Hardy Krüger
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Hardy Krüger (born Franz Eberhard August Krüger on April 12, 1928 in Berlin-Wedding) is a German actor.
In March 1945 he was drafted into the 38th SS Division Nibelungen, where he was drawn into heavy fighting before being captured by American forces.
He has worked in numerous European movies and in classic American films such as the original 1965 version of The Flight of the Phoenix and the German version of The Moon is Blue. He first came to the attention of English language audiences in the 1957 war film The One That Got Away. His daughter Christiane Krüger and his son, Hardy Krüger, Jr., are also actors.
[edit] Filmography
- War and Remembrance (TV) (1988)
- Slagskämpen (1984)
- Wrong Is Right (1982)
- Feine Gesellschaft - beschränkte Haftung (1981)
- Blue Fin (1978)
- The Wild Geese (1978)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- À chacun son enfer (1977)
- Potato Fritz (1976)
- Barry Lyndon (1975)
- Paper Tiger (1975)
- Le Solitaire (1973)
- Tod eines Fremden (1973)
- Diabólica malicia (1972)
- Das Messer (1971)
- The Red Tent (1971)
- The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969)
- Osvobozhdenie (1969)
- La Monaca di Monza (1969)
- Le Franciscain de Bourges (1968)
- La Grande sauterelle (1967)
- The Defector (1966)
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
- Le Chant du monde (1965)
- Los Pianos mecánicos (1965)
- Le Gros coup (1964}
- Sundays and Cybele (1962) Oscar winning, (Best foreign film.) (Les dimanches de ville d'Avray) (France)
- Hatari! (1962)
- The One That Got Away (1957)
- Junge Adler, i.e. Young Eagles (1944)
