---
name: "Heinrich George"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/heinrich-george"
fi1m_id: "heinrich-george"
imdb_id: "nm0313447"
tmdb_id: 81
wikidata_id: "Q63816"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 October 1893"
died: "25 September 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:22:56.295671+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."
---

# Heinrich George

## Identity

Heinrich George

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/heinrich-george
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** heinrich-george
- **IMDb ID:** nm0313447
- **TMDB ID:** 81
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63816
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_George, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63816, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313447/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81

Actor. Born 9 October 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. Died 25 September 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 October 1893, Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]
- **Died:** 25 September 1946
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_George, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63816, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313447/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Metropolis*](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md) (87)

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## Biography

Heinrich George, born Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz on 9 October 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland), was a German stage and film actor. He made his stage debut in 1912 and appeared in his first film in 1921. During the Weimar Republic he worked in Berlin theatres, including with directors Erwin Piscator and Max Reinhardt, and founded the Schauspielertheater company in 1923.

George is known for his film roles including Grot in Fritz Lang’s *Metropolis* (1927) and Franz Biberkopf in *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1931). He also appeared in *Dreyfus* (1930). After 1933 he acted in several Nazi propaganda films, among them *Jud Süß* (1940) as Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and *Kolberg* (1945).

He was married to actress Berta Drews and was the father of actor Götz George. George was arrested by Soviet authorities in 1945 and died on 25 September 1946 in the Sachsenhausen internment camp.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Metropolis* (1927), Fi1m 87, as Grot — [page](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Planet Arium* (2025), Actor
- *Das Mädchen Juanita* (1945), as Konsul Christoph Henseling · Line Producer
- *Das Leben geht weiter* (1945), as F. W. Wurm
- *Kolberg* (1945), as Nettelbeck
- *Die Degenhardts* (1944), as Herr Degenhardt
- *Der Verteidiger hat das Wort* (1944), as Justizrat Jordan · Producer
- *Vienna 1910* (1943), as Georg Ritter von Schönerer
- *Der große Schatten* (1942), as Conrad Schroeter
- *Andreas Schlüter* (1942), as Andreas Schlüter
- *Wedding in Barenhof* (1942), as Baron Max von Hanke, Herr auf Bärenhof
- *Schicksal* (1942), as Stephan Rakitin
- *Pedro Will Hang* (1941), as Manuel, Kellner
- *Friedrich Schiller – The Triumph of a Genius* (1940), as Herzog Karl Eugen
- *Süss, the Jew* (1940), as Karl Alexander, Herzog von Württemberg
- *The Postmaster* (1940), as Der Postmeister
- *Die Räuber* (1940), Actor
- *Sensationsprozess Casilla* (1939), as M.Vandegrift, Rechtsanwalt
- *The Immortal Heart* (1939), as Peter Henlein
- *Homeland* (1938), as Leopold von Schwartze
- *The Stars Shine* (1938), as Gast
- *Mrs. Sylvelin* (1938), as Manfred Block
- *Der Biberpelz* (1937), as Amtsvorsteher Baron von Wehrhahn
- *An Enemy of the People* (1937), as Dr. Hans Stockmann
- *The Private's Job* (1937), as Kommandierender General
- *Versprich mir nichts!* (1937), as Felder
- *Ball at the Metropol* (1937), as Rudolf von Waltzien
- *Stjenka Rasin* (1936), as Fürst Dolgoruki
- *When the Cock Crows* (1936), as Jan Kreyenborg, Gemeindevorsteher
- *Die große und die kleine Welt* (1936), as Höxter
- *Pillars of Society* (1935), as Consul Bernick
- *A Night of Change* (1935), as Boris Pettkoff
- *Joan of Arc* (1935), as Herzog von Burgund
- *Hermine and the Seven Upright Men* (1935), as Zimmermeister Frymann
- *The Growing Youth* (1933), as Brodersen, Studiendirektor
- *Hitler Youth Quex* (1933), as Vater Völker
- *Tugboat M 17* (1933), as Henner, der Schiffer · Director
- *The Sea Calls* (1933), as Terje Wiggen
- *Goethe Lives...!* (1932), Actor
- *Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf* (1931), as Franz Biberkopf
- *Men Behind Bars* (1931), as Butch
- *The Man Who Committed the Murder* (1931), as Lord Edward Falkland
- *1914: The Last Days Before the War* (1931), as Jean Jaurès
- *The Love Storm* (1930), as Cass
- *Dreyfus* (1930), as Émile Zola
- *The Other* (1930), as Gastwirt Dickert
- *Explodigger 1010* (1929), as Direktor March
- *The Convict from Stamboul* (1929), as Thomas Zezi
- *Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers* (1929), as Jack
- *Das letzte Fort* (1929), as Croff
- *Der Mann mit dem Laubfrosch* (1929), as Der Mann mit dem Laubfrosch
- *The Last Performance* (1928), as Boris Stroganoff
- *Whirl of Youth* (1928), as Jig Hartford
- *Song* (1928), as Jack Houben
- *Die Leibeigenen* (1928), as Nikita
- *The Lady with the Mask* (1928), Actor
- *Orientexpress* (1927), as Peter Karg
- *Bigamie* (1927), as Otto Engel
- *Metropolis* (1927), as Grot — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/metropolis.md)
- *The Armored Vault* (1926), as Cracker
- *Wrath of the Seas* (1926), as Obermaat Röwer
- *Superfluous People* (1926), as Balagula
- *She* (1925), as Horace Holly
- *Soll und Haben* (1924), as Hippus
- *Steuerlos* (1924), Actor
- *Man by the Roadside* (1923), as Gutsbesitzer
- *Das fränkische Lied* (1923), Actor
- *Fridericus Rex - 4. Teil: Schicksalswende* (1923), as Prinz Karl Alexander von Lothringen
- *Earth Spirit* (1923), as Rodrigo
- *Die Sonne von St. Moritz* (1923), Actor
- *Lola Montez, the King’s Dancer* (1922), as Don Miguel
- *Lucrezia Borgia* (1922), as Sebastiano
- *Kean* (1922), Actor
- *Lady Hamilton* (1921), as Kapitän

