Acting
Karl Stepanek
Though born in Czechoslovakia, actor Karel Stepanek was generally regarded as a German actor due to his extensive film work in Germany (as Karl Stepanek) in the years before World War II. Stepanek fled to England in 1940, where, like many European refugee actors, he specialized in portraying Teutonic villains. He tried to stay away from out-and-out Nazi roles, but his predilection for wearing black uniforms and barking out guttural commands left little doubt as to the political preferences of Stepanek's screen characters. One of his most typical characterizations could be found in the 1946 POW drama, The Captive Heart; Stepanek also registered well as a friendlier foreigner in The Fallen Idol (1949). Commuting between London and Hollywood, Karel Stepanek continued to fight World War II, usually on the wrong side, into such '60s films as Sink the Bismarck! (1960), I Aim at the Stars (1960) and Operation Crossbow (1965).
Filmography
The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
Film · 2003
The Games
Film · 1970
The File of the Golden Goose
Film · 1969
Before Winter Comes
Film · 1969
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Film · 1967
The Frozen Dead
Film · 1966
Sperrbezirk
Film · 1966
Operation Crossbow
Film · 1965
Licensed to Kill
Film · 1965
The Heroes of Telemark
Film · 1965
Devil Doll
Film · 1964
Aufstand der Gehorsamen
Film · 1963
Das Kriminalmuseum
Series · 1963
Sink the Bismarck!
Film · 1960
Brainwashed
Film · 1960
Our Man in Havana
Film · 1960
I Aim at the Stars
Film · 1960
Operation Amsterdam
Film · 1959
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
West of Suez
Film · 1957
The Traitor
Film · 1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Series · 1957
Anastasia
Film · 1956
The Man in the Road
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Man of the Moment
Film · 1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
Film · 1955
Secret Venture
Film · 1955
A Prize of Gold
Film · 1955
Tale of Three Women
Film · 1954
Dangerous Cargo
Film · 1954
Never Let Me Go
Film · 1953
City Beneath the Sea
Film · 1953
Rough Shoot
Film · 1953
Affair in Trinidad
Film · 1952
Walk East on Beacon
Film · 1952
The Third Visitor
Film · 1951
No Highway in the Sky
Film · 1951
Cairo Road
Film · 1950
State Secret
Film · 1950
Conspirator
Film · 1949
The Third Man
Film · 1949
Give Us This Day
Film · 1949
Golden Arrow
Film · 1949
The Fallen Idol
Film · 1948
Broken Journey
Film · 1948
Counterblast
Film · 1948
The Captive Heart
Film · 1946
They Met in the Dark
Film · 1943
Tomorrow We Live
Film · 1943
Escape to Danger
Film · 1943
Secret Mission
Film · 1942
Our Film
Film · 1942
Alles Schwindel
Film · 1940
The Leghorn Hat
Film · 1939
War es der im 3. Stock?
Film · 1939
Hotel Sacher
Film · 1939
Another Experience
Film · 1939
Three Fathers for Anna
Film · 1939
Narren im Schnee
Film · 1938
Klatovští dragouni
Film · 1938
The Bat
Film · 1937
The Unknown
Film · 1936
Stronger Than Paragraphs
Film · 1936
Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
Film · 1935
Der Außenseiter
Film · 1935
Na růžích ustláno
Film · 1935
Pozdní láska
Film · 1935
The Grey Pikes Wharf
Film · 1935
A Song for You
Film · 1933
Waltz War
Film · 1933
Five from the Jazzband
Film · 1932
Here's Berlin
Film · 1932
Spione im Savoy-Hotel
Film · 1932
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
Film · 1931