Name Karl Merkatz | Role Actor | |
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Awards German Film Award for Best Overall Acting Performance Movies Der Bockerer, Coming Of Age, Summer with the Ghosts, Young Dr Freud Similar People Ingrid Burkhard, Klaus Rott, Franz Antel, Christine Ostermayer, Liliana Nelska |
Karl merkatz
Karl Merkatz (born 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt) is a well-known Austrian actor. He participated in numerous Austrian film productions and plays.
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- Karl merkatz
- Andreas h bitesnich making of karl merkatz portrait for inwien magazine vienna november 2011
- Major roles
- Decorations and awards
- References

Merkatz is the son of a firefighter. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout in Wiener Neustadt. However, later he started to enroll in acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich. Then he found employment in theatres, most notable in Munich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Vienna (Theater in der Josefstadt).

During his later career he starred in several roles in television and motion pictures. In the role of Edmund Sackbauer (Mundl) in the 1970s he got famous as the typical Viennese (Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter). Another big success came with the films "Bockerer" starring as a naive Viennese during the Second World War in Vienna (the later films are set in the subsequent years to 1945).

Since 1999 Merkatz has been chairman of the human rights group SOS Mitmensch.

Andreas h bitesnich making of karl merkatz portrait for inwien magazine vienna november 2011
Major roles
