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Otto Mächtlinger

Otto Mächtlinger

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Born April 24, 1921 in Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia

Died December 29, 1985

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He was born in Reichenberg, now Liberec, which was then part of the German Sudetenland in northern former Czechoslovakia. He and his younger sister Susanne lost their mother when he was four and she was two. During World War II, he served as a marine and survived three plane attacks by sheer luck. After the war, he and a group of friends established the Franconian Theatre near Coburg, North Bavaria, in an old, cold castle. They were compensated with wood, coal, and food. There, he met his first wife, Edith, a violinist. Their daughter Nora was born in 1951, followed by their son Uwe in 1954. For ten years, he was a member of the Schauspielhaus in Zurich, which he left in 1964 alongside Peter Stein and several colleagues to found the revolutionary Schaubühne in West Berlin. In 1974, he moved to Switzerland with his Swiss wife, Toni, and worked as a freelancer for the remainder of his life. He passed away at the early age of 64 from cancer. Even on the day of his death, he performed a leading role on stage, seated because he was unable to stand. He was a friendly, tolerant, caring, and courageous individual who could have become a famous star had he wished.

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Der schwarze Tanner Poster

Der schwarze Tanner Feature Film1986Kaspar Tanner

Lenz oder die Freiheit Poster

Lenz oder die Freiheit Mini-Series1986Einstein

Chapiteau Poster

Chapiteau Feature Film1984Karl Hügel

Der Fahnder Poster

Der Fahnder TV Series1984Barutta

Huldrych Zwingli, Reformator TV Movie1984Bürgemeister Röist

Heinrich Heine - Die zweite Vertreibung aus dem Paradies TV Movie1983Dr. Gruby

Der Besuch der alten Dame Poster

Der Besuch der alten Dame TV Movie1982Pfarrer

Doktor Faustus Poster

Doktor Faustus Feature Film1982

Auf Schusters Rappen TV Movie1981

Das Haus im Park Feature Film1981Mann mit Fahrrad

The Boat Is Full Poster

The Boat Is Full Feature Film1981

The Frozen Heart Poster

The Frozen Heart Feature Film1980Reichmuth

Rund um die Uhr TV Series1979Willy Krottke

Trilogie des Wiedersehens TV Movie1979Franz

Der Geist der Mirabelle. Geschichten von Bollerup TV Movie1978Fiete

Die Schlacht - Szenen aus Deutschland TV Movie1976

Summer Guests Poster

Summer Guests Feature Film1976Pustobajka - Wächter

A Happy Family Life Poster

A Happy Family Life Feature Film1975Manfreds Vater

Es fängt ganz harmlos an TV Movie1975Ewald

Lohn und Liebe TV Movie1974Mann im Betriebsrat

Die Wollands Poster

Die Wollands Feature Film1973Garstel

Die Mutter TV Movie1971

Peer Gynt TV Movie1971Solveigs Vater

Die lieben Freunde TV Movie1970Doug Lambert

Prometheus aus der Seitengasse TV Movie1970Paul

Recht oder Unrecht TV Series1970Rechtsanwalt Röthenbacher

Das Rätsel von Piskov Poster

Das Rätsel von Piskov TV Movie1969Dr. Sehnal

In dieser Hölle TV Movie1969Kepa

Ein Abschiedsbrief TV Movie1968Pierre Ferraud

Gäste aus Deutschland TV Movie1968Oberstleutnant Klieber

Knüpfe das Netz nach dem Fisch TV Movie1968Koinar

Tragödie in einer Wohnwagenstadt Poster

Tragödie in einer Wohnwagenstadt TV Movie1967Julio Infante

Das Leben des Horace A.W. Tabor - Ein Stück aus den Tagen der letzten Könige TV Movie1965Harvey Vulture Doe

Andorra TV Movie1964Geselle

Der Gefangene der Botschaft TV Movie1964Timofeuj

Kapitän Karagöz TV Movie1963Takis, Kellner in der Taverne

Zwischen Montag und Samstag TV Movie1961Anton Acker

Fräulein Julie TV Movie1960Jean, Bedienter

Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk TV Movie1957Marek

Rübezahl - Herr der Berge Poster

Rübezahl - Herr der Berge Feature Film1957Glaser Steffen

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