Carl Balhaus


Carl Balhaus was a German stage and film actor. After the Second World War he worked as screenwriter and director for the East German state-owned studio DEFA. He was an uncle of the Academy Award nominated cinematographer Michael Ballhaus.

Selected filmography

ActorDer alte Fritz - 2. Ausklang - Ein DesserteurThe Age of Seventeen - Gerts Freund MartinThe Brandenburg Arch - MaxSpring Awakening - Moritz, sein SohnRevolt in the Reformatory - FritzMenschen im Feuer Scapa Flow The Blue Angel - Gymnasiast Ertzum / PupilWestfront 1918 - Butcher Only on the Rhine - KarlA Student's Song of Heidelberg - Bornemanns LeibfuchsFather and Son - Louis de LorcheGroßstadtpiraten - Cubby O'Brien1914 - Gavrilo PrincipShadows of the Underworld - JonnyM - Leeser - the man who marks Hans Beckert Kinder vor Gericht - Ewald, der ZeitungsjungeKadetten - Kadettenunteroffizier von ZerbitzGeneral Yorck Ombres des bas fonds - JonnyMan Without a Name Johnny Steals Europe - MonkSpoiling the Game Sacred Waters - Josi BlattrerImpossible Love - Erwin HammerThe Marathon Runner - Hans HuberAnna and Elizabeth - MartinAbel with the Mouth Organ - PeterPolice Report - SchriftleiterIn Sachen Timpe - Udo, ihr SohnEinmal werd' ich Dir gefallen - Zunder - sein FreundThe Fire Devil - Kärntner BauernburscheVenus on Trial - Alfred, Peters FreundGeheimakten Solvay - RudiDamals in Paris - SchäferSAS 181 antwortet nicht Die schwarze Galeere - Mann im MastkorbViel Lärm um nichts - Antonio
DirectorDer Fall Dr. Wagner