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Kurt Raab(1941-1988)

  • Actor
  • Production Designer
  • Writer
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Kurt Raab in World on a Wire (1973)
Kurt Raab was born on 20 July 1941 in Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and production designer, known for Tenderness of the Wolves (1973), Satan's Brew (1976) and Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970). He died on 28 June 1988 in Hamburg, West Germany.
BornJuly 20, 1941
DiedJune 28, 1988(46)
BornJuly 20, 1941
DiedJune 28, 1988(46)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Kurt Raab in Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
Tenderness of the Wolves
6.3
  • Insp. Fritz Haarmann
  • 1973
Helen Vita, Katherina Buchhammer, Margit Carstensen, and Kurt Raab in Satan's Brew (1976)
Satan's Brew
6.7
  • Walter Kranz
  • 1976
Kurt Raab and Lilith Ungerer in Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
7.2
  • Herr R.
  • 1970
Whity (1971)
Whity
6.4
  • The Pianist(uncredited)
  • 1971

Credits

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Actor



  • Reporter
    5.1
    TV Series
    • 1989
  • Wohin? (1988)
    Wohin?
    7.2
    • Gast
    • 1988
  • Der elegante Hund
    TV Series
    • 1987–1988
  • Burghart Klaußner, Peter Sattmann, and Isabel Varell in Das Rätsel der Sandbank (1987)
    Das Rätsel der Sandbank
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • Underwood (uncredited)
    • 1987
  • Alan Arkin, Rutger Hauer, and Joanna Pacula in Escape from Sobibor (1987)
    Escape from Sobibor
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Sgt. Frenzel
    • 1987
  • Das Totenreich (1986)
    Das Totenreich
    TV Movie
    • John Hagen
    • 1986
  • Willy Harlander and Karl Lieffen in Schloßherren (1986)
    Schloßherren
    TV Series
    • 1986
  • Rosowski
    TV Series
    • 1986
  • Senta Berger, Dieter Hildebrandt, Franz-Xaver Kroetz, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, and Billie Zöckler in Kir Royal (1986)
    Kir Royal
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Michel, Butler
    • 1986
  • Rette mich, wer kann (1986)
    Rette mich, wer kann
    TV Series
    • 1. Geige
    • 1986
  • Detektivbüro Roth (1986)
    Detektivbüro Roth
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Dr. Ross
    • 1986
  • Motten im Licht
    3.8
    • Brenner
    • 1986
  • Petra Mikolajczuk in Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars (1986)
    Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
    5.8
    • Walter Hahn
    • 1986
  • Transitträume
    • Kaderleiter
    • 1986
  • Anthony Hopkins, Susan Sarandon, and Bob Hoskins in Mussolini and I (1985)
    Mussolini and I
    6.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Adolf Hitler
    • 1985

Production Designer



  • Die Insel der blutigen Plantage (1983)
    Die Insel der blutigen Plantage
    4.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1983
  • Pouri Baneai, Michael Dante, Peter Graves, and Curd Jürgens in The Tehran Incident (1979)
    The Tehran Incident
    3.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1979
  • Kurt Raab and Elisabeth Trissenaar in The Stationmaster's Wife (1977)
    The Stationmaster's Wife
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1977
  • Adolf und Marlene (1977)
    Adolf und Marlene
    6.2
    • Production Designer
    • 1977
  • Herbert Bötticher, Walter Kohut, Harald Leipnitz, and Günther Neutze in Vier gegen die Bank (1976)
    Vier gegen die Bank
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1976
  • Helen Vita, Katherina Buchhammer, Margit Carstensen, and Kurt Raab in Satan's Brew (1976)
    Satan's Brew
    6.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1976
  • I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
    I Only Want You to Love Me
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1976
  • Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)
    Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven
    7.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1975
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Karlheinz Böhm, and Christiane Maybach in Fox and His Friends (1975)
    Fox and His Friends
    7.6
    • Production Designer
    • 1975
  • Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
    Like a Bird on a Wire
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1975
  • Margit Carstensen in Martha (1974)
    Martha
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1974
  • Klaus Löwitsch, Mascha Rabben, and Karl Heinz Vosgerau in World on a Wire (1973)
    World on a Wire
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1973
  • Kurt Raab in Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
    Tenderness of the Wolves
    6.3
    • Production Designer
    • 1973
  • Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972)
    Eight Hours Don't Make a Day
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1972–1973
  • Harry Baer and Eva Mattes in Jail Bait (1972)
    Jail Bait
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1972

Writer



  • Sehnsucht nach Sodom (1989)
    Sehnsucht nach Sodom
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1989
  • Senta Berger, Dieter Hildebrandt, Franz-Xaver Kroetz, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, and Billie Zöckler in Kir Royal (1986)
    Kir Royal
    8.2
    TV Series
    • contributing writer
    • 1986
  • Die Insel der blutigen Plantage (1983)
    Die Insel der blutigen Plantage
    4.4
    • by
    • 1983
  • Heute spielen wir den Boss (1981)
    Heute spielen wir den Boss
    4.3
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • Hanna Schygulla in The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
    The Marriage of Maria Braun
    7.7
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1979
  • Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)
    Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven
    7.5
    • Writer
    • 1975
  • Kurt Raab in Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
    Tenderness of the Wolves
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1973

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 20, 1941
    • Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]
  • Died
    • June 28, 1988
    • Hamburg, West Germany(AIDS)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Biographical Movies
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal

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  • Trivia
    Actor, director, screenwriter and production designer. Though born in what is present-day Czech Republic, he grew up in lower Bavaria. He made his stage debut in 1967 and was a co-founder of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 'Anti-Theatre' the following year. He starred in that director's stage productions and in films from the late 1960's (again mostly for Fassbinder), specialising in powerful portrayals of unsympathetic, even reprehensible characters, small-minded philistines, opportunists, mass murderers (Haarmann) and dictators (Hitler).
  • Trademark
      Frequently cast in Rainer Werner Fassbinder films.
  • Nickname
    • Emma Kartoffel

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