Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helmut Griem (born April 6, 1932 in Hamburg – 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 (a quite memorable one being NBC's mini-series Peter the Great, portraying the formidable Tsar's lifelong friend and "right hand" Alexander Menshikov, alongside Maximilian Schell), the Oscar-winning film Cabaret (1972), in which he played the rich "Baron Maximilian von Heune" is probably the best-known; other internationally-known performances include his work in The Damned, The McKenzie Break, and Ludwig. Griem starred in the television mini-series "The Devil's Lieutenant" directed by John Goldschmidt, adapted by Jack Rosenthal and based on the novel by M Fagyas, for Channel 4 and ZDF. Despite his success in film, the theatre remained at the heart of Griem's work, and he performed in many classic roles from both…
Movies & TV Shows
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Cabaret (1972) — Maximilian von Heune
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The Damned (1969) — Aschenbach
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Ludwig (1973) — Dürckheim
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The Desert of the Tartars (1976) — Lieutenant Simeon
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Voyage of the Damned (1976) — Otto Schiendick
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The Meetings of Anna (1978) — Heinrich Schneider
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Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Alois
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Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) — Sarug
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The Passerby (1982) — Michel Wiener
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Breakthrough (1979) — Major Stransky
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The McKenzie Break (1970) — Kapitänleutnant Willi Schlueter
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Germany in Autumn (1978) — TV-Redakteur
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The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990) — Erwin Rommel
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The Hamburg Syndrome (1979) — Sebastian
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Das Traumschiff (1981) — Herbert Ernst
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Because, Because of a Woman (1963) — Johann Muller
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The Magic Mountain (1982) — James Tienappel
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Peter the Great (1986) — Alexander Menshikov
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The Glass Cell (1978) — Phillip Braun
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The Clown (1976) — Hans Schnier
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Malou (1981)
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Detective Extralarge (1991)
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Der letzte Zeuge (1998) — Karl Axer
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Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich (1986) — Carl Gustav Carus
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The Morals of Ruth Halbfass (1972) — Franz Vogelsang
- 1945 (1994) — Public prosecutor
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Lourdes (2000) — Auguste La Fontaine
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Black Sun (1978) — Willi Mohr
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Charlemagne, le prince à cheval (1994) — Widukind
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Ludwig (1981) — Dürckheim
- Faust - Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle (1988) — Dr. Heinrich Faust
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The Second Victory (1987) — Karl Fischer
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Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften (2002) — Maximilian Fox
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Elective Affinities (1983) — Edouard Otto
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The Lost Daughter (1997) — Rolf Sutter
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Verlassen sie bitte ihren Mann (1993) — Pertussini
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Children of Rage (1975) — Dr. David Shalom
- Landläufiger Tod (1980)
- The Hour of the Lion (1999) — Professor Winterfeld
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Girl from Hong Kong (1961) — Glenn Dierks