Karlheinz Böhm

Karlheinz Böhm

Born: March 16, 1928
Died: May 29, 2014
in Darmstadt, Germany
Karlheinz Böhm was an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies. He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series, but was released theatrically in Europe.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a Technicolor, widescreen remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film. Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven). In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up. Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm had been actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They had two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm (born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen. He died in 2014, aged 86.

Movies for Karlheinz Böhm...

Psycho Tom
Title: Psycho Tom
Character: Mark Lewis
Released: November 6, 2017
Type: Movie
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Everything is Love
Title: Everything is Love
Character: Kaiser Franz Joseph (archive footage)
Released: December 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Follows the lives of different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic few days before Christmas in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
Title: Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
Character: Kaiser Franz Josef (archive footage)
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: Movie
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else.
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Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
Title: Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
Released: November 10, 2008
Type: Movie
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Mister Karl
Title: Mister Karl
Character: Self
Released: March 30, 2008
Type: Movie
A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.
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The Eye of the Beholder
Title: The Eye of the Beholder
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent effect on him.
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Title: Unsere Besten
Character: Self
Released: November 28, 2003
Type: TV
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Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Title: Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love of Alain Delon. From Luchino Visconti to Otto Preminger, through Zulawski and Costa Gravas, she turned with the greatest. The directors interview those who knew her, who loved her, go back to the filming locations, make archive images speak for themselves... and try to detect the part of mystery that Romy Schneider conceals for ever.
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Title: Menschen der Woche
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Koschwitz
Character: Self
Released: April 10, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Beckmann
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: TV
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.
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Title: Ein Herz für Kinder
Character: Self
Released: November 3, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Alpha Forum
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Sabine Christiansen
Character: Self
Released: January 4, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Arthouse
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 1997
Type: TV
Channel 4 documentary series covering all branches of the arts.
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Title: Im Dialog
Character: self
Released: January 17, 1997
Type: TV
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A Very British Psycho
Title: A Very British Psycho
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding its release, and the life of its screenwriter, Leo Marks.
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Title: Höchstpersönlich
Character: self
Released: January 5, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Morgenmagazin
Character: self
Released: December 15, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: Der Bergdoktor
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 1992
Type: TV
Der Bergdoktor is a German-Austrian medical drama television series, broadcast in 96 episodes between 1992 and 1997.
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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Title: I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 1992
Type: Movie
A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Title: Zeil um Zehn
Character: Self
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Showgeschichten
Character: Self
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: TV
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Title: Sonntagsgespräch
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 1985
Type: TV
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Inflation im Paradies
Title: Inflation im Paradies
Character: Redaktor (segment "Testschock")
Released: May 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Four-part episodic film about the everyday lives of young people. The focus is on a café as a communication point for various cliques.
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Title: Leute
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: Menschen
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Wortwechsel
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Die Laurents
Character: Theodore Laurent
Released: October 27, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1981
Type: TV
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
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Title: Ringstraßenpalais
Character: Bernie Artenberg
Released: December 25, 1980
Type: TV
Ringstraßenpalais is an Austrian television series.
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Title: Heut' abend
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 1980
Type: TV
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Kur in Travemünde
Title: Kur in Travemünde
Character: Manfred Angenendt
Released: December 12, 1979
Type: Movie
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Die Tannerhütte
Title: Die Tannerhütte
Character: Becker
Released: October 18, 1976
Type: Movie
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Seniorenschweiz
Title: Seniorenschweiz
Released: March 16, 1976
Type: Movie
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Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Title: Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Character: Karl Tillmann
Released: July 1, 1975
Type: Movie
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.
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Fox and His Friends
Title: Fox and His Friends
Character: Max
Released: June 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class roots, and the shiny new facade of middle class consciousness.
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Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
Title: Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
Character: Dr. Bruck
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Der große Preis
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
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Effi Briest
Title: Effi Briest
Character: Wullersdorf
Released: June 20, 1974
Type: Movie
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.
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Martha
Title: Martha
Character: Helmut
Released: May 28, 1974
Type: Movie
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha is caught in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous husband whom she begins to suspect may be trying to murder her.
