Hans Christian Blech
| Hans Christian Blech | |
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| Born |
February 20, 1915 Darmstadt, German Empire |
| Died |
March 5, 1993 (aged 78) Munich, Bavaria, 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 (Affaire Blum) (1948)
- Epilog – Das Geheimnis der Orplid (1950)
- Decision Before Dawn (1951)
- Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben (1954)
- Phantom des großen Zeltes (1954)
- Children, Mother, and the General (Kinder, Mütter und ein General) (1955)
- Banditen der Autobahn (1955)
- Enclosure (L'enclos) (1961)
- The Longest Day (1962)
- The Visit (1964)
- Morituri (1965)
- Battle of the Bulge (1965)
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
- Cardillac (1969)
- The Customer of the Off Season (Ore'ach B'Onah Metah) (1970)
- The Scarlet Letter (Der Scharlachrote Buchstabe) (1973)
- Giordano Bruno (1973)
- La Chair de l'orchidée (1975)
- The Wrong Move (Falsche Bewegung) (1975)
- Innocents with Dirty Hands (Les Innocents aux mains sales) (1975)
- Il faut vivre dangereusement (1975)
- The Clown (Ansichten eines Clowns) (1976)
- Grete Minde (1977)
- Der Mädchenkrieg (1977)
- Knife in the Head (Messer im Kopf) (1978)
- Victoria (1979)
- Theodor Chindler (TV miniseries) (1979)
- See You in the Next War (Nasvidenje v naslednji vojni) (1980)
- Looping (1981)
- The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) (1982)
- Colonel Redl (1985)
- Via Mala (TV miniseries) (1985)
- Der achte Tag (1990)
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