Friedrich Steinhauer
Acting
Biography
Friedrich Steinhauer was a German actor and singer. He was notable for his exceptionally high voice, which earned him the nickname The Nightingale of Ramersdorf. He became known for supporting roles in films by directors Rosa von Praunheim and Alexander Kluge, and as a singer in pubs, first in Munich, then in Berlin, where he had moved at the instigation of Rosa von Praunheim. As a singer, he mainly interpreted songs by Zarah Leander.
Born: June 6, 1933
Place of Birth: Luxemburg
Known For
Flitterwochen
Customs officers Katti and Wolfgang are so deeply in love with each other that they are barely aware of their surroundings. But after the wedding reception, there's nothing but trouble.
Beer Chase
A man who is dissatisfied with his senseless existence in his family-life and social status steals the uniform of a policeman and then enters the Oktoberfest. Now he is somebody, he is important, he can help, people respect him, etc. His wife, other relatives and some friends start to follow him while he gets some new acquaintances.
SOKO München
SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
The Bite
Turned while visiting New York, down-on-her-luck Neue Deutsche Welle vampire Sylvana struggles to get by in 1980s West Berlin when she realizes none of her friends want to be bitten.
Anita – Dances of Vice
In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug addict/scandalous figure of post-WWI Berlin. (Berber died of tuberculosis in 1928, having achieved significant success and recognition throughout the dance world.) Frau Kutowski is placed in a mental hospital, where in her own mind she acts out Berber's final days, including in her fantasies the hospital's staff and patients, to represent Anita's friends and associates.
Horror Vacui
Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Their happy life is disrupted when Frankie attends a lecture and quickly becomes involved in a sinister cult operating as a self-help group called “Optimal Optimism”. Madame C, a former Nazi party member, is the leader of Optimal Optimism. When the cult members discovers that Frankie is gay, he is repeatedly raped by both men and women of the group. Hannes must find a way to rescue him.
Keiner hat das Pferd geküsst
A comedy directed by Martin Müller.
Wie die Weltmeister
Franz Bielek is a bailiff by conviction. However, his overzealousness is increasingly a thorn in the side of his superiors, so they transfer him from the provinces to Munich without further ado. Overwhelmed by the big city, Bielek no longer collects a single mark and is sent to Berlin for further training.
Die Nachtigall von Ramersdorf
The Nightingale of Ramersdorf is one of the most dazzling but also the most tragic figures of the German neighborhood scene. What began in the Munich chic of the 70s led to the sad life as Tingel-Chansonnier in Berlin through various supporting roles in films by Rosa von Praunheim. The quarrelsome artist never had a loyal fan base. But all the more people talk about him in the pubs, where he was accompanied by a ghetto blaster who was hated by the often involuntary audience. Because in truth there is usually nothing better to tell. Meanwhile, the nightingale of Ramersdorf is impoverished, a care case and almost blind. But she was left with the unmistakable voice and the memories of her own time.
Filmography
as Cleaning Man
as Reiseleiter
as Fritz die Nachtigall