Klaus Kinski filmography and discography explained

Klaus Kinski (1926–1991) was a German actor who appeared in more than 130 films.

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes	scope=col class="unsortable"
1948	Morituri	Holländischer Häftling			[1]
1952	Decision Before Dawn	Whining soldier			[2]
1954	Fear	Cabaret artist			[3]
1955	Ludwig II	Prinz Otto			[4]
1955	Children, Mother, and the General	Leutnant, der nicht mehr lacht			[5]
1955	Hanussen	Erik von Spazier a.k.a. Mirko	O. W. Fischer		[6]
1955	Sarajevo	Cabrinovic			[7]
1956	Winter in the Woods	Otto Hartwig			[8]
1956		Gestapo Leutnant	Detlef Sierck		[9]
1960		Dramaturg Lorenz Voss			[10]
1961		Edgar Strauss			[11]
1961		Stuart Bresset	Jürgen Roland		[12]
1961		Peter Keene	Akos von Rathonyi		[13]
1961	Bankraub in der Rue Latour	Autor Bex			[14]
1962		Der schöne Steve			[15]
1962	The Counterfeit Traitor	Kindler	George Seaton
1962	Der rote Rausch	Martin	Wolfgang Schleif
1962	Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern	Pheeny	Alfred Vohrer
1962	The Inn on the River	Gregor Gubanow	Alfred Vohrer
1963	The Squeaker	Krishna	Alfred Vohrer
1963	The Black Cobra	Koks-Charly / Charley 'The Snow'	Rudolf Zehetgruber
1963	The Black Abbot	Thomas Fortuna	Franz Josef Gottlieb
1963	The Indian Scarf	Peter Ross	Alfred Vohrer
1963	Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse	Inspector Joe Wright	Paul May
1963		Saddhu	Mario Camerini
1963	The Secret of the Black Widow	Boyd	Franz Josef Gottlieb
1963	Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf	Whity Skipper	Rudolf Zehetgruber
1964	The Last Ride to Santa Cruz	José	Rolf Olsen
1964	Waiting Room to the Beyond	Shapiro	Alfred Vohrer
1964	The Curse of the Hidden Vault	George	Franz Josef Gottlieb
1964	Winnetou - 2. Teil	David 'Luke' Lucas	Harald Reinl
1964	The Secret of the Chinese Carnation	Speranzo	Rudolf Zehetgruber
1964	Traitor's Gate	Kane	Freddie Francis
1965	Neues vom Hexer	Edwards	Alfred Vohrer
1965	The Dirty Game	Russian Agent	Christian-Jaque Werner Klingler Carlo Lizzani Terence Young
1965	Estambul 65	Schenck	Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
1965	The Pleasure Girls	Nikko Stalmar	Gerry O'Hara
1965	For a Few Dollars More	Wild	Sergio Leone
1965	Doctor Zhivago	Kostoyed	David Lean
1966	Our Man in Marrakesh	Jonquil	Don Sharp
1966	Circus of Fear	Manfred	John Llewellyn Moxey
1966	Killer's Carnival	Gomez (Rio segment)	Alberto Cardone Robert Lynn Sheldon Reynolds Louis Soulanes
1966	Target for Killing	Caporetti	Manfred R. Köhler
1966	A Bullet for the General	El Santo	Damiano Damiani		[16]
1966	Lasciapassare per l'Inferno		George Fuller	Unreleased
1967	Man, Pride and Vengeance	Lt. Miguel Garcia	Luigi Bazzoni		[17]
1967	Creature with the Blue Hand	Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson	Alfred Vohrer
1967	The Million Eyes of Sumuru	President Boong	Lindsay Shonteff
1967	Five Golden Dragons	Gert	Jeremy Summers
1967	Grand Slam	Erich Weiss	Giuliano Montaldo
1967	Hell Is Empty		Bernard Knowles
1968	Shoot Twice	Victor Barret / Dingus	Nando Cicero
1968	Coplan Saves His Skin	Theler	Yves Boisset
1968	Psychopath	Periwinkle	Guido Zurli	AKA Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten
1968	If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death	Morgan	Gianfranco Parolini
1968	The Vatican Affair	Clint Rogers	Emilio Miraglia
1968	Giugno '44 - Sbarcheremo in Normandia		León Klimovsky
1968	The Great Silence	Tigrero / Loco	Sergio Corbucci
1968	Ognuno per sé	Brent il Biondo	Giorgio Capitani
1968		Adam	Duccio Tessari	AKA I Bastardi
1969	Five for Hell	SS Col. Hans Mueller	Gianfranco Parolini
1969	Kampf um Rom II - Der Verrat		Robert Siodmak
1969		Marquis de Sade	Jesús Franco
1969	Double Face	John Alexander	Riccardo Freda	AKA Puzzle of Horrors
1969	Gangster's Law	Regnier	Siro Marcellini
1969	Il dito nella piaga	Cpl. Brian Haskins / Norman Carr	Tonino Ricci
1969	Venus in Furs	Ahmed Kortobaw	Jesús Franco	AKA Paroxismus
1969	I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death	Hot Dead	Giuliano Carnimeo
1970	The Naughty Cheerleader	Juan José Ignatio Rodriguez de Calderon / 'Sam'	Will Tremper
