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Karl Valentin
Munich, Germany
Karl Valentin (IPA: ['falɛntiːn], born Valentin Ludwig Fey; 4 June 1882 – 9 February 1948) was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had sign…
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Karl Valentin (IPA: ['falɛntiːn], born Valentin Ludwig Fey; 4 June 1882 – 9 February 1948) was a Bavarian comedian, cabaret performer, clown, author and film producer. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". His work has an essential influence on artists like Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot and Helge Schneider. He developed a reputation for writing and performing short comic routines, which he performed in a strong Bavarian dialect, usually with his female partner, Liesl Karlstadt. His art centered mostly around linguistic dexterity and wordplay—Valentin was a linguistic anarchist.
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- 2024
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2019
Karl Valentin: Der Unverstandene
Movie Self (archival footage)
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2001
Das Jahrhundert des Kabaretts
TV show Self (archive Footage)
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1986
İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı
Movie Writer
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1982
Einmal im Jahr möcht' ich auch lachen können
Movie selbst (Archivmaterial)
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1979
E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo?
Movie Writer
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1963
Der Buchbinder Wanninger
Movie Theatre Play
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1953
Lachkabinett
Movie
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1941
In der Apotheke
Movie Kunde
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1937
Der Antennendraht
Movie Intruder
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1936
Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine
Movie Schneidermeister Huckebein
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1936
Die Erbschaft
Movie Karl Meier
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1936
Beim Rechtsanwalt
Movie The Farmer
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1936
Street Music
Movie Kürassier-Otto
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1936
At the Neurologist
Movie Mr. Meier
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1936
Musik zu zweien
Movie
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- 1936
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1936
The Checkered Vest
Movie
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1935
Fruit in the Neighbor's Garden
Movie Valentin, sein Gärtner
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1934
The Confirmee
Movie Father
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1934
So ein Theater!
Movie Geiger
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1934
Der verhexte Scheinwerfer
Movie Elektriker
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1934
Im Schallplattenladen
Movie Kunde
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1934
Es knallt
Movie Xaver Fürst
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1934
Der Theaterbesuch
Movie Fanny's Husband
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1934
Der Zithervirtuose
Movie Zithervirtuose
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1933
Orchesterprobe
Movie Trumpeter
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1933
Im Photoatelier
Movie Heinrich
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1932
The Bartered Bride
Movie Rudolph Brummer
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1929
Der Sonderling
Movie Schneidergeselle
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1923
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
Movie Frisiergeselle
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1921
Auf dem Oktoberfest
Movie
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1914
New Desk
Movie Sekretär Dürr
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1913
Der Kuß
Movie
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1913
Karl Valentins Hochzeit
Movie Groom
- 1913
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1912
The Jolly Vagabonds
Movie Valentin (Police Officer)
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Der Feuerwehrtrompeter
Movie Feuerwehrtrompeter
