Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss is known for The Longest Day (1962), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Boys from Brazil (1978).
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 at Nuremberg - 27 November 2002 at Baden-Baden) was a German theatre, film and television actor.
The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He went to appear in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin.
In 1942 he made his film début - he was exempted from military service specifically - in the UFA production Die grosse Liebe with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German.
In 1954 he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's Canaris. The following year Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in Falk Harnack's film Der 20. Juli, which dramatised the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and also the 1956 Federal Film Award.
From now on Preiss was largely typecast in the role of the upright and obligation-conscious German officer to the other A-list actor playing the Fanatic (I.E. Paul Scofeld in The Train) a part he played in many films, later reprising it in numerous international productions, predominantly in Italy and the USA, while occasionally playing a more typically cynical or brutal Nazi officer.
Preiss appeared in such productions as The Longest Day (1962), Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963), and with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Is Paris Burning? (1966). He starred alongside Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train (1964), Frank Sinatra in Von Ryan's Express (1965), Robert Mitchum in Anzio (1968), with Richard Burton, in the title role of Erwin Rommel in Raid on Rommel (1971), and The Boys From Brazil (1978) with Gregory Peck. He also appeared in several Italian language films, credited as "Luppo Prezzo", and played Field Marshal Von Rundstedt in Richard Attenborough's all-star war epic A Bridge Too Far (1977).
In addition, for the cinema-going public of West Germany he became the epitome of the evil genius in his role as Doctor Mabuse, a role he first played in 1960 (following Rudolf Klein-Rogge) in Fritz Lang's The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. He went on to play the role four more times.
In the 1980s Preiss turned to television, notably playing General Walther von Brauchitsch in the American TV mini-series Winds of War and War and Remembrance, based on the books of Herman Wouk.
In 1987 received a second Federal Film Award for his outstanding work in film.
In film dubbing Preiss provided the voice for such actors as Lex Barker, Christopher Lee, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Richard Widmark, as well as that of Conrad Veidt as "Major Strasser" in the remastered version of Casablanca.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Wolfgang Preiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Questions about Wolfgang Preiss
How many Wolfgang Preiss films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 94 films with Wolfgang Preiss, from 1942 to 2018.
What is the best rated Wolfgang Preiss film?
The best rated Wolfgang Preiss film in the catalogue is The Train (1964), rated 7.6.
What was the first Wolfgang Preiss film?
The first Wolfgang Preiss film in the catalogue is Mill of the Stone Women, from 1960.
Who has Wolfgang Preiss worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Wolfgang Preiss shares the most credits with Gert Fröbe (3 films), Beatrice Straight (2 films) and Ennio Morricone (2 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- German Film Award
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- voice actor
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
120 films — 94 in the catalogue
-
6.9 Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
2018 · Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)
-
8.0 Open Air
1996
-
4.7 Dr. M
1990 · Kessler
-
9.0 Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
1989 · Bernauer
-
9.0 Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
1989 · Earl of Wereford
-
8.0
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
1987 · Earl of Wereford
-
6.5 The Second Victory
1987 · Father Albertus
-
9.0 Lang soll er leben
1987
-
10.0
Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
1987 · Earl of Wereford
-
5.4 Forget Mozart
1985 · Baron Gottfried van Swieten
-
7.0
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
1984 · Earl of Wereford
-
6.0
Ein Mann namens Parvus
1984 · Brockdorff-Rantzau
-
Die Dame und die Unterwelt
1984 · Berthold Kampe
-
10.0
Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
1982 · Earl of Wereford
-
7.0 Ghost of Love
1981 · Zighi
-
5.5 The Formula
1980 · Franz Tauber
-
4.9 Bloodline
1979 · Julius Prager
-
6.8 Ike
1979 · FM Alfred Jodl
-
10.0
Die Anstalt
1978 · Dr. Reinecke
-
6.7 The Boys from Brazil
1978 · Lofquist
-
4.2 The Standard
1977 · Oberst
-
7.2 A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt
-
8.0 Die Insel der Krebse
1975 · General
-
4.7 The Big Delirium
1975 · Artmann
-
9.0 Die Kriegsbraut
1974 · von Bogendorf
-
6.0 Eine ungeliebte Frau
1974
-
8.0 Diamantenparty
1973 · Konsul Eduard van Düren
-
8.0
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
1973 · General
-
6.0 The Master Touch
1972 · Miller
-
5.8 The Salzburg Connection
1972 · Felix Zauner
-
4.3 Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
1972
-
6.1 The Bloodstained Butterfly
1971 · The Prosecutor
-
6.6 The Fifth Cord
1971 · Police inspector
-
5.8 Raid on Rommel
1971 · Gen. Erwin Rommel
-
9.0
Der Minister und die Ente
1970 · Minister
-
Sir Henri Deterding
1970 · Sir Henri Deterding
-
General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
1970 · Generalmajor Oster
-
Peenemünde
1970 · Oberst Dornberger
-
Das Haus Lunjowo
1970 · Generalmajor Lattmann
-
3.7 Playgirl 70
1969
-
5.9 Battle of the Commandos
1969 · Colonel Ackerman
-
Liebe, Love, l'Amour
1969
-
Hürdenlauf
1969 · Exzellenz Lohmüller
-
6.4 Hannibal Brooks
1969 · Col. von Haller
-
5.6 Anzio
1968 · Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
-
8.0
Meinungsverschiedenheiten
1968 · Anthony Wilcox
-
8.0
Der Fall Petkov
1968 · Dr. Georgi Dimitrov
-
8.0 Tamara
1968 · Father Bricks
-
10.0
Flachsmann als Erzieher
1968 · Flachsmann
-
4.7 Jack of Diamonds
1967 · Wilhelm Von Schenk
-
6.5 Chinos y minifaldas
1967 · Dr. Angus Cromwell
-
6.4 Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
1967 · Sebastian (BND chief)
-
5.1 Dead Run
1967 · Noland
-
Wo liegt Jena?
