Kurt Raab

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birthdate = July 20, 1941
location =Bergreichenstein, Reichsgau Sudetenland
deathdate = June 28, 1988
deathplace = Hamburg, Germany
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yearsactive = 1960s - 1988
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notable role = Adolf Hitler in "Adolf und Marlene"
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Kurt Raab (July 20, 1941-June 28, 1988), was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best known for his work with cult German film director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.

Biography

Raab was born in Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland, what is now Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic. He made his cinema debut in Fassbinder's "Liebe ist kälter als der Tod" ("Love Is Colder than Death") in 1969. Over the course of the next twenty years, he made numerous films with Fassbinder, including "Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?" ("Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?") and "Der Amerikanische Soldat" ("The American Soldier") in 1970, "Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte" ("Beware of a Holy Whore") in 1971, and "Der Händler der vier Jahreszeiten" ("The Merchant of Four Seasons") in 1972.

He also worked as a production designer, assistant director, producer, and a screenwriter.

On 28th June 1988 at age 46 Raab died of A.I.D.S related complications.The illness was poorly understood at the time and the actor was placed in quarantine like conditions in the Hamburg Tropical institute.The same lack of understanding meant that Raab's body was refused burial in the Lower Bavarian town in which his family had settled in 1945.

He is buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg

Filmography

External links

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