Bernhard Wicki
Acting
Born 1919-10-28
Died 2000-01-03
St. Pölten, Austria
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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).
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The Old Fox
Derrick
A Case For Two
Bambi
German Film Award
Grimme Award
The Commissioner
Paris, Texas
The Longest Day
Bavarian Film Awards
Stars in the Ring
Affäre Dreyfuss
I promessi sposi
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
La Notte
Die Nashörner
The Bridge
Je später der Abend
Es wird alles wieder gut
The Visit
Morituri
Graf Öderland
Königin Luise
Domino
Junges Herz voll Liebe
Kidnapped
The Century of Surgeons
Death Watch
Three Paths to the Lake
Die Grünstein-Variante
Prisoners of Love
Das Geheimnis
Glücksucher
Despair
Portuguese Vacation
The Left-Handed Woman
Spring Symphony
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wilder Thymian
Circus of Love
Royal Baths
Lemmings
Children, Mother, and the General
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Double Destiny
The Fallen Star
The Miracle of Father Malachia
The Zurich Engagement
The Mysterious Stranger
Frau im besten Mannesalter
A Love in Germany
Crime and Passion
Dangerous Moves
Frucht ohne Liebe
Your Caresses
The Glass Cell
Escape from Sahara
Killing Cars
It Happened on July 20th
Rosen im Herbst
The Cat
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