Bernhard Goetzke

Born June 5, 1884· Danzig, West Prussia, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]

† Died October 7, 1964

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Born in Danzig, Goetzke trained on provincial stages before joining Max Reinhardt’s Berlin ensembles and securing a long tenure at the Schiller Theater. He entered film with Robert Wiene’s 1917 Furcht and quickly became a silent-era staple, delivering striking performances in Fritz Lang’s Destiny, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler and Die Nibelungen, which cemented his reputation for restrained power. Intern…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources