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Helmut Griem

Helmut Griem

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 06, 1932
Died Nov 19, 2004 (72)
Birthplace Hamburg, Germany
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helmut Griem (born April 6, 1932 in Hamburg – November 19, 2004 in Munich) was a German actor. Griem was primarily a German-speaking stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater in Vienna, t ... he Staatliches Schauspielbühnen in Berlin, in the Munich Kammerspiele, and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, also in Munich. Among his many film and TV appearances (a quite memorable one being NBC's mini-series Peter the Great, portraying the formidable Tsar's lifelong friend and "right hand" Alexander Menshikov, alongside Maximilian Schell), the Oscar-winning film Cabaret (1972), in which he played the rich "Baron Maximilian von Heune" is probably the best-known; other internationally-known performances include his work in The Damned, The McKenzie Break, and Ludwig. Griem starred in the television mini-series "The Devil's Lieutenant" directed by John Goldschmidt, adapted by Jack Rosenthal and based on the novel by M Fagyas, for Channel 4 and ZDF. Despite his success in film, the theatre remained at the heart of Griem's work, and he performed in many classic roles from both the German and English-language repertoire. Later in his career Griem turned to theatre direction, including Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill. Before his death, Griem had planned to direct the Botho Strauss play Die eine and die andere (This One and The Other). Griem twice won the Bambi Award: in 1961 and in 1976. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helmut Griem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter

1997

as Rolf Sutter

Missus

Missus

1994

as Monsignor Kastner

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

1990

as Gutke

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Plot to Kill Hitler

1990

as Erwin Rommel

The Second Victory

The Second Victory

1987

as Karl Fischer

The Devil's Lieutenant

The Devil's Lieutenant

1984

as Judge Advocate Kunze

The Meetings of Anna

The Meetings of Anna

1978

as Heinrich Schneider

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

1976

as Otto Schiendick

Children of Rage

Children of Rage

1975

as Dr. David Shalom

Ludwig

Ludwig

1973

as Dürckheim

Cabaret

Cabaret

1972

as Maximilian von Heune

The McKenzie Break

The McKenzie Break

1970

as Kapitänleutnant Willi Schlueter

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Television Credits

Ludwig

as Dürckheim

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 01, 1981

Peter the Great

as Alexander Menshikov

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Feb 02, 1986

Charlemagne, le prince à cheval

as Widukind

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 28, 1994

The Original Trap

as Benno

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 25, 1982

Tales of the Unexpected

as Alois

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

Anwalt Abel

as Senftleben

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 1988

Der letzte Zeuge

as Karl Axer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1998

SK Kölsch

as Willi Haller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 1999

Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften

as Maximilian Fox

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2002

Das Traumschiff

as Herbert Ernst

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 22, 1981

Bambi Awards

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

Detective Extralarge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 12, 1991

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