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Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski
Born Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszynski
October 18, 1926
Zoppot, Free City of Danzig
Died November 23, 1991 (aged 65)
Lagunitas, California, United States
Years active 1948–1989

Klaus Kinski (October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991) was a German actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen intensity, and for his explosive temperament. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sopot (Zoppot Kashubian: Sopòt) is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland The Free City of Danzig ( German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was an autonomous Baltic Sea port and Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He acted in over 130 films.

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Life

Kinski was born Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszynski in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig (today Sopot in Poland). Sopot (Zoppot Kashubian: Sopòt) is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland Sopot (Zoppot Kashubian: Sopòt) is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland His parents were Bruno Nakszynski, a German pharmacist of Polish origin, and Susanne Lutze, a German pastor's daughter from Danzig. Pharmacists are Health professionals who practice the art and science of Pharmacy. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland In 1930/31, the family moved to Berlin and Kinski attended the Prinz-Heinrich-Gymnasium in Schöneberg. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau.

Kinski was drafted into the German Army in 1944 and served in the Netherlands. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands He reportedly deserted and surrendered to the British forces, spending the rest of the wartime as a prisoner of war. In Military terminology desertion is the Abandonment of a " Duty " or post without permission from one's Government or superior The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Whilst in a POW camp near Colchester he discovered his acting talent, performing for fellow prisoners. Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England.

After the war, he returned to Germany. He began acting and changed his name to Klaus Kinski. He started on stage in Germany, became a legend as a monologist (presenting as a spoken word artist the prose and verse of William Shakespeare and François Villon, among others), and soon moved to films, where financial prospects were better. A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung William Shakespeare ( baptised François Villon (in modern French fʀɑ̃swa viˈjɔ̃ in fifteenth-century French viˈlɔn (c His last stage appearances were in November 1971, part of his "Jesus Tour", a one-man show in which Kinski reinterpreted the Gospels with Jesus as a ranting psychopath. This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE)

His most famous roles were his appearances in several German Edgar Wallace movies and his collaborations with director Werner Herzog, in the films Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972), Woyzeck (1978), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1978), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and finally Cobra Verde (1987), which attained him international recognition. The Edgar Wallace movies are Motion pictures based on the works of British novelist and playwright Edgar Wallace. Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Aguirre the Wrath of God (Aguirre der Zorn Gottes is an independent 1972 German Film written and directed by Werner Herzog Woyzeck is a 1979 Film by the German director Werner Herzog that stars Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes Nosferatu the Vampyre ( Ger. Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht, Eng. Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character Cobra Verde (also known as Slave Coast) is a 1987 German drama Film based upon Bruce Chatwin 's In 1977 he starred as terrorist Wilfried Böse in the Israeli movie Operation Thunderbolt, based on the events of the 1976 Operation Entebbe. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Wilfried Böse (1949-1976 founded with Johannes Weinrich the Left-wing German terrorist group Revolutionary Cells (RZ. Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtsa Yonatan (מבצע יונתן literally "Operation Jonathan" is an Academy Operation Entebbe, also known as the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt, was a counter-terrorism hostage-rescue mission carried out by the His last film (which he also wrote and directed) was Kinski Paganini (1989), in which he played the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini. Kinski Paganini is a 1989 film based on the life and career of Composer and Virtuoso Violinist Niccolò Paganini. The following lists of violinists are available List of classical violinists, names of great violinist from baroque era till 20th century Niccolò Paganini ( October 27, 1782 &ndash

Off-screen, Kinski often appeared as a wild-eyed, sex-crazed maniac. He chronicled his exploits in the autobiography—Kinski: All I Need Is Love, which, according to Werner Herzog's My Best Fiend, a documentary about the pair's experiences working together, was largely fabricated to generate sales. An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" My Best Fiend ( German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 Documentary (A libel suit from Marlene Dietrich due to Kinski depicting her as a lesbian resulted in the book being withdrawn from circulation until her death). Marlene Dietrich maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç (December 27 &ndashMay 6) was a German -born American Actress, Singer and Entertainer A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women

He was married three times and had (according to his autobiography) at least five children, three of whom he acknowledged as such: the two daughters Nastassja and Pola and the son Nikolai, who would all become actors as well. Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszyński, January 24, 1961 Nikolai Kinski (born July 30, 1976 in Paris, France) is a Film Actor, and the only acknowledged son of the prolific actor His brother Arne lives in Berlin, still bitter about the way Klaus portrayed him in his autobiography. He alienated his family with claims of incest with his sister and his mother. Incest refers to any sexual activity between closely related persons (often within the immediate family that is illegal or socially Taboo.

