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Remote, somewhat morose and, as a result, intriguing, Viennese talent Oskar Werner was born in 1922, not far from the birthplace of "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, and christened Oskar Josef Bschließmayer. His parents divorced when he was fairly young.
While growing up, Oskar found performing in school plays helped draw out a deep yearning to act. As a teenager, Oskar was further tempted when his uncle managed to find him some un-credited roles in a couple of German and Austrian war-era films.
Oskar dropped out of high school in order to pursue acting. Not long after, he became the youngest actor ever, up until that point, to be offered membership to the Burgtheater.
His name was changed to 'Oskar Werner', and he made his official debut in 1941. His career, however, was almost immediately interrupted by World War II. An avowed pacifist and fervent loathing of the Nazi regime, Werner eventually was forced to wear the German Axis army uniform, but finagled his way into KP duty feigning incompetence. Moreover, he married Elizabeth Kallina, a half-Jewish actress, which further endangered his life. Their daughter, Elinore, was born in 1944. The young family spent much of their time in the Vienna woods, hiding from both the Russians and Germans after the city was shelled.
In post-war years, Oskar returned to the Burgtheater and widened his range of classics on the stage. Performing in such productions as "The Misanthrope", "I Remember Mama", "Julius Caesar" and "Danton's Death", he also played a diverse range of character roles and "older men" parts.
He did not make any kind of dent in films until appearing in both the German (1948) and English versions of The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) as one of the more dissolute members of a family of piano makers.
An aloof, handsome blond with wide-set, hooded eyes and quietly solemn features, Werner showed extreme promise in just a few Austrian/German films, including the role of composer Beethoven's manipulative young nephew 'Karl' in the Austrian-made Eroica (1949).
Less than 2 years later, Oskar would have a resounding hit starring in his very first English-language film, Decision Before Dawn (1951), as the German prisoner of war protagonist in the Fox feature.
Though ready for film-stardom, Werner's experience with the film studios quickly soured him on Hollywood, as it failed on its promise to develop him into a Hollywood commodity. As a result, he returned to Europe and his theatre roots, determined only to come back to films when it suitably piqued his interest.
He fulfilled that promise, perhaps to his career detriment.
Having become one of the most esteemed young actor found on Western European stages, he hit international celebrity with his definitive portrayal of "Hamlet" in 1952, a role he would return to frequently. He returned to filming a few years later; four of his features were released in 1955. He played a German captain in the film The Last Ten Days (1955) [released in the States as The Last Ten Days of Hitler]; Lieutenant Baumgarten in the historical thriller Spionage (1955) [aka: Colonel Redl]; the title role in the romanticized biopic The Life and Loves of Mozart (1955); and the student in the Max Ophüls drama Lola Montès (1955).
In 1957, he founded the Theatre Ensemble Oskar Werne, with which he performed in such productions as "Bacchus." He would also return on occasion to the Burgtheater where he played "Henry V" and "Prince Hal" in "Henry IV".
His interest in filming was not piqued again until 1962, when he became an international sensation alongside French star Jeanne Moreau, in François Truffaut's 'New Wave' cinematic masterpiece Jules and Jim (1962) as the highly romantic and intellectual "Jules". He stood firm, however, despite the rash of critical kudos, and did not make a film again until four years later, earning an Oscar nomination for his tortured shipboard romance with Simone Signoret (also nominated) in the glossy high seas drama Ship of Fools (1965). Notable for his roles of almost unbearable but restrained intensity, Werner furthered his film reputation by co-starring with Richard Burton and Claire Bloomin the now- classic Cold War spy film, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965). Truffaut blessed him as well with another sterling role, in the futuristic classic Fahrenheit 451 (1966), but the relationship between both of the men was irreparably damaged over artistic differences during filming.
The unhappy experience Werner had during filming, triggered an already burgeoning drinking problem, and marked the start of decline of his career.
