Bernhard Wicki
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 in St. Pölten, Austria - 5 January 2000 in Munich) was an Austrian actor and film director. Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as Art History, History und German Literature. In 1938, he transferred to the Schauspielschule des Staatlichen Schauspielhauses (drama school) in Berlin. In 1939, because of his membership in the Bündischen Jugend he was imprisoned for many months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After his release he moved to Vienna, and then in 1944 to Switzerland. After the end of World War II, he starred in many films, like Die letzte Brücke (1953) and Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955). He was also a photographer. His first attempt at directing came three years later with the documentary Warum sind sie gegen uns? (1958). He became internationally famous with his anti-war film of 1959 called Die Brücke. In 1961, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Miracle of Father Malachia. After his death in 2001, a fund was started and named after him in Munich, the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund. Since 2002, it has awarded a film prize, The Bridge, considered a peace prize. A further prize was endowed in 2006 with 15,000 euros, a prize given in the city of Emden since 2000. He was a patron of the International Film Festival in Emden-Norderney which first started in 1990. He first married Agnes Fink, a fellow acting colleague, and later married Elisabeth Endriss, also a colleague. In the documentary Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie (June, 2007), Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss portrayed the life and work for Wicki. He is buried at the Nymphenburger cemetery in Munich (grave number 4-1-23). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernhard Wicki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
80 acting credits · 14 directing credits
Acting · 80
The Old Fox
1977
Derrick
1974
A Case For Two
1981
Bambi
1948
German Film Award
1951
Grimme Award
1964
The Commissioner
1969
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
Stars in the Ring
1959
Paris, Texas
1984
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987
I promessi sposi
1989
Kidnapped
1979
Je später der Abend
1973
The Century of Surgeons
1972
La Notte
1961
Death Watch
1980
Spring Symphony
1983
Lemmings
1979
Despair
1978
Sex Can Be Difficult
1962
Your Caresses
1969
Portuguese Vacation
1963
The Shore
1984
Carlos
1971
Success
1991
It Happened on July 20th
1955
Affäre Dreyfuss
1968
The Left-Handed Woman
1978
Killing Cars
1986
The Cat
1958
A Love in Germany
1983
Eine Art von Zorn
1984
The Last Bridge
1954
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
1985
Dangerous Moves
1984
Spider's Web
1989
Du mein stilles Tal
1955
The Restless Night
1958
Rosen im Herbst
1955
Escape from Sahara
1958
The Mysterious Stranger
1982
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
1981
Lampenfieber
1960
Domino
1982
Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben
1956
Three Paths to the Lake
1976
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1956
Es wird alles wieder gut
1957
Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
1977
The Postmaster
1940
The Fallen Star
1950
Crime and Passion
1976
Circus of Love
1954
Children, Mother, and the General
1955
Ewiger Walzer
1954
Frau im besten Mannesalter
1959
The Mosquito
1954
The Glass Cell
1978
Royal Baths
1993
Graf Öderland
1968
Das Geheimnis
1994
Glücksucher
1977
The Zurich Engagement
1957
Prisoners of Love
1954
Double Destiny
1954
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wilder Thymian
1994
Frauensee
1958
Königin Luise
1957
Ostwind
1967
Elf Jahre und ein Tag
1963
Der Mann im Schilf
1978
Die Enthüllung
1969
Flucht in die Tropennacht
1958
Frucht ohne Liebe
1956
Der Feldmarschall
1968
Am Set von "Warum sind sie gegen uns?"
1958
Pattberg's Legacy
1987
Die Nashörner
1961
Junges Herz voll Liebe
1953
Directing · 14
The Longest Day
1962
The Bridge
1959
Morituri
1965
The Visit
1964
Spider's Web
1989
The Miracle of Father Malachia
1961
Die Grünstein-Variante
1985
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
1987
Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
1977
Der Paukenspieler
1967
Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
1977
Warum sind sie gegen uns?
1958
Karpfs Karriere
1971
Weights and Measures
1973