Raoul Retzer
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: May 22, 1919
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
Known For
I Learned It from Father
Clemens Andermann, once a celebrated stage and film star, now an equally successful industrialist, is firmly convinced that his son Andreas is studying chemistry in the idyllic university town of Freylangen. But he is completely mistaken. In reality, his offspring has secretly been hired by theater director Löwe to play Romeo. He would also love to play the role to his stage Juliet, the charming guest star Monika Holl. Then the telegram announcing his father's visit hits like a bombshell. Together with his friend Oskar, Andreas tries to keep the deception going by impersonating his father's doppelganger – an undertaking that initially descends into utter chaos and ultimately leads to a happy ending.
Der Kurier der Kaiserin
Der Kurier der Kaiserin is a German Television series.
The Last Act
Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is encircled by enemy troops. Based on Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die, Oscar Werner costars as fictional Nazi Hauptmann Wüst, a disillusioned middleman.
Ideale Frau gesucht
The Black Cobra
After a truck carrying a cargo of narcotics is held up by rival smugglers, the driver sets out to prove his innocence.
Mariandl
The meticulous court councilor Geiger suddenly realizes: 18-year-old Mariandl, who is applying to study music with him, is his own daughter. Remorsefully, he decides to fulfill his fatherly duties and travels to Dürnstein, where he met Mariandl's mother, Marianne, 19 years ago. She runs an inn that is on the verge of bankruptcy due to a lack of guests. Marianne is forced to marry a wealthy hotelier. But when Geiger suddenly appears before her, old feelings rekindle, and more than just friendship develops between Geiger's secretary, Peter, and Mariandl.
Schweik's Years of Indiscretion
Shortly before the First World War, the son of a Prague butcher is called up for military service in the Austro-Hungarian Army of Emperor Franz Joseph, proving to be a very incompetent recruit.
The Great Race
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Where Are You Taking That Woman
A lady killer tracked by the police, takes refuge at a psychiatrist's home, and the doctor tells him three stories, to convince him that crime does not pay
Im schwarzen Rössl
Eva, who earns her money as a call girl, learns that she has inherited the Palace Hotel in St. Wolfgang. She immediately quits her job and travels to Lake Wolfgang with her friend Maxie. But immediately upon arrival, they encounter a nasty surprise: the building is an old, dilapidated building with a mountain of debt. What now? The two pretty girls receive unexpected help from six students camping on the hotel lawn. Together, with rags and brooms, they transform the old Palace Hotel into the "Black Horse Inn." But in town, the competition, which, as we all know, never sleeps, is the renowned "White Horse Inn"...
Filmography
as Bit part
as Oberstabsarzt
as Johann Berger
as Innkeeper
as Osmin
as Zugführer
as Large Man
as Dr. Türk
as Graf Bernhard Ochsenstein
as Oskar
as Pfleger
as Leopold
as Musiker
as Herr Mader
as Beppo
as Raimondo
as Franz
as Feldwebel Staudinger
as Masseur
as Sergeant
as Chefrezeptionist Schwab
as Doorman (Vienna segment) (uncredited)
as Zingerl
as Mayor-Domo (uncredited)
as Sales Clerk
as Polizist
as Stabsarzt
as Mann an der Bar rechts vom Architekten (uncredited)
as Herr Funke
as Werkmeister Anton
as Martinez Manuzzo
as Hütl
as Fuhrmann
as Der Lange
as Oberbootsmaat Zauck
as Mann hinter Türen im Zug
as Assistent beim Sängerwettbewerb
as Anton, Hausknecht
as Fernand
as Weber
as Inspector
as Special Agent
as Feuerwehrhauptmann
as Der Bürgermeister
as Polizeispitzel Bretschneider
as -
as Gangster
as head waiter
as Butler
as Gentleman Schorsch
as Karl Linnegger
as Hakim
as Gefreiter
as Man with Beard
as Traktorfahrer
as Motorradpolizist
as Istwan
as Kellner
as Innkeeper
as Schiffskapitän
as Filmproduzent
as Basch Tamargy
as Podlasni
as Rottenwieser
as Milchwagenfahrer
as Mann
as Kriminalkommissär
as Kollege
as Wachtmeister
as Wachmann
as Loisl
as Josef Petersiel
as Gerl, actor of the Sarasto
as SS-Mann
as Herr Kunz
as Soldier
as Brezo
as Blasius
as Gigantino