Adalbert was born in
Danzig (Gdansk),
Imperial Germany as
Maximilian Adalbert Krampf to a
Prussian Officer. Using his first names as his stage name, he debuted at the age of 19 at the theater of
Lübeck and in 1894 at the municipal theater of
Barmen. Adalbert also appeared in
St.Gallen,
Nuremberg and
Vienna. He moved to
Berlin in 1899 to work at the
Residenztheater. Coming in contact with
Curt Bois, Adalbert turned into a comedian and co-founded the popular
Kabarett der Komiker in December 1924. On 30 May 1931 he made his debut as the central character of
Carl Zuckmayer's
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick at the
Deutsches Theater in Berlin, which was filmed in the same year. Max Adalbert died of
pneumonia while in
Munich for a guest performance, and was buried at the
Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin. ==Selected filmography==