Klaus Löwitsch
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Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm.
He appeared in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginning with Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) and notably including World on a Wire (1973) and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979).
His English language films include Cross of Iron (1977), The Odessa File (1974), Firefox (1982) and Fassbinder's Despair (1978).
He was born in Berlin. He died in Munich from pancreatic cancer.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | Karl | Hans Wolff | ||
The Hunter of Fall | Gustav Ucicky | |||
1958 | Scherben bringen Glück | Hans Fröhlich, Revuesänger | Ernst Marischka | |
Träume von der Südsee | Percy Remberg | Harald Philipp | ||
1958 | Peter | Thomas Engel | ||
The Crammer | Harry Engelmann | Axel von Ambesser | ||
1960 | … und noch frech dazu! | Bulle | Rolf von Sydow | |
A Woman for Life | Willy Heinemann | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | ||
1961 | Schlagerparade 1961 | Haifisch | Franz Marischka | |
1963 | The Black Cobra | Boogie | Rudolf Zehetgruber | |
1967 | Mädchen, Mädchen | Schorsch | Roger Fritz | |
Hot Pavements of Cologne | Willy | Ernst Hofbauer | ||
1968 | Bis zum Happy-End | Arnold | ||
1970 | Werner | Roger Fritz | ||
1971 | Sergeant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | TV film | |
The Merchant of Four Seasons | Harry | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
Frank Batman | Rolf von Sydow | TV miniseries | ||
1973 | Desaster | Urs Werther | Reinhard Hauff | TV film |
World on a Wire | Fred Stiller | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | TV film | |
The Bloody Vultures of Alaska | Lapporte | Harald Reinl | ||
Libero | Jo Marvissen | |||
Hubertus Castle | Schipper | Harald Reinl | ||
1974 | Der Jäger von Fall | Lenz | Harald Reinl | |
The Odessa File | Gustav Mackensen | Ronald Neame | ||
Zwei himmlische Dickschädel | Kamberger | Werner Jacobs | ||
1975 | Rosebud | Schloss | Otto Preminger | |
1976 | Shadow of Angels | Jude | Daniel Schmid | |
Attempted Flight | Police man in Vienna | Vojtěch Jasný | ||
1977 | Frank Fachmin | Wolf Gremm | ||
Cross of Iron | Cpl. Krüger | Sam Peckinpah | ||
1978 | Despair | Felix | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
1979 | Tatort: | Paco | Wolfgang Staudte | TV series, 1 episode |
The Marriage of Maria Braun | Hermann Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
Breakthrough | Cpl. Krüger | Andrew V. McLaglen | ||
Pakleni otok | Petty Officer | Vladimir Tadej | ||
1980 | Tiberi | |||
1981 | Sepp Trautwein | Egon Günther | TV miniseries | |
Sonderdezernat K1: Die Rache eines V-Mannes | Harry Wolters | Alfred Weidenmann | TV series, 1 episode | |
1982 | Night Crossing | Schmolk | Delbert Mann | |
Tatort: | Rolfs | Jürgen Roland | TV series, 1 episode | |
Firefox | General Vladimirov | Clint Eastwood | ||
1984 | Kai Haller | Uli Edel | TV film | |
1985 | Tatort: | Dietze | Jürgen Roland | TV series, 1 episode |
Gotcha! | Vlad | Jeff Kanew | ||
Kaminsky | Kaminsky | Michael Lähn | ||
1987 | Treasure Island in Outer Space | Captain Smollet | Antonio Margheriti | TV miniseries |
1989-1996 | Peter Strohm | Peter Strohm | TV series, 63 episodes | |
1997 | Siegfried Rabinovicz | Oliver Hirschbiegel | TV film; Grimme-Preis | |
2001 | Feindliche Übernahme - althan.com | Willi Konrad | Carl Schenkel | |
What to Do in Case of Fire? | Manowski | Gregor Schnitzler | ||
2002 | Extreme Ops | Slobodan Pavlov | Christian Duguay | (final film role) |
External links and references[]
- Klaus Löwitsch at IMDb
- Klaus Löwitsch at Allmovie
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2002 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Germany
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- German male film actors
- German male television actors
- 20th-century German male actors
- 21st-century German male actors
- Burials at the Ostfriedhof (Munich)
- German Film Award winners
- German screen actor stubs