Trivia

Character actor of German silent films, on stage from 1905. Gave some of his best performances under the direction of F. W. Murnau. Because of his Jewish background, the Nazis excluded him from the Reichstheaterkammer in 1938 and had him incarcerated in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942. Fürth survived the ordeal but died shortly after the end of the war in Vienna.

When he moved to Germany in 1920 he not only experienced the height of his theater career but also became a demanded movie actor. During his career he appeared in some of the most important silent movies and he had partners of worldwide renown at his side.

Initially he studied law before taking stage engagements and performing in roles created by Henrik Ibsen.

He went to Austria in 1905 where he got an engagement at the Deutsches Volkstheater in Vienna.

Fürth would transition to the era of sound film with ease, and would become a notable character actor throughout the late 1920s and 1930s, appearing in such films as Georg Wilhelm Pabst's drama Diary of a Lost Girl opposite American actress Louise Brooks and Karel Lamac's 1931 film adaptation of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, opposite Czech actress Anny Ondra.

The height of his career formed the movie "Die freudlose Gasse" (1925) where he acted at Asta Nielsen's side - the greatest star of the 10's - and at Greta Garbo's side - one of the greatest stars of the 20's and 30's.

His career came to an end when the National Socialists seized the power. Jaro Fürth left Germany and went back to Austria. But the political situation caught him up soon. It followed the deportation to Theresienstadt in 1942. He survived the KZ but was only able to rejoice in the freedom for few months. In November 1945 he died in Vienna.

He got acting lessons by Alexander Römpler, afterwards followed first theater engagements in Scandinavia.