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Grimme-Preis award winner, Matthias Schweighöfer, is one of Germany's most successful actors and is quickly becoming an international phenomenon.
Schweighöfer was most recently seen in Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer," Netflix's "Heart of Stone" opposite Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan and "The Swimmers" for director Sally El Hosaini. Upcoming, Schweighöfer will be seen in Netflix's "Family Switch" opposite Jennifer Garner and "Girl You Know It's True," a film based on the incredible story of the R&B duo Milli Vanilli.
A talented multi-hyphenate, Schweighöfer also discovered his love for being behind the camera and has gone on to direct multiple projects. In addition, he founded his production company, Pantaleon Film, with his producing partner Dan Maag which continues to be one of Germany's preeminent production companies.
Born behind the Berlin wall, Schweighöfer's last 10 films have all reached #1 at the German Box office. He is best known for his films "Der Geilste Tag," "Der Nanny," "100 Dinge" and "Vaterfreuden," and his first English speaking role and international film, "Valkyrie" alongside Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.
Schweighöfer has continued working on international projects and produced, directed and stared in the first German-language Amazon Original Series "You Are Wanted." The series launched in over 200 countries and in 6 different languages. He also starred in and produced "Resistance" for IFC Films which also stars Jessie Eisenberg, Ed Harris and Edgar Ramirez.
Most recently, Schweighöfer Directed, Produced, and Starred in "Army of Thieves," the prequel Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead," in which he also starred in. "Army of the Dead" was viewed in over 72 million households and quickly became one of Netflix's most viewed film of all time, and "Army of Thieves" became the Number 1 film on Netflix in 90-plus countries during its first week.- After becoming immersed in the 60s high life of drugs and sex, Denberg left show business and returned to Austria. News interviews at the time show a depressed Denberg in the company of her mother, at home in Klagenfurt. These news items, repeated in fan periodicals for years, gave the impression Denberg was suicidal or had already died. Actually, she is still alive.
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With his whitish blond crew-cut, slow, menacing drawl and Germanic manner, Van Eyck was destined to be typecast as stereotypically scowling, arrogant Nazi officers. This was ironic, because he was an avowed anti-fascist who had left Germany in 1931 -- two years before Adolf Hitler came to power. The son of an aristocratic Prussian land owner, his father had intended him to embark on a military career. Instead, Peter spent his education in Berlin, where he trained as a musician.
In 1937, Van Eyck arrived in New York via Havana, Cuba, and became acquainted with the composer Aaron Copland. This led to a collaboration, as well as solo efforts, as composer and lyricist on a variety of songs for revue and cabaret. He also moonlighted as a pianist in bars and nightclubs. Around this time, he also began to work as a stage manager and arranger for Irving Berlin. Not afraid to try any job that came along, he tried his hand at driving a truck, and this, somehow, led him to Hollywood where he became a protege of the director Billy Wilder. Wilder prompted him to appear in front of the camera. In 1943, Peter commenced his career in films, by this time, as a naturalized American citizen. For the remainder of the decade, he had little to do but act an assembly line of parts as German officers and Gestapo henchmen in films like Five Graves to Cairo (1943) and Address Unknown (1944).
After the war, Van Eyck returned to Germany, where he was ironically cast as an American officer in Hallo, Fräulein! (1949). He also appeared in the comedy Royal Children (1950) ,with Jenny Jugo), as yet another American. He gave one of his very best performances in the role of Bimba in Henri-Georges Clouzot's high octane thriller The Wages of Fear (1953). In this famous French classic, he played one of a group of daredevil truck drivers traversing an impenetrable South American jungle with a deadly load of nitroglycerin.
Down the track, he found other good roles: as the womanising Frenchman Fribert in Rosemary (1958); as a police inspector investigating a famous murder in Dr. Crippen lebt (1958),aka ('Dr.Crippen lives'); a starring role as Paul Decker, who attempts the perfect murder of his wife in The Snorkel (1958); and one of two industrialist brothers in Helmut Käutner''s The Rest Is Silence (1959).
During the 60's, Van Eyck appeared increasingly in international co-productions of variable quality. Having settled in Switzerland and maintaining a residence in Paris, he was ideally placed to alternate between French, English and German film roles. He made three potboilers about the master criminal Dr. Mabuse which were extremely popular in Germany. His best performances during this period were as the East German intelligence officer Mundt, who is the target of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) and as Colonel General von Brock in the absorbing war drama The Bridge at Remagen (1969), which was also his last film.
