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Hardy Krüger

 


Hardy Krüger

  Hardy Krueger played Franz von Werr in the 1957 film breakout Roy Ward Bakers: The One Who Got Away. Hardy Kruger was the first postwar German actor to be accepted by film audiences outside Germany, playing the role of Franz von Werr in 1957, the only man who managed to escape the Allies Detained German prisoners of war, leaving in the British war movie "Treasure Hunters". After the war, Krueger struggled to pay for acting school, so he restarted his career with small theatrical roles before gaining worldwide attention in the 1957 British film The Runaways. [Sources: 1, 3, 4]

   

In the film, Krueger plays a German Luftwaffe pilot shot down in Britain in 1940, and his attempts to escape captivity are documented, and the actor fits the criteria of a blond German soldier perfectly. Krueger managed to live up to the archetype of the blond German soldier without appearing cold and arrogant, thus avoiding the villainous role in the war films that would inevitably follow. [Sources: 3, 5]

   

In later years, Krueger supported movements to educate younger generations about Nazi crimes and to confront neo-Nazi groups in postwar Germany. After becoming a German film star in the 1950s,[2] Kruger increasingly threw himself into roles in international films such as Hatari!, Flight of the Phoenix, Wild Geese, Sunday and Cybele, A Bridge Too Far", "Battle". Neretwas, Mystery of St. Victoria, The Red Tent, The Runaways and Barry Lyndon. Krueger is considered one of the greatest German actors in postwar cinema, and he has appeared in many notable Among the English-language projects is the 1957 film The Runaways. [Sources: 6, 8, 15]

   

Kruger starred in the 1957 British film "The Runaways," about a captured German fighter pilot who makes a series of daring attempts to escape the Allies, which, as the title suggests, ultimately succeeds . Kruger returned to show business after the war, starring in Otto Premings' German version of The Moon is Blue (1953). Krueger wasn't interested in the roles he got in Germany, and he looked for work in France, England and Hollywood. [Sources: 8, 9]

   

He starred in the 1957 British war film How to Get Away, about Franz von Weil, the only German prisoner of war who managed to escape Allied custody and return to Germany. He later appeared in the 1957 British film The Runaways and other English-language films such as 1977's Too Far Bridge and 1978's Wild Goose. He left behind Pak and his children Christiana, Malaika and Hardy Jr. from previous marriages. [Sources: 9, 12, 13]

   

Peter Keflein, Kruger's literary agent in Hamburg, said he died suddenly and unexpectedly in California, where he lived with his third wife, author Anita Parker. Kruger died "suddenly and unexpectedly" Wednesday in California, where he lived with his third wife, American writer Anita Parker, his Hamburg literary agent Peter Keflein said. [Sources: 3, 5]

   

Kruger was born in Berlin in 1928, the son of a supporter of Adolf Hitler. He was a young actor, but in 1944 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, one of the Nazi armed forces. [Sources: 7]

   

He spent time as a prisoner of war but then escaped and hid in Italy until the end of the war. Krueger deserted, was taken prisoner by the Allies and was held captive for some time. [Sources: 3, 8]

   

After the war, he returned to acting, first in theatre and later in the resurgent German film industry. He became a German film star in the 1950s with Otto Preminger's The Young Frau in the Country (1953). Known as Eberhard Krüger, he made his debut in The Young Eagles (1944), the last film in Nazi Germany, mainly set in an aircraft factory. [Sources: 1, 5, 6]

   

After his acting debut at the age of 15, he was drafted into the army and saw action during World War II. He returned to his German uniform for one of his later roles as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the American miniseries War and Remembrance (1988), based on the novel by Hermann Woux. At the age of 15, Hardy made his film debut in a German film (Junge Adler (1944)), but his acting career was cut short when, in 1944, at the age of 16, he was drafted into the German army and assigned to the infantry. regiment. [Sources: 0, 1, 14]

   

In an interview with the German newspaper Bild in 2006, Hardy recounted how he and his classmates were sent to the front as cannon fodder in Hitler's futile attempt to stop the Allied advance. After the war, Kruger found it difficult to pay for acting school, so he resumed his career with small theater roles. Since the early 1950s, Krueger has appeared in two to three films a year, mostly escapist films exclusively for home viewing—all of which are permeated by his heartfelt appeal. Fluent in German, English and French, Kruger has appeared in many European and American films. [Sources: 1, 3, 6]

   

