Peter Kern (actor)

Peter Kern
Born(1949-02-13)13 February 1949
Vienna, Austria
Died26 August 2015(2015-08-26) (aged 66)
Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s)Actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active1957–2015

Peter Kern (13 February 1949 – 26 August 2015) was an Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. He appeared in more than 70 films and directed a further 25.[1] He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.[3][4]

Two of Kern's later films, Blutsfreundschaft (2008) and Mörderschwestern (2011), featured Helmut Berger in a starring role. His last film was The Last Summer of the Rich ("Der letzte Sommer der Reichen"), which screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015.

Selected filmography

  • Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (dir. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1972), as Lakai Mayr, court barber Hoppe, and Röhm
  • Tonight or Never (dir. Daniel Schmid, 1972), as Actor
  • Adele Spitzeder (dir. Peer Raben, 1972, TV film), as Innkeeper
  • Schattenreiter (dir. George Moorse, 1974), as Tony
  • La Paloma (dir. Daniel Schmid, 1974), as Count Isidor Palewski
  • The Wrong Move (dir. Wim Wenders, 1975), as Bernhard Landau
  • Fox and His Friends (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975), as Fatty Schmidt, flower salesman
  • Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975), as Night club owner
  • The Sternstein Manor (dir. Hans W. Geißendörfer, 1976), as Toni Stadlhofer
  • The Wild Duck (dir. Hans W. Geißendörfer, 1976), as Hjalmar Ekdal
  • Group Portrait with a Lady (dir. Aleksandar Petrović, 1977), as Werner Hoyser
  • Kleinhoff Hotel (dir. Carlo Lizzani, 1977), as Erich Müller
  • Hitler: A Film from Germany (dir. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1977), as Murderer from "M", Puppeteer, Mr. Ellerkamp, SS-Man, and Director of tourism
  • Flaming Hearts (dir. Walter Bockmayer, 1978), as Peter Huber
  • Despair (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978), as Müller
  • Bella Donna (dir. Peter Keglevic, 1983)
  • The Roaring Fifties (dir. Peter Zadek, 1983), as Franz Arnusch
  • Joan of Arc of Mongolia (dir. Ulrike Ottinger, 1989), as Mickey Katz
  • Malina (dir. Werner Schroeter, 1991), as Bulgarian
  • Terror 2000: Germany Out of Control (dir. Christoph Schlingensief, 1992), as Körn
  • The Last Summer of the Rich (2015, director)

References

  1. ^ "Peter Kern". Film Portal. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  2. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Flaming Hearts". imdb.com. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 1980: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. ^ "Regisseur und Schauspieler Peter Kern ist gestorben". DiePresse.com (in German).
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