Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm.
He appeared in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginning with Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) and notably including Welt am Draht (1972) and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979).
His English language films include Cross of Iron (1977), The Odessa File (1974), Firefox (1982) and Fassbinder's Despair (1978).
He was born in Berlin. He died in Munich from pancreatic cancer.
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Sergeant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | TV film |
| The Merchant of Four Seasons | Harry | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
| Das Messer | Frank Batman | Rolf von Sydow | TV miniseries | |
| 1973 | Desaster | Urs Werther | Reinhard Hauff | TV film |
| World on a Wire | Fred Stiller | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | TV film | |
| Hell Hounds of Alaska | Lapporte | Harald Reinl | ||
| Hubertus Castle | Schipper | Harald Reinl | ||
| 1974 | Der Jäger von Fall | Lenz | Harald Reinl | |
| The Odessa File | Gustav Mackensen | Ronald Neame | ||
| Zwei himmlische Dickschädel | Kamberger | Werner Jacobs | ||
| 1975 | Rosebud | Schloss | Otto Preminger | |
| 1976 | Shadow of Angels | Daniel Schmid | ||
| Die Brüder | Frank Fachmin | Wolf Gremm | ||
| 1977 | Cross of Iron | Krüger | Sam Peckinpah | |
| 1978 | Despair | Felix | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | |
| 1979 | Tatort: Die Kugel im Leib | Paco | Wolfgang Staudte | TV |
| Breakthrough | Krüger | Andrew V. McLaglen | ||
| The Marriage of Maria Braun | Hermann Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | ||
| 1980 | Desideria: la vita interiore | Tiberi | Gianni Barcelloni Corte | |
| 1981 | Exil | Sepp Trautwein | Egon Günther | TV miniseries |
| Sonderdezernat K1: Die Rache eines V-Mannes | Harry Wolters | Alfred Weidenmann | TV | |
| 1982 | Night Crossing | Schmolk | Delbert Mann | |
| Tatort: So ein Tag... | Rolfs | Jürgen Roland | TV | |
| Firefox | General Vladimirov | Clint Eastwood | ||
| 1984 | Eine Art von Zorn | Kai Haller | Uli Edel | TV film |
| 1985 | Tatort: Acht, neun - aus | Dietze | Jürgen Roland | TV |
| Gotcha! | Vlad | Jeff Kanew | ||
| Kaminsky | Kaminsky | Michael Lähn | ||
| 1987 | Treasure Island in Outer Space | Captain Smollet | Antonio Margheriti | TV miniseries |
| 1989-1996 | Peter Strohm | Peter Strohm | TV series | |
| 1997 | Das Urteil | Siegfried Rabinovicz | Oliver Hirschbiegel | TV film; Grimme-Preis |
| 2001 | Feindliche Übernahme - althan.com | Willi Konrad | Carl Schenkel | |
| What to Do in Case of Fire? | Manowski | Gregor Schnitzler | ||
| 2002 | Extreme Ops | Slobodan Pavlov | Christian Duguay | |
External links and references
- Klaus Löwitsch at the Internet Movie Database
- Klaus Löwitsch at Allmovie
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