Werner made only three films following the Truffaut affair, but the roles, as usual, were performed superbly. He played the suave and very-married symphony conductor who has an illicit affair with a reporter (Barbara Ferris) in the tender remake of the June Allyson/Rossano Brazzi tearjerker Interlude (1968); he appeared as an unorthodox Jesuit priest in the all-star epic The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); and boarded another WW II-era ship as German Faye Dunaway's Jewish husband in the all-star feature, Voyage of the Damned (1976).
Sadly, his longstanding problem with drink turned Oskar into a virtual recluse. Twice divorced (his second wife being Anne Power, the adopted daughter of father, Tyrone Power) and mother, Annabella, Werner later had a son, Felix, from a 1966 liaison with American model Diane Anderson.
His later years were spent traveling internationally, committing to poetry/pacifist readings, and occasionally performing on the stage. In 1967, he presented his one-man show 'An After-Dinner Evening with Oskar Werner', which was comprised of readings from the works of Schiller, Goethe and others. In 1970, he once-again toured with 'Hamlet'. His final stage appearance was in a 1983 production of 'The Prince of Homburg'.
On the night of Monday, 22 October, 1984, Werner canceled a concert reading at a German drama club due to illness. The following day - 23 October, 1984 Werner was found dead by heart attack, at the age of 61. He was laid to rest in his adopted country of Liechtenstein. He passed away only two days after Truffaut.- Actor
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Marquard Bohm was born on 27 June 1941 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Paradiso - Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen (2000), Kings of the Road (1976) and Na und...? (1968). He died on 3 February 2006 in Wetter an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Director
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Franz Josef Gottlieb was born on 1 November 1930 in Semmering, Lower Austria, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for The Black Abbot (1963), Mister Dynamit - Morgen küßt euch der Tod (1967) and Mrs. Harris (1982). He was married to Elisabeth Krogh and Doris Kirchner. He died on 23 July 2006 in Verden an der Aller, Germany.- Actress
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Eva Astor was born on 3 March 1944 in Graz, Austria. She was an actress, known for The French Sex Murders (1972), Le 10 meraviglie dell'amore (1969) and Interpol (1963). She died on 2 March 2020 in Garching an der Alz, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
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Director, painter, and author Peter Patzak was born in Vienna, Austria where he studied psychology and art history. His first art exhibition was held under the patronage of Albert Paris Gütersloh. In the mid-1960's he was invited to participate in the Films of Art show in New York. From 1968 to 1970 he worked on experimental and short films in New York where he became friends with Paul Morrissey. Today his body of work includes one hundred feature and television films including Kassbach by Author Helmut Zenker, The Unicorn by Martin Walser, Frau Berta Garlan by Arthur Schnitzler, and Wahnfried - Richard and Cosima, the official selection for the Cannes Film Festival. Following his return to Vienna, Patzak directed his first feature film, Die Situation, in 1972. He held a professorship at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna since 1990, and in 2008 became Head of the Institute for Film and Television from which he retired in 2013.
Peter Patzak made television history with his anarchistic parody of the crime genre in Kottan Ermittelt, which ran from 1976 to 1983. He is the recipient of many awards including the Adolf Grimme Prize, the Goldene Kamera, the Goldene Romy, the Berlin and Moscow Film Festival Prizes for Kassbach, the 1996 Russian Filmmakers Prize in Moscow for Shanghai 1937, and the UNESCO Prize for Gelobtes Land. Patzak was honored with retrospectives of his extensive and multifaceted career at festivals including the Cinématèque Francaise (Laudatio Jean-Jacques Annaud) and the Max Ophüls Festival. Other retrospectives took place at the Carnegie Hall Cinema in New York, in Jerusalem (in conversation with Philip Roth), at the Austrian Film Days in Berlin, and at festivals in Cairo, Damascus, and Shanghai. In 2002 Peter Patzak received the Canal Grande Award for best director in Venice for his adaptation of Die Wasserfälle von Slunj based on the novel of the same name by Heimito von Doderer. The film also received the Austrian National Education Prize. In 2003 Patzak won the Emerging Maverick Director's Award for Zodiac Sign at the San Jose Film Festival. In 2010 he was honored with a retrospective by the Filmarchiv Austria accompanied by a comprehensive monograph with an introduction by Marin Scorsese.
