Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab | |
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Born | 20 July 1941 |
Died | 28 June 1988 | (aged 46)
Years active | 1960s – 1988 |
Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.
Biography[]
Raab was born in Bergreichenstein, which is now Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic. He completed the abitur at Musische Gymnasium Straubing, and studied in Munich.[1]
He made his cinema debut in Fassbinder's Liebe ist kälter als der Tod (Love Is Colder than Death) in 1969. Over the next few years, he made numerous films with Fassbinder, including Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? (Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?) and Der Amerikanische Soldat (The American Soldier) in 1970, Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore) in 1971, and Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten (The Merchant of Four Seasons) in 1972.
He also worked as a production designer, assistant director, producer, and a screenwriter.
On 28 June 1988, at age 46, Raab died of AIDS-related complications. Before Raab died, he worked to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in Germany. In 1987, he discussed his illness in Herbert Achternbusch's Wohin?, a film about AIDS hysteria.[2] In 1988, he made Mitten im Leben, a documentary about AIDS, for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.[3] However, the illness remained poorly understood and Raab was placed in quarantine-like conditions in the Hamburg Tropical Institute. Prejudice about AIDS was also evident when Raab's body was refused burial in Steinbeißen, the Lower Bavarian town in which his family had settled in 1945.[1]
Raab was friends with Freddie Mercury of Queen, and appears as a ballerina in the band's music video for It's a Hard Life.[4] He is also seen in Mercury's Living on My Own video, dressed in drag as Mary, Queen of Scots.[5]
He is buried in Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg.[1]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | American title | Role | Notes |
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1969 | Liebe ist kälter als der Tod | Love Is Colder Than Death | Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus | |
1970 | Götter der Pest | Gods of the Plague | Gast in der Kneipe | Uncredited |
1970 | Don Marzio | TV movie | ||
1970 | Warum läuft Herr R. Amok? | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Herr R | |
1970 | Der Amerikanische Soldat | The American Soldier | Ricky's brother | |
1970 | Bishop | TV movie | ||
1970 | Weg vom Fenster | n/a | Erster Erzieher | TV movie |
1971 | Rio das Mortes | Rio das Mortes | Tankwart | TV movie |
1971 | Mathias Kneissl | Mathias Kneissl | Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer | |
1971 | Whity | Whity | The Pianist | Uncredited |
1971 | Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte | Beware of a Holy Whore | Fred | |
1971 | Die Ahnfrau - Oratorium nach Franz Grillparzer | n/a | Pfarrer | TV movie |
1972 | Händler der vier Jahreszeiten | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Kurt | |
1972 | Factory Boss | TV movie | ||
1972 | Carpenter | TV movie | ||
1972-1973 | Acht Stunden sind kein Tag | Eight Hours Don't Make a Day | Harald | 4 episodes |
1973 | Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe | The Tenderness of Wolves | Fritz Haarmann | |
1973 | Welt am Draht | World on a Wire | Mark Holm | 2 episodes |
1974 | Angst essen Seele auf | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Car Mechanic | Uncredited |
1974 | Wupke, prison guard | |||
1974 | Martha | Martha | Secretary | TV movie |
1974 | Der Verfolger | n/a | n/a | TV movie |
1974 | Effi Briest | Effi Briest | Apotheker Gieshübler | Voice |
1975 | n/a | Peter Pickl | TV movie | |
1975 | Wie ein Vogel auf dem Draht | Like a Bird on a Wire | Barbesucher | TV movie, Uncredited |
1975 | Faustrecht der Freiheit | Fox and His Friends | Wodka-Peter | |
1975 | Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel | Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven | Barbesitzer Gustav | |
1975 | Herr Bauer | TV movie | ||
1976 | Die Atlantikschwimmer | Die Atlantikschwimmer | Polizist | |
1976 | Satansbraten | Satan's Brew | Walter Kranz | |
1977 | Eierdiebe | Petty Thieves | n/a | |
1977 | Adolf und Marlene | Adolf and Marlene | Führer | |
1977 | Gruppenbild mit Dame | Group Portrait with a Lady | Parteifunktionär | |
1977 | Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master | TV movie | ||
