Acting
Wolfgang Preiss
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 at Nuremberg - 27 November 2002 at Baden-Baden) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He went to appear in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942 he made his film début - he was exempted from military service specifically - in the UFA production Die grosse Liebe with Zarah Leander. After the end of the Second World War Preiss returned to the theatre, and from 1949 worked extensively dubbing films into German. In 1954 he returned to film acting, appearing in Alfred Weidenmann's Canaris. The following year Preiss played the lead role of Claus von Stauffenberg in Falk Harnack's film Der 20. Juli, which dramatised the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler. This role brought Preiss to popular attention and also the 1956 Federal Film Award. From now on Preiss was largely typecast in the role of the upright and obligation-conscious German officer to the other A-list actor playing the Fanatic (I.E. Paul Scofeld in The Train) a part he played in many films, later reprising it in numerous international productions, predominantly in Italy and the USA, while occasionally playing a more typically cynical or brutal Nazi officer. Preiss appeared in such productions as The Longest Day (1962), Otto Preminger's The Cardinal (1963), and with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Is Paris Burning? (1966). He starred alongside Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train (1964), Frank Sinatra in Von Ryan's Express (1965), Robert Mitchum in Anzio (1968), with Richard Burton, in the title role of Erwin Rommel in Raid on Rommel (1971), and The Boys From Brazil (1978) with Gregory Peck. He also appeared in several Italian language films, credited as "Luppo Prezzo", and played Field Marshal Von Rundstedt in Richard Attenborough's all-star war epic A Bridge Too Far (1977). In addition, for the cinema-going public of West Germany he became the epitome of the evil genius in his role as Doctor Mabuse, a role he first played in 1960 (following Rudolf Klein-Rogge) in Fritz Lang's The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. He went on to play the role four more times. In the 1980s Preiss turned to television, notably playing General Walther von Brauchitsch in the American TV mini-series Winds of War and War and Remembrance, based on the books of Herman Wouk. In 1987 received a second Federal Film Award for his outstanding work in film. In film dubbing Preiss provided the voice for such actors as Lex Barker, Christopher Lee, Anthony Quinn, Claude Rains, Richard Widmark, as well as that of Conrad Veidt as "Major Strasser" in the remastered version of Casablanca. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wolfgang Preiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
A Little Chat with Dr. Mabuse -- An Interview with Wolfgang Preiss
Film · 2025
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
Film · 2018
Open Air
Film · 1996
Florian III
Series · 1994
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich
Series · 1991
Dr. M
Film · 1990
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo
Film · 1989
Land der Väter, Land der Söhne
Film · 1989
Die Männer vom K3
Series · 1988
War and Remembrance
Series · 1988
Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau
Film · 1987
Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry
Film · 1987
Lang soll er leben
Film · 1987
The Second Victory
Film · 1987
Ein heikler Fall
Series · 1986
Forget Mozart
Film · 1985
Ein Heim für Tiere
Series · 1985
Die Dame und die Unterwelt
Film · 1984
Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce
Film · 1984
Ein Mann namens Parvus
Film · 1984
The Winds of War
Series · 1983
Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior
Film · 1982
Unheimliche Geschichten
Series · 1982
Die Schraiers
Series · 1982
Ghost of Love
Film · 1981
A Case For Two
Series · 1981
The Formula
Film · 1980
Ringstraßenpalais
Series · 1980
Ike
Film · 1979
Bloodline
Film · 1979
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
Series · 1979
Ike
Series · 1979
The Boys from Brazil
Film · 1978
Die Anstalt
Film · 1978
SOKO München
Series · 1978
Wallenstein
Series · 1978
The Standard
Film · 1977
A Bridge Too Far
Film · 1977
Hungária kávéház
Series · 1976
Der Anwalt
Series · 1976
Die Insel der Krebse
Film · 1975
The Big Delirium
Film · 1975
Eurogang
Series · 1975
Die Kriegsbraut
Film · 1974
Eine ungeliebte Frau
Film · 1974
Die Montagsmaler
Series · 1974
La Cloche tibétaine
Series · 1974
Diamantenparty
Film · 1973
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
Film · 1973
Okay S.I.R.
