A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Bernard Wicki
Бернхард Викки
Birthplace:
St. Pölten, Austria
Born:
October 28, 1919
Died:
January 3, 2000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernhard Wicki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Co-Producer:
1977 Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
Director:
1958 Warum sind sie gegen uns?
1959 The Bridge
1961 The Miracle of Father Malachia
1962 The Longest Day
1964 The Visit
1965 Morituri
1967 Der Paukenspieler
1971 Karpfs Karriere
1973 Weights and Measures
1977 Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
1977 Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
1985 Die Grünstein-Variante
1987 Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
1989 Spider's Web
Screenplay:
1958 Warum sind sie gegen uns?
1959 The Bridge
1961 The Miracle of Father Malachia
1962 The Longest Day
1964 The Visit
1965 Morituri
1967 Der Paukenspieler
1971 Karpfs Karriere
1973 Weights and Measures
1977 Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
1977 Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
1985 Die Grünstein-Variante
1987 Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
1989 Spider's Web
Writer:
1958 Warum sind sie gegen uns?
1959 The Bridge
1961 The Miracle of Father Malachia
1962 The Longest Day
1964 The Visit
1965 Morituri
1967 Der Paukenspieler
1971 Karpfs Karriere
1973 Weights and Measures
1977 Curd Jürgens - Der Filmstar, der vom Theater kam
1977 Die Eroberung der Zitadelle
1985 Die Grünstein-Variante
1987 Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
1989 Spider's Web
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