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Ossip Runitsch is a Actor Russe born on 1 january 1889

Ossip Runitsch

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Birth name Ossip Fradkin
Nationality Russie
Birth 1 january 1889
Death 6 april 1947 (at 58 years) at Johannesburg (South africa)

Ossip Iliych Runitsch (Russian: Осип Ильич Рунич; [ˈosʲɪp ɪˈlʲjitɕ rʊˈnʲitɕ]; 1889 – April 6, 1947) was a Russian silent film actor, producer and stage director.

He was one of the biggest stars of Russian silent cinema and one of the first iconic figures of Russian cinematograph. In 1915-1919 he starred in some successful silent films of that time as "Molchi, grust... molchi" and "Posledneiye tango" with other film stars as Vera Kholodnaya, Vitold Polonsky and Pyotr Chardynin.

Runitsch was a long time admirer of his co-star Kholodnaya and after her death in 1919 during Russian Civil War, he fled Russia and left for Italy where he took part in a number of films. Later, he moved to Germany where he starred together with Emil Jannings and other famous German actors.

In 1925 he married Nina Pavlishcheva, a courtier ballet dancer.

By the late 1930s, he was living in Riga, Latvia,where he played in the troupe of Russian Drama Theatre. Apparently, when he realised that the World War II was inevitable, he accepted an invitation to tour South Africa from his local Jewish friends. He stayed in South Africa and became a founder of one of the first professional theatre companies in a country. Besides, he produced operas for the State Theatre in mid-1940s.

Died in 1947.

Biography

Ossip Runitsch est l'un des grands acteurs des débuts du cinéma russe. Il fait ensuite carrière dans le cinéma allemand.

Usually with

Robert Wiene
Robert Wiene
(3 films)
Carl Mayer
Carl Mayer
(2 films)
Werner Krauss
Werner Krauss
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ossip Runitsch (7 films)

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Be Silent, Sorrow, Be Silent, 1h21
Directed by Piotr Tchardynine
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Vera Kholodnaïa, Piotr Tchardynine, Ossip Runitsch, Vitold Polonski, Vladimir Maksimov
Roles Zaritskii, a barrister
Rating61% 3.0888453.0888453.0888453.0888453.088845
Paula is a circus performer married to clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio drinks heavily, and eventually he is critically injured when he performs drunk. The crippled Lorio and Paula are forced to become street musicians.