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Helmut Griem

 
Actor: Helmut Griem
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  • Born: Apr 06, 1932 in Hamburg, Germany
  • Died: Nov 19, 2004 in Munich, Germany
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '60s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Drama
  • Career Highlights: Cabaret, The Damned, Les Rendez-Vous D'Anna
  • First Major Screen Credit: Der Traum Von Lieschen Muller (1962)

Biography

Born and educated in Hamburg, handsome blonde German actor Helmut Griem first appeared in European films in 1961 and exploded onto the international film scene as the bisexual Aschenbach in Visconti's The Damned(1969). In roughly the same vein, he was cast as the elegantly debauched aristocrat Maximillian Von Heune in Cabaret (1972). Helmut Griem's subsequent roles have included the title character in the 1988 filmization of Faust and Field Marshal Rommel in the 1990 TV movie The Plot to Kill Hitler. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Helmut Griem (born April 6, 1932 in Hamburg – November 19, 2004 in Munich) was a German actor.

Griem was primarily a German-speaking stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Staatliches Schauspielbühnen in Berlin, in the Munich Kammerspiele, and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, also in Munich.

Among his many film and TV appearances, the Oscar-winning film Cabaret (1972), in which he played the rich "Baron Maximilian von Heune" is probably the best-known. Despite his success in film, the theatre remained at the heart of Griem's work.

Later in his career Griem turned to theatre direction, including Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill. Before his death, Griem had planned to direct the Botho Strauss play Die eine and die andere (This One and The Other).

Theatre

Title Author Role Director
Intrigue and Love Friedrich Schiller Ferdinand Willi Schmidt
Leonce and Lena Georg Büchner Leonce Hans Bauer
As You Like It William Shakespeare Orlando Willi Schmidt
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Tom Willi Schmidt
Richard II William Shakespeare Title Role Hans Lietzau
Der Kirschgarten Anton P. Tschechow Lopachin Hans Lietzau
The Philanthropist Christopher Hampton Philipp Dieter Dorn
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg Heinrich von Kleist Title Role Hans Lietzau
The Maids Jean Genet Claire Dieter Dorn
Philoctetes Heiner Müller Title Role Hans Lietzau
Die Räuber Friedrich Schiller Karl Moor Hans Lietzau
My Fair Lady Lerner and Loewe Professor Higgins August Everding
Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare Thersites Dieter Dorn
Faust Johann Wolfgang Goethe Title Role Dieter Dorn
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee George Martin Meltge

Filmography

Date Title Director With...
1960 Fabrik der Offiziere Frank Wisbar
Written by Hans Hellmut Kirst		 Horst Frank
1961 Bis zum Ende aller Tage Franz Peter Wirth Hanns Lothar
1969 The Damned Luchino Visconti Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger
1970 The McKenzie Break Lamont Johnson Brian Keith
1972 Cabaret Bob Fosse Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Joel Grey and Fritz Wepper
1972 Die Moral der Ruth Halbfass Volker Schlöndorff Senta Berger
1972 Ludwig Luchino Visconti Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Gert Fröbe,
Trevor Howard and Silvana Mangano
1974 Children of Rage Arthur Seideman Olga Georges-Picot
1976 Ansichten eines Clowns Vojtěch Jasný
Written by Heinrich Böll		 Hanna Schygulla and Hans Christian Blech
1976 Le Désert des Tartares Valerio Zurlini Vittorio Gassman, Laurent Terzieff, Max von Sydow
1977 The Black Cell Hans Geissendorfer Brigitte Fossey
1978 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna Chantal Akerman Aurore Clement
1979 Steiner: Cross of Iron 2 (AKA Breakthrough) Andrew V. McLaglen Richard Burton and Rod Steiger
1979 Die Hamburger Krankheit Peter Fleischmann Fernando Arrabal
1980 Put on Ice Bernhard Sinkel
1982 La Passante du Sans-Souci Jacques Rouffio Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli
1982 Versuchung Krzysztof Zanussi Maja Komorowska and Eva Maria Meineke
1986 Caspar David Friedrich Peter Schamoni Sabine Sinjen and Hans Peter Hallwachs
1988 Faust Dieter Dorn
(Filmed theatre performance)		 Romuald Pekny, Sunnyi Melles, Cornelia Froboess and Peter Lühr

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