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
    Place of birth
    Vienna, Austria
    Birthday
    10/8/1928
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
7.5
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Mikosch im Geheimdienst
5
Der Herr Karl
Der Herr Karl
8.3
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April 1, 2000
6.3
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End of the Game
4.9
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Kurzer Prozeß
6.5
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tales from the Vienna Woods
6
Wer war Andre Heller?
6.5
Die schöne Lügnerin
Die schöne Lügnerin
5.9
The Castle
The Castle
6.2
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
4
Weights and Measures
Weights and Measures
3.5
Scherben bringen Glück
7
Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger
Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger
0
Mitgift
Mitgift
4.7
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
0
The Cultist
The Cultist
5
Radetzkymarsch
Radetzkymarsch
8.3
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
5
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
0
Einen Jux will er sich machen
0
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
0
Lumpazivagabundus
0
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
3
Das weite Land
0
Hanussen
Hanussen
0
Diary of a Serial Killer
Diary of a Serial Killer
0
Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg
0
König der Manege
0
Mulligans Rückkehr
0
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
8
Mann im Schatten
6.8
Passion eines Politkers
8
Die heilige Johanna
0
The Magnificent Rogue
The Magnificent Rogue
4
Umsonst
0
Feuerwasser
0
Der Himbeerpflücker
0
Die Hinrichtung
0
Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht
0
König Johann
0
Du bist die Richtige
Du bist die Richtige
0
Der Paukenspieler
0
Grandison
Grandison
0
Qualtinger
Qualtinger
7
Helmut Qualtinger liest Mein Kampf
0
Das vierte Gebot
0
Die Hinrichtung
0
Samba
0
Abelard - Die Entmannung
Abelard - Die Entmannung
3.5
Eiszeit
Eiszeit
0
Krankensaal 6
0
Cat's Game
0
Der Fall Bohr
0
Die Kurve
0
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
0
The Diary of Dr. Döblinger
0
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
8
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