Erwin Knausmüller (1912 — 2000) was a Soviet stage and film actor of Austrian origin.[1]
Erwin Knausmüller | |
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 Knausmüller in The Saplings (1972) | |
| Born | January 31, 1912 |
| Died | April 1, 2000 (aged 88) |
| Years active | 1959 — 1993 |
Biography
editIn 1932 he graduated from the Academy of Trade in Graz, Austria. He took part in anti-fascist activities. From 1936 he lived and worked in Moscow. Member of the World War II in the ranks of the Soviet Army.[2] Honored with Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.[3]
He made his film debut in 1959 in the film by Ilya Gurin The Golden Eshelon. Knausmüller starred in 61 feature films in total.[4]
Erwin Knausmüller died in Moscow on January 4, 2000. Buried in Moscow at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery.[1]
Selected filmography
edit- The Golden Eshelon (1959) as Friedrich
- Farewell, Doves (1960) as episode
- Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) as german officer
- Judgment of the Mad (1961) as episode
- At Your Threshold (1962) as episode
- Hello, Children! (1962) as Professor Eisenach
- The Third Half (1962) as Major Heinz
- Attack and Retreat (1964) as German colonel
- War and Peace (1965-1967) as Franz von Weyrother
- Royal Regatta (1966) as rewarding man
- Anna Karenina (1967) as Vronsky's steward
- Woman's World (1967) as German corporal
- The Road to 'Saturn' (1967) as German major
- The Secret Agent's Blunder (1968) as Sebastian, Federal Intelligence Service agent[5]
- Liberation (1968-1971) as German general
- Tchaikovsky (1969) as Countess von Mack's steward
- Secret Agent's Destiny (1970) as Sebastian
- The Saplings (1972) as American tourist
- Taming of the Fire (1972) as general
- No Return (1973) as episode
- The Flight of Mr. McKinley (1975) as company guest
- The Beginning of the Legend (1976) as German officer
- Front Beyond the Front Line (1977) as General Schwarzenberg
- Where Were You, Odysseus? (1978) as von Arvid
- TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) as US ambassador to the USSR
- Battle of Moscow (1985) as German officer in Yasnaya Polyana
- To Award (Posthumously) (1986) as German officer
- Visit to Minotaur (1987) as Franz Colwood, Swiss businessman