1919-10-28 ( 105 years old ) in St. Pölten, Austria
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Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 in St. Pölten, Austria - 5 January 2000 in Munich) was an Austrian actor and film director.
Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as Art History, History und German Literature. In 1938, he transferred to the Schauspielschule des Staatlichen Schauspielhauses (drama school) in Berlin. In 1939, because of his membership in the Bündischen Jugend he was imprisoned for many months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After his release he moved to Vienna, and then in 1944 to Switzerland.
After the end of World War II, he starred in many films, like Die letzte Brücke (1953) and Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955). He was also a photographer. His first attempt at directing came three years later with the documentary Warum sind sie gegen uns? (1958). He became internationally famous with his anti-war film of 1959 called Die Brücke. In 1961, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Miracle of Father Malachia.
After his death in 2001, a fund was started and named after him in Munich, the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund. Since 2002, it has awarded a film prize, The Bridge, considered a peace prize. A further prize was endowed in 2006 with 15,000 euros, a prize given in the city of Emden since 2000. He was a patron of the International Film Festival in Emden-Norderney which first started in 1990.
He first married Agnes Fink, a fellow acting colleague, and later married Elisabeth Endriss, also a colleague. In the documentary Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie (June, 2007), Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss portrayed the life and work for Wicki.
He is buried at the Nymphenburger cemetery in Munich (grave number 4-1-23).
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Movies
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wilder Thymian
1994-10-22
Das Geheimnis
1994-01-09
Royal Baths
1993-09-01
Success
1991-02-28
Spider's Web
1989-09-21
Pattberg's Legacy
1987-05-31
Killing Cars
1986-02-13
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
1985-05-02
Eine Art von Zorn
1984-09-18
Paris, Texas
1984-07-16
The Shore
1984-06-04
Dangerous Moves
1984-04-15
A Love in Germany
1983-10-26
Spring Symphony
1983-04-08
The Mysterious Stranger
1982-10-11
Domino
1982-06-11
Death Watch
1980-01-23
Der Mann im Schilf
1978-10-30
Despair
1978-09-20
The Glass Cell
1978-04-06
The Left-Handed Woman
1977-10-30
Glücksucher
1977-02-08
Three Paths to the Lake
1976-12-18
Crime and Passion
1976-02-06
Carlos
1971-11-20
Die Enthüllung
1969-11-27
Your Caresses
1969-11-06
Graf Öderland
1968-12-08
Der Feldmarschall
1968-11-21
Affäre Dreyfuss
1968-11-08
Ostwind
1967-10-08
Portuguese Vacation
1963-10-09
Elf Jahre und ein Tag
1963-09-05
Sex Can Be Difficult
1962-12-24
Die Nashörner
1961-03-02
La Notte
1961-01-24
Lampenfieber
1960-03-03
Frau im besten Mannesalter
1959-01-29
Frauensee
1958-11-26
The Restless Night
1958-10-29
Am Set von "Warum sind sie gegen uns?"
1958-06-13
Flucht in die Tropennacht
1958-06-03
The Cat
1958-04-19
Escape from Sahara
1958-01-21
Es wird alles wieder gut
1957-10-23
The Zurich Engagement
1957-04-16
Königin Luise
1957-02-15
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1956-09-06
Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben
1956-04-11
Frucht ohne Liebe
1956-01-26
Rosen im Herbst
1955-09-28
Du mein stilles Tal
1955-09-23
It Happened on July 20th
1955-06-18
Children, Mother, and the General
1955-03-04
Double Destiny
1954-11-12
The Mosquito
1954-10-17
Circus of Love
1954-08-20
Ewiger Walzer
1954-08-04
Prisoners of Love
1954-07-28
The Last Bridge
1954-02-11
Junges Herz voll Liebe
1953-09-03
The Fallen Star
1950-08-12
The Postmaster
1940-04-23
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