Helmut Qualtinger
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1928
- Died
- September 29, 1986 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
Biography
Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student. Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play, Jugend vor den Schranken, was staged in Graz. Up to 1960, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the Namenlosen Ensemble made up of Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz, Louise Martini, Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann. Qualtinger was famous for his practical jokes. In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers announcing a visit to Vienna of a (fictional) famous Inuit poet named Kobuk (author of "The Burning Igloo"). The reporters who assembled at the railway station however were to witness Qualtinger, in fur coat and cap, stepping from the train. Asked about his "first impressions of Vienna", the "Inuit poet" commented in broad Viennese dialect, "Haaaßis'sdo - [It's hot here]". The short one-man play Der Herr Karl, written by Qualtinger and Carl Merz and performed by Qualtinger in 1961, made the author known across German-speaking countries. "Herr Karl", a grocery store clerk, tells the story of his life to an imaginary colleague - from the days of the Habsburg empire, the First Austrian Republic, the Austrofascist regime leading up to the Anschluss (annexation) by Nazi Germany, World War II and finally military occupation by Allied forces in the 1950s, seen from the perspective of a one who is a prototypical opportunist. Qualtinger's portrayal of the petit-bourgeois Nazi collaborator came at a time when "normality" had just been restored and Austrians' involvement in the Nazi movement was being downplayed and "forgotten", making many enemies for the author, who even received anonymous threats of murder. Beginning in the 1970s, Qualtinger frequently performed recitals of his own and other texts, including excerpts from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and Karl Kraus' Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind). These recitals were highly popular and resulted in several records being published. Qualtinger played countless theater, TV and film parts, making his final appearance in The Name of the Rose in 1986, along with Sean Connery. Qualtinger died in Vienna on 29 September 1986, of a liver condition. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filmography
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ikonen Österreichs
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
kult.reloaded
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Qualtinger
Movie
The Name of the Rose
Movie · as Remigio da Varagine
The Diary of Dr. Döblinger
Movie · as Dr. Döblinger
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Movie · as Self
Helmut Qualtinger liest Mein Kampf
Movie
Cat's Game
Movie · as Viktor
Krimistunde
TV · as Harry Beggs · 1 ep
Die Hinrichtung
Movie
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Movie · as Zauberkönig
Feuerwasser
Movie · as Sepp O'Brian
Grandison
Movie · as Dr. Ludwig Pfister
Mulligans Rückkehr
Movie · as Mulligan
Abelard - Die Entmannung
Movie
The Devils
TV · as Hauptmann Ignaz Lebädkin · 3 eps
MitGift
Movie · as Huck
Die Alpensaga
TV · as Allinger · 6 eps
End of the Game
Movie · as Von Schwendi
Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger
Movie
Eiszeit
Movie · as Officer
Der Kulterer
Movie · as Kulterer
Ward 6
Movie · as Ragin
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Weights and Measures
Movie · as Anselm Eibenschütz
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Movie · as Self
Wer war Andre Heller?
Movie · as Himself
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
Movie · as Erwin Plückhahn
Die heilige Johanna
Movie · as Soldat
König Johann
Movie · as Johann Plantagenet, König von England
Das weite Land
Movie · as Natter
Passion eines Politkers
Movie · as Nationalrat Bröschl
Diary of a Serial Killer
Movie · as Rudi Böhm
Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht
Movie · as Ignaz Trummer
The Castle
Movie · as Bürgel
Das vierte Gebot
Movie · as Schalanter
Der Herr Karl
Movie · as Herr Karl
Kurzer Prozeß
Movie · as Inspektor Pokorny
Umsonst
Movie · as Pitzl
Der Paukenspieler
Movie · as Ferry
Die Hinrichtung
Movie · as Scharfrichter Engel
Samba
Movie · as Capitano Agamemnon Heredia
Der Fall Bohr
Movie · as Matzenauer
Lumpazivagabundus
Movie · as Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle
Der Himbeerpflücker
Movie · as Konrad Steisshäuptl
Radetzkymarsch
TV · as Kapturak · 2 eps
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Movie · as Schmitz - ein Ringer
Einen Jux will er sich machen
Movie · as Melchior - Hausknecht
Das Profil
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
Movie · as Oskar
Mann im Schatten
Movie · as Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch
Die Kurve
Movie · as Ministerialdirigent Kriegbaum
The Magnificent Rogue
Movie · as Seppl Reber
Mikosch of the Secret Service
Movie · as Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew
Die schöne Lügnerin
Movie · as Detective Zawadil
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Movie · as Kanzakis
Scherben bringen Glück
Movie · as Wollner
Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg
Movie · as Der Schlechtere
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
Movie · as Werbefachmann
Hanussen
Movie · as Ernst Röhm
Du bist die Richtige
Movie · as Orientalischer Fürst
König der Manege
Movie · as Mirko
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
Movie · as Kraps
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
Movie · as Direktor Pokorny
April 1, 2000
Movie
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep