Sigfrit Steiner (31 October 1906 – 21 March 1988) was a Swiss actor. His first stage performance was in 1928 in Gera. He performed in more than one hundred films. He was married to journalist and author Anne Rose Katz.
Selected filmography
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Fusilier Wipf
''Fusilier Wipf'' (German: ''Füsilier Wipf'') is a 1938 Swiss drama film directed by Hermann Haller and Leopold Lindtberg and starring Paul Hubschmid, Heinrich Gretler and Robert Trösch. When the First World War breaks out, a hairdresser's ...
'' (1938) - Oberleutnant
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Constable Studer
''Constable Studer'' (German: ''Wachtmeister Studer'') is a 1939 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Adolf Manz and Anne-Marie Blanc.Bock & Bergfelder p.169 The film is based on a novel by Friedrich Glaus ...
'' (1939) - Untersuchungsricher Steffen
* ''Dilemma'' (1940) - Prosecutor
* ''Das Menschlein Matthias'' (1941) - Gemperle
* ''Bieder der Flieger'' (1941) - Schwarzhausen
* ''Steinbruch'' (1942) - Näppi - Dorfidiot
* ''Menschen, die vorüberziehen'' (1943) - Gendarme
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The Last Chance'' (1945) - Military Doctor
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Madness Rules
''Madness Rules'' (German: ''Matto regiert'') is a 1947 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Heinz Woester and Elisabeth Müller.Fritsche p.31 It is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Friedrich Gl ...
'' (1947) - Kommissar
* ''Nach dem Sturm'' (1948)
* ''Land der Sehnsucht'' (1950)
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Palace Hotel'' (1952) - Gloor
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The Village'' (1953) - Heinrich Meile
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On Trial'' (1954) - Geôlier (uncredited)
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Uli the Tenant
''Uli the Tenant'' (German: ''Uli, der Pächter'') is a 1955 Swiss comedy drama film directed by Franz Schnyder and starring Liselotte Pulver, Hannes Schmidhauser and Emil Hegetschweiler.Goble p.996 Based on a classic 1849 novel by Jeremias Gotthe ...
'' (1955) - Gegenanwalt
* ''Polizischt Wäckerli'' (1956) - Arzt
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Kitty and the Great Big World'' (1956) - Polizeibeamter
* ''Oberstadtgass'' (1956) - Polizist
* ''Taxichauffeur Bänz'' (1957) - Tonis Chef
* ''Bäckerei Zürrer'' (1957) - Tramp with Cigar Starting Music in Opening Scene (uncredited)
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It Happened in Broad Daylight
( en, It Happened in Broad Daylight) is a 1958 Swiss-West German-Spanish thriller film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The original screenplay was written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a Swiss playwright and novelist, and the first incarnation of the fil ...
'' (1958) - Det. Feller
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Der Schinderhannes
''Der Schinderhannes'' is a 1958 film directed by Helmut Käutner, starring Curd Jürgens and Maria Schell. It was also known as ''Duel in the Forest''. The story depicts the life of the 18th century outlaw Schinderhannes. It is based on a 1927 p ...
'' (1958) - Baron Achbach
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* ' (1960)
* ''Schneewittchen und die sieben Gaukler'' (1962) - Inhaber Sutor Heizungen (uncredited)
* ''Anne Bäbi Jowäger - II. Teil: Jakobli und Meyeli'' (1962) - Gerichtspräsident
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Stop Train 349'' (1963)
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A Man in His Prime
''A Man in His Prime'' (German: ''Ein Mann im schönsten Alter'') is a 1964 West German drama film directed by Franz Peter Wirth and starring Karl Michael Vogler, Pascale Audret and Françoise Prévost.
The film's sets were designed by the ...
'' (1964) - Kriminalinspektor Scherbl
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The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight
''The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight'' (german: Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu) is a 1966 West German thriller film directed by Harald Philipp and starring George Nader, Horst Frank and Heinz Weiss. It was the fourth film in the Jerry Cotton ser ...
'' (1966) - Dr. Smeat
* ''Der Fall'' (1972) - Polizeichef
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Cry of the Black Wolves
''The Cry of the Black Wolves'' (german: Der Schrei der schwarzen Wölfe) is a 1972 West German western adventure film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Ron Ely, Raimund Harmstorf, and Gila von Weitershausen.
The film's sets were designed b ...
'' (1972)
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The Pedestrian
"The Pedestrian" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. This story was originally published in the August 7, 1951 issue of '' The Reporter'' by The Fortnightly Publishing Company. It is included in the collection ''T ...
'' (1973) - Auditor
* ''Fluchtgefahr'' (1974) - Hausbursche Stotz
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The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner'' (1976) - Konrad Steiner
* ''Die Magd'' (1976) - Bryner
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Waldrausch'' (1977) - Waldrauscher
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Brass Target'' (1978) - Herr Schroeder
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
''Out of the Hitler Time'' is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Judith Kerr for children and young adults.
''When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit''
''When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit'' is the first book in the trilogy and a well-known novel ...
'' (1978) - Onkel Julius
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Bread and Stones'' (1979) - Tierarzt
* ''Das gefrorene Herz'' (1980) - Korber
* ''Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel'' (1981) - Moserbauer
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Imperative'' (1982) - Professor
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Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...
'' (1983, TV Series) - King
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A Love in Germany
''Eine Liebe in Deutschland'' (''A Love in Germany'') is a 1983 feature film directed by Andrzej Wajda.
The film is based on the novel by Rolf Hochhuth about a woman who commits adultery with a prisoner of war while her husband serves as a soldier ...
'' (1983) - Melchior
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Embers
''Embers'' is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957. First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 24 June 1959, the play won the RAI prize at the Prix Italia awards later that year. Donald McWhinnie directed Jack ...
'' (1983) - Obert Wettach
* ''Die schwarze Spinne'' (1983) - Hornbachbauer
* ''Lisa und die Riesen'' (1984)
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Fatherland
A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethn ...
'' (1986) - Drittemann
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Duet for One
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo s ...
'' (1986) - Leonid Lefimov
* ''Wenn ich die Antwort wüßte'' (1987)
* ''La nuit de l'eclusier'' (1989) - Father of Charles Belloz (final film role)
References
External links
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Short biography
1906 births
1988 deaths
Swiss male film actors
Actors from Basel-Stadt
Swiss male stage actors
Swiss male television actors
20th-century Swiss male actors
German Film Award winners
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