John Gottowt

John Gottowt

John Gottowt (born Isidor Gesang; 15 June 1881 – 29 August 1942) was an Austrian actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies. Gottowt was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. After his education in Vienna, he joined the Deutsches Theater in Berlin in 1905, working for Max Reinhardt as an actor and director. Gottowt was mainly active in different theatres in Berlin as a character actor and director. His first silent film appearance was in Paul Wegener’s Der Student von Prag ("The Student of Prague") (1913). In 1920 he appeared in Robert Wiene's Genuine and took the main role in the early science fiction film Algol. In 1921 he played Professor Bulwer (Abraham van Helsing) in the classic silent film Nosferatu directed by F.W. Murnau. Gottowt made also several films with his brother-in-law Henrik Galeen but, as a Jew, was banned in 1933 from working as a professional actor. After a few years in Denmark he moved to Kraków in Poland. He was murdered in 1942 by an SS officer while in hiding in Wieliczka, disguised as a Roman Catholic priest.

  • Title: John Gottowt
  • Popularity: 4.375
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1881-06-15
  • Place of Birth: Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
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  • Also Known As: Isidor Gesang
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John Gottowt Movies

  • 1922
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    Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    7.68 1922 HD

    The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near...

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  • 1919
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    Morphium

    Morphium

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1913
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    The Student of Prague

    The Student of Prague

    6 1913 HD

    Prague, Bohemia, 1820. Balduin, a penniless student, falls in love with Countess Margit, a wealthy noblewoman whom he has saved from drowning.

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  • 1932
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    The Living Dead

    The Living Dead

    5.8 1932 HD

    A crazed scientist murders his wife, walls her up, then flees. A reporter sets out to track him down. Remake of Unheimliche Geschichten (Richard...

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  • 1920
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    Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

    Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

    5.5 1920 HD

    Since completing a portrait of Genuine, a high priestess, Percy becomes irritable and withdrawn. He loses interest in painting and refuses to see his...

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  • 1998
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    Nosferatu: The First Vampire

    Nosferatu: The First Vampire

    5 1998 HD

    The horror classic, Nosferatu, remastered with a soundtrack by Type-O Negative and hosted by David Carradine.

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  • 1926
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    The Flight in the Night

    The Flight in the Night

    1 1926 HD

    Based on the play Henry IV by Luigi Pirandello. Conrad Veidt plays Count di Nolli, a nobleman who, after a head injury, imagines he is the medieval...

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  • 1922
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    Der schwarze Stern

    Der schwarze Stern

    1 1922 HD

    Crime movie about a mysterious underground cult culminating in a prison revolt.

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  • 1921
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    Brennendes Land

    Brennendes Land

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1920
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    The Night of Queen Isabeau

    The Night of Queen Isabeau

    1 1920 HD

    The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.

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  • 1920
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    Algol: Tragedy of Power

    Algol: Tragedy of Power

    6.3 1920 HD

    An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that creates enough energy to power the entire world.

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  • 1920
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    Der rote Henker

    Der rote Henker

    1 1920 HD

    France in the first half of the 17th century, at the time of the Duke and all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu. The courtesan Marion Delorme falls in love...

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  • 1924
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    Waxworks

    Waxworks

    6.389 1924 HD

    A poet is hired by the owner of a wax museum in a circus to write tales about Harun al Raschid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper. While writing,...

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  • 1930
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    The Twelfth Hour

    The Twelfth Hour

    1 1930 HD

    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...

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  • 1919
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    Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend

    Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend

    1 1919 HD

    Based on Henrik Ibsen's play.

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  • 1913
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    Das schwarze Los

    Das schwarze Los

    1 1913 HD

    About members of a Commedia dell'arte troupe . Initially cheerful, later tragic events in a triangular relationship consisting of the classic...

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  • 1920
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    The Hunchback and the Dancer

    The Hunchback and the Dancer

    1 1920 HD

    Wilton, a hunchback, who was always scorned and ridiculed by women, returns from Java a rich man after having discovered a diamond mine. He romances...

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  • 1917
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    Die Prinzessin von Neutralien

    Die Prinzessin von Neutralien

    1 1917 HD

    Billionaire's daughter Ethel Vandergolt has rejected so many lovers that they set up a club to get revenge on her.

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  • 1913
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    Das schwarze Los

    Das schwarze Los

    1 1913 HD

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