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Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor.
Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber.
In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater…
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Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber. In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine. Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work. Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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BODY OF WORK
Peter Fitz's Filmography
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Ein Sommer in Paris
as Rocher aka Günter Steiner
No Poster
Der Kardinal
as Kardinal József Mindszenty
No Poster
Bis an die Grenze
as Anton Huber
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
as Dr. Goerden
Silent Resident
as Ludwig von Auerbach
Das Glück am Horizont
as Jens Herder
Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!
as Galust
Die Blüten der Sehnsucht
as John O'Hanlon
Fragment
Heimweh nach drüben
as CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
Prater
as Narrator
Mörderische Erpressung
as Hermann Jansen
Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September
as Harry Severin
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
as Narrator (voice)
Die Braut von der Tankstelle
as Jakob
No Poster
Die Konferenz
as Dr. Roman Branzger
Waves
as Graf von Köhne-Jasky
Laura's Star
as Mond (voice)
Twelve Chairs
as Narrator
Soundless
as Martin Hinrich
Liebe zartbitter
as Theo Böhlen
No Poster
September
as Isidor Krantz
Hamlet_X
as Claudius 2
No Poster
Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter
as Pater Gregor
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
as Generaladjutant von Borg
Der Seerosenteich
as Erich
Planet der Kannibalen
as Professor Dr. Dr. Best
Werckmeister Harmonies
as György Eszter
No Poster
Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2
as Herr Kranz
Dunckel
as Kommisar Richter
Die Mörderin
as Margas Vater
23
as Brückner
Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!
as Bernie Schwarz
Black Sun
as Narrator
No Poster
Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher
as Adrian Philipp
No Poster
Blutige Scheidung
as Georg
No Poster
Null Risiko und reich
as Starnberg
Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit
as Pater Ignatius
14 Days to Life
as Direktor
Conversation with the Beast
as Dr. Segebrecht
No Poster
Champagner und Kamillentee
as Jürgen Flohse
Flirt
as Doctor
No Poster
Babuschka
Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder
as Reinhold Schünzel
Tote sterben niemals aus
No Poster
Suspicion of Guilt
No Poster
Die Grube
as August Haefner
No Poster
Zu treuen Händen
as Generalstaatsanwalt
No Poster
Hass im Kopf
The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave
as Erik
Ich und Christine
as Hotte
No Poster
The Denunciation
as Anwalt
Everything's a Lie
as Rudolf Portmann
No Poster
Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?
as von Sell
All Out
as Schnyder
No Poster
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
as Kommissar Arendt
Dr. M
as Veidt
No Poster
Wilhelm Tell
as Werner Stauffacher
The Case of Mr. Spalt
as Der Regisseur
No Poster
Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit
as Weyler
Au Revoir les Enfants
as Muller
Dragon Chow
as Gast
No Poster
Betrogene Liebe
as Fritz
No Poster
Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod
as Anton Webern
The Wannsee Conference
as Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
Wundkanal
as Voice
No Poster
Der Mord mit der Schere
The Oppermanns
as Prof. Edgar Oppermann
No Poster
Der Auslöser
as Piet Kuhn
No Poster
Faust
as Mephistopheles
Der Mann im Pyjama
as Herr Lachmann
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
as Chefarzt Prof. Eduard von Schög
No Poster
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
No Poster
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
as Moritz
Between Two Wars
No Poster
The Indecent Profit
as Bernd
Heinrich
The Brothers
as Dr. Hoffmann
No Poster
Die Bakchen
as Cadmus
No Poster
Lohn und Liebe
as Betriebsarzt
No Poster
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
as Rittmeister von der Golz
No Poster
Der Held
as Beutelmann
No Poster
Flick-Flack
No Poster
Stückgut
as Pfarrer
No Poster
Mike Blaubart
as Geschäftsführer
No Poster
Bluthochzeit
as Lumberjack
No Poster
Ein Fingerhut voll Mut
as Freddie
No Poster
Zwei oder drei Ehen
as Junger Bräutigam