Klaus Kinski filmography and discography

Klaus Kinski (1926–1991) was a German actor who appeared in more than 130 films.

Feature films

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref(s)
1948 Morituri Holländischer Häftling Eugen York [1]
1951 Decision Before Dawn Whining soldier Anatole Litvak [2]
1954 Fear Cabaret artist Roberto Rossellini [3]
1955 Ludwig II Prinz Otto Helmut Käutner [4]
1955 Children, Mother, and the General Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht Laslo Benedek [5]
1955 Hanussen Erik von Spazier a.k.a. Mirko Georg Marischka
O. W. Fischer 		[6]
1955 Sarajevo Cabrinovic Fritz Kortner [7]
1956 Winter in the Woods Otto Hartwig Wolfgang Liebeneiner [8]
1956 Beloved Corinna Klaus Brockmann Eduard von Borsody [9]
1958 A Time to Love and a Time to Die Gestapo Leutnant Detlef Sierck [10]
1960 The Avenger Dramaturg Lorenz Voss Karl Anton [11]
1961 The Dead Eyes of London Edgar Strauss Alfred Vohrer [12]
1961 The Strange Countess Stuart Bresset Josef von Báky
Jürgen Roland 		[13]
1961 The Devil's Daffodil Peter Keene Akos von Rathonyi [14]
1961 Bankraub in der Rue Latour Autor Bex Curd Jürgens [15]
1962 The Puzzle of the Red Orchid Der schöne Steve Helmuth Ashley [16]
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor Kindler George Seaton
1962 Der rote Rausch Martin Wolfgang Schleif
1962 Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern Pheeny Alfred Vohrer
1962 The Inn on the River Gregor Gubanow Alfred Vohrer
1963 The Squeaker Krishna Alfred Vohrer
1963 The Black Cobra Koks-Charly / Charley 'The Snow' Rudolf Zehetgruber
1963 The Black Abbot Thomas Fortuna Franz Josef Gottlieb
1963 The Indian Scarf Peter Ross Alfred Vohrer
1963 Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse Inspector Joe Wright Paul May
1963 Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance Saddhu Mario Camerini
1963 The Mystery of the Indian Temple Saddhu Mario Camerini
1963 The Secret of the Black Widow Boyd Franz Josef Gottlieb
1963 Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf Whity Skipper Rudolf Zehetgruber
1964 The Last Ride to Santa Cruz José Rolf Olsen
1964 Waiting Room to the Beyond Shapiro Alfred Vohrer
1964 The Curse of the Hidden Vault George Franz Josef Gottlieb
1964 Winnetou - 2. Teil David 'Luke' Lucas Harald Reinl
1964 The Secret of the Chinese Carnation Speranzo Rudolf Zehetgruber
1964 Traitor's Gate Kane Freddie Francis
1965 Neues vom Hexer Edwards Alfred Vohrer
1965 The Dirty Game Russian Agent Christian-Jaque
Werner Klingler
Carlo Lizzani
Terence Young
1965 Estambul 65 Schenck Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
1965 The Pleasure Girls Nikko Stalmar Gerry O'Hara
1965 For a Few Dollars More Wild Sergio Leone [17]
1965 Doctor Zhivago Kostoyed David Lean
1966 Our Man in Marrakesh Jonquil Don Sharp
1966 Circus of Fear Manfred John Llewellyn Moxey
1966 Killer's Carnival Gomez (Rio segment) Alberto Cardone
Robert Lynn
Sheldon Reynolds
Louis Soulanes
1966 Target for Killing Caporetti Manfred R. Köhler
1966 A Bullet for the General El Santo Damiano Damiani [18][19]
1966 Lasciapassare per l'Inferno George Fuller Unreleased
1967 Man, Pride and Vengeance Lt. Miguel Garcia Luigi Bazzoni [20][21]
1967 Creature with the Blue Hand Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson Alfred Vohrer
1967 The Million Eyes of Sumuru President Boong Lindsay Shonteff
1967 Five Golden Dragons Gert Jeremy Summers
1967 Grand Slam Erich Weiss Giuliano Montaldo
1968 Shoot Twice Victor Barret / Dingus Nando Cicero
1968 Coplan Saves His Skin Theler Yves Boisset
1968 Psychopath Periwinkle Guido Zurli AKA Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten
1968 If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death Morgan Gianfranco Parolini
1968 The Vatican Affair Clint Rogers Emilio Miraglia
1968 The Great Silence Tigrero / Loco Sergio Corbucci
1968 Ognuno per sé Brent il Biondo Giorgio Capitani
1968 The Cats Adam Duccio Tessari AKA I Bastardi [22]
1969 Five for Hell SS Col. Hans Mueller Gianfranco Parolini
1969 Marquis de Sade: Justine Marquis de Sade Jesús Franco [23]
1969 Double Face John Alexander Riccardo Freda AKA Puzzle of Horrors [24]
1969 Gangster's Law Regnier Siro Marcellini [25]
1969 Il dito nella piaga Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr Tonino Ricci
