Bernhard Wicki

Known for ActingBorn 1919-10-28Died 2000-01-03St. Pölten, Austria

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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

Das Geheimnis

Glücksucher

The Century of Surgeons

Carlos

Der Paukenspieler

Ewiger Walzer

Junges Herz voll Liebe

Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

Die Grünstein-Variante

Eine Art von Zorn

Affäre Dreyfuss

Warum sind sie gegen uns?

Frucht ohne Liebe

Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben

Circus of Love

Double Destiny

The Fallen Star

Bambi

Rosamunde Pilcher: Wilder Thymian

Elf Jahre und ein Tag

Paris, Texas

Der Mann im Schilf

Die Eroberung der Zitadelle

The Commissioner

Lampenfieber

Frauensee

La Notte

Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund

The Mysterious Stranger

The Longest Day

The Bridge

Escape from Sahara

Es wird alles wieder gut

Königin Luise

I promessi sposi

Kidnapped

Pattberg's Legacy

The Visit

Je später der Abend

Karpfs Karriere

The Glass Cell

Graf Öderland

Crime and Passion

The Left-Handed Woman

Die Nashörner

It Happened on July 20th

Flucht in die Tropennacht

Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen