Bernhard Wicki
Acting
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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).
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Filmography of
Bernhard Wicki
Sir Kenneth
... 1994
Dr. Virgil Schwarz
... 1994
... 1993
Bichler
... 1991
Herr Waizenbaum
... 1989
Herr Pattberg
... 1987
Von der Mühle
... 1986
George Abbot
... 1985
Philipp Sanger
... 1984
Doctor Ulmer
... 1984
Weber, Verleger
... 1984
Pühl
... 1984
Dr. Borg
... 1983
Baron von Fricken
... 1983
Heinrich Stein
... 1982
Lehrter
... 1982
Bankier James Türkheimer
... 1981
Katherine's Dad
... 1980
... 1979
Sir Gerald
... 1978
Orlovius
... 1978
The Publisher
... 1978
Polizeikommissar Österreich
... 1978
... 1977
Kurt Siebold
... 1977
Branco Trotta
... 1976
Rolf
... 1976
Philipp
... 1971
Prof. Karl Jordan
... 1969
Vater
... 1969
Staatsanwalt
... 1968
Baron
... 1968
Emile Zola
... 1968
Konarski
... 1967
Bernard
... 1963
Karl Rodenbach
... 1963
Hans (segment "Il serpente")
... 1962
Herr Behringer
... 1961
Tommaso Garani
... 1961
Rohrbach
... 1960
Tex Richards
... 1959
Karl Anton Graf Chur
... 1958
Priest Brunner
... 1958
... 1958
Robert
... 1958
Bernard Werner
... 1958
Luigi Locatelli
... 1958
Dr. Johann Krapp
... 1957
Paul Frank
... 1957
Zar Alexander
... 1957
Dr. Jan Vlimmen
... 1956
Dr. Grüter
... 1956
Dr.Kolb
... 1956
Geert von Innstetten
... 1955
Erik Linden
... 1955
Oberst Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg
... 1955
Hauptmann Dornberg
... 1955
Rainer von Hohenburg
... 1954
Hugo
... 1954
Franz
... 1954
Johann Strauss Sohn
... 1954
Franz Martens
... 1954
Boro
... 1954
Vitus Zingerl
... 1953
Otto
... 1950
Statist
... 1940