Again, as a former fighter pilot, Kruger starred in theFrench film Les Dimanches de Ville dAvray, which won the Oscar for Best ForeignFilm in 1963. Joanna Matz in roles originally played by William Holden andMaggie McNamara and each pair made cameo appearances in a different film. Interms of quality, the 1950s were a difficult time for West German cinema, whichwas still recovering from World War II, but it was also a time when many Germanactors became internationally famous, including Kurt Jürgens, Romy Schneider,Horst Buchholz, Maria Schell and Hardy Krueger, who died at the age of 93. Whenno one wanted to see an actor from a country that brought death and destructionto the people of this world, Hardy became the first German to star in filmsthat were shot in London, Paris, Sydney, Moscow, Stockholm. and Hollywood.[Sources: 1, 8, 11]

   

German actor Hardy Krueger, best known for his roles in films such as Barry Lyndon and A Bridge Too Far, has died at the age of 93. Hardy Krueger, the German-born actor who had a long career in Hollywood with films like A Bridge Too Far and Flight of the Phoenix, died Wednesday at the age of 93, his agent said. . He acted in films all over the world, performed on stage and wrote many books. Two of them, Christiana and Hardy Junior, became well-known actors in Germany, performing on stage, film and television. [Sources: 0, 2, 11]

   

However, Krueger later detailed how his experience with older actors on set made him aware of the horrors of Adolf Hitler's dictatorship. Krueger, who was 16 at the time, had to fight experienced American troops in southern Germany. Kruger fled and went into hiding in Italy for the rest of the war before returning to acting. [Sources: 3, 7, 8]

   

On set, Kruger learned more from the older cast about the horrors of Nazi rule. Although Kruger was intended to be a propaganda film, Kruger's encounter with senior actors on the set opened his eyes to the horrors of Adolf Hitler's dictatorship. As the war turned against Germany, the Krugers Hitler Youth was drafted into the newly formed SS Division Nibelungen. [Sources: 1, 5, 8]

    

 

Hardy Krüger

  

Hardy Krueger played Franz von Werr in the 1957 film breakout Roy Ward Bakers: The One Who Got Away. Hardy Kruger was the first postwar German actor to be accepted by film audiences outside Germany, playing the role of Franz von Werr in 1957, the only man who managed to escape the Allies Detained German prisoners of war, leaving in the British war movie "Treasure Hunters". After the war, Krueger struggled to pay for acting school, so he restarted his career with small theatrical roles before gaining worldwide attention in the 1957 British film The Runaways.

   

In the film, Krueger plays a German Luftwaffe pilot shot down in Britain in 1940, and his attempts to escape captivity are documented, and the actor fits the criteria of a blond German soldier perfectly. Krueger managed to live up to the archetype of the blond German soldier without appearing cold and arrogant, thus avoiding the villainous role in the war films that would inevitably follow.

   

In later years, Krueger supported movements to educate younger generations about Nazi crimes and to confront neo-Nazi groups in postwar Germany. After becoming a German film star in the 1950s,[2] Kruger increasingly threw himself into roles in international films such as Hatari!, Flight of the Phoenix, Wild Geese, Sunday and Cybele, A Bridge Too Far", "Battle". Neretwas, Mystery of St. Victoria, The Red Tent, The Runaways and Barry Lyndon. Krueger is considered one of the greatest German actors in postwar cinema, and he has appeared in many notable Among the English-language projects is the 1957 film The Runaways.

   

Kruger starred in the 1957 British film "The Runaways," about a captured German fighter pilot who makes a series of daring attempts to escape the Allies, which, as the title suggests, ultimately succeeds . Kruger returned to show business after the war, starring in Otto Premings' German version of The Moon is Blue (1953). Krueger wasn't interested in the roles he got in Germany, and he looked for work in France, England and Hollywood.

   

He starred in the 1957 British war film How to Get Away, about Franz von Weil, the only German prisoner of war who managed to escape Allied custody and return to Germany. He later appeared in the 1957 British film The Runaways and other English-language films such as 1977's Too Far Bridge and 1978's Wild Goose. He left behind Pak and his children Christiana, Malaika and Hardy Jr. from previous marriages.

   

Peter Keflein, Kruger's literary agent in Hamburg, said he died suddenly and unexpectedly in California, where he lived with his third wife, author Anita Parker. Kruger died "suddenly and unexpectedly" Wednesday in California, where he lived with his third wife, American writer Anita Parker, his Hamburg literary agent Peter Keflein said.

   

Kruger was born in Berlin in 1928, the son of a supporter of Adolf Hitler. He was a young actor, but in 1944 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, one of the Nazi armed forces.

