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Raoul Retzer
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Raoul Retzer (born Raoul Richard Karl Pollitzer; May 22, 1919 – August 8, 1974) was an Austrian actor who began his career as a child performer on Vienna’s major stages, including the Burgtheater and Volkstheater, and appeared in film from an early age. After serving as a soldier during World War II, he resumed acting in cabaret, revue theatre, and comedy venues in Vienna.
From the early 1950s onward, Retzer became a prolific character actor in Austrian and German cinema and television, often appearing in small, uncredited roles, particularly in comedies directed by Franz Antel. Typically cast as servants, policemen, or petty criminals, he was a familiar face in popular entertainment of the…
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Raoul Retzer (born Raoul Richard Karl Pollitzer; May 22, 1919 – August 8, 1974) was an Austrian actor who began his career as a child performer on Vienna’s major stages, including the Burgtheater and Volkstheater, and appeared in film from an early age. After serving as a soldier during World War II, he resumed acting in cabaret, revue theatre, and comedy venues in Vienna. From the early 1950s onward, Retzer became a prolific character actor in Austrian and German cinema and television, often appearing in small, uncredited roles, particularly in comedies directed by Franz Antel. Typically cast as servants, policemen, or petty criminals, he was a familiar face in popular entertainment of the era. Despite his extensive career, Retzer died in modest circumstances in 1974, leaving behind a vast body of stage, film, and television work.
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BODY OF WORK
Raoul Retzer's Filmography
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Hurra, die Schwedinnen sind da
as Bit part
When Girls Trumpet for Manoeuvres
as Oberstabsarzt
2069: A Sex Odyssey
as Johann Berger
No Poster
Karussells werden im Himmel gemacht
as Herr Sauer
Love Bavarian Style
as Innkeeper
The Countess Died of Laughter
as Osmin
No Poster
Defraudanten
as Polizist
Trubel um Trixie
as Zugführer
The Salzburg Connection
as Large Man
Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
No Poster
Emil, der Seitenspringer
as Tobias Wurstfinger
Ausser Rand und Band am Wolfgangsee
as Franz
Verliebte Ferien in Tirol
as Dr. Türk
No Poster
Gestrickte Spuren
The Vampire Happening
as Graf Bernhard Ochsenstein
Tante Trude aus Buxtehude
as Oskar
Das haut den stärksten Zwilling um
as Pfleger
No Poster
Der Hauptmann
as Gendarmerie-Inspektor
Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten
as Leopold
No Poster
Immer die verflixten Weiber
as Apotheker
Unsere Pauker gehen in die Luft
as Herr Mader
When the Mad Aunts Arrive
as Beppo
No Poster
Das weite Land
No Poster
Keine Angst Liebling, ich pass schon auf
No Poster
Ein Walzertraum
as Leiblakai Sigismund
The Viking Who Became a Bigamist
as Raimondo
Paradies der flotten Sünder
as Franz
Die Landstreicher
as Feldwebel Staudinger
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
as Masseur
The Sweet Sins of Sexy Susan
as Sergeant
The Haunted Castle in Salzkammergut
Happy-End am Wolfgangsee
as Chefrezeptionist Schwab
Where Are You Taking That Woman
as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
Ruf der Wälder
as Zingerl
The Great Race
as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
Liebesgrüße aus Tirol
as Sales Clerk
I Learned It from Father
as Polizist
Hilfe, meine Braut klaut
Schweik's Years of Indiscretion
as Stabsarzt
No Poster
Hochzeit am Neusiedler See
as Otto Pfeffer
And So to Bed
as Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)
Maskenball bei Scotland Yard
as Herr Funke
The Invisible Terror
The Model Boy
as Werkmeister Anton
The Black Cobra
as Martinez Manuzzo
Die Försterchristel
as Hütl
Und ewig knallen die Räuber
as Fuhrmann
Ohne Krimi geht die Mimi nie ins Bett
as Pepe
Waldrausch
as Der Lange
Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen
as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
The Sweet Life of Count Bobby
as Mann hinter Türen im Zug
No Poster
Valnocha, der Koch
as Oberleutnant Petrasowits
Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol
as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
Schlagerrevue 1962
Im schwarzen Rössl
as Anton, Hausknecht
Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel
as Fernand
Mann im Schatten
as Weber
Mariandl
… und du mein Schatz bleibst hier
Season in Salzburg
as Inspector
The Secret Ways
as Special Agent
No Poster
Eduard III
as Prof. Brecher
The White Horse Inn
as Feuerwehrhauptmann
Glocken läuten überall
as Der Bürgermeister
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
Kriminaltango
as -
Meine Nichte tut das nicht
as Gangster
No Poster
Ich heirate Herrn Direktor
as Kellner
Traumrevue
as head waiter
Ich bin kein Casanova
as Butler
Zwölf Mädchen und ein Mann
as Gentleman Schorsch
Die unvollkommene Ehe
as Karl Linnegger
Mädchen für die Mambobar
Das Nachtlokal zum Silbermond
as Hakim
Mikosch of the Secret Service
as Gefreiter
Die Halbzarte
as Man with Beard
The Priest and the Girl
as Traktorfahrer
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
as Motorradpolizist
Countess Mariza
as Istwan
Liebe, Mädchen und Soldaten
as Koloman, Rekrut
Ooh... diese Ferien
as Kellner
Trees Are Blooming in Vienna
Solang' die Sterne glüh'n
as Innkeeper
No Poster
Wiener Luft
Gefährdete Mädchen
as Schiffskapitän
Der Page vom Palast-Hotel
as Gendarm
No Poster
Wenn die Bombe platzt
as Kriminalinspektor Grotinger
Die Straße
Almenrausch und Edelweiß
as Filmproduzent
El Hakim
as Basch Tamargy
Scandal in Bad Ischl
as Podlasni
Die Winzerin von Langenlois
as Rottenwieser
No Poster
Lachendes Wien
as Berliner
Das Hirtenlied vom Kaisertal
as Milchwagenfahrer
Roter Mohn
as Mann
Kaiserball
as Kriminalkommissär
Lumpazivagabundus
as Festteilnehmer
Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz
as Bargast
Lifeguard in the women's bathroom
as Kollege
Die Wirtin zur Goldenen Krone
as Wachtmeister
Mozart
as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
The Congress Dances
as Wachmann
Heimatland
as Loisl
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
as Josef Petersiel
The Last Act
as SS-Mann
Ja, so ist das mit der Liebe
as Herr Kunz
Imperial Manoeuvres
as Soldier
The Sweetest Fruits
as Brezo
Ein tolles Früchtchen
Heute nacht passiert’s
Der Obersteiger
as Blasius
Ideale Frau gesucht
as Gigantino