Helmut Griem
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Helmut Griem (born April 6, 1932 in Hamburg; died 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).
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 |
| 1976 | Ansichten eines Clowns | Vojtech Jasny Written by Heinrich Böll |
Hanna Schygulla and Hans Christian Blech |
| 1979 | Steiner: Cross of Iron 2 | Andrew V. McLaglen | Richard Burton and Rod Steiger |
| 1979 | Die Hamburger Krankheit | Peter Fleischmann | Fernando Arrabal |
| 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 |