1970	And God Said to Cain	Gary Hamilton	Antonio Margheriti		[18]
1970	Count Dracula	R.M. Reinfield	Jesús Franco
1970	La peau de torpedo	Pavel Richko / Torpédo I	Jean Delannoy
1970	Rendezvous with Dishonour	Evagoras	Adriano Bolzoni
1970	Churchill's Leopards	Hauptsturmführer Holtz	Maurizio Pradeaux
1970	Rough Justice	Johnny Laster	Mario Costa	AKA La Belva
1971	A Barrel Full of Dollars	Hagen / Slander	Demofilo Fidani
1971	Lo chiamavano King	Brian Foster	Giancarlo Romitelli
1971	Slaughter Hotel	Dr. Francis Clay	Fernando Di Leo
1971	Giù le mani... carogna			Demofilo Fidani	AKA Django Story
1971	La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo	Prescott	Pasquale Squitieri
1971	Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo	Dan Hogan	Giuseppe Vari
1971	Web of the Spider	Edgar Allan Poe	Antonio Margheriti
1971	Il venditore di morte	Chester Conway	Lorenzo Gicca Palli
1971	Eye of the Spider	Hans Fischer, "The Polish"	Roberto Bianchi Montero
1971	Black Killer	James Webb / Black Killer	Carlo Croccolo
1971	A Fistful of Death	Reverend Cotton	Demofilo Fidani	AKA Adios Compañeros
1972	Il ritorno di Clint il solitario	Scott	Alfonso Balcázar
1972	Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes	Don Lope de Aguirre	Werner Herzog
1973	Death Smiles at a Murderer	Dr. Sturges	Joe D'Amato	aka Death Smiles at Murder
1973		Vito Quattroni	Mario Gariazzo
1973	The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe	Scalper Jack	Mario Caiano
1974	Lover of the Monster	Prof. Alex Nijinsky	Sergio Garrone
1974		Prof. Nijinski	Sergio Garrone
1974	Heroes in Hell	Gen. Kaufmann	Joe D'Amato
1974	Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia?		Guido Leoni
1975	Footprints on the Moon	Prof. Blackmann	Luigi Bazzoni
1975	L'important c'est d'aimer	Karl-Heinz Zimmer	Andrzej Żuławski
1975	Return of Shanghai Joe	Pat Barnes	Bitto Albertini
1975	Lifespan	Nicholas Ulrich	Alexander Whitelaw
1975	Un genio, due compari, un pollos	Doc Foster	Damiano Damiani
1975	Das Netz	Emilio Bossi	Manfred Purzer
1976	Jack the Ripper	Dr. Dennis Orloff	Jesús Franco
1976	Golden Night	Michel Fournier	Serge Moati
1977	Operation Thunderbolt	Wilfried Boese	Menahem Golan
1977	Madame Claude	Alexander Zakis	Just Jaeckin
1977	Death of a Corrupt Man	Nicolas Tomski	Georges Lautner
1978	The Song of Roland	Roland / Klaus	Frank Cassenti
1979	Nosferatu the Vampyre	Count Dracula	Werner Herzog
1979	Zoo Zéro	Yavé, le directeur du zoo	Alain Fleischer
1979	Woyzeck	Woyzeck	Werner Herzog
1980	Haine	Le motard	Dominique Goult
1980	Schizoid	Pieter Fales	David Paulsen
1980	La Femme Enfant	Marcel	Raphaële Billetdoux
1981	Fruits of Passion	Sir Stephen	Shūji Terayama
1981	Venom	Jacmel	Piers Haggard
1981	Buddy Buddy	Dr. Hugo Zuckerbrot	Billy Wilder
1982	Fitzcarraldo	Brian Sweeney "Fitzcarraldo" Fitzgerald	Werner Herzog
1982	The Soldier	Dracha	James Glickenhaus
1982	Android	Dr. Daniel	Aaron Lipstadt
1982	Love and Money	Frederic Stockheinz	James Toback
1982	Burden of Dreams	Himself	Les Blank	Archive footage
1984		Charlton	Antonio Margheriti
1984	The Little Drummer Girl	Martin Kurtz	George Roy Hill
1984	The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud	Dr. Max Bauer	Danford B. Greene
1985	Creature	Hans Rudy Hofner	William Malone	AKA The Titan Find
1985	Kommando Leopard	Silveira	Antonio Margheriti
1985	El caballero del dragón	Boetius	Fernando Colomo	AKA Star Knight
1985	Revenge of the Stolen Stars	Donald McBride	Ulli Lommel
1986	Crawlspace	Karl Gunther	David Schmoeller
1987	Cobra Verde	Francisco Manoel da Silva / Cobra Verde	Werner Herzog
1987	Location Africa	Himself	Steff Gruber	Archive footage
1988	Grandi cacciatori	Klaus Naginsky	Augusto Caminito
1988	Vampire in Venice	Nosferatu	Augusto Caminito, Klaus Kinski
1989	Kinski Paganini	Niccolò Paganini	Klaus Kinski	Final film role
1999	My Best Fiend	Himself	Werner Herzog	Archive footage
1999	Please Kill Mr. Kinski http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2006/02/kinski.wmv	Himself	David Schmoeller	Archive footage
2008	Jesus Christus Erlöser	Himself	Peter Geyer	Filmed in 1971