1967 · Robert
-
7.0 Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
1967 · Leiter der Mordkommission
-
7.2 Is Paris Burning?
1966 · Capitaine Ebernach
-
5.8 To Skin a Spy
1966 · Chalieff
-
7.0
Das Leben in meiner Hand
1966 · Minister
-
7.0
Samba
1966 · Parisius
-
10.0
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
1966 · Kapitän Behrens
-
5.6 Der Spion, der in die Hölle ging
1965 · Captain Parker
-
7.0 Von Ryan's Express
1965 · Major Von Klemment
-
10.0 Sursis pour un espion
1965
-
6.8 100 Horsemen
1964 · Sheik Abengalbon
-
7.6 The Train
1964 · Maj. Herren
-
6.2 The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
1964 · Dr. Mabuse
-
6.3 Backfire
1964 · Grenner
-
Die erste Legion
1964 · Dr. Peter Morell
-
6.5 Frühstück mit dem Tod
1964 · Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
-
5.2 Cave of the Living Dead
1964 · Prof. von Adelsberg
-
6.5 The Cardinal
1963
-
6.3 The Mad Executioners
1963 · Morel Smith
-
6.4 Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
1963 · Geist von Dr. Mabuse
-
5.5 Das tödliche Patent
1963 · Charles Reese
-
7.5 The Black Cobra
1963 · Stanislas Raskin
-
Leb wohl, mein Traum
1963 · James Merrill
-
7.6 The Longest Day
1962 · Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel
-
5.5 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1962 · Dr. Mabuse
-
6.4 The Counterfeit Traitor
1962 · Colonel Nordoff
-
6.8 The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
1962 · Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse
-
7.0 Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
1962 · Staatsanwalt Soldan
-
5.6 Lafayette
1962 · Baron Kalb
-
4.1 Riviera-Story
1961 · Arthur Dahlberg
-
6.1 The Return of Dr. Mabuse
1961 · Dr. Mabuse
-
7.0 Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
1961 · Günther Brandt
-
6.8 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960 · Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse
-
6.1 Mill of the Stone Women
1960 · Doctor Loren Bolem
-
5.0 Mistress of the World - Part II
1960 · Brandes
-
6.8 Mistress of the World - Part I
1960 · Dr. Henrik Brandes
-
5.7 Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
1960 · Dr. Beck
-
7.2 Roses for the Prosecutor
1959 · Generalstaatsanwalt
-
9.0 Doctor Without Scruples
1959 · Dr. Westorp
-
5.0 Konto ausgeglichen
1959 · Robert Jacobi
-
4.3 La Valse du Gorille
1959 · Otto Lohn
-
7.3 Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · Major Linkmann
-
5.2 Prisoner of the Volga
1959 · General Gorew
-
Straße der Gerechten
1959 · Joseph Blake
-
9.5 The Girl with the Cat Eyes
1958 · Carlo Gormann
-
9.0 Grabenplatz 17
1958 · Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
-
5.6 The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
1958 · Oberstabsarzt Munkler
-
7.0 The Italians They Are Crazy
1958 · Hans
-
10.0 Ich war ihm hörig
1958 · Dr. Leipold
-
Eurydice
1957 · Dulac
-
4.0
Der Banditendoktor
1957 · Amerikaner
-
5.8 Sharks and Little Fish
1957 · U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
-
10.0
Schinderhannes
1957 · Gendarm Adam
-
10.0
Stresemann
1957 · Heinz Becker
-
5.5 Von der Liebe besiegt
1956 · Mario Clar
-
6.0 Johannisnacht
1956 · Mac Fadden
-
6.5 Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
1956 · Ein Journalist
-
6.7 ..wie einst Lili Marleen
1956 · Alfred Linder
-
7.8 Before Sundown
1956 · Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke
-
9.0 Der Cornet
1955 · Freiherr von Pirovano
-
6.1 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
1955 · Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
-
5.7 Oberarzt Dr. Solm
1955 · Dr. Hartung
-
6.7 Canaris
1954 · Oberst Holl
-
8.0 Falschmünzer am Werk
1951
-
Frischer Wind in alten Gassen
1951
-
6.8 The Crew of the Dora
1943 · Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner
-
6.8 The Great Love
1942 · Oberleutnant von Etzdorf
Series and TV shows
4 titles
7.9
7.3
6.2
7.2
People data: TMDb.
Cast
