Albert Lieven
Biography
Albert Lieven was a German actor whose stage work in Gera and Königsberg came before his first film part, in the 1932 German picture Annemarie, die Braut der Kompanie. He made sixteen more films in the following four years, among them a German version of Charley's Aunt. He settled in Britain in 1937, and through the Second World War he was mostly cast as Nazis in British movies, a type of role he did not find demanding. His London stage appearances included the 1939 comedy Rake's Progress and, in 1943, the West End show The Lisbon Story, the year he was also seen in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Rank held him under contract for five years beginning in 1945, appearing in Frieda (1947) and Marry Me! (1949) among others. He went back to Germany in 1951 and continued acting in German, British and Hollywood films.
65years old at death
- Born Olsztynek
- Died London
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Albert Fritz Lieven
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 20 years1943 to 1963
Every film, newest first
- 1963The VictorsIMDb rating 6.9
- 1962The Devil's AgentIMDb rating 5.8
- 1961The Guns of NavaroneIMDb rating 7.5
- 1945The Seventh VeilIMDb rating 6.7
- 1943The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpIMDb rating 8.0
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A first
In 1940 alone, Lieven was credited in seven cinema productions, and he played a German in every one of them.
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Worked with
Albert Lieven shares two films with Peter Vaughan, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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