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Helmut Berger

Date of birth: 1944-05-29

Place of birth: Bad Ischl, Austria

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Helmut Steinberger

Helmut Berger

Biography

Helmut Berger (born Helmut Steinberger, 29 May 1944 - 18 May 2023) was an Austrian-born German film and television actor. He was most famous for his work with Luchino Visconti, particularly in his performance as King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Ludwig, for which he received a special David di Donatello award. He appeared primarily in European cinema, but also acted in films such as The Godfather Part III and Iron Cross. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helmut Berger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Godfather Part III
3.7

The Godfather Part III

1990-12-25

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia d

Ludwig
3.7

Ludwig

1973-03-07

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886,

The Mad Dog Killer
2.8

The Mad Dog Killer

1977-10-29

Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. T

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
3.5

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970-12-04

In 1930s Italy, a wealthy Jewish family tries to maintain their privileged lifestyle, hosting friend

Victory at Entebbe
2.5

Victory at Entebbe

1976-12-22

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Enteb

Salon Kitty
2.8

Salon Kitty

1976-03-02

Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been

Faceless
2.9

Faceless

1988-01-31

A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret in

The Romantic Englishwoman
2.7

The Romantic Englishwoman

1975-06-11

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return w

The Damned
3.6

The Damned

1969-10-30

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictato

The Bloodstained Butterfly
3.1

The Bloodstained Butterfly

1971-09-10

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems ob

Dorian Gray
2.5

Dorian Gray

1970-04-24

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterio

The Biggest Battle
2.2

The Biggest Battle

1978-02-07

A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of wh

L'Affaire Dreyfus
2.9

L'Affaire Dreyfus

1995-05-18

In 1894, the French Army discovered the existence of a traitor Alsatian and Jewish, the French offic

Initiation
2.2

Initiation

2009-11-04

16-year old Axel and his clique are rioting in a residential home. There he meets the 80-year old Gu

Honey Baby
2.8

Honey Baby

2004-06-26

An American, with a past as a successful musician, makes a living by playing at weddings and the lik

Code Name: Emerald
3.3

Code Name: Emerald

1985-09-07

In preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi occupied territory, the 'overlord

Conversation Piece
3.7

Conversation Piece

1974-12-20

A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is c

Helmut Berger - Mein Leben
5

Helmut Berger - Mein Leben

2005-01-01

In 2005, Helmut Berger returned to the landmarks of her career, in Rome and on the island of Ischia.

Deadly Game
1.3

Deadly Game

1982-09-03

A hunting party arrives at a lodge in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia, where one woman in the party

Order to Kill
2

Order to Kill

1975-04-22

An action drama about an assassin who is ordered to kill an old friend and the repercussions when he

Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
4.2

Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection

2009-09-27

Celebration: The Video Collection is a greatest videos DVD compilation by American singer-songwriter

Best of Harald Schmidt - Respektlos und Rezeptfrei
0

Best of Harald Schmidt - Respektlos und Rezeptfrei

2000-05-29

Teo
0

Teo

1997-03-12

Teo is a Somali boy living in Rome, where his mother works in service to a wealthy family. Friendly

The Shadow of the Pharaoh
0

The Shadow of the Pharaoh

1996-01-02

Under Pharaoh Amemphis III's reign, the most powerful in the kingdom, as vizier Burkis and a fanatic

Under the Palms
0

Under the Palms

1999-09-22

This film was shot entirely in Rotterdam and shows the German couple David (Helmut Berger) and Tanya

Love Me Strangely
2.1

Love Me Strangely

1971-02-10

Alain Revent, a seductive and refined man, derives a peculiar satisfaction from debasing his wives.

Last Cut
2.3

Last Cut

1997-10-02

A group of boys with a strong desire to escape from their hometown and discover the rest of the worl

Ludwig: A Journey to the End of the Night
0

Ludwig: A Journey to the End of the Night

2022-12-07

Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell
0

Fireflower: The Two Lives of Marisa Mell

2023-03-25

Who was Marisa Mell? The personae Marisa Mell and Marlies Theres Moitzi, the famous Graz actress’ re

Damals warst Du still
0

Damals warst Du still

2005-05-26

Detective Mona Seiler’s new case: 17-year-old Samuel Plessen, son of famed psychotherapist Fabian Pl

Iron Cross
2.9

Iron Cross

2009-12-15

Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit his

What Did Stalin Do to Women?
1.9

What Did Stalin Do to Women?

