Kurt Raab

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-07-20 (47 years old)

Deathday

1988-06-28

Place of Birth

Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]

Kurt Raab

Biography

Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.

Acting

1985

Feel the Motion

as Mephisto

1982

The Magic Mountain

as Dr. Krokowski

1985

Bolero

as Rado

1975

Fox and His Friends

as Wodka-Peter

1976

Satan’s Brew

as Walter Kranz

1984

Cheaters

as Jörg

1975

Fear of Fear

as Herr Bauer

1978

Boarding School

as Fletcher

1977

The Stationmaster’s Wife

as Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master

1992

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Tenderness of the Wolves

as Insp. Fritz Haarmann

1982

The Ghost

as Poli

1970

The American Soldier

as Ricky's Brother

1980

Slow Attack

as Maria Franz Beekenbrandt

1972

Bremen Freedom

as Zimmerman

1970

The Coffee House

as Don Marzio

1971

The Ancestress

as Pfarrer

1984

Out of Order

as Fahrstuhlmonteur

1974

1985

Angry Harvest

as Maslanko

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law

1974

1973

Jail Bait

as Fabrikleiter

1971

Mathias Kneißl

as Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer

1976

1979

Der Durchdreher

as Mann von Glorias Freundin

1977

1975

1983

Traumlage

as Fellner

1970

Love Is Colder Than Death

as Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus

1971

Whity

as Pianist (uncredited)

1982

Liebeskonzil

as Gerichtspräsident

1981

Angels of Iron

as Chauffeur

1981

1982

Dr. Margarete Johnson

as Herr Körber

1975

Like a Bird on a Wire

as Audience Member

1974

Martha

as Secretary

1987

Escape from Sobibor

as Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel

1982

Ich werde warten

as Herr Dankert

1979

The Fall

as Theopont Dirlewanger

1981

Total vereist

as Mr. Münch

1985

Parker

as Haag

1981

Die Fahrt nach Schlangenbad

as Alfred Wittkowsky

1988

Wohin?

as Gast

1990

Transitträume

as Kaderleiter

1986

Das Totenreich

as John Hagen

1985

Die Komplizen

as Marcel Lambert

1977

Group Portrait with a Lady

as Parteifunktionär

1983

Der Zappler

as Nachbar

1981

Wie die Weltmeister

as Oberamtmann

1984

Der Rekord

as P.K. Wütrich

1979

Victor

as Ringmaster

1969

Die Revolte

as Tankwart

1970

Weg vom Fenster

as Erster Erzieher

2011

My Name Is Not Ali

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Rio das Mortes

as Tankwart

1984

Humus

as Horst

1982

Fire and Sword

as Ganelon

1970

End of the Commune?

as Self (uncredited)

Production

1974

Effi Briest

as Art Direction

1974

Martha

as Production Design

1970

Gods of the Plague

as Production Design

1975

Fox and His Friends

as Production Design

1971

Whity

as Production Design

1989

1989

1972

1972

The Merchant of Four Seasons

as Production Design

1970

The American Soldier

as Production Design

1970

The American Soldier

as Assistant Director

1971

Beware of a Holy Whore

as Production Design

1970

Gods of the Plague

as Assistant Director

1970

The Niklashausen Journey

as Production Design

1978

Boarding School

as Set Designer

1976

Four Against the Bank

as Production Design

1973

Jail Bait

as Production Design

1971

1971

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

as Production Design

1976

Satan’s Brew

as Production Design

1972

Bremen Freedom

as Production Design

1972

1975

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

as Production Design

1972

1975

Fear of Fear

as Art Designer

1975

Like a Bird on a Wire

as Production Design

1979

1971

Rio das Mortes

as Costume Design

1971

Rio das Mortes

as Production Design

1970

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

as Production Design

1977

The Stationmaster’s Wife

as Production Design

1977

Chinese Roulette

as Art Direction

1976

I Only Want You to Love Me

as Production Design

1973

Tenderness of the Wolves

as Production Design

1977

Adolf and Marlene

as Production Design

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