George Schnéevoigt

He trained as a photographer and studied with actress Tilla Durieux and actor Ludvig Hartau.

[3] Schnéevoigt made his debut as an actor at the age of 19 at the Neues Schauspilhaus in Berlin, where he met his future wife, the painter Tilly von Kaulbach.

Kaulbachs Kunstfilmdid not have much success, and in Schnéevoigt instead ended up with job at Nordisk Film.

[5] At Nordisk Film he worked with Carl Theodor Dreyer as a photographer on films like Blade af Satans Bog from 1921 and Du skal ære din hustru from 1925.

[4] Schnéevoigt directed a number of notable films such as Præsten i Vejlby (1931), which was the first Danish sound film, Hotel Paradis (1931), Skal vi vædde en million?

Schnéevoigt talking to an actor while smoking a cigarette
Painting by Schnéevoigt, presumably made sometime during the last 20 years of his life