Kinski died of a heart attack in Lagunitas, California, U.S.A. at age 65. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His ashes were strewn in the Pacific Ocean at a funeral attended by his son Nikolai and director Werner Herzog. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions

His city of birth, Sopot, gave him honorary citizenship [1]. Sopot (Zoppot Kashubian: Sopòt) is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland

Reputation

His international reputation is built on five collaborations with director Werner Herzog, which are now recognised as considerable masterpieces of European cinema, but the two men's working relationship proved to be a volatile and explosive one. Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Some of Kinski and Herzog's arguments during these productions have been preserved on both tape and film, with both apparently threatening to even kill each other during one heated dispute. The love-hate relationship between the two obsessive men drove them to creative heights, but eventually to a final split in 1987. Herzog's retrospective on his work with Kinski was released in the United States as My Best Fiend (1999).

Kinski was an extremely hard worker and strove for perfection, but was frequently at odds with collaborators and directors. On one infamous occasion Kinski hurled a lit candelabra from the stage at an audience deemed insufficiently appreciative, almost burning the theatre down. On another, whilst filming Aguirre: The Wrath of God, irritated by the noise from a hut where cast and crew were playing cards, Kinski fired three shots at it, blowing the top joint off one extra's finger. Aguirre the Wrath of God (Aguirre der Zorn Gottes is an independent 1972 German Film written and directed by Werner Herzog

Often referred to as a mad genius, Kinski was described by Werner Herzog as "an outright egomaniac". A genius is a person of great Intelligence or remarkable abilities in a specific subject who shows an exceptional natural capacity of intellect and/or ability especially His behaviour may have been influenced by the German theatre directors of his early career, some of whom would frequently scream and shout abuse during rehearsals. A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, Karl Paryla, for example, saw it as part of his methodology to drive his actors close to a nervous breakdown, on the basis that they would then perform better. Methodology (also called manner) is defined as "the analysis of the principles of methods rules and postulates employed by a discipline" Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden acute attack of Mental illness such as Fritz Kortner (whom Kinski mentions in his autobiography) was also famous for being very harsh and brutal during rehearsals. Fritz Kortner ( May 12, 1892 &ndash July 22, 1970) was an Austrian born stage and film actor

With his fluency in English, German, Italian and French, his unique appearance, and his ability to project onscreen intensity, Kinski was always able to get roles, although the quality of the productions varied wildly, most of them considered "junk" (Schrott) by Kinski himself. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people When Steven Spielberg offered him the part of one of the Nazi villains in Raiders of the Lost Ark, he turned it down, stating: "[. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Raiders of the Lost Ark (also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 Adventure film directed by Steven . . ] as much as I'd like to do a movie with Spielberg, the script is as moronically shitty as so many other flicks of this ilk. ", preferring a part in Venom (1981), reportedly because the money was better. Venom is a 1981 horror film about a kidnapping gone wrong when a boy's deadly Black Mamba turns the tables and terrorizes the terrorists who have Of his film choices he once said "So I sell myself, for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference. "

Books on Klaus Kinski

For many years Kinski's own writings were the only source for facts about his life, especially his 1988 autobiography All I Need Is Love. In 2006 Viennese film director and scholar Christian David published a comprehensive biography based on interviews with Kinski's friends or colleagues and personal letters. David uncovered formerly unknown facts about Kinski's life and corrected the actor's public image. This publication was followed by a paperback book by Peter Geyer containing essays on Kinski's life and work.

Complete filmography

(in order of production)

Documentaries

Discography

Kinski released nearly 25 spoken word records, some of them were re-released on CDs[2]. Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung

External links and references

  1. ^ Reference needed
  2. ^ Information on spoken word releases

Literature

Persondata
NAME Kinski, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nakszyński, Nikolaus Karl Günther
SHORT DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Sopot, Free City of Gdansk
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1991
PLACE OF DEATH Lagunitas, California, United States
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sopot (Zoppot Kashubian: Sopòt) is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland The Free City of Danzig ( German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was an autonomous Baltic Sea port and Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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