Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm. • Illustration — Klaus Löwitsch He appeared in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginning with Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) and notably including World on a Wire (1973) and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979). His English language films include Cross of Iron (1977), The Odessa File (1974), Firefox (1982) and Fassbinder's Despair (1978). He was born in Berlin.
Klaus Löwitsch

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- Born
- 1936 · Berlin.
- Died
- 2002 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- actor · director
- Education
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- Honours
- German Film Award · Bavarian TV Awards
- Languages
- German
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He died in Munich from pancreatic cancer.
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • 1956 — Where the Lark Sings (1956 film) — Karl — Hans Wolff • The Hunter of Fall — Gustav Ucicky • 1958 — Scherben bringen Glück — Hans Fröhlich, Revuesänger — Ernst Marischka • Träume von der Südsee — Percy Remberg — Harald Philipp • 1958 — Der Page vom Palast-Hotel — Peter — Thomas Engel • The Crammer — Harry Engelmann — Axel von Ambesser • 1960 — … und noch frech dazu! — Bulle — Rolf von Sydow • A Woman for Life — Willy Heinemann — Wolfgang Liebeneiner • 1961 — Schlagerparade 1961 — Haifisch — Franz Marischka • 1963 — The Black Cobra — Boogie — Rudolf Zehetgruber • 1967 — Girls, Girls — Schorsch — Roger Fritz • Hot Pavements of Cologne — Willy — Ernst Hofbauer • 1968 — Till the Happy End — Arnold — Theodor Kotulla • 1970 — The Brutes — Werner — Roger Fritz • 1971 — Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971 film) — Sergeant — Rainer Werner Fassbinder — TV film • The Merchant of Four Seasons — Harry — Rainer Werner Fassbinder • Das Messer — Frank Batman — Rolf von Sydow — TV miniseries • 1973 — Desaster — Urs Werther — Reinhard Hauff — TV film • World on a Wire — Fred Stiller — Rainer Werner Fassbinder — TV film • The Bloody Vultures of Alaska — Lapporte — Harald Reinl • Libero — Jo Marvissen — Wigbert Wicker • Hubertus Castle — Schipper — Harald Reinl • 1974 — Der Jäger von Fall — Lenz — Harald Reinl • The Odessa File — Gustav Mackensen — Ronald Neame • Zwei himmlische Dickschädel — Kamberger — Werner Jacobs • 1975 — Rosebud — Schloss — Otto Preminger • 1976 — Shadow of Angels — Jude — Daniel Schmid • Attempted Flight — Police man in Vienna — Vojtěch Jasný • 1977 — The Brothers (1977 film) — Frank Fachmin — Wolf Gremm • Cross of Iron — Cpl. Krüger — Sam Peckinpah • 1978 — Despair — Felix — Rainer Werner Fassbinder • 1979 — Tatort: Die Kugel im Leib — Paco — Wolfgang Staudte — TV series episode • The Marriage of Maria Braun — Hermann Braun — Rainer Werner Fassbinder • Breakthrough — Cpl. Krüger — Andrew V. McLaglen • Pakleni otok — Petty Officer — Vladimir Tadej • 1980 — Desideria: la vita interiore — Tiberi — Gianni Barcelloni Corte • 1981 — Exil — Sepp Trautwein — Egon Günther — TV miniseries • Sonderdezernat K1: Die Rache eines V-Mannes — Harry Wolters — Alfred Weidenmann — TV series episode • 1982 — Night Crossing — Schmolk — Delbert Mann • Tatort: So ein Tag … (Tatort) — Rolfs — Jürgen Roland — TV series episode • Firefox — General Vladimirov — Clint Eastwood • 1984 — A Kind of Anger — Kai Haller — Uli Edel — TV film • 1985 — Tatort: Acht, neun – aus (Tatort) — Dietze — Jürgen Roland — TV series episode • Gotcha! — Vlad — Jeff Kanew • Kaminsky — Kaminsky — Michael Lähn • 1987 — Treasure Island in Outer Space — Captain Smollet — Antonio Margheriti — TV miniseries • 1989–1996 — Peter Strohm — Peter Strohm — TV series, 63 episodes • 1997 — Napoleon Fritz — Friedrich Golz — Thorsten Näter — TV film • Das Urteil (1997 film) — Siegfried Rabinovicz — Oliver Hirschbiegel — TV film; Grimme-Preis • 1999 — Chain of Evidence — David Bornett — Michael Rowitz — TV film • 2001 — Hostile Takeover — Willi Konrad — Carl Schenkel • The Tanker — Harris — Werner Masten — TV film • What to Do in Case of Fire? — Manowski — Gregor Schnitzler • 2002 — Extreme Ops — Slobodan Pavlov — Christian Duguay — (final film role)
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Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) is described as an actor and director in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Klaus Löwitsch was born on 8 April 1936 and died on 3 December 2002.
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Klaus Löwitsch is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded as a citizen of Germany.
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Klaus Löwitsch died on 3 December 2002.
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For the birthplace of Klaus Löwitsch, Wien is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Berlin by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Klaus Löwitsch died in Munich, Germany, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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