HELMUT GRIEM
ACTING
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Helmut Griem (born April 6, 1932 in Hamburg – November 19, 2004 in Munich) was a German actor.
Griem was primarily a German-speaking stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Staatliches Schauspielbühnen in Berlin, in the Munich Kammerspiele, and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, also in Munich.
Among his many film and TV appearances (a quite memorable one being NBC's mini-series Peter the Great, portraying the formidable Tsar's lifelong friend and "right hand" Alexander Menshikov, alongside Maximilian Schell), the Oscar-winning film Cabaret (1972), in which he played the rich "Baron Maximilian von Heune" is probably the best-known; other internationally-known performances include his work in The Damned, The McKenzie Break, and Ludwig.
Griem starred in the television mini-series "The Devil's Lieutenant" directed by John Goldschmidt, adapted by Jack Rosenthal and based on the novel by M Fagyas, for Channel 4 and ZDF.
Despite his success in film, the theatre remained at the heart of Griem's work, and he performed in many classic roles from both the German and English-language repertoire.
- Ludwig1973
- The Glass Cell1978
- Cabaret1972
- Breakthrough1979
- The Passerby1982
- The Damned1969
- The McKenzie Break1970
- The Desert of the Tartars1976
- The Meetings of Anna1978
- The Clown1976
- Barbara - Wild wie das Meer1961
- Verlassen sie bitte ihren Mann1993
- Germany in Autumn1978
- The Hamburg Syndrome1979
- The Morals of Ruth Halbfass1972
- Liebe auf Bewährung2004
- Voyage of the Damned1976
- The Plot to Kill Hitler1990
- Lourdes2000
- Children of Rage1975
- Because, Because of a Woman1963
- Les Affinités électives1983
- Tales of the Unexpected1979
- Anwalt Abel1988
- Der letzte Zeuge1998
- Peter the Great1986
- Das Traumschiff1981