Franz Stein
# Franz Stein

Franz Stein (1880–1958) was a German cinematographer and film actor. During the silent era he shot a number of films, many of them for National Film. After 1925 his film appearances were exclusively as an actor.

## Selected filmography

### Cinematographer

* Lotte Lore (1921)
* Your Brother's Wife (1921)
* Your Bad Reputation (1922)
* La Boheme (1923)
* The Red Rider (1923)
* Maud Rockefeller's Bet (1924)
* The Doomed (1924)
* Set Me Free (1924)
* Za La Mort (1924)
* The Proud Silence (1925)
* Hedda Gabler (1925)
* Lena Warnstetten (1925)
* Battle of the Butterflies (1924)

### Actor

* The Catwalk (1927) - Landrat von Krotkeim
* The Old Fritz (1928) - Lordmarschall Keith
* Luther (1928)
* Fair Game (1928) - Regisseur Finke
* Robert and Bertram (1928) - 2. Vagabund
* Die von der Scholle sind (1928)
* The Lord of the Tax Office (1929) - Udo von Langwitzs Vater
* Andreas Hofer (1929) - Pater Haspinger
* The Way Through the Night (1929)
* Marriage in Name Only (1930)
* Wibbel the Tailor (1931) - Nachtwächter
* M (1931) - Minister
* The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931) - Gesangslehrer
* The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
* Unheimliche Geschichten (1932) - Kreisel in der Irrenanstalt
* The Black Hussar (1932) - Der Spion
* The First Right of the Child (1932)
* The Lake Calls (1933) - Der alte Jansen
* The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
* Music in the Blood (1934)
* Love and the First Railway (1934)
* The Two Seals (1934) - Dr.Spärlich
* The Gypsy Baron (1935)
* The Bird Seller (1935)
* A Pair of Lovers (1935)
* The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935) - Vater Christmann
* Frisians in Peril (1935) - Christian Kröger
* Pillars of Society (1935) - Ein Bürger
* Augustus the Strong (1936) - Superintendent
* Soldaten - Kameraden (1936)
* Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (1937) - Schreiber
* Madame Bovary (1937) - Herzog de Laverrière
* To New Shores (1937) - Puritaner
* La Habanera (1937) - Falk
* Der nackte Spatz (1938) - Engel - Schneidermeister
* Spaßvögel (1939) - Kimpel
* Salonwagen E 417 (1939)
* Detours to Happiness (1939) - Dr. Lehmann
* Die Geliebte (1939)
* The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939) - Dr. Ossorgin (uncredited)
* Robert Koch (1939) - Wissenschaftler im Pathologischen Institu
* Kornblumenblau (1939)
* Ein ganzer Kerl (1939) - Versicherungsbeamter
* My Aunt, Your Aunt (1939)
* Rheinische Brautfahrt (1939) - Hausknecht August
* The Girl at the Reception (1940) - Hauptschriftleiter Grimm
* Clothes Make the Man (1940)
* Frieder und Catherlieschen (1940)
* The Swedish Nightingale (1941) - Hofuhrmacher
* Rembrandt (1942) - Stadtschreiber
* Der große Schatten (1942) - Zeitungsredakteur
* Münchhausen (1943) - Leibjäger Rösemeyer (uncredited)
* Paracelsus (1943) - Doctor
* Die Zaubergeige (1944)
* Shiva und die Galgenblume (1945)
* The Adventures of Fridolin (1948) - Der Standesbeamte
* Knall and Fall as Detectives (1953) - Professor Brott
* The Star of Rio (1955) - (final film role)