Patzak's painting career began as early as 1961 with regular exhibitions that he titled, The Physicists' Halftime, Communication Machines and TV-Images, The Color White, Body Serviettes and Tablecloths, Traces and Shrines, Shanghai Notebook, Le Porte Delle Vecchie, and Finestre von Vedute. Since 2007 he has created following series: Die ungleichen Stunden, Stimmen aus dem Lupanar, Das Buch der Nikarete, Rectinas Briefe. His latest exhibitions were all titled Daten and included the series Briefe nach Perigord, Gate to the Garden, and Briefe an Eve.
Peter Patzak also served as author, co-author, and producer of many of his films. Several of his books were made into audio books, including his 2005 novel Der Geist der Farbe. His play, Akte - im Schweigen vermählt premiered in 2008 at Vienna's Stadttheater. In October of 2008 a prose version of the theater script appeared in the Ralph Klever Verlag. Other publications include Full Circle, and Walter Schurian's Bild, Film, Schrift, which investigates the correlation between Peter Patzak's artistic, filmic, and literary work.- Christel Peters was born on 15 January 1916 in Swinemünde, Pomerania, Germany [now Swinoujscie, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Jetzt oder nie - Zeit ist Geld (2000), Verwandte und Bekannte (1971) and Tatort (1970). She was married to Albert Bußmann and Eduard Thomalla. She died on 11 June 2009 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
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Theo Mezger was born on 10 August 1923 in Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966), Lawinenpatrouille (1973) and Fernfahrer (1963). He was married to Eva Haefeli and Annette Kraneis-Metzger. He died on 3 July 2023 in Vaihingen an der Enz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Friedrich Joloff was born on 14 December 1908 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966), Tim Frazer (1963) and Babeck (1968). He died on 4 January 1988 in Verden an der Aller, Germany.
- Peter Sodann was born on 1 June 1936 in Meißen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Erscheinen Pflicht (1984), Tatort (1970) and Tanja (1997). He was married to Cornelia Brenner. He died on 5 April 2024 in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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Phil Jutzi was born on 22 July 1896 in Altleiningen, Palatinate, Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. She was a director and cinematographer, known for Die das Licht scheuen...! Aus dem Tagebuch des Meisterdetektivs Ferry White (1919), Kladd und Datsch, die Pechvögel (1926) and Der maskierte Schrecken (1921). She was married to Emmy Philippine. She died on 1 May 1946 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Actor
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Klaus Kindler was born on 1 January 1930 in Heidelberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for 2 x Adam, 1 x Eva (1959), Was ihr wollt (1954) and Tim Frazer (1963). He was married to Christel Sürie and Monika Dahlberg. He died on 16 April 2001 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, Germany.- Dietrich Mechow was born on 15 April 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Stunde der Töchter (1981), Thomas Müntzer (1956) and Der Hut (1991). He died on 19 November 2015 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
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Werner Nekes was born on 29 April 1944 in Erfurt, Germany. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Hynningen (1984), Beuys (1981) and Jüm-Jüm (1967). He was married to Dore O.. He died on 22 January 2017 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
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Dieter Thomas was born on 18 March 1947 in Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Sache ist gelaufen (1985), Tears of Kali (2004) and Im Herzen des Hurrican (1980). He was married to Hendrike von Sydow. He died on 8 April 2016 in Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany.- Agnes Günther was born on 21 July 1863 in Stuttgart, Germany. She was a writer, known for Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1928), The Saint and Her Fool (1935) and Die Heilige und ihr Narr (1957). She was married to Rudolf Günther. She died on 16 February 1911 in Marburg an der Lahn, Germany.