Van Eyck died near Zurich in July,1969, of septicemia, just short of his 58th birthday.- Actor
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Till Lindemann is a German musician, actor and poet. He is the lead singer of the German band Rammstein.
Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in East Germany). His father was famous children's poet Werner Lindemann and his mother, Brigitte "Gitta" Hildegard Lindemann, was a journalist and writer until she retired. Till was in a relationship with Sophia Thomalla.
Lindemann started to play drums for First Arsch, who released an album titled Saddle Up, and played one song with a punk band called Feeling B (which was the former band of Rammstein members Paul H. Landers, Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz). In the 1990s, Lindemann began to write lyrics. In 1994, the trio entered and won a contest in Berlin, which allowed them to record a four track demo professionally. Then, the same year, Rammstein was founded.
In November 2002, Lindemann's poetry book "Messer" was published. It consists of 54 poems compiled by Gert Hof, who is author of the book Rammstein and was the band's pyro-designer for the last seven years. In October 2013, Till published his second poetry book "In Stillen Nächten".- Actor
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His icy demeanor and piercing stare on screen epitomized the type of Nazi menace with a blind obedience to Hitler that everyone loved to hate. Kosleck portrayed Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, 5 times, as well as various German army officers, SS troopers and concentration camp officers. He was also effective playing spies, agents, and psychopaths.- Ellen Schwiers was born on 11 June 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Arms and the Man (1958), 1900 (1976) and Doktor Martin (2007). She was married to Peter Jacob. She died on 26 April 2019 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.
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Heinrich George was born on 9 October 1893 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and producer, known for Metropolis (1927), Burning Hearts (1945) and Die Degenhardts (1944). He was married to Berta Drews. He died on 25 September 1946 in Soviet Special Camp No. 7, Oranienburg, Brandenburg, Germany.- Klausjürgen Wussow was born on 30 April 1929 in Cammin, Pomerania, Germany [now Kamien Pomorski, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Black Forest Hospital (1985), Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961) and Sergeant Berry (1974). He was married to Sabine Scholz, Yvonne Wussow, Ida Krottendorf and Jolande Frantz. He died on 19 June 2007 in Rüdersdorf bei Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski was born on 5 May 1898 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Hangmen Also Die! (1943) and The Scarlet Empress (1934). He died on 19 November 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Robert Atzorn was born on 2 February 1945 in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany [now Polczyn-Zdrój, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He is an actor, known for Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer (1988), From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) and Der Fall Jakob von Metzler (2012). He has been married to Angelika Hartung since 1976. They have two children.
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Burkhard Driest was born on 28 April 1939 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Querelle (1982), Annas Mutter (1984) and Cross of Iron (1977). He was married to Bettina and ???. He died on 27 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.- Dita Parlo was born on 4 September 1906 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for The Grand Illusion (1937), L'Atalante (1934) and Melody of the Heart (1929). She was married to Frank Guetal. She died on 12 December 1971 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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Claus Biederstaedt was born in Stargard, a mid-sized historic town in Pomerania, the son of a senior educational councillor who was also a conductor and taught music and art history. He was conscripted into the army as a 16-year-old and served on the Eastern Front, barely managing to escape to the west ahead of the Russian advance in 1945. His mother, believing her only son killed in action, tragically committed suicide by poison. Biederstaedt eventually reunited with his father in Hamburg and began to study medicine on the way to a career as a physician. However, after matriculating, he changed his plans and instead joined the ensemble of the Deutsches Theatre in Hamburg where he received acting tuition from noted thespians Will Quadflieg and Joseph Offenbach. He made his stage debut in 1950 and two years later first appeared on screen in the medical drama Die große Versuchung (1952), winning a coveted Film Award in Gold as most promising newcomer.
