Siegfried Wischnewski (15 April 1922 – 24 January 1989) was a German stage and film actor.

Career

Wischnewski was born in the

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n village of Saborowen, then in German

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(today Zaborowo,

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) to a peasant labourer. He decided to become an actor after he appeared at a school theater, but was conscripted into Nazi Germany's ''

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'' after he had passed his

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at the Arndt-Gymnasium at Berlin-Dahlem in 1940. As a professional actor he appeared at the theater of

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in 1946 and in the following years at several other stages in Germany. In the late 1950s and 1960s he became well known for his TV-appearances, often as a police detective. He played several roles in popular TV-productions like '' The Squeaker'', ''

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'', ''

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'' or '' Der Kommissar'' but also in movie versions of Brecht's '' Dreigroschenoper'' (1962) or the ''

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'' (1966–67). Probably his most significant success was the role of a veterinary in the 1980s TV-production '' Ein Heim für Tiere''. Wischnewski was twice married to the actress Suzanne Ritter, from 1948 till 1956 and 1963 till Wischnewski's death of bronchial cancer at

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in 1989.Biography at steffi.-line.de
(German)

Selected filmography

* ''

Jons und Erdme ''Jons und Erdme'' is a 1959 West German drama film directed by Victor Vicas, starring Giulietta Masina and Carl Raddatz. It is based on the story "Jons and Erdma" from Hermann Sudermann's 1917 short story collection ''The Excursion to Tilsit''. ...

'' (1959) * '' The Last Witness'' (1960) * '' The Liar'' (1961) * '' He Can't Stop Doing It'' (1962) * '' The Squeaker'' (1963) * ' (1963) * ' (1964, TV miniseries) * ' (1964, TV film) * ' (1966, TV miniseries) * ' (1966, TV film) * ''

Die Nibelungen ''Die Nibelungen'' ("The Nibelungs") is a two-part German series of Silent film, silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'' and ''Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge''. Th ...

'' (1966/67) * '' Dead Run'' (1967) * ''

The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield ''The Long Day of Inspector Blomfield'' is a 1968 Cinema of Germany, German crime film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Götz George, Werner Pochath and Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel. It was one of a number of movies Steel made i ...

'' (1968) * ''Der Senator'' (1968, TV film) * ''Rotmord'' (1969, TV film) * '' Maximilian von Mexiko'' (1970, TV miniseries) * ''Friede den Hütten! Krieg den Palästen!'' (1970, TV film) * ' (1970) * ''Immobilien'' (1973, TV film) * ' (1973, TV miniseries) * '' Zwei himmlische Dickschädel'' (1974) * ' (1975, TV film) * ''Der tödliche Schlag'' (1975, TV film) * ''

'' - Season 2, Episode 10: ''"Kamillas junger Freund"'' (1975, TV series episode) * ' (1976) * ''Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee'' (1976, TV film) * ' (1976, TV film) * ' (1977, TV film) * ' (1978) * '' Die Quelle'' (1979, TV film) * ' (1979, TV film) * ''

'' - Season 6, Episode 05: ''"Die Puppe"'' (1979, TV series episode) * ''

'' - Season 7, Episode 03: ''"Ein Lied aus Theben"'' (1980, TV series episode) * ''

'' - Season 7, Episode 10: ''"Eine unheimlich starke Persönlichkeit"'' (1980, TV series episode) * '' Exil'' (1981, TV miniseries) * ''

'' - Season 10, Episode 3: ''"Geheimnisse einer Nacht"'' (1983, TV series episode) * ' (1984, TV miniseries) * ' (1984, TV film)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wischnewski, Siegfried 1922 births 1989 deaths People from Ełk County Male actors from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship Actors from East Prussia German male film actors German male stage actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors Deaths from cancer in Germany