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	scope=col class="unsortable"
1961	Die Kurve	Anton	TV movie
1963	Die Mondvögel	Valentin	TV movie
1984	Faerie Tale Theatre	Beast	Episode: "Beauty and the Beast"
1984	Deadly Nightmares	Kurt Hoffman	Episode: "Lovesounds"
1987	Timestalkers	Dr. Joseph Cole	TV movie

Discography

• 1962 Poetry of Friedrich von Schiller: Read in German by Kinski ^[19] (Folkways Records)

Kinski released nearly 25 spoken word records, some of which were re-released on CDs.^[20]

• 2003 Kinski spricht Werke der Weltliteratur (Kinski Speaks Works of World Literature) a box-set of 20 CDs with Kinski's spoken word
  • CD1. Kinski spricht Villon
  • CD2. Kinski spricht Villon und Goethe
  • CD3. Kinski spricht Rimbaud
  • CD4. Kinski spricht Strindberg und Baudelaire
  • CD5. Kinski spricht Schiller
  • CD6. Kinski singt und spricht Brecht
  • CD7. Kinski spricht Hauptmann und Nietzsche
  • CD8. Kinski spricht Büchner und Majakowskij
  • CD9. Kinski spricht Dostojewskij
  • CD10. Kinski spricht Oscar Wilde I
  • CD11. Kinski spricht Oscar Wilde II
  • CD12. Kinski spricht Jack London und Stéphane Mallarmé
  • CD13. Kinski spricht aus der Amerikaballade und der Dichtung afrikanischer Völker
  • CD14+15. Kinski und Ensemble: Shakespeare I Hamlet
  • CD16+17. Kinski und Ensemble: Shakespeare II: Romeo und Julia
  • CD18+19. Kinski und Ensemble: Wiedersehen mit Brideshead
  • Bonus-CD: Sechs Gramm Caratillo/Die Nacht allein

References

Sources

• Book: Curti , Roberto . Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980 . . 978-0786469765 . 2013 .
• Book: Curti , Roberto . Tonino Valerii: The Films . McFarland & Company . 978-1476626185 . 2016 .
• Book: Curti [i] , Roberto . Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker . McFarland & Company . 978-1476628387 . 2017 .
• Book: Curti , Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979 . McFarland & Company . 978-1476629605 . 2017 .
• Book: Curti, Roberto . Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989 . McFarland & Company. 2019 . 978-1476672434.
• Book: Hughes , Howard . Once Upon a Time in the Italian West. I. B. Tauris. 1-85043-430-1. 2004. registration.
• Keoma. Keoma (film). 2019. Shooting from the Hip - The Westerns of Franco Nero. Hughes. Howard. Booklet. Arrow Video. AV196.
• Vengeance Trails: 4 Classic Westerns. 2021. IV. Divine Retribution: Antonio Margheriti's And God Said to Cain. Hughes. Howard. Booklet. Arrow Video. FCD2129.
• Book: Thrower, Stephen. Stephen Thrower

. Stephen Thrower. Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco: Volume 1:1959-1974. Strange Attractor Press. 2015. 978-1-907222-31-3.

• Book: Thrower, Stephen. Flowers of Perversion: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco: Volume Two. Strange Attractor Press. 2018. 9781907222603.

External links

• Filmography by year from the Internet Movie Database
• Filmography from Fandango.com
• Filmography from Yahoo! Movies
• Web site: Klaus Kinski . . 16 June 2021 --> . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morituri. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
2. Web site: Decision Before Dawn. American Film Institute. 1 August 2019.
3. Web site: Angst. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
4. Web site: Ludwig II.. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
5. Web site: Kinder, Mütter und ein General. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
6. Web site: Hanussen . Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
7. Web site: Sarajevo. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
8. Web site: Waldwinter. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
9. Web site: A Time to Love and a Time to Die. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
10. Web site: Der Rächer. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
11. Web site: Die toten Augen von London. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
12. Web site: Die seltsame Gräfin. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
13. Web site: Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen. Filmportal.de. 1 August 2019.
14. Web site: Bankraub in der Rue Latour. Filmportal.de. 10 October 2019.
15. Web site: Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee. Filmportal.de. 10 October 2019.
16. Quien Sabe? (A Bullet for the General). Monthly Film Bulletin. 128. 36. 424. British Film Institute. June 1969.
17. Web site: Mit Django kam der Tod. Filmportal.de. April 4, 2019. German.
18. Web site: Satan der Rache. German. Filmportal.de. September 4, 2024.
19. Web site: Smithsonian Folkways - Poetry of Friedrich von Schiller: Read in German by Kinski - Kinski . www.folkways.si.edu . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20130707212140/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1781/ . 7 July 2013 . dead.
20. Web site: Information on spoken word releases. Klassikakzente.de. 26 October 2017.