Werner Eichhorn (actor)

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Werner Eichhorn (born November 15, 1922 in Leal , Estonia , † July 14, 2005 in Hamburg ) was a German actor .

biography

Eichhorn had been a busy actor in film and television productions since the mid-1970s. He has appeared in several award-winning films such as Theodor Kotulla's drama From a German Life about the Nazi war criminal Rudolf Höß (named Robert Merles in the novel and "Franz Lang" in the film) and Volker Schlöndorff's Böll film adaptation of The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum to see. In his thirty-year film career, Eichhorn played under the direction of numerous and pioneering directors such as Reinhard Hauff ( Endstation Freiheit , based on a template by Burkhard Driest ), Hans W. Geissendörfer ( Edith's diary ), Margarethe von Trotta ( Heller Wahn ), Jürgen Flimm ( that's not enough for us ), Tom Toelle ( La Paloma no longer flies ), Heiner Carow ( father mother murderer child , after Ulrich Plenzdorf ), Eberhard Fechner ( a chapter for itself after Walter Kempowski ), Vivian Naefe ( a disobedient woman ) and Wolfgang Staudte ( inter alia in the television series Die Pawlaks ). Eichhorn was seen several times in films with Marius Müller-Westernhagen in the lead role ( invitation to dance , I am the dead man , the man on the wall ). In addition, he worked in the Heinz Rühmann comedy Diener and other gentlemen , several films in the Tatort series and in guest roles in numerous television series such as Ein Fall für Zwei , Großstadtrevier , Doppelter Einsatz and Die Drombuschs . He had a leading role in the series as the aging convict and cellist “Wilhelm” alongside Peter Bongartz and Diether Krebs in the ARD early evening series Knastmusik .

Werner Eichhorn's last television appearance took place in 2005 in the Florida episode of the ZDF series SOKO Leipzig . In the same year he died in Hamburg at the age of 82.

His son Christoph Eichhorn also works as an actor and director.

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personal data
SURNAME Eichhorn, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Leal , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 2005
Place of death Hamburg