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Karl Lieffen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1926-05-17

Day of Death

1999-01-13

Place of Birth

Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]

Karl Lieffen

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl Lieffen (born Karel František Lifka, 17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998. He was born in Osek, Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. He died in Starnberg, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography (99)

⭐ 6.5 Role: Opa Gustav

Rohe Ostern

1996
⭐ 6.0 Role: Buselmeier

Rudy, the Racing Pig

1995
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Mein Mann ist mein Hobby

1993
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⭐ 7.0 Role: o.A.

Rothenbaumchaussee

1991
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⭐ 0 Role: Journalist Kulka

Professor Bernhardi

1987
⭐ 7.0 Role: Industrieller

Nägel mit Köpfen

1986
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⭐ 8.0 Role: Sebastian Peuker

Schloßherren

1986
⭐ 6.5 Role: Flopmann

Otto - The Movie

1985
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⭐ 8.0 Role: Dr. Francoid

Zinsen des Ruhms

1984
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei

1983
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⭐ 9.0 Role: Uncle Franz

Lass das, ich hass das

1983
⭐ 3.7 Role: Major Blaschenko

Die wilden Fünfziger

1983
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Ein gutes Land

1982
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⭐ 8.5 Role: Unknown

In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer

1981
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⭐ 7.0 Role: Antonic

Der Aufsteiger

1981