Carl Balhaus

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)