Louis Brody

Louis Brody (15 February 1892 – 11 February 1952) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician, and wrestler.[1]

Louis Brody
Born	Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa (1892-02-15)15 February 1892 Douala, Kamerun
Died	11 February 1952(1952-02-11) (aged 59) Berlin, Germany
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915-1951

Brody was born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon.[1] His career began in the 1910s after he moved to Germany and lasted uninterrupted throughout the Nazi regime till his death in 1952. Brody engaged also in political work in favour of Afro-Germans as part of the African Aid Organisation, established by and for Afro-Germans living in Germany. In 1938 he married a woman from Danzig. Unlike black and Jewish colleagues and friends of his, Brody survived the racist regime of the Nazis while remaining active and successful as an artist. His roles often emphasized the racial stigmas prevalent against blacks in Germany at the times.

Selected filmography

• Das Gesetz der Mine (1915) as the African (film debut)
• The Mistress of the World (1919) as Mallkalle the medicine man/Simba the Chinese servant
• The Dagger of Malaya (1919) as Jack Johnson
• Genuine (1920) as the Malay
• Destiny (1921) as the Moor
• The Pearl of the Orient (1921) as the Rajah's servant
• The Conspiracy in Genoa (1921) as Mulay Hassan
• The Secret of Bombay (1921)
• The Poisoned Stream (1921)
• The Man Without a Name (1921)
• The Secret of Santa Maria (1921)
• Lust for Life (1922) as Jimmy
• Das Spielzeug einer Tänzerin (1923) as Brutus
• The Pleasure Garden (1925) as the plantation manager (uncredited)
• The Boxer's Bride (1926) as Fighting Bob
• I Once Had a Comrade (1926)
• The Armoured Vault (1926) as the chauffeur
• The Great Duchess (1926)
• Mata Hari (1927)
• Death Drive for the World Record (1929) as Salto King's servant
• Calais-Dover (1931)
• No More Love (1931) as the cook
• Narcotics (1932)
• Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932)
• The White Demon (1932) as the theater janitor
• Hard Luck Mary (1934) as the black man
• The Riders of German East Africa (1934) as Hamissi
• Pillars of Society (1935)
• La Habanera (1937)
• The Mystery of Betty Bonn (1938) as Seaman Higgins
• Sergeant Berry (1938) as Berrys's roommate
• Water for Canitoga (1939) as Johnny
• Jud Süß (1940) as the Duke's domestic
• Goodbye, Franziska (1941) as the hotel porter
• Carl Peters (1941) as the East African tribal chief
• Ohm Kruger (1941) as Lobenguela
• Vom Schicksal verweht (1942)
• Doctor Crippen (1942) as Pedro
• Münchhausen (1943) as Abd al-Hamid's servant (uncredited)
• Germanin – Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat (1943) as King Wapunga
• Kolberg (1945) as a Black French soldier (uncredited)
• Quax in Africa (1947)
• Nights on the Nile (1949) as an Egyptian man
• The Black Forest Girl (1950) as a party guest (uncredited)
• The Last Year (1951)

References

1. "Afrika in Berlin". dhm.de.

External links

• Louis Brody on IMDb