1977 | Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen? | n/a | Arthur | |
1978 | Leidenschaftliche Blümchen | Preppy School Girls | Fletcher | |
1979 | Victor | n/a | Ein Zirkusansager | TV movie |
1979 | Mann von Glorias Freundin | |||
1979 | Die Buddenbrooks | n/a | n/a | TV Series |
1979 | Bildnis einer Trinkerin | Ticket of No Return | Chef | |
1979 | The Fall | Theopont Dirlewanger | ||
1979-1980 | Der ganz normale Wahnsinn | n/a | Franz | 5 episodes |
1980 | n/a | Film-Hitler | ||
1980 | Unter Verschluß | Under Lock and Key | n/a | TV movie |
1980 | Endstation Freiheit | n/a | Maria Franz Beekenbrandt | |
1981 | Total vereist | Totally Frozen | Herr Münch | |
1981 | Engel aus Eisen | Angels of Iron | Chauffeur | |
1981 | n/a | Heilbrunn | 2 episodes | |
1981 | Wie die Weltmeister | n/a | Oberamtmann | |
1981 | Heute spielen wir den Boß | n/a | Reichenstein | |
1981 | Frankfurt Kaiserstraße | Frankfurt: The Face of a City | Onkel Ossi | |
1981 | Sechsunddreißig Stunden | n/a | n/a | TV movie |
1981 | Feuer und Schwert - Die Legende von Tristan und Isolde | Fire and Sword | Ganelon | |
1981 | Die Fahrt nach Schlangenbad | n/a | Alfred Wittkowsky | TV movie |
1981 | Der glücklose Mann | n/a | n/a | TV movie |
1982 | The Confessions of Felix Krull | n/a | Sally Meerschaum | 5 episodes |
1982 | Liebeskonzil | Council of Love | Gerichtspräsident | |
1982 | Der Zauberberg | The Magic Mountain | Dr. Krokowski | |
1982 | Ich werde warten | n/a | Herr Dankert | TV movie |
1982 | Die Komplizen | n/a | Marcel Lambert | Episode: "Mein kleiner Betrüger/Das Haus des Colonels/Tschüs, Charlie!/Schmerzlose Behandlung/Schabernack mit einer alten Frau" |
1982 | Das Gespenst | The Ghost | Poli | |
1982 | n/a | Herr Körber | TV movie | |
1983 | Pevney | |||
1983 | Der Zappler | The Twitcher | Nachbar | |
1983 | Derrick | n/a | Butler | Episode: "Via Genua" |
1983 | Bella Donna | n/a | n/a | |
1983 | Die Olympiasiegerin | n/a | n/a | |
1983 | Hauptsache konsequent | n/a | n/a | TV movie |
1983 | Traumlage | n/a | Fellner | TV movie |
1983 | Krimistunde | n/a | n/a | TV Series |
1984 | Tricheurs | Youthful Sinners | Jorg | |
1984 | Humus | n/a | Horst | Short |
1984 | Rambo Zambo | n/a | n/a | TV movie |
1984 | Abwärts | Out of Order | Elevator mechanic | |
1984 | Der Rekord | The Record | P.K. Wütrich | |
1984 | n/a | Intendant | ||
1984 | Die Schwarzen Brüder | n/a | Man with scar | TV Mini-Series |
1985 | Kleine Stadt, ich liebe dich | n/a | n/a | TV Mini-Series |
1985 | Bittere Ernte | Angry Harvest | Maslanka | |
1985 | Parker | Bones | Haag | |
1985 | Franz Xaver Brunnmayr | n/a | n/a | Episode: "Das Palais" |
1985 | Mephisto | |||
1985 | Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce | Mussolini and I | Hitler | 3 episodes |
1985 | Bolero | n/a | Rado | |
1986 | Transitträume | n/a | Kaderleiter | |
1986 | Miko - aus der Gosse zu den Sternen | n/a | Walter Hahn | |
1986 | Motten im Licht | n/a | Brenner | |
1986 | n/a | 1. Geige | Episode: "Kulturpause" | |
1986 | Kir Royal | n/a | Michel, butler | Episode: "Das Volk sieht nichts" |
1986 | Schloßherren | n/a | n/a | TV Series |
1986 | Das Totenreich | n/a | John Hagen | TV movie |
1987 | Escape from Sobibor | Escape from Sobibor | Commandant Frenzel | TV movie |
1987 | Das Rätsel der Sandbank | The Riddle of the Sands | Underwood | TV movie, Uncredited |
1987 | Der Elegante Hund | n/a | n/a | TV Series |
1988 | Wohin? | n/a | Gast | |
1989 | Reporter | n/a | n/a | TV Series, (final appearance) |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Kurt Raab - Biographie". Deutsches Filminstitut. 28 June 1998. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ [1] Internet movie database, retrieved 7 June 2009
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2010-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Kurt Raab filmography, retrieved 11 June 2010
- ^ http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/interviews/queen-1/it-s-a-hard-life/
- ^ Hall, James (25 October 2019). "Drag, drugs and horse-drawn carriages: inside Freddie Mercury's epic 39th birthday party". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
External links[]
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- People from Kašperské Hory
- People from Sudetenland
- Sudeten German people
- AIDS-related deaths in Germany
- German male stage actors
- German male film actors
- German male television actors
- German autobiographers
- 20th-century German male actors
- German male non-fiction writers