Kurt Raab
Acting
Biography
Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.
Born: July 20, 1941
Place of Birth: Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]
Known For
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her irritating daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Ernst Küsters has not only murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he's employed but succeeded that by committing suicide.
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (German: Acht Stunden sind kein Tag) is a West German television drama miniseries written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk, it broadcast in five episodes between 1972 and 1973. In Cologne, West Germany, young toolmaker Jochen's world is explored, including those around him: the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his fellow workers, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
The life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son.
Fox and His Friends
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive relationship with wealthy industrialist Eugen in an attempt to climb the social ladder. His desperation for love and affection soon spirals into tragedy.
Escape from Sobibor
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
World on a Wire
World on a Wire (German: Welt am Draht) is a two-part 1973 West German science fiction television serial broadcast on ARD. Shot on 16 mm film, the two-part miniseries is drected by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who co-writes the screenplay with Fritz Müller-Scherz, based on Daniel F. Galouye's 1964 novel Simulacron-3. In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr Fred Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.
Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen
A biologist has succeeded in growing a particularly energy-rich lettuce and now the whole world wants to get hold of the product.
The Atlantic Swimmers
Munich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across the Atlantic.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel
as Michel, Butler
as Walter Hahn
as John Hagen
as Mephisto
as Haag
as Maslanko
as Intendant
as P.K. Wütrich
as Fahrstuhlmonteur
as Mann mit Narbe
as Jörg
as Bevney
as Poli
as Gerichtspräsident
as Dr. Krokowski
as Sally Meerschaum
as Ganelon
as Oberamtmann
as Chauffeur
as Hitler
as Chef
as Mann von Glorias Freundin
as Self
as Theopont Dirlewanger
as Franz
as Fletcher
as Arthur
as Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master
as Parteifunktionär
as Adolf
as Ricky's Brother
as Walter Kranz
as Polizist
as Herr Bauer
as Barkeeper Gustav
as Wodka-Peter
as Audience Member
as Peter Pickl
as Aufseher Wupke
as Secretary
as Car Mechanic
as Mark Holm
as Insp. Fritz Haarmann
as Fabrikleiter
as Zimmerman
as Harald
as Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law
as Pfarrer
as Fred
as Pianist (uncredited)
as Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
as Tankwart
as Bischof
as Mr. R.
as Self (uncredited)
as Don Marzio
as Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus