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Full Name
Wolf Kaiser
Occupation
actor
Name
Wolf Kaiser
Role
Theatre actor
Born
26 October 1916 (
1916-10-26
)
Frankfurt am Main, German Empire
Awards
Art Prize of East Germany, National Prize of East Germany, Fatherland Service Order
Died
October 22, 1992, Berlin, Germany
Movies
Das tapfere Schneiderlein, The Adventures of Werner, Die Geschichte vom klein, Ernst Thalmann ‑ Son of his, The Dress
Similar People
Manfred Wekwerth, Egon Gunther, Peter Palitzsch, Robert Vernay, Kurt Maetzig
Wolf Kaiser
Wolf Kaiser (26 October 1916 – 22 October 1992) was a German theatre and film actor. He grew up in Switzerland, where he studied chemistry and physiology. In 1937 he was deemed unfit for service in the Wehrmacht, and then went to Berlin where he trained as an actor.
Kaiser made his stage début in 1941 at the Stadtheater in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, when that country was occupied by Germany. This led to Kaiser's engagement at the Volksbühne in Berlin from 1942 until 1945. Kaiser then had engagements in Frankfurt am Main, Munich and the Schauspiel Leipzig. In 1950 Kaiser returned to Berlin, where Bertolt Brecht recruited him to the Deutsches Theater and the Berliner Ensemble. Kaiser starred as Mack the Knife in Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera in more than 450 times. Kaiser stayed with the Berliner Ensemble until 1967, becoming one of East Germany's foremost stage actors.
Kaiser had acted in films since the Second World War, including roles in Wolfgang Staudte's Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953), Kurt Maetzig's Ernst Thälmann, Sohn Seiner Klasse (1954), Martin Hellberg's Thomas Müntzer and Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Weckwerth's film version of Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children (1961). Kaiser's first starring role was in 1956 in Hellberg's Die Millionen der Yvette, and he was noted for his roles in Helmut Spieß's 1956 film version of The Valiant Little Tailor, Martin Hellberg's 1959 film version of Friedrich Schiller's Intrigue and Love and Robert Vernay's 1965 film Das Stacheltier – Das blaue Zimmer. From 1969 Kaiser concentrated his career on screen acting, including Peter Zadek's 1973 version of Kleiner Mann – was nun? and Egon Günther's 1978 television version of Ursula. Kaiser's last major film role was in 1981 as Casanova in Martin Eckermann's Casanova auf Schloß Dux. Kaiser appeared frequently on East German television.
Death
Kaiser believed in and supported the East German Communist state. He was distressed at its collapse in 1989, its corruption that came to light after its fall and German reunification, and the return of capitalism and mass unemployment to eastern Germany from 1989 onwards. In 1992, a few days before his birthday, Kaiser committed suicide by leaping out of the study window of his apartment. Kaiser is buried in the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder Cemetery in Berlin.
Awards
1961: Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic
1965: National Prize of East Germany 2nd Class
1967: National Prize of East Germany 3rd Class for collaboration in Geduld der Kühnen
1968: National Prize of East Germany 1st Class for collaboration in Zeit ist Glück
1977: Fatherland Service Order in Silver
1981: Fatherland Service Order in Gold
Filmography
Actor
1986
Das heilige Experiment (TV Movie) as
Don Pedro de Miura
1986
Der schwarze Tanner as
Pfarrer Mettler
1984
Schlucker oder Fahren wir eben mal nach Görlitz (TV Movie)
1982
Die Leidenschaftlichen (TV Movie) as
Alter Goethe
1981
Casanova auf Schloss Dux (TV Movie) as
Casanova
1981
Schöne Ferien (TV Movie)
1981
Berühmte Ärzte der Charité: Der Mann aus Jena (TV Movie) as
Dr. Ernst Ludwig Heim
1980
Sehr jung, sehr hübsch und das gewisse Etwas (TV Movie) as
Lorenz
1980
Beenschäfer (TV Movie)
1978
Ursula (TV Movie) as
Schnurrenberger
1977
Rückkopplung (TV Movie) as
Kucharenko
1977
Happy End (TV Movie) as
Bill Cracker
1977
Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute (TV Series) as
Trautwein
- Der Mann nach Maß (1977) - Trautwein
1976
De Schützekönig (TV Movie) as
Wolf Kaiser
1976
Sein letzter Fall (TV Movie) as
Karl Fretsch
1976
Der Stumme as
Ferro
1976
Was kostet Martin die Welt? (TV Movie)
1975
Bin ich Moses? (TV Mini Series) as
Eduard
- Erster Teil (1975) - Eduard
1975
Die unheilige Sophia (TV Movie) as
Ernst Lewke
1974
ABC der Liebe (TV Series)
- Die Wunder des Glaubens (1974)
- Die Früchte der Gelehrsamkeit (1974)
1974
Spätsaison (TV Mini Series) as
Prof. Dr. Hauk (1974)
1972
Der Herr Ornifle (TV Movie) as
Ornifle
1972
Der Adjutant (TV Series) as
Rafael Trujillo
- Zweiter Teil (1972) - Rafael Trujillo
- Erster Teil (1972) - Rafael Trujillo
1971
Istanbul-Masche (TV Movie) as
Richard Kortmann
1969
Kriminalfälle ohne Beispiel (TV Series)
- Tod eines Millionärs (1971)
- Das Verbrechen an Timo Rinnelt und seine Aufklärung (1969)
1971
Tod eines Millionärs (TV Movie) as
Dahlman
1971
Das letzte Wort (TV Movie) as
Henry Groschenabb
1971
Der Sonne Glut (TV Series)
1970
Denn ich sah eine neue Erde (TV Mini Series)
1970
Fiete stein (TV Movie)
1970
Caesar und Cleopatra (TV Movie) as
Caesar
1968
Ich - Axel Caesar Springer (TV Series) as
Lucian Alsen
- Männer werden gemacht (1968) - Lucian Alsen
- Vom schweren Anfang (1968) - Lucian Alsen
1968
Zeit ist glück (TV Mini Series)
1967
Kleiner Mann - was nun? (TV Movie) as
Holger Jachmann
1967
Meine besten freunde (TV Mini Series)
- Die Zeichen der Ersten (1967)
1966
Die Tage der Commune (TV Movie) as
Papa
1965
Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt as
Generalmajor Wolzow
1964
Das Stacheltier - Das blaue Zimmer as
Hubert
1964
Alaskafüchse as
Colonel Reed
1964
Einer steht im Weg (TV Movie) as
Set Villingby
1964
Volpone (TV Movie) as
Volpone
1963
Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes as
Adrian Haupt
1963
Das Stacheltier - Der Dieb von San Marengo as
Präfekt
1963
Mariana Pineda (TV Movie) as
Pedrosa
1962
Das Stacheltier - Der Fluch der bösen Tat (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1962
Der Hexer (TV Movie) as
Rechtsanwalt William Mertens
1962
Sieben Tote suchen einen Mörder (TV Movie)
1962
Tempel des Satans (TV Mini Series) as
Phil Rank
- Dritter Teil (1962) - Phil Rank
- Zweiter Teil (1962) - Phil Rank
- Erster Teil (1962) - Phil Rank
1962
Keine Zeit für Helden (TV Movie) as
Chuck Carnett
1961
Das Kleid as
Kaiser Max
1961
Die heilige Johanna von Amerika (TV Movie) as
Villegas
1961
Italienisches Capriccio
1961
Mother Courage and Her Children as
Feldprediger
1959
Kabale und Liebe as
Präsident von Walter
1959
Senta auf Abwegen as
Dattelmann
1958
Hexen von Paris (TV Movie) as
König Ludwig XIV.
1957
Das Stacheltier - Die Moritat vom Kies (Short) as
Polier
1957
Katzgraben
1957
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder - Eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg in 12 Bildern von Bertolt Brecht (TV Movie) as
Der Feldprediger
1957
Das Stacheltier - Tanz in der Galerie (Short) as
Pförtner
1956
Die Millionen der Yvette as
Maurice Daurignac
1956
Das tapfere Schneiderlein as
1. Riese
1956
Thomas Müntzer as
Schwabenhannes
1956
Das Stacheltier - Prometheus - Olympische Spiele mit dem Feuer (Short) as
Prometheus
1955
Lysistrata (TV Movie) as
Kinesias
1955
Pauken und Trompeten (TV Movie) as
Captain Brazen
1955
Der Ochse von Kulm as
Gendarm Kranzel
1954
Der Fall Dr. Wagner as
Feder
1954
Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse as
Major Zinker
1953
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck as
Wachhauptmann
1952
Das verurteilte Dorf as
Amerikanischer Oberst
1952
Karriere in Paris as
Herr im Spielsaal
1951
Die letzte Heuer as
Langer SS-Mann
1950
Die Kreuzlschreiber as
Anton Huber
1944
Das Leben ruft as
Jürgen Tiedemann
Archive Footage
1997
Rückkehr aus großer Entfernung - Die Filme des Egon Günther (TV Movie documentary)
1994
Der nackte Osten - Erotik zwischen oben und unten (TV Movie documentary)