1969 Venus in Furs Ahmed Kortobaw Jesús Franco AKA Paroxismus [26]
1969 I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death Hot Dead Giuliano Carnimeo
1970 The Naughty Cheerleader Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam' Will Tremper
1970 And God Said to Cain Gary Hamilton Antonio Margheriti [27][28]
1970 Count Dracula R.M. Reinfield Jesús Franco [29][30]
1970 La peau de torpedo Pavel Richko / Torpédo I Jean Delannoy
1970 Rendezvous with Dishonour Evagoras Adriano Bolzoni
1970 Churchill's Leopards Hauptsturmführer Holtz Maurizio Pradeaux
1970 Rough Justice Johnny Laster Mario Costa AKA La Belva
1971 A Barrel Full of Dollars Hagen / Slander Demofilo Fidani
1971 Lo chiamavano King Brian Foster Giancarlo Romitelli
1971 Slaughter Hotel Dr. Francis Clay Fernando Di Leo
1971 La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo Prescott Pasquale Squitieri
1971 Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo Dan Hogan Giuseppe Vari
1971 Web of the Spider Edgar Allan Poe Antonio Margheriti [31]
1971 Il venditore di morte Chester Conway Lorenzo Gicca Palli
1971 Eye of the Spider Hans Fischer, "The Polish" Roberto Bianchi Montero [32]
1971 Black Killer James Webb / Black Killer Carlo Croccolo
1971 A Fistful of Death Reverend Cotton Demofilo Fidani AKA Adios Compañeros
1972 Il ritorno di Clint il solitario Scott Alfonso Balcázar
1972 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes Don Lope de Aguirre Werner Herzog
1973 Death Smiles at a Murderer Dr. Sturges Joe D'Amato aka Death Smiles at Murder [33]
1973 The Bloody Hands of the Law Vito Quattroni Mario Gariazzo [34]
1973 The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe Scalper Jack Mario Caiano
1974 Lover of the Monster Prof. Alex Nijinsky Sergio Garrone [35]
1974 The Hand That Feeds the Dead Prof. Nijinski Sergio Garrone [36]
1974 Heroes in Hell Gen. Kaufmann Joe D'Amato
1974 Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? Guido Leoni Unreleased
1975 Footprints on the Moon Prof. Blackmann Luigi Bazzoni [37]
1975 L'important c'est d'aimer Karl-Heinz Zimmer Andrzej Żuławski
1975 Return of Shanghai Joe Pat Barnes Bitto Albertini
1975 Lifespan Nicholas Ulrich Alexander Whitelaw
1975 Un genio, due compari, un pollos Doc Foster Damiano Damiani
1975 Das Netz Emilio Bossi Manfred Purzer
1976 Jack the Ripper Dr. Dennis Orloff Jesús Franco [38]
1976 Golden Night Michel Fournier Serge Moati
1977 Operation Thunderbolt Wilfried Boese Menahem Golan
1977 Madame Claude Alexander Zakis Just Jaeckin
1977 Death of a Corrupt Man Nicolas Tomski Georges Lautner
1978 The Song of Roland Roland / Klaus Frank Cassenti
1979 Nosferatu the Vampyre Count Dracula Werner Herzog
1979 Zoo Zéro Yavé, le directeur du zoo Alain Fleischer
1979 Woyzeck Woyzeck Werner Herzog
1980 Haine Le motard Dominique Goult
1980 Schizoid Pieter Fales David Paulsen
1980 La Femme Enfant Marcel Raphaële Billetdoux
1981 Fruits of Passion Sir Stephen Shūji Terayama
1981 Venom Jacmel Piers Haggard
1981 Buddy Buddy Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot Billy Wilder
1982 Fitzcarraldo Brian Sweeney "Fitzcarraldo" Fitzgerald Werner Herzog
1982 The Soldier Dracha James Glickenhaus
1982 Android Dr. Daniel Aaron Lipstadt
1982 Love and Money Frederic Stockheinz James Toback
1982 Burden of Dreams Himself Les Blank Archive footage
1984 Code Name: Wild Geese Charlton Antonio Margheriti
1984 The Little Drummer Girl Martin Kurtz George Roy Hill
1984 The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud Dr. Max Bauer Danford B. Greene
1985 Creature Hans Rudy Hofner William Malone AKA The Titan Find
1985 Kommando Leopard Silveira Antonio Margheriti
1985 El caballero del dragón Boetius Fernando Colomo AKA Star Knight
1986 Revenge of the Stolen Stars Donald McBride Ulli Lommel
1986 Crawlspace Karl Gunther David Schmoeller
1987 Cobra Verde Francisco Manoel da Silva / Cobra Verde Werner Herzog
1987 Location Africa Himself Steff Gruber Archive footage
1988 Grandi cacciatori Klaus Naginsky Augusto Caminito
1988 Vampire in Venice Nosferatu Augusto Caminito, Klaus Kinski [39]
1989 Kinski Paganini Niccolò Paganini Klaus Kinski Final film role
1999 My Best Fiend Himself Werner Herzog Archive footage
2008 Jesus Christus Erlöser Himself Peter Geyer Filmed in 1971