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István Mihály was born on 29 June 1892 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for A hetedik fátyol (1927), Ida regánye (1934) and Repülö arany (1932). He died on 23 February 1945 in Bruck an der Leitha, Austria.- Ernest Ehrenfeld was born in 1910 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Deine Zärtlichkeiten (1969), Tänään olet täällä (1966) and Beat-Club (1965). He died on 17 February 1978 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Deutschalnd.
- Gerhard Rachold was born on 3 September 1928 in Ranis, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Mord, der nie verjährt (1968), Tatort Berlin (1958) and Dny zrady (1973). He died on 18 May 1993 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany.
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Dore O. was born on 9 August 1946 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. She was a director and actress, known for Kaskara (1974), Blonde Barbarei (1972) and Alaska (1969). She was married to Werner Nekes. She died on 7 March 2022 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Additional Crew
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Irene Mann was born on 12 April 1929 in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. She was an actress and assistant director, known for The Last Waltz (1953), Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen (1952) and Ferien vom Ich (1963). She was married to Berno von Cramm. She died on 19 September 1996 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, Germany.- Franz Hofer was born on 27 November 1902 in Bad Hofgastein, Salzburg, Austria. He died on 18 February 1975 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
- Lutz Teschner was born on 6 March 1945 in Eisleben, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Ninas Geschichte (2002) and Wie Feuer und Flamme (2001). He died on 18 June 2020 in Halle an der Saale, Germany.
- Michael Rogowski was born on 13 March 1939 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was married to Gabriele. He died on 12 November 2021 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Götz von Langheim was born on 15 June 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die rote Rosa (1966), Der Cornet - Die Weise von Liebe und Tod (1955) and Omer Pacha (1971). He was married to Blanche Aubry. He died on 25 October 2013 in Krems an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Erich Knauf was born on 21 February 1895 in Meerane, Kingdom of Saxony, Germany. He was a composer, known for Stalingrad (1993) and Maja zwischen zwei Ehen (1938). He was married to Erna Donath. He died on 2 May 1944 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.- Herbert Pohle was born on 9 June 1924 in Hennef, Söven, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Firma Hesselbach (1960), Ihnen bleibt nichts erspart (1961) and Der Geizige (1960). He was married to Ulrike Schenk. He died on 27 June 1990 in Biberach an der Riß, Germany.
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Erich Ringelband was born on 12 March 1925. He was a cinematographer, known for Farming (1957), Der merkwürdige Tod des Herrn Hammersköld (1961) and Aus erster Hand - Interviews mit den führenden Männern unserer Zeit (1958). He died on 1 March 2000 in Niendorf an der Stecknitz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.- Writer
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Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti was born on 6 August 1901 in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer, known for Storms in May (1938), Militiaman Bruggler (1936) and So war der deutsche Landser (1955). He died on 9 December 1990 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, Germany.- Karl-Fred Mueller is a German actor. He was born near to Berlin in 1958. He studied acting at the Rostock Schauspielschule. He works at the "neues theater Schauspiel Halle". He plays several instruments (guitar, piano, ukulele ...). Together with two musicians he established a "Otto Reutter" project called "Otto Reutter goes Pop".
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Hartmut Reck was born on 17 November 1932 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Raskolnikoff (1959), Die Dame ist nicht fürs Feuer (1960) and Helle Nächte (1964). He died on 30 January 2001 in Nienburg an der Weser, Germany.- Otto Kühne was a writer, known for Polonia-Express (1957). Otto died on 8 December 1955 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Henriette Brenu was born on 27 June 1900 in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. She was an actress, known for À vos ordres Ernestine (1953) and Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967). She died on 6 November 1994 in Ans, Wallonia, Belgium.
- Werner Dollinger was born on 10 October 1918 in Neustadt an der Aisch, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Herta. He died on 3 January 2008 in Neustadt an der Aisch, Bavaria, Germany.