Series · 1973
Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen
Film · 1972
The Master Touch
Film · 1972
The Salzburg Connection
Film · 1972
The Fifth Cord
Film · 1971
Raid on Rommel
Film · 1971
The Bloodstained Butterfly
Film · 1971
Dalli Dalli
Series · 1971
General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?
Film · 1970
Sir Henri Deterding
Film · 1970
Der Minister und die Ente
Film · 1970
Peenemünde
Film · 1970
Das Haus Lunjowo
Film · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Hannibal Brooks
Film · 1969
Battle of the Commandos
Film · 1969
Playgirl 70
Film · 1969
Hürdenlauf
Film · 1969
Liebe, Love, l'Amour
Film · 1969
Gestern gelesen
Series · 1969
Familie Mack verändert sich
Series · 1969
The Commissioner
Series · 1969
Anzio
Film · 1968
Flachsmann als Erzieher
Film · 1968
Tamara
Film · 1968
Meinungsverschiedenheiten
Film · 1968
Der Fall Petkov
Film · 1968
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
Series · 1968
Schatzsucher unserer Tage
Series · 1968
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow
Film · 1967
Jack of Diamonds
Film · 1967
Dead Run
Film · 1967
Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand
Film · 1967
Wo liegt Jena?
Film · 1967
Death on a Rainy Day
Film · 1967
Is Paris Burning?
Film · 1966
To Skin a Spy
Film · 1966
Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord
Film · 1966
Das Leben in meiner Hand
Film · 1966
Samba
Film · 1966
The Rat Patrol
Series · 1966
Von Ryan's Express
Film · 1965
The Spy Who Went Into Hell
Film · 1965
X-Ray of a Killer
Film · 1965
The Train
Film · 1964
Cave of the Living Dead
Film · 1964
Frühstück mit dem Tod
Film · 1964
Die erste Legion
Film · 1964
100 Horsemen
Film · 1964
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Film · 1964
Backfire
Film · 1964
Einer wird gewinnen
Series · 1964
The Mad Executioners
Film · 1963
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
Film · 1963
The Black Cobra
Film · 1963
Leb wohl, mein Traum
Film · 1963
Das tödliche Patent
Film · 1963
The Cardinal
Film · 1963
Das Kriminalmuseum
Series · 1963
Die fünfte Kolonne
Series · 1963
Zwischenmahlzeit
Series · 1963
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Film · 1962
The Counterfeit Traitor
Film · 1962
Lafayette
Film · 1962
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
Film · 1962
The Longest Day
Film · 1962
Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt
Film · 1962
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
Film · 1961
Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old
Film · 1961
Riviera-Story
Film · 1961
Mill of the Stone Women
Film · 1960
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
Film · 1960
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Film · 1960
Mistress of the World - Part I
Film · 1960
Mistress of the World - Part II
Film · 1960
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
Film · 1959
Roses for the Prosecutor
Film · 1959
Doctor Without Scruples
Film · 1959
Prisoner of the Volga
Film · 1959
Straße der Gerechten
Film · 1959
Gorilla's Waltz
Film · 1959
Konto ausgeglichen
Film · 1959
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
Film · 1958
Grabenplatz 17
Film · 1958
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
Film · 1958
Ich war ihm hörig
Film · 1958
The Italians They Are Crazy
Film · 1958
Sharks and Little Fish
Film · 1957
Stresemann
Film · 1957
Schinderhannes
Film · 1957
Der Banditendoktor
Film · 1957
Eurydice
Film · 1957
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
Film · 1956
Von der Liebe besiegt
Film · 1956
Johannisnacht
Film · 1956
Before Sundown
Film · 1956
Like Once Lili Marleen
Film · 1956
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
Film · 1955
Oberarzt Dr. Solm
Film · 1955
Der Cornet
Film · 1955
Canaris
Film · 1954
Falschmünzer am Werk
Film · 1951
Frischer Wind in alten Gassen
Film · 1951
German Film Award
Series · 1951
The Crew of the Dora
Film · 1943
The Great Love
Film · 1942