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Birth Name: Isidor Gesang
Born: 15 June 1881 Died: 29 August 1942
Country of origin: 
Ukraine
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John Gottowt was a German actor, stage director and film director for theatres and silent movies.
He was born as Isidor Gesang in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary. 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 ("Algol: Tr
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3. The Student of Prague (1913)
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5. The Hunchback and the Dancer (1920)
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