Actor. He was born in Neunkirchen and died in Rosenheim (Germany). He began his film career at the beginning of the 20's in the movie "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" (1922). He continued his career in the 30's with "Die grosse Sehnsucht" (1930), "Die Männer um Lucie" (1931) and "Lady Windermeres Fächer" (1935). When Hitler rise to power, he was forced to exile to England where he worked in movies such as "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934), "Victoria the Great" (1937), "Sixty Glorious Years" (1938), "Sabotage Agent" (1943), "Shadow of the Eagle" (1950) and "The Gamma People" (1956). In 1957, he returned to Germany and he appeared in movies like "Scampolo" (1958), "Der Fälscher von London" (1961), "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse" (1962), "Grieche sucht Griechin" (1966) and "Der Teufel kam Akasawa" (1971). He was the father of motion picture director Wolf Rilla (died in 2005).
Actor. He was born in Neunkirchen and died in Rosenheim (Germany). He began his film career at the beginning of the 20's in the movie "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" (1922). He continued his career in the 30's with "Die grosse Sehnsucht" (1930), "Die Männer um Lucie" (1931) and "Lady Windermeres Fächer" (1935). When Hitler rise to power, he was forced to exile to England where he worked in movies such as "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934), "Victoria the Great" (1937), "Sixty Glorious Years" (1938), "Sabotage Agent" (1943), "Shadow of the Eagle" (1950) and "The Gamma People" (1956). In 1957, he returned to Germany and he appeared in movies like "Scampolo" (1958), "Der Fälscher von London" (1961), "Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse" (1962), "Grieche sucht Griechin" (1966) and "Der Teufel kam Akasawa" (1971). He was the father of motion picture director Wolf Rilla (died in 2005).
Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
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