Overview
Carl Balhaus (born Carl Ballhaus; 4 November 1905 – 28 July 1968) was a German stage and film actor. After the Second World War he worked as screenwriter and director for the East German state-owned studio DEFA. He was an uncle of the Academy Award nominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.
Selected filmography
Actor
Der alte Fritz - 2. Ausklang (1928) - Ein Desserteur
The Age of Seventeen (1929) - Gerts Freund Martin
The Brandenburg Arch (1929) - Max
Spring Awakening (1929) - Moritz, sein Sohn
Revolt in the Reformatory (1930) - Fritz
Menschen im Feuer (1930)
Scapa Flow (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930) - Gymnasiast Ertzum / Pupil
Westfront 1918 (1930) - Butcher (uncredited)
Only on the Rhine (1930) - Karl
A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930) - Bornemanns Leibfuchs
Father and Son (1930) - Louis de Lorche
Großstadtpiraten (1930) - Cubby O'Brien
1914 (1931) - Gavrilo Princip
Shadows of the Underworld (1931) - Jonny
M (1931) - Leeser - the man who marks Hans Beckert (uncredited)
Kinder vor Gericht (1931) - Ewald, der Zeitungsjunge
Kadetten (1931) - Kadettenunteroffizier von Zerbitz
General Yorck (1931)
Ombres des bas fonds (1931) - Jonny
Man Without a Name (1932)
Johnny Steals Europe (1932) - Monk
Spoiling the Game (1932)
Sacred Waters (1932) - Josi Blattrer
Impossible Love (1932) - Erwin Hammer
The Marathon Runner (1932) - Hans Huber
Anna and Elizabeth (1933) - Martin
Abel with the Mouth Organ (1933) - Peter
Police Report (1934) - Schriftleiter
In Sachen Timpe (1934) - Udo, ihr Sohn
Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen (1938) - Zunder - sein Freund
The Fire Devil (1940) - Kärntner Bauernbursche
Venus on Trial (1941) - Alfred, Peters Freund
Geheimakten Solvay (1953) - Rudi
Damals in Paris (1956) - Schäfer
SAS 181 antwortet nicht (1959)
Die schwarze Galeere (1962) - Mann im Mastkorb
Viel Lärm um nichts (1964) - Antonio (final film role)
Director
Der Fall Dr. Wagner (1954)
Damals in Paris (1956)
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