Peter Fitz

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Biography: Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber. In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine. Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work. Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Kaiserslautern, Germany

Adult: No

Birthday: August 08, 1931

Age: 93 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: January 10, 2013

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Au Revoir les Enfants
Conversation with the Beast
Soundless
Werckmeister Harmonies
Laura's Star
Fragment
Dr. M
The Wannsee Conference
Silent Resident
Die Mörderin
Die Blüten der Sehnsucht
Ein Sommer in Paris
Null Risiko und reich
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Mörderische Erpressung
Hass im Kopf
14 Days to Life
Everything's a Lie
Die Konferenz
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
Liebe zartbitter
Stückgut
Der Held
Der Mann im Pyjama
Bis an die Grenze
Der Mond scheint auf Kylenamoe
The Oppermanns
Der Seerosenteich
Die Braut von der Tankstelle
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
Ich schenk dir meinen Mann 2
Suspicion of Guilt
Der Kardinal
Planet der Kannibalen
Twelve Chairs
Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder
Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!
Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher
Heimweh nach drüben
Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!
Black Sun
Wundkanal
Blutige Scheidung
Betrogene Liebe
The Denunciation
Champagner und Kamillentee
Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September
Dragon Chow
Prater
Der Auslöser
Between Two Wars
Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?
Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit
Trilogie des Wiedersehens
Flirt
Babuschka
Bluthochzeit
Die Bakchen
Die Liebe kommt als Untermieter
Waves
Flick-Flack
Dunckel
September
Das Glück am Horizont
Die Grube
Hamlet_X
Ich und Christine
The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave
Tote sterben niemals aus
The Brothers
Mike Blaubart
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Der Mord mit der Schere
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
Wages and Love
Faust
Zwei oder drei Ehen
All Out
Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
Ein Fingerhut voll Mut
Geblendeter Augenblick - Anton Weberns Tod
Zu treuen Händen
Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit
Wilhelm Tell
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
Heinrich