Edward Rothe was born on August 11, 1909 in Teplitz-Schönau, Bohemia, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Peripherie (1959), Heroische Komödie (1962) and Die Dame ist nicht fürs Feuer (1960). He died on December 7, 1978 in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.