   

He spent time as a prisoner of war but then escaped and hid in Italy until the end of the war. Krueger deserted, was taken prisoner by the Allies and was held captive for some time.

   

After the war, he returned to acting, first in theatre and later in the resurgent German film industry. He became a German film star in the 1950s with Otto Preminger's The Young Frau in the Country (1953). Known as Eberhard Krüger, he made his debut in The Young Eagles (1944), the last film in Nazi Germany, mainly set in an aircraft factory.

   

After his acting debut at the age of 15, he was drafted into the army and saw action during World War II. He returned to his German uniform for one of his later roles as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the American miniseries War and Remembrance (1988), based on the novel by Hermann Woux. At the age of 15, Hardy made his film debut in a German film (Junge Adler (1944)), but his acting career was cut short when, in 1944, at the age of 16, he was drafted into the German army and assigned to the infantry. regiment.

   

In an interview with the German newspaper Bild in 2006, Hardy recounted how he and his classmates were sent to the front as cannon fodder in Hitler's futile attempt to stop the Allied advance. After the war, Kruger found it difficult to pay for acting school, so he resumed his career with small theater roles. Since the early 1950s, Krueger has appeared in two to three films a year, mostly escapist films exclusively for home viewing—all of which are permeated by his heartfelt appeal. Fluent in German, English and French, Kruger has appeared in many European and American films.

   

Again, as a former fighter pilot, Kruger starred in the French film Les Dimanches de Ville dAvray, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1963. Joanna Matz in roles originally played by William Holden and Maggie McNamara and each pair made cameo appearances in a different film. In terms of quality, the 1950s were a difficult time for West German cinema, which was still recovering from World War II, but it was also a time when many German actors became internationally famous, including Kurt Jürgens, Romy Schneider, Horst Buchholz, Maria Schell and Hardy Krueger, who died at the age of 93. When no one wanted to see an actor from a country that brought death and destruction to the people of this world, Hardy became the first German to star in films that were shot in London, Paris, Sydney, Moscow, Stockholm. and Hollywood.

   

German actor Hardy Krueger, best known for his roles in films such as Barry Lyndon and A Bridge Too Far, has died at the age of 93. Hardy Krueger, the German-born actor who had a long career in Hollywood with films like A Bridge Too Far and Flight of the Phoenix, died Wednesday at the age of 93, his agent said. . He acted in films all over the world, performed on stage and wrote many books. Two of them, Christiana and Hardy Junior, became well-known actors in Germany, performing on stage, film and television.

   

However, Krueger later detailed how his experience with older actors on set made him aware of the horrors of Adolf Hitler's dictatorship. Krueger, who was 16 at the time, had to fight experienced American troops in southern Germany. Kruger fled and went into hiding in Italy for the rest of the war before returning to acting.

   

On set, Kruger learned more from the older cast about the horrors of Nazi rule. Although Kruger was intended to be a propaganda film, Kruger's encounter with senior actors on the set opened his eyes to the horrors of Adolf Hitler's dictatorship. As the war turned against Germany, the Krugers Hitler Youth was drafted into the newly formed SS Division Nibelungen.

    

Hardy Krüger Obituary

“I think war filmsare boring and should not be made,” Hardy Krüger once said. “Anyone who hasseen the war and knows what it means should not be so keen to make war films.”Nonetheless, with his ice-blue eyes and archetypal Teutonic good looks, theGerman actor all too frequently found himself in jackboots and Nazi regaliaover the course of a career in which he worked with Richard Attenborough, RyanO’Neal, Sean Connery and John Wayne, among others.

At one stage a “heart-throb” poll in a British fan magazine rated him at number two, second only to Dirk Bogarde, with whom he starred in A Bridge Too Far (1977). His great personal charm belied a steely determination, however, and this did not always



German Actor HardyKruger, Star Of Adventure Movies, Dies

BERLIN (AP) — Hardy Kruger, considered one of post-war Germany’s best actors, has died. He was 93.

His Hamburg-based literary agent, Peter Kaefferlein, said Thursday that Kruger died “suddenly and unexpectedly” Wednesday in California, where he lived with his third wife, American-born writer Anita Park.

Kruger starred in the 1957 British movie “The One That Got Away” about a captured German fighter pilot who stages a series of daring attempts to escape the Allies and, as the title suggests, finally succeeds.

His charm, good looks and the fact that he deserted from the Nazi army toward the end of World War II helped Kruger land further roles at a time when Germans of his generation were still eyed with suspicion abroad.

