Trivia

Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making films following the Nazi rise to power in 1933.

Julius Falkenstein belonged to the most popular film comedians of the German silent movie.

The transition to the sound film didn't cause him any trouble.

Bald, often monocle-wearing German character actor, on stage from 1906 at the Residenztheater in Berlin. Prolific in silent films from 1914, essaying diverse eccentric characters. Did his best work for Murnau and Lubitsch.

In the 30's he made more movies than he did in the 20's each year. In his last four years of his life he played in almost twenty movies a year.

He had his first film appearance in 1914 in the movies "Die geheimnisvolle Villa" and "Eine Nacht im Mädchenpensionat".