Erwin Knausmüller

Erwin Knausmüller
Knausmüller in The Saplings (1972)
Born	(1912 -01-31)January 31, 1912 Linz, Austria-Hungary
Died	April 1, 2000(2000-04-01) (aged 88) Moscow, Russia
Years active	1959 — 1993

Erwin Knausmüller (1912 — 2000) was a Soviet stage and film actor of Austrian origin.[1]

Biography

In 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

• 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

References

1. Биография Эрвина Кнаусмюллера
2. Срок хранения — постоянно
3. Подвиг народа
4. Эрвин Кнаусмюллер. Кино СССР
5. Великие советские фильмы. 100 фильмов, ставших легендами

External links

• Erwin Knausmüller at IMDb