Hans Christian Blech

Hans Christian Blech
Born	(1915-02-20)February 20, 1915 Darmstadt, German Empire
Died	March 5, 1993(1993-03-05) (aged 78) Munich, Germany
Resting place	Old Cemetery, Darmstadt[1]
Occupation	character actor
Years active	1948-1992
Known for	Decision Before Dawn
Spouse(s)	Erni Wilhelmi (m. 1952)

Hans Christian Blech (born 20 February 1915 – 5 March 1993) was a German film, stage and television character actor who found success in both Germany and Hollywood.

He made his English film debut in the 1951 picture Decision Before Dawn. In this and many of his other Hollywood films, he played a German soldier. He had fought on the Eastern Front in World War II, where he acquired his facial scars.

Partial filmography

• Blum Affair (1948)
• Decision Before Dawn (1951)
• Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954)
• Children, Mother, and the General (1955)
• Enclosure (1961)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• The Visit (1964)
• Morituri (1965)
• Battle of the Bulge (1965)
• The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
• The Customer of the Off Season (1970)
• The Scarlet Letter (Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) (1973)
• Giordano Bruno (1973)
• The Wrong Move (1975)
• Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
• Knife in the Head (Messer im Kopf) (1978)
• Victoria (1979)
• See You in the Next War (1980)
• Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) (1982)
• Colonel Redl (1985)

References

External links

• Hans Christian Blech at the Internet Movie Database
• Hans Christian Blech at AllRovi