Helmut Qualtinger
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Helmut Qualtinger | |
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Born | Helmut Gustav Friedrich Qualtinger 8 October 1928 |
Died | 8 September 1986 Vienna, Austria | (aged 57)
Other names | Helmuth Qualtinger |
Alma mater | Max Reinhardt Seminar |
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Years active | 1947–1986 |
Helmut Gustav Friedrich Qualtinger (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkvaltɪŋɐ]; 8 October 1928 – 29 September 1986; also spelled Helmuth Qualtinger) was an Austrian actor, cabaret performer, writer and reciter.
Biography
Qualtinger was born in
Cabaret
Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play, Jugend vor den Schranken (Youth in front of Barriers), was staged in Graz and caused furor for portraying teenagers and their rebellious behaviour. Up to 1961, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the Namenlosen Ensemble (Nameless Ensemble, founded 1952) made up of Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz , Louise Martini , Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann. He also continued to write commentaries, mostly satirical, for Austrian news papers e.g. from 1955 to 1961 for the Kurier together with his acting colleague Carl Merz.
The chansons presented in these cabaret revues, for example „Papa wird's scho richten“ (Daddy's gonna fix it), and his „Travnicek dialogs“ with Bronner became (in)famous to the history of Austrian cabaret. Mr. Travnicek is a typical little man character, mostly in a bad mood. He is asked questions only to reveal his odd, sometimes misanthropic views on things going on.
Acting
Qualtinger also played several serious theater, TV and film parts, the film Kurzer Prozess and the Alpensaga TV series were among those well received.
The short one-man play
Already seriously ill, he made his final acting appearance in 1986 as the heretic monk "Remigio da Varagine" in The Name of the Rose, along with Sean Connery and F. Murray Abraham.
Recitations
Beginning with the 1970s, Qualtinger frequently performed recital tours 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). His recitals were very popular and resulted in several records being published.
Pranks
Qualtinger was also known for his, sometimes crude,
In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers, a so-called canard (germ. "Zeitungsente"), announcing the visit of a (fictional) famous Inuit poet named Kobuk (author of "The Burning Igloo") to Vienna. Reporters who assembled at the railway station however were to witness the "Inuit poet", in fur coat and cap, stepping from the train. Asked about his "first impressions of Vienna", Qualtinger commented in broad Viennese dialect, "Haaß is's do (It's hot here)!"
Death
Helmut Qualtinger died in Vienna on 29 September 1986, of a liver condition.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1952 | 1. April 2000 | Vier im Jeep: Der Russe | Uncredited |
1953 | Fräulein Casanova | ||
To Be Without Worries | Kraps | ||
Drei, von denen man spricht | |||
If I Only Have Your Love | Direktor Pokorny | ||
1954 | König der Manege | Mirko | |
Hochstaplerin der Liebe | |||
1955 | Du bist die Richtige | Orientalischer Fürst | |
Hanussen | Ernst Röhm | ||
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch | |||
1957 | Scherben bringen Glück | Wollner, Direktor vom Revuetheater | |
1958 | Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein | Kanzakis | |
1959 | Mikosch of the Secret Service | Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew | |
Die schöne Lügnerin | Geheimpolizist Zawadil / Detective Zawadil | ||
1960 | Mit Himbeergeist geht alles besser | Seppl Reber | |
1961 | Tales from the Vienna Woods | Oskar | TV film |
Mann im Schatten | Dr. Radosch, Oberpolizeirat | ||
Die Kurve | Dr. Erich Kriegbaum | TV play | |
1965 | Lumpaci the Vagabond | Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle | |
1967 | Kurzer Prozess | Inspektor Pokorny | |
Der Paukenspieler | Ferry | ||
1968 | The Castle | Burgel | |
1971 | The False Weight | Anselm Eibenschuetz | TV film |
1974 | Der Kulterer | Kulterer | TV film |
Krankensaal 6 | Ragin | ||
1975 | Ice Age | Fitler / Old Officer | |
End of the Game | von Schwendi | ||
1976 | MitGift | Kommissar Huck | |
1976–1977 | Die Alpensaga | Allinger | 3 episodes |
1977 | Abelard | ||
1978 | Mulligans Rückkehr | Mulligan | TV film |
1979 | Grandison | Dr. Ludwig Pfister | |
Tales from the Vienna Woods | Zauberkönig | ||
1983 | Cats' Play | Viktor | TV film |
1986 | Das Diarium des Dr. Döblinger | ||
The Name of the Rose | Remigio de Varagine | (final film role) |
External links
- Media related to Helmut Qualtinger at Wikimedia Commons
- Quotations related to Helmut Qualtinger at Wikiquote
- Helmut Qualtinger at IMDb
- Helmut Qualtinger at Find a Grave