- Hansi Hoffmann was born on 31 December 1928 in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany. He died on 18 February 2015 in Winsen an der Luhe, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Toni Böhm was born on 3 July 1949 in Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Heimkehr der Jäger (2000) and Die Nachtmeerfahrt (1986). He died on 14 July 2006 in Reichenau an der Rax, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Hugo Eywo was born on 13 February 1877 in Vienna, Austria, Austria-Hungary. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Sonnige Träume (1921), Napoleon in Schönbrunn (1922) and Eine mystische Straßenreklame (1922). He died in 1953 in Wartberg an der Krems, Austria.- Heinz Oskar Vetter was born on 21 October 1917 in Bochum, Germany. He was married to Liselotte Bleil. He died on 18 October 1990 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Jakob Karol was a producer, known for Maciste und die chinesische Truhe (1923), Artisten (1928) and Grand Hotel...! (1927). He died on 12 December 1932 in Prein an der Rax, Austria.
- Käthe Guss was born on 7 December 1906 in Oberhausen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Umschulung (1969). She died on 15 July 1994 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Ulf Reiher was born on 1 June 1936 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Drei Kriege - 1. Teil: Tauroggen (1963). He died on 30 November 2013 in Halle an der Saale, Germany.
- Adalbert Tiegelkamp was born on 4 April 1938. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Hamburg Transit (1970) and Tegtmeier (1984). He died on 3 February 2009 in Verden an der Aller, Germany.
- Max Wilmsen was born on 26 August 1885 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Auf der Alm, da gibt's ka Sünd (1915), Ein Walzer im Schlafcoupé (1930) and Das Rheinlandmädel (1930). He died on 29 May 1953 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany.
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Shirley Carter Burden was born in New York City, a descendant of the famed millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt; he became infatuated with photography, and after graduating from the Browning School in 1926, went to work for Pathe News, and subsequently would work in Hollywood with Merian C. Cooper. After the end of World War II, Burden opened a photography studio in Beverly Hills that specialized in still shots for advertising agencies and architectural firms. From there, he expanded into publishing photo essays concerning various topics including "God Is My Life", a photo essay about the Trappist monks at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Tennessee, and "I Wonder Why", which depicted incidents in a young black girl's life, particularly her dealings with racial prejudice. His family established the Burden Professorship in Photography at Harvard University in 1999.- Writer
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Anton Kutter was born on 13 June 1903 in Biberach an der Riß, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for White Majesty (1933), Weltraumschiff 1 startet... (1940) and Die Herrgottsgrenadiere (1932). He died on 1 February 1985 in Biberach an der Riß, Germany.- Theodor Schübel was born on 18 June 1925 in Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Germany. He was a writer, known for Tatort (1970), Achtung Zoll! (1980) and Pflicht ist Pflicht (1966). He died on 30 January 2012 in Schwarzenbach an der Saale, Germany.
- Horst-Dieter Höttges was born on 10 September 1943 in München Gladbach, Germany. He was married to Inga. He died on 22 June 2023 in Verden an der Aller, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Centa Bré was born on 20 January 1870 in Donauwörth, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mutter Erde (1919), Am Spieltisch des Lebens (1920) and Eine tolle Wette auf dem Imperator (1913). She died on 30 March 1958 in Vilshofen an der Donau, Germany.
- Walter von Hollander was born on 29 January 1892 in Blankenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Majoratsherr (1943), Fräulein (1939) and Glücksritter (1957). He died on 30 September 1973 in Niendorf an der Stecknitz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Edith Bergner was born on 19 April 1917. Edith was a writer, known for Taubenjule (1983). Edith died on 16 March 1998 in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Heinz Feldhoff was born on 30 June 1938 in Radevormwald, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tannhäuser (1987). He was married to Hannelore Bode. He died on 9 October 2010 in Hirschberg an der Bergstraße, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.