Kruger appeared in a string of English-language adventure and war movies, including “Barry Lyndon” (1975), “A Bridge too Far” (1977) and “The Wild Geese” (1978).

In later years, he focused on making travel films for German television, writing books and the occasional stage performance.

Franz Eberhard August Krueger was born April 12, 1928, in Berlin.

Initially, he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his engineer father, but while at an elite Nazi boarding school he appeared in the 1944 film “Junge Adler.”

While it was intended as a propaganda movie, Kruger’s encounter with older actors on the set opened his eyes to the horrors of Adolf Hitler’s dictatorship.

As the war turned against Germany, Kruger’s Hitler Youth unit was drafted into the newly formed SS division “Nibelungen.”

Kruger, who was 16 at the time, found himself fighting experienced American troops in southern Germany.

In a 2006 interview with German daily Bild, he recounted how he and his school friends were sent to the front “as cannon fodder” in Hitler’s futile attempt to halt the Allies’ advance.

“I knew the war was lost,” he told the newspaper. “I knew that there were concentration camps and that the Nazis were a bunch of criminals.”

Kruger deserted,was captured by the Allies and spent some time as a POW. After the war, hereturned to acting, first in theaters and then in Germany’s re-emerging movieindustry.

Ambition led Kruger to Paris and London where he studied French and English, and dropped the umlaut in his surname name, in the hope of landing more glamorous roles in foreign films.

His breakthrough came when English director Roy Baker picked Kruger for the role of Luftwaffe ace Franz von Werra in “The One That Got Away.” Kruger managed to fit the archetype of the blond German soldier without appearing cold and superior — thereby avoiding being cast as the villain in the war movie roles that would inevitably follow.

“I had no interest in playing the war criminal,” Kruger said in a 2003 interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, adding that he wanted to portray the many Germans who found themselves unwilling participants in the war. In later years, Kruger supported campaigns to educate younger generations about Nazi crimes and confront neo-Nazi groups in post-war Germany.

“The fight against racism and the education of young people was his personal mission in life,” Kruger’s agent said in a statement. “His warm-heartedness, his joy for life and his unshakable sense of justice made him unforgettable.”

Once again in the role of a former fighter pilot, Kruger starred in the French movie “Les Dimanches de Ville d’Avray,” which won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 1963. Claude Martin, a former French ambassador in Berlin, said years later that the film inspired sympathy for the Germans among French moviegoers whose memories of the war were still fresh.

During the 1960s and ’70s Kruger appeared in numerous international blockbusters, starring alongside John Wayne in the safari movie “Hatari” (1962), and “The Flight of the Phoenix” (1965), whose all-star cast included James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Peter Finch.

An avid traveler, he once owned a farm in Tanzania at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.

“After World War II he was one of the first German actors to gain international recognition,” Germany’s culture minister, Claudia Roth, said in a statement. “Hardy Kruger’s power as an artist and his clear stance against right-wing violence will be missed,” she said.

Kruger is survived by Park and his children Christiane, Malaika and Hardy Jr. From previous marriages.




Hardy Kruger Dies: ‘A Bridge Too Far’ & ‘Barry Lyndon’ Actor Was 93

German actor Hardy Kruger, known for his roles in films including Barry Lyndon and A Bridge Too Far, has died at the age of 93.

His death was confirmed by his literary agent, Peter Kaefferlein, who told the AP that Kruger died “suddenly and unexpectedly” on Wednesday at his home in California.

Born in Berlin in 1928, Kruger’s parents were Nazi party members, with the actor later in life recalling his upbringing as a supporter of Adolf Hitler.

Having made his acting debut at the age of 15, he was conscripted into the army and saw combat during the Second World War. When he refused to ambush a group of U.S. Soldiers, he was sentenced to death, only to be given a late reprieve. Kruger deserted the army and hid out until the war was over. He later went on to become a member of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which campaigns against right-wing extremism.

Returning to his acting work, Kruger began appearing in German films, before a desire to act in international cinema saw him land a key role in 1957 British film The One That Got Away, in which he depicted the only German prisoner of war to successfully escape from Allied custody and return to Germany.

He continued to work in both European and American films, racking up a credits list that boasted Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, in which he played Captain Potzdorf, Richard Attenborough’s A Bridge Too Far, in which he shared a scene with Laurence Olivier, and The Wild Geese with Richard Burton.

Kruger leaves three children: the actor Christiane Krüger, from his first marriage to Renate Densow, and two from his second marriage to Francesca Marazzi; Malaika Krüger and Hardy Krüger Jr. He lived with his third wife, Anita Park, in California.

 

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