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Title: Motiv Liebe
Character: Vater
Released: March 19, 1974
Type: TV
Motiv Liebe is a German television series.
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Schloß Hubertus
Title: Schloß Hubertus
Character: Tassilo
Released: December 19, 1973
Type: Movie
A drama directed by Harald Reindl, based on the novel by Ludwig Ganghofer.
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Immobilien
Title: Immobilien
Character: Rainer
Released: February 21, 1973
Type: Movie
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Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
Title: Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
Character: Barry Croft
Released: August 17, 1972
Type: Movie
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Magic Graz
Title: Magic Graz
Character: himself
Released: May 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Dalli Dalli
Character: Self - Candidate
Released: May 13, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Traumnovelle
Title: Traumnovelle
Character: Fridolin
Released: August 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the night brings him to meet an old friend, a pianist, who tells him of a mysterious ball where he is due to perform. Based on the book "Traumnovelle" ("Rhapsody: A Dream Novel") by Arthur Schnitzler, which was the inspiration for the film Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
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The Venetian Affair
Title: The Venetian Affair
Character: Robert Wahl
Released: January 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.
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Ein idealer Gatte
Title: Ein idealer Gatte
Character: Lord Goring
Released: May 29, 1966
Type: Movie
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L'heure de la vérité
Title: L'heure de la vérité
Character: Hans Wernet
Released: April 28, 1965
Type: Movie
At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure. The only way out would seem to be murder. Hour of Truth was lensed largely on location in Israel.
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Title: Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Einer wird gewinnen
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1964
Type: TV
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Professor Thomas Marton
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Rififi in Tokyo
Title: Rififi in Tokyo
Character: Carl Mersen
Released: March 29, 1963
Type: Movie
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
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Come Fly with Me
Title: Come Fly with Me
Character: Baron Franz Von Elzingen
Released: March 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.
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The Magnificent Rebel
Title: The Magnificent Rebel
Character: Ludwig van Beethoven
Released: November 18, 1962
Type: Movie
The life of the great composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven, dates back to his arrival in Vienna in 1792 as the composition of his Ninth Symphony. And we follow with passion the best moments of his life, as his rejection by the family of the only woman he loved deeply, or the beginning of his deafness that prevented him from hearing to ...
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Title: Combat!
Character: Bauer
Released: October 2, 1962
Type: TV
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
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Title: The Virginian
Character: Karl Rilke
Released: September 19, 1962
Type: TV
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Title: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: Jacob Grimm
Released: August 7, 1962
Type: Movie
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
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Cross of the Living
Title: Cross of the Living
Character: Gus
Released: July 25, 1962
Type: Movie
Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, the garage owner. Fortunately, Gus, his childhood friend refuses to follow the pack and talks his mother, the richest person in the area, into getting him a job. But Yan is soon drawn to Maria, the sultry girl Gus lives with.
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Sissi - Forever My Love
Title: Sissi - Forever My Love
Character: Emperor Franz Josef (archive footage)
Released: March 27, 1962
Type: Movie
The beautiful account of the powerful drama of love and courage of Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph and Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. This is a condensed version of the original German language 3-part "Sissi" series.
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Title: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Character: Heinrich von Hartrott
Released: February 7, 1962
Type: Movie
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
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Too Hot to Handle
Title: Too Hot to Handle
Character: Robert Jouvel
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
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Peeping Tom
Title: Peeping Tom
Character: Mark Lewis
Released: May 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
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Crook and the Cross
Title: Crook and the Cross
Character: Father Steiner
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages to escape the clutches of the cops. He dresses up as a priest and ends up in a village, whose pastor is in dispute with an influential businessman. To help the pastor and a young widow, Paulie has to use his own special abilities. This work leads him back to the path of righteousness. He contacts the police and, after serving his time, starts a new life with the widow.
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La Paloma
Title: La Paloma
Character: Robert Dahlberg
Released: July 23, 1959
Type: Movie
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Title: Stars in der Manege
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 1959
Type: TV
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Court Martial
Title: Court Martial
Character: Oberleutnant Düren
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
In this war drama, three Nazi survivors are rescued after their battleship sank. Initially they are given heroes' accolades for their courage, but then it becomes apparent that these men actually jumped ship three hours before the boat sank. The men are tried and subsequently executed.
