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- Birth nameAlbert Peter Adam Florath
- Albert Florath was born on December 14, 1888 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Liebe, Tod und Teufel (1934), Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931) and Donogoo Tonka (1936). He was married to Elz Rothenaicher. He died on March 10, 1957 in Gaildorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- SpouseElz Rothenaicher(? - March 10, 1957) (his death)
- Heavy-set, prominently white-maned character actor, the son of a locksmith. Florath worked in admin before embarking on a theatrical career in 1908. From 1922 to 1945, he was a regular cast member of Max Reinhardt's Berliner Staatstheater. He was versatile in every genre of film (beginning in silent cinema) as hearty, down-to-earth working class or professional men, particularly pedagogues, priests and physicians.
- After the failure of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and the murder of Kurt Eisner, Florath went to Berlin, where he served from 1920 until 1944 in the ensemble of the National Theatre and also directed.
- During World War I he served voluntarily for the Royal Bavarian infantry Leibregiment where he also acted as a recruit instructor, and he was also put into action at the Western Front.
- He took acting lessons with Alois Wohlmut and, as a sideline, wrote feuilleton contributions.
- Florath lived in Schlechtbach, Gschwend, from 1938 until his death in 1957.
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