Acting

Helmut Qualtinger

Born October 8, 1928 · Vienna, Austria

Died September 29, 1986 · aged 57

Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student. Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performan…

Known For

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose · 1986

The Name of the Rose

MovieDramaThriller

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

End of the Game

End of the Game · 1975

End of the Game

MovieDramaCrime

Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.

Die schöne Lügnerin

Die schöne Lügnerin · 1959

Die schöne Lügnerin

MovieComedyHistory

In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet.

Ward 6

A hospital in a shabby provincial town in Tsar Russia swarming with spies, traitors and secret police. Doctor Ragin worries about his patient Gronow in Ward Six. Gronow is a former civil servant who talks about the future.

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein · 1958

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

MitGift

MitGift · 1976

Edgar Burgman, after collaborating to assassinate the elder senator husband of Alice Young, the wife remarried. The woman, after a short period, doubts of love Edgar and convinces more and more that, having married out of interest, now wants to eliminate the possession of his great assets.

Der Herr Karl

Der Herr Karl · 1967

The antihero "Mr. Karl" tells a "young person", the viewer, his life story while he sits at work in the warehouse of a delicatessen. The narrator increasingly turns out to be an opportunistic follower from the petty-bourgeois milieu, who maneuvered his way through life in the changing course of Austrian history from the end of the First World War to the end of the occupation in the 1950s.

And So to Bed

And So to Bed · 1963

Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.

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The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose · 1986

The Name of the Rose

MovieDramaThriller

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.

Remigio da Varagine

End of the Game

End of the Game · 1975

End of the Game

MovieDramaCrime

Hans Baerlach is a Swiss police detective who has dedicated much of his career to pursuing powerful and allegedly murderous businessman Richard Gastmann. Though Baerlach's partner meets his demise while investigating Gastmann, his replacement, Walter Tschanz, is undaunted. Meanwhile, the lovely Anna Crawley becomes involved in the case, which proceeds to take many twists and turns.

Von Schwendi

Die schöne Lügnerin

Die schöne Lügnerin · 1959

Die schöne Lügnerin

MovieComedyHistory

In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet.

Detective Zawadil

Ward 6

A hospital in a shabby provincial town in Tsar Russia swarming with spies, traitors and secret police. Doctor Ragin worries about his patient Gronow in Ward Six. Gronow is a former civil servant who talks about the future.

Ragin

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein · 1958

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein

Kanzakis

MitGift

MitGift · 1976

Edgar Burgman, after collaborating to assassinate the elder senator husband of Alice Young, the wife remarried. The woman, after a short period, doubts of love Edgar and convinces more and more that, having married out of interest, now wants to eliminate the possession of his great assets.

Huck

Der Herr Karl

Der Herr Karl · 1967

The antihero "Mr. Karl" tells a "young person", the viewer, his life story while he sits at work in the warehouse of a delicatessen. The narrator increasingly turns out to be an opportunistic follower from the petty-bourgeois milieu, who maneuvered his way through life in the changing course of Austrian history from the end of the First World War to the end of the occupation in the 1950s.

Writer

And So to Bed

And So to Bed · 1963

Twelve different episodes of erotic relationships are described as examples of modern love substitute.

Writer

The Magnificent Rogue

The Magnificent Rogue · 1960

The Magnificent Rogue

A slightly ironic comedy about the rise of a celebrated factory owner who began his swindles while a prisoner of war and ends up as a cheated fraudster.

Seppl Reber

Einmal keine Sorgen haben

Einmal keine Sorgen haben · 1953

Einmal keine Sorgen haben

Kraps

Scherben bringen Glück

Scherben bringen Glück · 1957

Scherben bringen Glück

Wollner

Biedermann und die Brandstifter

Biedermann und die Brandstifter · 1963

Biedermann und die Brandstifter

MovieDramaComedy

Max Frisch's famous parable about the cowardice of opportunists: Mr. Biedermann brings two arsonists into his home and pretends that they are his best friends.

Schmitz - ein Ringer

Hanussen

Hanussen · 1955

MovieHistoryDrama

In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis.

Ernst Röhm

April 1, 2000

April 1, 2000 · 1952

MovieScience FictionComedy

It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's newly-elected president, played by Josef Meinrad, makes his inauguration speech he declares Austria independence and issues an edict ending Austria's financial support for the Global Union.

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Tales from the Vienna Woods · 1979

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the butcher after falling in love with a fop named Alfred who, however, has no serious interest in returning her love. For this error, she must pay bitterly.

Zauberkönig

Der Herr Karl

Der Herr Karl · 2023

Mr. Karl tells his life story – from the 1920s to the 1950s. As an opportunist and survivor, he combines different facets of the Austrian soul. He is a petty-bourgeois follower, but he always knows how to make the most of opportunities for himself.

Writer

The Castle

The Castle · 1968

MovieMysteryDrama

A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But everybody in the village claims that he surely must be mistaken, there is no need for an attendant at the castle.

Bürgel

Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch

Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch · 1955

Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch

Werbefachmann

Du bist die Richtige

Du bist die Richtige · 1955

Du bist die Richtige

A film comedy about two beautiful women, two marry-able girls and a man!

Orientalischer Fürst

Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen · 1962

Einen Jux will er sich machen

Melchior - Hausknecht

Mann im Schatten

Mann im Schatten · 1961

Mann im Schatten

Crime Thriller with Helmut Qualtinger as Chief Inspector who investigates a Murder in 1961 Vienna. The murder is based on a real murder, the "bathub murder", which gained quite some media attraction in austria in the 1940's.

Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch

Mikosch of the Secret Service

Mikosch of the Secret Service · 1959

Mikosch of the Secret Service

Bad Ischl is in a state of great excitement: the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, the Prussian Emperor, and the Russian Tsar are expected. But then plans to assassinate the heads of state become known. The Austro-Hungarian secret service deploys its "special unit": Mikosch and his helpers are to secretly neutralize the assassin...

Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew

Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe

Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe · 1953

Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe

Direktor Pokorny

Der Herr Karl

Der Herr Karl · 2022

The second film adaption of the legendary monolog by Helmut Qualtinger and Carl Merz.

Writer

The Devils

The Devils · 1977

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

In the mid-1870s, landowner Varvara Stavrogina and Professor Stepan Verkhovensky are the center of society. Stavrogina's son Nikolai and Verkhovensky's son Pyotr are staying in Geneva. There, Nikolai becomes engaged to the lovely Lisa Tushina. However, he is already to be married to another.

Hauptmann Ignaz Lebädkin

Radetzkymarsch

Radetzkymarsch · 1965

The story of the Trotta family during the rise and fall of the Austrian-Hungary empire. Based upon the novel by Joseph Roth.

Kapturak

Die Alpensaga

Die Alpensaga · 1976

A six-part film series addressing the problems of rural Austria from 1900 to 1945. Contrary to the traditional "Heimatfilm", the Alpensaga detaches itself from typical clichés and tries to depict a critical view of societal structures of the time. World history is shown from the view of a peasant family living in a small village in Upper Austria.

Allinger