Helmut Qualtinger

Helmut Qualtinger

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
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1928-10-08
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
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Movies List of Helmut Qualtinger

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The Name of the Rose

1986 Movie
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Der Herr Karl

1967 Movie
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April 1, 2000

1952 Movie
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End of the Game

1978 Movie
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Kurzer Prozeß

1967 Movie
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Wer war Andre Heller?

1972 Movie
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Die schöne Lügnerin

1959 Movie
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The Castle

1968 Movie
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Weights and Measures

1973 Movie
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Mitgift

1976 Movie
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The Cultist

1974 Movie
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Radetzkymarsch

1965 Movie
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Lumpazivagabundus

1965 Movie
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Das weite Land

1970 Movie
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Hanussen

1955 Movie
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König der Manege

1954 Movie
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Mulligans Rückkehr

1977 Movie
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Mann im Schatten

1961 Movie
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Die heilige Johanna

1971 Movie
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The Magnificent Rogue

1960 Movie
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Umsonst

1967 Movie
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Feuerwasser

1978 Movie
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Der Himbeerpflücker

1965 Movie
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Die Hinrichtung

1966 Movie
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König Johann

1971 Movie
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Du bist die Richtige

1955 Movie
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Der Paukenspieler

1967 Movie
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Grandison

1978 Movie
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Qualtinger

2011 Movie
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Das vierte Gebot

1968 Movie
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Die Hinrichtung

1981 Movie
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Samba

1966 Movie
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Krankensaal 6

1974 Movie
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Cat's Game

1985 Movie
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Eiszeit

1975 Movie
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Der Fall Bohr

1966 Movie
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Die Kurve

1961 Movie