Christian Friedrich Kayssler, commonly spelled Kayßler (14 June 1898 – 10 March 1944), was a German stage and film actor. He was the son of the actor

Friedrich Kayßler Friedrich Martin Adalbert Kayssler, also spelled Kayßler (7 April 1874 – 30 April 1945), was a German theatre and film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1913 and 1945. Biography Kayssler was born in Neurode in the Silesia Province ...

. He appeared in 14 films before dying in an Allied bombing raid on Berlin in March 1944 during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. He played one of the major roles in the 1939 aviation film ''

D III 88 ''D III 88'' (sometimes written as ''DIII 88'') is a 1939 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and Hans Bertram, the latter also having co-written the script. It stars Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke and Heinz Welzel. It was made as ...

''.* Paris, Michael. ''From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism, and Popular Cinema''. Manchester University Press, 1995. (p. 94)

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* 1898 births 1944 deaths German male film actors Male actors from Wrocław 20th-century German male actors German civilians killed in World War II Deaths by American airstrikes during World War II {{Germany-stage-actor-stub