Oskar Werner

Actor

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Also Known As

Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer

Birth Place

Austria

Born

November 13, 1922

Died

October 23, 1984

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Member of Vienna's renowned Burgtheater who alternated between stage and screen work from the late 1940s. Werner scored leads in several European productions but, save for his poignant performance in "Decision Before Dawn" (1951), remained better known for his theater work; he was generally considered his country's greatest talent. Fair-haired and slight, Werner re-emerged in the 1960s i...

Filmography

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Voyage Of The Damned (1976)

Interlude (1968)

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

Father David Telemond

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965)

Ship of Fools (1965)

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Ship Of Fools (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Bother Getting Up

Ship Of Fools (1965) -- (Movie Clip) You May Even Find Yourself

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Elizabeth Kallina

Wife

Actor. Married 1944; marriage kept a secret due to Kallina being Jewish.

Biography

Member of Vienna's renowned Burgtheater who alternated between stage and screen work from the late 1940s. Werner scored leads in several European productions but, save for his poignant performance in "Decision Before Dawn" (1951), remained better known for his theater work; he was generally considered his country's greatest talent.

Fair-haired and slight, Werner re-emerged in the 1960s in a string of excellent film roles, including Jules in Francois Truffaut's classic "Jules and Jim" (1961), the world-weary counterspy in "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" and the ship's physician in "Ship of Fools" (both 1965).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Voyage Of The Damned (1976)

Interlude (1968)

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

Father David Telemond

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965)

Ship of Fools (1965)

Jules and Jim (1962)

Lola Montes (1955)

Decision Before Dawn (1951)

Corp. Karl Maurer, also known as Happy

Life Events

1940

Joined Vienna's Burgtheater (date approximate)

1941

Drafted by the German army but kicked out of officer's training school due to feigned incompetence

1948

First featured film role in the Austrian-British co-production, "Angel With a Trumpet"

1951

US film debut in "Decision Before Dawn"

Videos

Ship Of Fools (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Bother Getting Up Widow Mary (Vivien Leigh) meets ex-ballplayer Tenny (Lee Marvin), then anti-Semite Rieber (Jose Ferrer) is joined by Dr. Schumann (Oskar Werner), then misfits Glocken (Michael Dunn) and Lowenthal (Heinz Rumann) on board a German liner off Mexico, 1933, in Ship Of Fools, 1965.

Ship Of Fools (1965) -- (Movie Clip) You May Even Find Yourself Opening scenes on the liner off Mexico, 1933, philosopher Glocken (Michael Dunn) speaking to the camera, then Schumann (Oskar Werner) with captain Thiele (Charles Korvin), in Stanley Kramer's Ship Of Fools, 1965, from Katherine Ann Porter's play.

Ship Of Fools (1965) -- (Movie Clip) A Clear Conscience We hardly know why Simone Signoret (who'll be known as "La Condesa") was brought on board the German liner in Cuba, but we learn more as she enjoys a visit from the philosophical Dr. Schumann (Oskar Werner), in director Stanley Kramer's Ship Of Fools, 1965.

Jules And Jim (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, I'm Therese Exuberant opening to Francois Truffaut's third film, Jules and Jim, 1962, in which Jules (Oskar Werner), Jim (Henri Serre) and Therese (Marie Dubois) are introduced in Paris, 1912.

Jules and Jim (1962) -- (Movie Clip) And A French Girl Early 1900's, college pals German Jules (Oskar Werner) and French Jim (Henri Serre) discover a statue while vacationing in Greece, return to Paris, then meet a girl, Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) in Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim, 1962.

Jules And Jim (1962) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Vision For All Continuing the narration by Michel Subor, on their beach holiday in the early 1900's, Jules (Oskar Werner), Jim (Henri Serre) and Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) enjoy the woods, the beach and talk of marriage in Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim, 1962.

Jules And Jim (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Our Friend Thomas Jules (Oskar Werner) re-introduces Jim (Henri Serre) to Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) who then masquerades as "Thomas," as the friends romp in early 1900's Paris in Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim, 1962.

Jules And JIm (1962) -- (Movie Clip) So No One Has Changed French Jim (Henri Serre) is escorted by Catherine (Jeanne Moreau) and daughter Sabine (Sabine Haudepin) as he comes to visit Jules (Oskar Werner), her husband and his long-time best friend, in Germany, after the being separated for years during World War I, in Francois Truffaut's Jules and Jim, 1962.

Shoes Of The Fisherman, The (1968) -- (Movie Ciip) I Saw The World Colorful Vatican envoy Telemond (Oskar Werner) is escorting Russian archbishop Lakota (Anthony Quinn), freed from Siberia, to Rome, where American reporter Faber (David Janssen), delayed by a girlfriend (Rosemarie Dexter), has been promised an exclusive, in The Shoes Of The Fisherman, 1968.

Fahrenheit 451 -- (Movie Clip) For God's Sake Get Out! No graphics in the credits, spoken instead, the opening to Francois Truffaut's 1966 adaptation of Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, followed by a raid led by book burner Montag (Oskar Werner).

Fahrenheit 451 -- (Movie Clip) Our Family Theater Montag (Oskar Werner) arrives home and we discover that his wife Linda (Julie Christie) is in fact "very like" his new friend Clarisse (also Christie), in Francois Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451, 1966, from Ray Bradbury's famous novel.

Fahrenheit 451 -- (Movie Clip) Smell Of Kerosene Teacher Clarisse (Julie Christie) has just introduced herself to "fireman" Montag (Oskar Werner) on the monorail, leading to chat from Ray Bradbury's novel, in Francois Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451, 1966.

Fahrenheit 451 - (Original Trailer) A look behind-the-scenes of Ray Bradbury's science fiction thriller Fahrenheit 451 (1966), directed by Francois Truffaut and starring Julie Christie.

Decision Before Dawn - (Original Trailer) Two German POW's are sent back into Germany to gather intelligence for the U.S. Army in Decision Before Dawn (1951).

Spy Who Came In From the Cold, The - (Original Trailer) A British agent infiltrates the enemy by allowing himself to be disgraced at home in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965) starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom.

Shoes of the Fisherman, The - (Original Trailer) International intrigue follows the election of the first Russian pope in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), starring Anthony Quinn.

Companions

Elizabeth Kallina

Wife

Actor. Married 1944; marriage kept a secret due to Kallina being Jewish.

Bibliography

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