Bernhard Wicki

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Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 in St. Pölten, Austria - 5 January 2000 in Munich) was an actor and director.

He fought in the Army against France in WW2, and his experiences affected both him and his films. As of 2000 there is a Bernhard-Wicki-Filmpreis which awards 15,000 euros to upcoming Austrian film makers.

[edit] Works

He is 252 for his anti-war film Die Brücke (The Bridge), in which seven boys, blinded by the propaganda of the National Socialist German Workers Party, defend their home town's strategically unimportant bridge from approaching forces of the United States Army during World War II.

Probably his internationally most famous work is him directing the German scenes in The Longest Day.

[edit] Filmography

  • 1956: Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben
  • 1958: Warum sind sie gegen uns?
  • 1959: Die Brücke (The Bridge)
  • 1961: Das Wunder des Malachias
  • 1962: The Longest Day (with others)
  • 1964: Der Besuch (The Visit)
  • 1965: Morituri
  • 1967: Madeleine und der Legionär
  • 1971: Das falsche Gewicht
  • 1971: Karpfs Karriere
  • 1977: Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
  • 1980: La mort en direct
  • 1984: Die Grünstein-Variante
  • 1987: Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
  • 1989: Das Spinnennetz

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