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1961 Die Kurve Anton TV movie
1963 Die Mondvögel Valentin TV movie
1973 Katohi Oberst TV miniseries
1984 Faerie Tale Theatre Beast Episode: "Beauty and the Beast"
1984 Deadly Nightmares Kurt Hoffman Episode: "Lovesounds"
1987 Timestalkers Dr. Joseph Cole TV movie

Discography

Kinski released nearly 25 spoken word records, some of which were re-released on CDs.[41]

References

  1. ^ "Morituri". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Decision Before Dawn". American Film Institute. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Angst". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Ludwig II". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Kinder, Mütter und ein General". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Hanussen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Sarajevo". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Waldwinter". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  9. ^ Borsody, Eduard von (1957-11-11), Geliebte Corinna (Drama), Elisabeth Müller, Hans Söhnker, Hannelore Schroth, Arca-Filmproduktion GmbH, retrieved 2025-01-25
  10. ^ "A Time to Love and a Time to Die". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Der Rächer". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Die toten Augen von London". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Die seltsame Gräfin". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Bankraub in der Rue Latour". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  17. ^ Curti 2016, p. 193.
  18. ^ Hughes 2004, p. 104.
  19. ^ "Quien Sabe? (A Bullet for the General)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 36, no. 424. British Film Institute. June 1969. p. 128.
  20. ^ Hughes 2019, p. 22.
  21. ^ "Mit Django kam der Tod". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  22. ^ Curti 2013, p. 15.
  23. ^ Thrower 2015, pp. 171–172.
  24. ^ Curti [i] 2017, pp. 325–326.
  25. ^ Curti 2013, p. 28.
  26. ^ Thrower 2015, pp. 185–186.
  27. ^ "Satan der Rache". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  28. ^ Hughes 2021, p. 42.
  29. ^ Thrower 2015, p. 214.
  30. ^ Thrower 2015, p. 217.
  31. ^ Curti 2017, p. 37.
  32. ^ Curti 2013, p. 49.
  33. ^ Curti 2017, p. 90.
  34. ^ Curti 2013, p. 76.
  35. ^ Curti 2017, pp. 106–107.
  36. ^ Curti 2017, p. 124.
  37. ^ Curti 2017, pp. 146–147.
  38. ^ Thrower 2018, p. 92.
  39. ^ Curti 2019, p. 166.
  40. ^ "Smithsonian Folkways - Poetry of Friedrich von Schiller: Read in German by Kinski - Kinski". www.folkways.si.edu. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  41. ^ "Information on spoken word releases". Klassikakzente.de. Retrieved 26 October 2017.[permanent dead link‍]

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