Claude Vernier

Claude Vernier (born July 20, 1913 in Rotthausen ; † September 29, 1996 in Sens ; born Karl Werner Fritz Prasuhn ) was a German- French actor.

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After his debut in 1949 in Jean-Pierre Melville's The Silence of the Sea, Vernier was repeatedly used as a German. For example, in Claude Autant-Lara's Two Men, a Pig and the Night of Paris (1956), in Eddie Constantine's Fun Good Luck, Eddie (1962) or in Michel Deville's General Fiaskone (1966). In is Paris on fire? Claude Vernier played a German prisoner in 1966 and in Der Zeuge he wanted to murder the murder witness Claude Jade as driver Hermann in 1969 - but died in an exchange of fire with his Mr. Gérard Barray . A year later in Costa-Gavras ' The Confession as "Bedrich". Costa-Gavras also hired him for a special tribunal (1975). In 1982, he played Doctor Kramer in A Thousand Billion Dollar . His most important role was in 1983 that of Klaus Barbie in Persecuted and Hunted (1986), the story of the Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld , played by Farrah Fawcett .

Filmography (selection)

• 1949: The Silence of the Sea (Le Silence de la mer)
• 1956: Two men, a pig and the night of Paris (La traversée de Paris)
• 1961: The President (Le président)
• 1962: Good luck, Eddie (Bonne chance, Charlie)
• 1964: Six Hours of Fear (TV movie)
• 1966: General Fiaskone (Martin Soldat)
• 1966: is Paris on fire? (Paris brûle-t-il?)
• 1967: Daring Game (TV series, episode Silent Drum )
• 1969: The Witness (Le Témoin)
• 1970: The Confession (L'Aveu)
• 1970: The lady in the car with glasses and rifle (La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil)
• 1975: Special tribunal - everyone fights for himself alone (Section spéciale)
• 1982: one thousand billion dollars (Mille milliards de dollars)
• 1984: The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres)
• 1986: Persecuted and hunted ( Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story , TV movie)

Web links

• Claude Vernier in the Internet Movie Database (English)