers_%281930s%29_%2853065426289%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Hans Albers](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-fab513b99dae.jpg) Hans Albers — Image via TMDB - ![Hans Albers](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-dd2bd26b3ef4.jpg) Hans Albers — Image via TMDB - ![Contient : coupures de presse. - Classement alphabétique des titres de films sortis en 1940 Langue : français](https://film.one/media/person/3851405/gallery-bccfca6ff511.jpg) Contient : coupures de presse. - Classement alphabétique des titres de films sortis en 1940 Langue : français — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Recueil._Films_sortis_en_1940_-_btv1b10510422k_%2825_of_37%29.jpg/1280px-Recueil._Films_sortis_en_1940_-_btv1b10510422k_%2825_of_37%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1960: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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