Friday 11 August 2023

1575) Karl Valentin

Karl Valentin (born Valentin Ludwig Fey, 1882 – 1948). Bavarian comedian. 

He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". His work has an essential influence on artists like Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett, Loriot and Helge Schneider.


- "Valentin was physically striking, a tall, exceedingly lanky figure with bright ginger hair and elastic facial features..." https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/cy/publications/persona-and-physicality-in-the-work-of-karl-valentin


- "Already as a young boy, the red-head Valentin was a regular in the “Wagnerbräu” alehouse on Lilienstraße."  https://wirtshausinderau.de/en/wirtshaus/curiosities/ 

 


 

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