Kurt Meisel (18 August 1912 – 4 April 1994) was an Austrian actor and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He appeared in 65 films between 1934 and 1994. He also directed 21 films between 1949 and 1984. Meisel was married to the actress

Ursula Lingen Ursula Lingen (9 February 1928 – 20 October 2014)
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. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria, and is buried on the Vienna

Zentralfriedhof The Vienna Central Cemetery (german: Wiener Zentralfriedhof) is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred, and is the most well-known cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of its ...

Selected filmography

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Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'' (1934) - Pit, sein Sohn * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) - Loisl * ''

Schlußakkord ''Schlußakkord'' (''Final Accord'' or better ''Final Chord'';Sabine Hake, ''Popular Cinema of the Third Reich'', Austin: University of Texas, 2001, , p. 246, note 4: the title "refers to a musical term" whereas that of Sierck's 1939 French-languag ...

'' (1936) - Baron Salviany * ''

The Court Concert ''The Court Concert'' (german: Das Hofkonzert) is a 1936 German historical romantic comedy film directed by Detlef Sierck (later known as Douglas Sirk), and starring Mártha Eggerth, Johannes Heesters, and Kurt Meisel.Hake p. 142 It was made b ...

'' (1936) - Leutnant Florian Schwälble * ''

The Divine Jetta ''The Divine Jetta'' (german: Die göttliche Jette) is a 1937 German musical comedy film directed by Erich Waschneck and starring Grethe Weiser, Viktor de Kowa, and Marina von Ditmar Marina von Ditmar (30 October 1914 – 3 September 2014) was a ...

'' (1937) - Graf Eugen Opalla * ''

Such Great Foolishness ''Such Great Foolishness'' (German: ''Die ganz großen Torheiten'') is a 1937 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Paula Wessely, Rudolf Forster and Hilde Wagener. The film was set in Vienna, unusually for a German film of the ...

'' (1937) - Specht - Rundfunkansager * ''

Love Can Lie ''Love Can Lie'' (german: Liebe kann lügen) is a 1937 German romance film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Karl Ludwig Diehl, Dorothea Wieck and Jutta Freybe.Heins p. 64 It was released by Tobis Film. The film's sets were designed by Erich ...

'' (1937) - August Halfgreen * ''Spiel auf der Tenne'' (1937) - Andreas 'Anderl' Rössmaier * '' Another World'' (1937) - 2. Journalist * ''Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau'' (1937) - Thomas, Bräubursch * ''Frau Sylvelin'' (1938) - Herr von Roedern * '' Nanon'' (1938) - Hector * '' The Scoundrel'' (1939) - Ferdinand Scheibler * '' A Woman Like You'' (1939) - Felix Petersen * ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'' (1940) - Max * ''

The Fire Devil ''The Fire Devil'' (German: ''Der Feuerteufel'') is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by and starring Luis Trenker. It also featured Judith Holzmeister, Bertl Schultes and Hilde von Stolz. The title is sometimes translated as ''The A ...

'' (1940) - Erzherzog Johann * ' (1940) - Francois Coogmann, Kunstmaler * ''Der Weg ins Freie'' (1941) - Ein Student * ''

Menschen im Sturm ''Menschen im Sturm'' ( en, People in the Storm, link=yes, italic=yes) is a 1941 German film directed by Fritz Peter Buch. It was an anti-Serbian propaganda and part of a concerted propaganda push against Serbs, attempting to split them from t ...

'' (1941) - Oberleutnant Duschan * ''

The Great King ''The Great King'' (german: Der große König) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Veit Harlan and starring Otto Gebühr. It depicts the life of Frederick the Great, who ruled Prussia from 1740 to 1786. It received the rare "Film of the Nat ...

'' (1942) - Alfons * ''

The Rainer Case ''The Rainer Case'' (german: Der Fall Rainer) is a 1942 German drama film directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Luise Ullrich, Paul Hubschmid and Karl Schönböck.Bock & Bergfelder p. 386 The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz ...

'' (1942) - Leutnant von Benda * ''

Die goldene Stadt ''Die goldene Stadt'' ( en, The Golden City), is a 1942 German color film directed by Veit Harlan, starring Kristina Söderbaum, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Plot Anna, a young, innocent country girl (a Sudeten German), whose mother ...

'' (1942) - Toni Opferkuch - Annas Vetter, der Anna verführt * '' Kolberg'' (1945) - Claus Werner * ''

Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. It was composed between 1914 and 1922 and first performed in 1925. The opera is based on the drama ''Woyzeck'', which the German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at h ...

'' (1947) - Wozzeck * ' (1949) - Karli Reindl * ''

Love on Ice Love on Ice was an American rock band based out of Portland, Oregon, United States, in the early 1990s. The members were Dan Krueger on vocals, Dirk Sullivan on guitar, Stan Robinson on drums, and bassist Brent Williams. After strong interest fr ...