1969-10-03

Two young intellectuals of the PCI, former partisans, enter into a deep ideological crisis after the

The Voracious Ones
2.6

The Voracious Ones

1973-01-11

On the Côte d'Azur, a rich man wins a large sum of money playing at the casino. As he leaves the est

Reigen
1.2

Reigen

1973-10-25

An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets a

Saint Laurent
3.1

Saint Laurent

2014-09-23

1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came

The Devil's Violinist
3.3

The Devil's Violinist

2013-01-30

The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso i

The Witches
3

The Witches

1967-02-22

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels t

Timeless
3

Timeless

2016-11-27

Time travel comedy with an international cast: In 1932, Arnold disappears and suddenly finds himself

The Kiss (let's Play Dynasty)
0

The Kiss (let's Play Dynasty)

2000-01-01

Written as a reading of a screenplay of the popular soap opera Dynasty, “The Kiss (let’s play Dynast

Fatal Fix
1.8

Fatal Fix

1980-03-14

A microcosm of people lost in search of an artificial happiness, which leads them to steal and prost

Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
5

Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes

2008-09-21

Documentary portrait of the actress Romy Schneider, in which director Frederick Baker tries to form

Ash Wednesday
2.7

Ash Wednesday

1973-11-01

Barbara gets secret plastic surgery in Switzerland in an attempt to save her marriage to Mark, but h

Femmes
2.3

Femmes

1983-06-22

Helmut is fed up traveling around he world. Coming back from Asia, he decides to stay some time in A

The Garden That Doesn't Exist
3.1

The Garden That Doesn't Exist

2022-07-04

Once upon a time there was a garden, a refuge, a safe haven - 'The Garden of the Finzi Continis'. It

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
3.3

Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema

2019-06-25

Feature length documentary on the cult sub-genre featuring interviews with Dyanne ‘Ilsa’ Thorne, Mal

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
0.5

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

2016-11-15

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian

Bailey on Visconti
5

Bailey on Visconti

1972-01-01

Bailey interviews Italian film director Luchino Visconti.

Great Transport
3.5

Great Transport

1983-07-04

This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true s

Boomtown
0

Boomtown

1993-02-14

Le rose di Danzica
0

Le rose di Danzica

1979-11-23

The plagued climate of the era is realized in the encounter and later in the friendship between the

The Young Tigers
0

The Young Tigers

1968-02-09

Five teenagers decide to steal money from someone who could not accuse them of the theft. Panini, a

Ludwig 1881
2.4

Ludwig 1881

1993-08-11

In 1881 Ludwig of Bavaria goes on a cruise on a Swiss lake. He takes with him a famous actor, Josef

Act of Revenge
2.3

Act of Revenge

1989-07-16

A dying man gives his lawyer a tape that manipulates her into taking a posthumous revenge on those w

Helmut Berger, Actor
0

Helmut Berger, Actor

2015-09-15

An intimate portrait of the legendary actor and former Luchino Visconti "muse" Helmut Berger, who –

My Wife is a Witch
3

My Wife is a Witch

1980-12-01

A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble
0

Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble

1983-09-09

In the middle of the first world war, Barcelona is the center of multiple operations related to war,

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa
0

Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa

1984-02-03

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17
1

Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17

1983-12-06

La colonna infame
3

La colonna infame

1973-04-19

Historical drama, based upon the novel by Alessandro Manzoni.

Luchino Visconti: The Quest for the Impossible
3

Luchino Visconti: The Quest for the Impossible

2013-07-18

A Dominique Maillet's documentary about Visconti in the set of "Conversation Piece".

Fifty Shades of Erotica
3.5

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015-04-13

Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on Fif

The 120 Days of Bottrop
2.5

The 120 Days of Bottrop

1997-10-25

An eccentric homage to the Rainer Werner Fassbinder days of German filmmaking.

Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me
2.5

Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me

2019-03-07

My mother googles the film hero of her youth: Helmut Berger. She is shocked: only an addicted shadow

Liberté
2.6

Liberté

2019-09-04

1774, shortly before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin. Madame de Dumeval,

Skipper
3.3

Skipper

1987-06-10

The Fifth Commandment
0

The Fifth Commandment

1978-08-24

A notorious gang of robbers threaten the Ruhr region of Germany in the 1920s.

Adelaide
0

Adelaide

1992-05-26

Portae Infernales
2

Portae Infernales

2019-10-05

Three directors open their personal gates to hell and let us glimpse into the abyss of the human sou

Murder Sisters
2.5

Murder Sisters

2011-01-01

After 20 years in prison, the former angel of death at Lainz hospital has been released, and she now

Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
0

Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls

2009-10-21

Advertising designer Joe is having financial trouble. His girlfriend Mary convinces him to accept a