Peter Kern (actor)

Peter Kern (13 February 1949 – 26 August 2015) was an Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. He appeared in more than 70 films and directed a further 25. He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1980, he was a member of the jury at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.

Two of Kern's later films, Blutsfreundschaft (2008) and Mörderschwestern (2011), featured Helmut Berger in a starring role. His last film was The Last Summer of the Rich ("Der letzte Sommer der Reichen"), which screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015.

Selected filmography

 * Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (dir. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1972), as Lakai Mayr, court barber Hoppe, and Röhm
 * Tonight or Never (1972 film) (dir. Daniel Schmid, 1972), as Actor
 * Adele Spitzeder (film) (dir. Peer Raben, 1972, TV film), as Innkeeper
 * Schattenreiter (dir. George Moorse, 1974), as Tony
 * La Paloma (1974 film) (dir. Daniel Schmid, 1974), as Count Isidor Palewski
 * The Wrong Move (dir. Wim Wenders, 1975), as Bernhard Landau
 * Fox and His Friends (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975), as Fatty Schmidt, flower salesman
 * Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975), as Night club owner
 * The Sternstein Manor (dir. Hans W. Geißendörfer, 1976), as Toni Stadlhofer
 * The Wild Duck (dir. Hans W. Geißendörfer, 1976), as Hjalmar Ekdal
 * Group Portrait with a Lady (dir. Aleksandar Petrović, 1977), as Werner Hoyser
 * Kleinhoff Hotel (dir. Carlo Lizzani, 1977), as Erich Müller
 * Hitler: A Film from Germany (dir. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1977), as Murderer from "M", Puppeteer, Mr. Ellerkamp, SS-Man, and Director of tourism
 * Flaming Hearts (dir. Walter Bockmayer, 1978), as Peter Huber
 * Despair (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978), as Müller
 * Bella Donna (dir. Peter Keglevic, 1983)
 * The Roaring Fifties (dir. Peter Zadek, 1983), as Franz Arnusch
 * Joan of Arc of Mongolia (dir. Ulrike Ottinger, 1989), as Mickey Katz
 * Malina (dir. Werner Schroeter, 1991), as Bulgarian
 * Terror 2000: Germany Out of Control (dir. Christoph Schlingensief, 1992), as Körn
 * The Last Summer of the Rich (2015, director)