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3 unusual facts about Karl Valentin


Hermann Leopoldi

By 1922 he and his brother were well enough known to open their own cabaret, Kabarett Leopoldi-Wiesenthal, which developed a reputation as a centre for such later celebrated performers as Hans Moser, Szöke Szakall, Max Hansen, Fritz Grünbaum, Karl Valentin, Raoul Aslan und Otto Tressler.

Solveig Nordlund

She directed several films in collaboration with the Cornucopia Theater that were based on the plays of Franz Xaver Kroetz (Música Para Si, Viagem Para a Felicidade, both in 1978 and Outras Perspectivas in 1980) and Karl Valentin (E Não se Pode Exterminá-lo? - 1979).

Truus van Aalten

Also in 1929, "Der Sonderling" ("The Eccentric") gave her the chance to work with one of Germany's comedy giants, Karl Valentin.



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