## Gallery

- ![Heinrich George](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-32f7f4a50e43.jpg) Heinrich George — Waske, Bruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H09160%2C_Heinrich_George.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Grab von Heinrich George auf dem Friedhof Zehlendorf in Berlin. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-b2711720a686.jpg) Grab von Heinrich George auf dem Friedhof Zehlendorf in Berlin. (2016) — Axel Mauruszat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/2016-08-31_Grab-Heinrich-George.jpg/1280px-2016-08-31_Grab-Heinrich-George.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo from "Liv i kamp for Norge" ("Marie og Gulbrand Lunde Et liv i kamp for Norge"), a memorial book about Norwegian couple Marie (1907–1942) and Gulbrand Lun (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-50e574ef29ef.jpg) Photo from "Liv i kamp for Norge" ("Marie og Gulbrand Lunde Et liv i kamp for Norge"), a memorial book about Norwegian couple Marie (1907–1942) and Gulbrand Lun (2017) — Rikspropagandaledelsen (Propaganda department of Nasjonal Samling, Norwegian fascist party 1933–1945), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Marie_og_Gulbrand_Lunde_Et_liv_i_kamp_for_Norge_Rikspropagandaledelsen_Blix_forlag_1942_Page_040_Heinrich_George_i_filmbyen_Neu-Babelsberg.jpg/1280px-Marie_og_Gulbrand_Lunde_Et_liv_i_kamp_for_Norge_Rikspropagandaledelsen_Blix_forlag_1942_Page_040_Heinrich_George_i_filmbyen_Neu-Babelsberg.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Contient : coupures de presse. - Concerne : représentation du 3 novembre 1943 à la Comédie Française Langue : français](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-25448f385fd4.jpg) Contient : coupures de presse. - Concerne : représentation du 3 novembre 1943 à la Comédie Française Langue : français — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Recueil._%22L%27alcade_de_Zalam%C3%A9a%22_de_Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca%2C_traduction_allemande_de_W._von_Scholz_-_btv1b105159745_%2809_of_34%29.jpg/1280px-Recueil._%22L%27alcade_de_Zalam%C3%A9a%22_de_Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca%2C_traduction_allemande_de_W._von_Scholz_-_btv1b105159745_%2809_of_34%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Heinrich George](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-5ebe1ba35c71.jpg) Heinrich George — Image via TMDB
- ![Contient : coupures de presse. - Concerne : représentation du 3 novembre 1943 à la Comédie Française Langue : français](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-e4654565c5bb.jpg) Contient : coupures de presse. - Concerne : représentation du 3 novembre 1943 à la Comédie Française Langue : français — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Recueil._%22L%27alcade_de_Zalam%C3%A9a%22_de_Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca%2C_traduction_allemande_de_W._von_Scholz_-_btv1b105159745_%2810_of_34%29.jpg/1280px-Recueil._%22L%27alcade_de_Zalam%C3%A9a%22_de_Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca%2C_traduction_allemande_de_W._von_Scholz_-_btv1b105159745_%2810_of_34%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Contient : coupures de presse. - Concerne : représentation du 3 novembre 1943 à la Comédie Française Langue : français](https://film.one/media/person/104045/gallery-367e3824406d.jpg) Contient : coupures de presse. - Concerne : représentation du 3 novembre 1943 à la Comédie Française Langue : français — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Recueil._%22L%27alcade_de_Zalam%C3%A9a%22_de_Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca%2C_traduction_allemande_de_W._von_Scholz_-_btv1b105159745_%2822_of_34%29.jpg/1280px-Recueil._%22L%27alcade_de_Zalam%C3%A9a%22_de_Pedro_Calderon_de_la_Barca%2C_traduction_allemande_de_W._von_Scholz_-_btv1b105159745_%2822_of_34%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Staatsschauspieler 1937: Staatsschauspieler (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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