Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 28, 1919
Died
Jan 03, 2000
Place of Birth
St. Pölten, Austria
Credits
92 titles
Bernhard Wicki
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 in St. Pölten, Austria - 5 January 2000 in Munich) was an Austrian actor and film director. Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as Art History, History und German Literature. In 1938, he transferred to the Schauspielschule des Staatlichen Schauspielhauses (drama school) in Berlin. In 1939, because of his membership in the Bündischen Jugend he was imprisoned for many months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After his release he moved to Vienna, and then in 1944 to Switzerland. After the end of World War II, he starred in many films, like Die letzte Brücke (1953) and Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955). He was also a photographer. His first attempt at directing came three years later with the documentary Warum sind sie gegen uns? (1958). He became internationally famous with his anti-war film of 1959 called Die Brücke. In 1961, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Miracle of Father Malachia. After his death in 2001, a fund was started and named after him in Munich, the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund. Since 2002, it has awarded a film prize, The Bridge, considered a peace prize. A further prize was endowed in 2006 with 15,000 euros, a prize given in the city of Emden since 2000. He was a patron of the International Film Festival in Emden-Norderney which first started in 1990. He first married Agnes Fink, a fellow acting colleague, and later married Elisabeth Endriss, also a colleague. In the documentary Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie (June, 2007), Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss portrayed the life and work for Wicki. He is buried at the Nymphenburger cemetery in Munich (grave number 4-1-23). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernhard Wicki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wilder Thymian
Sir Kenneth
Das Geheimnis
Dr. Virgil Schwarz
Royal Baths
Success
Bichler
I promessi sposi
padre gentiluomo
Spider's Web
Herr Waizenbaum
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Screenplay
Pattberg's Legacy
Herr Pattberg
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
Frederico Torres
Killing Cars
Von der Mühle
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
George Abbot
Die Grünstein-Variante
Director
Eine Art von Zorn
Philipp Sanger
Paris, Texas
Doctor Ulmer
The Shore
Weber, Verleger
Dangerous Moves
Pühl
A Love in Germany
Dr. Borg
Spring Symphony
Baron von Fricken
The Mysterious Stranger
Heinrich Stein
Domino
Lehrter
A Case For Two
Professor Kaiser
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Bankier James Türkheimer
Death Watch
Katherine's Dad
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
Lemmings
Herr Leuwen
Kidnapped
Hoseason
Der Mann im Schilf
Sir Gerald
Despair
Orlovius
The Left-Handed Woman
The Publisher
The Glass Cell
Polizeikommissar Österreich
Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
Writer
Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
Self
The Old Fox
Hans Pagel
Glücksucher
Kurt Siebold
Three Paths to the Lake
Branco Trotta
Crime and Passion
Rolf
Derrick
Dr. Lechner
Je später der Abend
Self
Weights and Measures
Director
The Century of Surgeons
König Edward VII.
Carlos
Philipp
Karpfs Karriere
Director
Die Enthüllung
Prof. Karl Jordan
Your Caresses
Vater
The Commissioner
Johannes Berneis
Graf Öderland
Staatsanwalt
Der Feldmarschall
Baron
Affäre Dreyfuss
Emile Zola
Der Paukenspieler
Director
Ostwind
Konarski