Carl Balhaus (born Carl Ballhaus; 4 November 1905 – 28 July 1968) 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
Actor
Der alte Fritz - 2. Ausklang (1928) - Ein Desserteur
The Age of Seventeen (1929) - Gerts Freund Martin
The Brandenburg Arch (1929) - Max
Spring Awakening (1929) - Moritz, sein Sohn
Revolt in the Reformatory (1930) - Fritz
Menschen im Feuer (1930) Scapa Flow (1930) The Blue Angel (1930) - Gymnasiast Ertzum / Pupil Westfront 1918 (1930) - Butcher (uncredited) Only on the Rhine (1930) - Karl A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930) - Bornemanns Leibfuchs Father and Son (1930) - Louis de Lorche Großstadtpiraten (1930) - Cubby O'Brien 1914 (1931) - Gavrilo Princip Shadows of the Underworld (1931) - Jonny M (1931) - Leeser - the man who marks Hans Beckert (uncredited) Kinder vor Gericht (1931) - Ewald, der Zeitungsjunge Kadetten (1931) - Kadettenunteroffizier von Zerbitz General Yorck (1931) Ombres des bas fonds (1931) - Jonny Man Without a Name (1932) Johnny Steals Europe (1932) - Monk Spoiling the Game (1932) Sacred Waters (1932) - Josi Blattrer Impossible Love (1932) - Erwin Hammer The Marathon Runner (1932) - Hans Huber Anna and Elizabeth (1933) - Martin Abel with the Mouth Organ (1933) - Peter Police Report (1934) - Schriftleiter In Sachen Timpe (1934) - Udo, ihr Sohn Einmal werd' ich Dir gefallen (1938) - Zunder - sein Freund The Fire Devil (1940) - Kärntner Bauernbursche Venus on Trial (1941) - Alfred, Peters Freund Geheimakten Solvay (1953) - Rudi Damals in Paris (1956) - Schäfer SAS 181 antwortet nicht (1959) Die schwarze Galeere (1962) - Mann im Mastkorb Viel Lärm um nichts (1964) - Antonio (final film role)
Director
Der Fall Dr. Wagner (1954) Damals in Paris (1956)
Bibliography
Kosta, Barbara. Willing Seduction: The Blue Angel, Marlene Dietrich, and Mass Culture. Berghahn Books, 2009