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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-08-04

Place of Birth

Bremen, Germany

Gustav Botz

Biography

Gustav Botz (4 August 1883 – 29 September 1932) was a German actor. Botz was born on 4 August 1883 in Bremen, German Empire. He began his career in film business The Foreign Prince (1918), The Devil (1918), His Majesty the Hypochondriac (1918), Ikarus, the Flying Man (1918), The Rose of Stamboul (1919), The Secret of the American Docks (1919), The Head of Janus (1920), Monika Vogelsang (1920), Battle of the Sexes (1920), Mary Magdalene (1920), Catherine the Great (1920), The Courier from Lisbon (1921), Peter Voss, Their of Millions (1921), The Eternal Struggle (1921), Lola Montez, the King's Dancer (1922), Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922), Nosferatu (1922). His last film role was in 1924's My Leopold and Botz retired from the film business.

Known for

Nosferatu

Nosferatu

The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergères show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him.

Der Millionendieb

Der Millionendieb

Der Barbier von Filmersdorf

Der Barbier von Filmersdorf

Ikarus, the Flying Man

Ikarus, the Flying Man

Two French spies, Baron d’Aubigny and Clemence de Montignon, blackmail German engineer Günther Ellinghaus with his gambling debts into handing over his construction plans for the new Ikarus engine. He flees to New York and works as a waiter. When World War I breaks, he signs on as a fireman on a Dutch ship and returns to Europe. He becomes a fighter pilot in Germany and faces the former spies as his enemies. After an emergency landing he is taken into their headquarters. He escapes an attempted murder and fights his enemies in an air battle. Both of them survive and after the war Ellinghaus offers them his hand in reconciliation.

The Secret of the American Docks

The Secret of the American Docks

James Mistoll, one of the owners of a factory, and working on a process to turn copper ore into radium, falls from a window on the fourth floor and dies; This was no accident, but a murder. A detective sends his assistant, Barnes, to investigate and soon the number of suspects from within the company multiplies.

Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

This special presentation of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) pairs the original silent film with Radiohead’s “KID A (2000) / Amnesiac (2001) as its score, courtesy of Silents Synced. Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music, partnering with independent cinemas to create memorable, new silent film experiences. "Nosferatu x Radiohead: A Silents Synced Film" is directed and remixed by Josh Frank.

The Discovery of Germany by the Martians

The Discovery of Germany by the Martians

Aliens discover Germany.

Der Kampf der Geschlechter

Der Kampf der Geschlechter

Der Schmuck der Herzogin

Der Schmuck der Herzogin

Carl and Carla

Carl and Carla

The Head of Janus

The Head of Janus

Two opposing characters are hidden in the person of the inconspicuous London gentleman Dr. Warren and Janus. A lost film.

The Twelfth Hour

The Twelfth Hour

A version of Nosferatu to which sound was added. Some scenes were left out and new ones were added including a different ending. Additionally all the characters names were changed.

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great

The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.

The Rose of Istanbul

The Rose of Istanbul