Mini-Biography:
Oskar Werner was born on November 13, 1922 in Wien. He was an Austrian Schauspieler, known for Der Engel mit der Posaune (1948), Lola Montez (1955), Der letzte Akt (1955), Oskar Werner's first movie on record is from 1939. Oskar Werner died on October 23, 1984 in Marburg an der Lahn. His last motion picture on file dates from 1976.
Biographical Notes
Bedeutender österreichischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler von internationalem Renomme, bekannt vor allem auch durch seine Rolle in Truffauts JULES UND JIMES. Zu seinen besten Theaterrollen zählen unter anderen "Hamlet" (Theater i.d. Josefstadt, Wien), "Don Carlos", "Heinrich IV", "Becket", "Heinrich V" (alle Burgtheater, Wien), "Torquato Tasso" (Akademietheater, Wien) u.v.a.m.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1976: Voyage of the Damned (Reise der Verdammten) (Darsteller: Dr. Kreiser), Directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with Faye Dunaway, José Ferrer, Ben Gazzara,
1975: Columbo: Playback (Darsteller), Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski, with Patricia Barry, Bart Burns, Peter Falk,
1968: The Shoes of the Fisherman (In den Schuhen des Fischers) (Darsteller: David Telemond), Directed by Michael Anderson, with Vittorio De Sica, John Gielgud, David Janssen,
1967: Interlude (Zwischenspiel) (Darsteller: Dirigent), Directed by Kevin Billington, with John Cleese, Barbara Ferris, Virginia Maskell,
1966: Fahrenheit 451 (Darsteller: Feuerwehrmann Montag), Directed by Francois Truffaut, with Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack,
1965: Ship of Fools (Das Narrenschiff) (Darsteller: Dr. Wilhelm Schumann), Directed by Stanley Kramer, with Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, José Ferrer,
1965: The Spy who came in from the cold (Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam) (Darsteller: Fiedler), Directed by Martin Ritt, with Richard Burton, Claire Bloom,
1961: Jules et Jim (Jules und Jim) (Darsteller: Jules), Directed by Francois Truffaut, with Boris Bassiak, Marie Dubois, Jeanne Moreau,
1955: Lola Montez (Darsteller: Student), Directed by Max Ophüls, with Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Béatrice Arnac,
1955: Spionage (Darsteller: Lt. Zeno von Baumgarten), Directed by Franz Antel, with Ewald Balser, Hannelore Bollmann, Rudolf Forster,
1955: Mozart (Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben) (Darsteller: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Directed by Karl Hartl, with Erich Kunz, Gertrud Kückelmann, Johanna Matz,
1955: Der letzte Akt (Darsteller: Richard Wüst), Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, with Helga Dohrn, Erik Frey, Albin Skoda,
1951: Decision before dawn (Entscheidung vor Morgengrauen) (Darsteller: "Happy"), Directed by Anatole Litvak, with Richard Basehart, Dominique Blanchar, Hans Christian Blech,
1951: Das gestohlene Jahr (Darsteller: Peter Brück), Directed by Wilfried Frass, with Ewald Balser, Elisabeth Höbarth,
1951: Ruf aus dem Äther (Darsteller: Der Student), Directed by Georg C. Klaren, Georg Wilhelm Pabst, with Fritz Imhoff, Toni van Eyck,
1950: The Wonder Kid (Darsteller), Directed by Karl Hartl, with Bobby Henrey, Robert Shackleton,
1950: Eroica (Darsteller: Karl), Directed by Walter Kolm-Veltée, with Ewald Balser, Judith Holzmeister, Dagny Servaes,
1950: Ein Lächeln im Sturm (Darsteller), Directed by René Chamas, with Curd Jürgens, Aglaja Schmid,
1950: The Angel with the Trumpet (Darsteller: Herman Alt), Directed by Anthony Bushell, with Eileen Herlie, Basil Sydney, Norman Wooland,
1948: Der Engel mit der Posaune (Darsteller: Hermann Alt), Directed by Karl Hartl, with , Helene Thimig, Hedwig Bleibtreu,
1939: Hotel Sacher (Darsteller), Directed by Erich Engel, with Wolf Albach-Retty, Willy Birgel, Hedwig Bleibtreu,
Bibliography
* The BFI Companion to German Cinema, edited by Thomas Elsaesser with Michael Wedel, British FILM Institute, London 1999;
* Oskar Werner - Ein Nachklang, Robert Dachs, Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Wien 1992 (Biografie)
* Oskar Werner - Maske Mythos Mensch, Margareta Mazura, dzt. vergriffen (Biografie)
* Oskar Werner - Eine Spurensicherung, Attila E. Lang, Jugend & Volk (Biografie)