Peter Kern (actor)

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::summary Austrian actor (1949–2015) ::

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Field	Value
name	Peter Kern
image	Peter Kern, Viennale 2009.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Vienna, Austria
death_date
death_place	Vienna, Austria
occupation	Actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
yearsactive	1957–2015
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| name = Peter Kern | image = Peter Kern, Viennale 2009.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = Vienna, Austria | death_date = | death_place = Vienna, Austria | occupation = Actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer | yearsactive = 1957–2015

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. He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.

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
• ** (dir. Daniel Schmid, 1972), as Actor
• ** (dir. Peer Raben, 1972, TV film), as Innkeeper
• Schattenreiter (dir. George Moorse, 1974), as Tony
• ** (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

References

1. "Peter Kern". Film Portal.
2. "IMDB.com: Awards for Flaming Hearts". imdb.com.
3. "Berlinale 1980: Juries". berlinale.de.
4. "Regisseur und Schauspieler Peter Kern ist gestorben". DiePresse.com.

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