
John Gottowt
Known for: Acting
Born: June 15, 1881
Died: August 29, 1942
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 a…
Known for

The Hunchback and the Dancer
1920
Der schwarze Stern
1922

Die Prinzessin von Neutralien
1917

The Student of Prague
1913

Algol: Tragedy of Power
1920

Morphium
1919

Das schwarze Los
1913

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920
Brennendes Land
1921
The Night of Queen Isabeau
1920
Der rote Henker
1920

Waxworks
1924

The Twelfth Hour
1930
Peer Gynt - 1. Teil: Peer Gynts Jugend
1919

Nosferatu
1922

Radiohead X Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
2025

The Flight in the Night
1926

The Living Dead
1932