At the peak of his popularity in the '50s and '60s, Biederstaedt popped up in as many as five pictures a year, becoming one of the most sought-after lead actors in German cinema. A cheerful presence, he made himself at home in most contemporary genres, from wartime melodramas to romantic comedies (he famously gave Romy Schneider her first screen kiss in Fireworks (1954)). By the 1970s, he made regular TV appearances (Der Kommissar (1969), The Old Fox (1977), Derrick (1974), etc.) and worked behind the microphone as a singularly prolific voice-over actor, his trademark deep, smoky tones used for dubbing (among others) Peter Falk (Columbo (1971)), James Garner (The Rockford Files (1974)), Gregory Peck (Other People's Money (1991)), Gene Hackman (Lucky Lady (1975)), Richard Harris (A Man Called Horse (1970) ), Yul Brynner (Villa Rides (1968)), Paul Newman (Torn Curtain (1966)) and Marlon Brando (Bedtime Story (1964)). Biederstaedt also acted on and directed for the stage until cancer pre-empted his retirement in 2008. He died on June 18, 2020, ten days prior to his 92nd birthday.- Matthi Faust was born in 1980 in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. He is an actor, known for Never Look Away (2018) and Josephine Klick - Allein unter Cops (2014).
- Born Rosemarie Rödelberger, she trained as an actress and opera singer in Kiel. Active on the local stage from 1954 to 1957, she was then signed to a three-year contract by the Constantin Film AG in Munich. Appearing on screen as Monika Dahlberg, she featured from 1957 as supporting actress or second lead in a veritable slew of bucolic dramas, romantic comedies, musicals and fashionable 'Paukerfilms'. From the mid-60s, she worked chiefly in television, where she excelled in shows with a pronounced folksy Bavarian flavour, notably the delightful Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht (1969), Vater Seidl und sein Sohn (1976), Zum Stanglwirt (1993) and Chiemgauer Volkstheater (1992). In addition, she performed in concerts, singing traditional as well as classical songs. On the stage, she was a prolific interpreter of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Monika also provided the German dubbing voice in films for, among others, Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn and Samantha Eggar.
Monika's brother Wolfgang Rödelberger was a composer, arranger and music producer. Her second husband was actor Klaus Kindler. She has latterly resided in the small town of Benediktbeuern in Upper Bavaria. - Hilde Weissner was born on 3 July 1909 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Something for Everyone (1970), Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 - Siegfried (1966) and Die Nibelungen 2. Teil - Kriemhilds Rache (1967). She was married to Gerd Ribatis and Peter Holm. She died on 30 May 1987 in Salzburg, Austria.
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Paul Dahlke was born on 12 April 1904 in Groß-Streitz, Pomerania, Germany [now Strzezenice, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Confessions of Felix Krull (1957), Flying Classroom (1954) and Dubrovsky (1959). He was married to Elfe Gerhart and Doris Schacht. He died on 24 November 1984 in Salzburg, Austria.- Director
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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg was born on 8 December 1935 in Nossendorf, Pomerania, Prussia [now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern], Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972), Die Nacht (1985) and Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969).- Otto Reichow was born on 4 December 1904 in Tempelburg, Pomerania, Germany [now Czaplinek, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ulzana's Raid (1972), Paris Calling (1941) and Rogues' Regiment (1948). He died on 20 October 2000 in Encino, California, USA.
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Otto Mellies was born on 19 January 1931 in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany [now Slupsk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Stopped on Track (2011), Kabale und Liebe (1959) and Minna von Barnhelm (1962). He was married to Luise Bergner . He died on 26 April 2020 in Zeuthen, Brandenburg, Germany.- Writer
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Volker Vogeler was born on 27 June 1930 in Bad Polzin, Pomerania, Germany [now Polczyn-Zdrój, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Jaider, der einsame Jäger (1971), Yankee Dudler (1973) and Das Tal der tanzenden Witwen (1975). He died on 16 April 2005 in Hamburg, Germany.- Art Director
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Brigitte Broch was born on 21 November 1943 in Köslin, Pomerania, Germany [now Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She is an art director and production designer, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Romeo + Juliet (1996) and Cronos (1992).- Ullrich Haupt was born on 8 August 1887 in Falkenburg, Pomerania, Germany [now Zlocieniec, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Skinner's Baby (1917), Skinner's Dress Suit (1917) and Skinner's Bubble (1917). He was married to Anna Beaumer. He died on 5 August 1931 in Figueroa Mountain, California, USA.
- George Sherwood was born on 18 April 1892 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Welcome Children (1921), Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950) and Emergency Landing (1941). He was married to Pauline Starke. He died on 26 February 1983 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Franziska Knuppe was born on 7 December 1974 in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. She is an actress, known for Free Rainer (2007), Vier gegen die Bank (2016) and Berlin, I Love You (2019). She has been married to Christian Möstl since 1999. They have one child.