O. W. Fischer

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Biography

Austrian actor Otto Wilhelm Fischer was once a protégé of Max Reinhardt and got his start in Viennese theater. He soon became a popular star in both German and Austrian plays. In the mid-1930s, Fischer began appearing in films such as Burgtheater (1936) and Diary of a Married Woman (1953). Fischer occasional assisted on directorial chores during the 1950s with such films as Ich such Dich (1956). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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O. W. Fischer
Born Otto Wilhelm Fischer
1 April 1915(1915-04-01)
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Died 29 January 2004(2004-01-29) (aged 88)
Lugano, Switzerland

Otto Wilhelm Fischer (1 April 1915 – 29 January 2004) was an Austrian actor. A leading man of German cinema, he began his career with Max Reinhardt's stage company.

He was born in Klosterneuburg near Vienna. While he enjoyed a great career, unlike countrymen Oskar Werner, Curd Jürgens, Maria Schell and Romy Schneider, he never made it internationally. Worse, his American break ended before it began: he was signed to star with June Allyson in a remake of My Man Godfrey in 1956, but was replaced by David Niven when Fischer reportedly lost his memory during filming. Fischer directed and starred opposite Anouk Aimée in a 1956 film, Ich suche Dich, based on the play, Jupiter Laughs, by A. J. Cronin. In 1955, he directed and starred in Hanussen, a movie detailing the life of Erik Jan Hanussen, the Devil's Prophet. While the film is considered highly romanticized, it assisted historians and biographers in uncovering previously unknown facts. He also starred in the title role in the classic German film, Ludwig II.

In the early 1970s, he retired to concentrate on linguistics and philosophy, on which he lectured and published a number of books. He died in Lugano, Switzerland of kidney failure.

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Further reading

  • Holba, Herbert: O. W. Fischer, Phänomen einer schauspielerischen Persönlichkeit, Wien 1964
  • Popa, Dorin: O. W. Fischer, Seine Filme – sein Leben, Heyne, München 1989. ISBN 3-453-00124-9
  • F.F.G.: ...was mich ankommt, als Gesicht, Traum und Empfindung. Das denkwürdigste Interview von O. W. Fischer, Strom, Zürich 1977. ISBN 3-85921-038-6

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