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The House of the Three Girls
Title: The House of the Three Girls
Character: Franz Schubert
Released: December 18, 1958
Type: Movie
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Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um
Title: Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um
Character: Peter Hille
Released: September 18, 1958
Type: Movie
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Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Title: Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Character: Dr. Paul Degenhard
Released: August 13, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Stowaway
Title: The Stowaway
Character: Jean
Released: March 21, 1958
Type: Movie
A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti.
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Examen des Lebens
Title: Examen des Lebens
Character: Paul Gardiner
Released: February 14, 1958
Type: Movie
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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
Title: Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
Character: Emperor Franz Joseph
Released: December 18, 1957
Type: Movie
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira.
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Castle in Tyrol
Title: Castle in Tyrol
Character: Thomas Stegmann
Released: October 10, 1957
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi.
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Seamen
Title: Seamen
Character: Alfred Hanstein
Released: September 4, 1957
Type: Movie
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Sissi: The Young Empress
Title: Sissi: The Young Empress
Character: Emperor Franz Joseph
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
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Nina
Title: Nina
Character: Frank Wilson
Released: September 21, 1956
Type: Movie
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Kitty and the Great Big World
Title: Kitty and the Great Big World
Character: Robert Ashlin
Released: September 12, 1956
Type: Movie
The young Kitty is drawn into the world of international politics by chance.
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Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Title: Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
Character: Dr. med. Danwitz
Released: March 28, 1956
Type: Movie
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Sissi
Title: Sissi
Character: Emperor Franz Joseph
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.
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Dunja
Title: Dunja
Character: Mitja
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
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Schwedenmädel
Title: Schwedenmädel
Character: Klaus Richter
Released: September 28, 1955
Type: Movie
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Unternehmen Schlafsack
Title: Unternehmen Schlafsack
Character: Kanonier Gravenhorst
Released: September 22, 1955
Type: Movie
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Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
Title: Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
Character: Thomas
Released: August 24, 1955
Type: Movie
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The Golden Plague
Title: The Golden Plague
Character: Karl Hellmer
Released: December 30, 1954
Type: Movie
At the end of the war a disillusioned German exile returns home only to fall into the dark world of black market goods and drug trafficking.
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Salto Mortale
Title: Salto Mortale
Character: Manfred
Released: December 17, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Witch
Title: The Witch
Released: October 14, 1954
Type: Movie
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...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
Title: ...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
Character: Georg
Released: August 12, 1954
Type: Movie
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Die heilige Lüge
Title: Die heilige Lüge
Released: April 6, 1954
Type: Movie
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Die Sonne von St. Moritz
Title: Die Sonne von St. Moritz
Character: Dr. Robert Frank
Released: March 26, 1954
Type: Movie
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Hochzeit auf Reisen
Title: Hochzeit auf Reisen
Character: Dr. Walter Delius
Released: December 31, 1953
Type: Movie
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Der unsterbliche Lump
Title: Der unsterbliche Lump
Character: Johannes Ritter / Petroni
Released: December 18, 1953
Type: Movie
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Arlette Conquers Paris
Title: Arlette Conquers Paris
Character: Gérard Laurent
Released: August 31, 1953
Type: Movie
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Der Weibertausch
Title: Der Weibertausch
Character: Lorenz Holler
Released: November 27, 1952
Type: Movie
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Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
Title: Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
Released: November 27, 1952
Type: Movie
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Alraune
Title: Alraune
Character: Frank Braun
Released: October 22, 1952
Type: Movie
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scientist uncle, the student having never heard of her before their chance encounter and both unaware that she is the result of the scientist's illegal experiments with artificial insemination..
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Haus des Lebens
Title: Haus des Lebens
Character: Pit Harlacher
Released: September 11, 1952
Type: Movie
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Viennese Women
Title: Viennese Women
Character: Walter
Released: February 26, 1952
Type: Movie
A mix between Italian neo-realism, German expressionism and Austrian exploitation.
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV
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The Angel with the Trumpet
Title: The Angel with the Trumpet
Character: Franz Alt jun.
Released: August 19, 1948
Type: Movie
A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna.
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Title: Bambi Awards
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: TV
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.