Helmut Qualtinger
Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student.
Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play, Jugend vor den Schranken, was staged in Graz. Up to 1960, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the Namenlosen Ensemble made up of Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz, Louise Martini, Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann.
Qualtinger was famous for his practical jokes. In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers announcing a visit to Vienna of a (fictional) famous Inuit poet named Kobuk (author of "The Burning Igloo"). The reporters who assembled at the railway station however were to witness Qualtinger, in fur coat and cap, stepping from the train. Asked about his "first impressions of Vienna", the "Inuit poet" commented in broad Viennese dialect, "Haaaßis'sdo - [It's hot here]".
The short one-man play Der Herr Karl, written by Qualtinger and Carl Merz and performed by Qualtinger in 1961, made the author known across German-speaking countries. "Herr Karl", a grocery store clerk, tells the story of his life to an imaginary colleague - from the days of the Habsburg empire, the First Austrian Republic, the Austrofascist regime leading up to the Anschluss (annexation) by Nazi Germany, World War II and finally military occupation by Allied forces in the 1950s, seen from the perspective of a one who is a prototypical opportunist. Qualtinger's portrayal of the petit-bourgeois Nazi collaborator came at a time when "normality" had just been restored and Austrians' involvement in the Nazi movement was being downplayed and "forgotten", making many enemies for the author, who even received anonymous threats of murder.
Beginning in the 1970s, Qualtinger frequently performed recitals of his own and other texts, including excerpts from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and Karl Kraus' Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind). These recitals were highly popular and resulted in several records being published.
Qualtinger played countless theater, TV and film parts, making his final appearance in The Name of the Rose in 1986, along with Sean Connery.
Qualtinger died in Vienna on 29 September 1986, of a liver condition.
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Fotos
Películas (61)
Der Herr Karl
2023 · Writer
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Der Herr Karl
2022 · Writer
Qualtinger
2011
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · Self
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Remigio da Varagine
The Diary of Dr. Döblinger
1986 · Dr. Döblinger
Cat's Game
1985 · Viktor
Helmut Qualtinger liest Mein Kampf
1985
Die Hinrichtung
1981
Tales from the Vienna Woods
1979 · Zauberkönig
Feuerwasser
1978 · Sepp O'Brian
Grandison
1978 · Dr. Ludwig Pfister
Abelard - Die Entmannung
1977
Mulligans Rückkehr
1977 · Mulligan
MitGift
1976 · Huck
Eiszeit
1975 · Officer
End of the Game
1975 · Von Schwendi
Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger
1975
Ward 6
1974 · Ragin
Der Kulterer
1974 · Kulterer
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
1973 · Self
Weights and Measures
1973 · Anselm Eibenschütz
Wer war Andre Heller?
1972 · Himself
Die heilige Johanna
1971 · Soldat
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
1971 · Erwin Plückhahn
König Johann
1971 · Johann Plantagenet, König von England
Passion eines Politkers
1970 · Nationalrat Bröschl
Das weite Land
1970 · Natter
Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht
1969 · Ignaz Trummer
Diary of a Serial Killer
1969 · Rudi Böhm
Das vierte Gebot
1968 · Schalanter
The Castle
1968 · Bürgel
Der Paukenspieler
1967 · Ferry, Writer
Kurzer Prozeß
1967 · Inspektor Pokorny
Umsonst
1967 · Pitzl
Der Herr Karl
1967 · Herr Karl, Writer
Der Fall Bohr
1966 · Matzenauer
Samba
1966 · Capitano Agamemnon Heredia
Die Hinrichtung
1966 · Scharfrichter Engel
Lumpazivagabundus
1965 · Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle
Der Himbeerpflücker
1965 · Konrad Steisshäuptl
And So to Bed
1963 · Writer
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
1963 · Schmitz - ein Ringer
Einen Jux will er sich machen
1962 · Melchior - Hausknecht
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
1961 · Oskar
Mann im Schatten
1961 · Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch
Die Kurve
1961 · Ministerialdirigent Kriegbaum
The Magnificent Rogue
1960 · Seppl Reber
Die schöne Lügnerin
1959 · Detective Zawadil
Mikosch of the Secret Service
1959 · Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
1958 · Kanzakis
Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg
1957 · Der Schlechtere
Scherben bringen Glück
1957 · Wollner
Hanussen
1955 · Ernst Röhm
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
1955 · Werbefachmann
Du bist die Richtige
1955 · Orientalischer Fürst
König der Manege
1954 · Mirko
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
1953 · Direktor Pokorny
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
1953 · Kraps
April 1, 2000
1952
Series (9)
Ikonen Österreichs
2019 · Self (archive footage)
kult.reloaded
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Krimistunde
1982 · Harry Beggs
The Devils
1977 · Hauptmann Ignaz Lebädkin
Die Alpensaga
1976 · Allinger
3 nach 9
1974 · Self
Radetzkymarsch
1965 · Kapturak
Das Profil
1962 · Self
German Film Award
1951 · Self