Rolf Wenkhaus
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Rolf Wenkhaus (September 9, 1917 - January 31, 1942)[1] was a German child actor who is most likely recalled for his role of Emil Tischbein in the 1931 film Emil and the Detectives.
Born in Berlin, Germany,[2] Rolf Wenkhaus was the son of actor Kurt Wenkhaus. He made his film debut at age 14 in 1931 as a child actor in the role of Emil in the Gerhard Lamprecht-directed adventure film Emil and the Detectives (German: Emil und die Detektive) for Universum Film AG. The film was based on eponymous 1929 novel by Erich Kästner and proved to be commercially successful.[3]
In 1933 he appeared in one of the Third Reich's first propaganda films S.A.-Mann Brand[4] as Erich Lohner, a juvenile member of the Hitler Youth who selflessly sacrifices himself at film's end to save a comrade.[5] Like many Nazi propaganda films of the period, S.A.-Mann Brand was banned from viewing for many years following World War II.
After the outbreak of WW II, Wenkhaus enlisted in the military and was killed in action in 1942.
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- ^ Movie Kids
- ^ Movie Kids
- ^ "Movies: About Emil und die Detektive", New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-10.
- ^ The New York Times Movies: S.A.-Mann Brand
- ^ "Movies: About S. A..-Mann Brand", New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-08-10.
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