Walter Saxer (film producer)
Walter Saxer (* 31 July 1947 in St. Gallen as Walter Saxer junior ) is a Swiss film producer , film director and actor . He worked a lot with Werner Herzog , Klaus Kinski and Herbert Achternbusch . He has since retired from the film business and runs the Casa Fitzcarraldo , a small hotel in Peru. The Casa Fitzgeraldo was originally not a hotel, but the production building for the film Fitzcarraldo , in which Saxer was also involved as a producer.
Saxer gained notoriety through Werner Herzog's film My Dearest Feind , in which you can see in a scene how Saxer is insulted by Klaus Kinski on the set of Fitzcarraldo because he is not satisfied with the food.
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: Aguirre, the Wrath of God ( Production Manager )
- 1974: Everyone for himself and God against all ( production manager )
- 1974: The corpse factory of Dr. Frankenstein ( actor )
- 1976: Heart of Glass ( Production Manager )
- 1977: Stroszek ( Production Supervisor )
- 1977: Bierkampf ( production manager, actor )
- 1979: Woyzeck ( production manager )
- 1979: Nosferatu - Phantom of the Night ( Executive Producer )
- 1979: Der Komantsche ( actor )
- 1982: Fitzcarraldo ( Executive Producer )
- 1987: Cobra Verde ( Executive Producer )
- 1989: Fortune Bought ( Producer )
- 1991: Cerro Torre: Scream of Stone ( producer )
- 1994: Sergeant Zumbühl ( co-producer )
- 1996: The Shadow Man ( producer )
Web links
- Walter Saxer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Walter Saxer about Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog , accessed on February 1, 2016
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| SURNAME | Saxer, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saxer, Walter junior (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss film producer, film director and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen , Switzerland |