'' (1950) - Toni Staudtner * ''Der Teufel führt Regie'' (1951) - Poupoulle * '' Until We Meet Again'' (1952) - Willy Wagner * ''

All Clues Lead to Berlin ''All Clues Lead to Berlin'' (german: Die Spur führt nach Berlin) is a 1952 West German thriller film directed by František Čáp and starring Gordon Howard, Irina Garden and Kurt Meisel. It is also known by the alternative titles ''Adventure i ...

'' (1952) - Gregor Pratt * ''

Arena of Death ''Arena of Death'' (german: Die Todesarena) is a 1953 Austrian-German crime film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Richard Häussler, Katharina Mayberg, and Friedl Hardt.Fritsche p. 247 The film's sets were designed by the art directors ...

'' (1953 - director) * ' (1954) - Figaro, valet * ''

Emil and the Detectives ''Emil and the Detectives'' () is a 1929 novel set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner and illustrated by Walter Trier. It was Kästner's first major success and the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship. The ...

'' (1954) - Herr Grundeis * ''

They Were So Young ''They Were So Young'' (german: link=no, Mannequins für Rio) is a 1954 German-American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann and written by Felix Lützkendorf, Kurt Neumann and the Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted screenwr ...

'' (1954) - Pasquale * '' Hello, My Name is Cox'' (1955) - Oberkellner Youmac * ''

Jackboot Mutiny ''Jackboot Mutiny'' (german: Es geschah am 20. Juli, literally ''It Happened on 20 July'') is a 1955 German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst about the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It features Bernhard Wicki as Stauffenberg. Cast ...

'' (1955) - SS Obergruppenführer * ''

Operation Sleeping Bag ''Operation Sleeping Bag'' (German: ''Unternehmen Schlafsack'') is a 1955 West German comedy war film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Eva Ingeborg Scholz, Paul Klinger and Karlheinz Böhm. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Ha ...

'' (1955) - Oberleutnant Taut * ''Zwei blaue Augen'' (1955) - Eddi Witt * ' (1956) - Mann auf dem Schiff (uncredited) * ''

Vater sein dagegen sehr ''Vater sein dagegen sehr'' (English: "Being a father however, is hard") is a 1957 West German film directed by Kurt Meisel. Plot summary One day, writer Lutz Ventura receives news that his sister has died. She leaves behind two children, who ...

'' (1957) - Schneider * ''

Drei Mann auf einem Pferd ''Drei Mann auf einem Pferd'' is a 1957 West German film directed by Kurt Meisel. Plot summary A man has discovered a fail-proof way of betting on the winning horse in any race. There is only one catch: He must never be the person to place th ...

'' (1957) - Freddy * '' The Cat'' (1958) - Capitaine Heinz Muller * ''

A Time to Love and a Time to Die ''A Time to Love and a Time to Die'' is a 1958 Eastmancolor CinemaScope drama war film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring John Gavin and Liselotte Pulver. Based on the book by German author Erich Maria Remarque and set on the Eastern Front ...

'' (1958) - Heini * ' (1958) - Mojmir * ' (1959) - Baron de Tavel * ''

Dorothea Angermann ''Dorothea Angermann'' is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar and Alfred Schieske.Alpi p.357 It was adapted from the play by Gerhart Hauptmann. The film's sets were designed by the a ...

'' (1959) - Mario Malloneck * ''

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'' (1959, Director) * ''

The Red Hand ''The Red Hand'' (German: ''Die rote Hand'') is a 1960 West German crime thriller film directed by Kurt Meisel and starring Paul Hubschmid, Hannes Messemer and Eleonora Rossi Drago.Bock & Bergfelder p.219 The film's sets were designed by the ar ...

'' (1960, director) * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Capt. Ernst Düring (uncredited) * ' (1963, TV film) - Major Mokry * '' The Spendthrift'' (1964, director) * ' (1966) - Sapparov * ' (1966) - Semmelbein, the jeweler * ''

Man on Horseback ''Man on Horseback'' (german: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell, link=no) is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff based on the novel ''Michael Kohlhaas'' by Heinrich von Kleist. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film ...

'' (1969) - Kanzler * ''

Strogoff ''Strogoff'' (French: ''Michel Strogoff, le courier du tsar;'' Italian: ''Michele Strogoff, corriere dello zar;'' German: ''Der Kurier des Zaren'') is a European adventure film directed in 1970 by Eriprando Visconti. It was an international co-pro ...

'' (1970) - Feofar Khan * ''

The Odessa File ''The Odessa File'' is a thriller by English writer Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1972, about the adventures of a young German reporter attempting to discover the location of a former SS concentration-camp commander. The name ODESSA is ...

'' (1974) - Alfred Oster * ''

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'' – Season 3, Episode 14: "Der Mann aus Portofino" (1976) - Ingo Parenge * ' (1986) - Eisenbeiss * '' The Post Office Girl'' (1988, TV film) - Hofrat Elkins

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* 1912 births 1994 deaths Male actors from Vienna Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors Austrian film directors Austrian television directors German-language film directors 20th-century Austrian male actors Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery Lingen family {{Austria-actor-stub