10 questions · Film & Cinema
Klaus Kinski, born in 1926, was one of the most intense and notorious actors in German cinema. His eccentric, often choleric behaviour was as legendary as his screen presence. Indelibly tied to his name is his stormy collaboration with director Werner Herzog, with whom he made five films, including the masterpieces "Aguirre, the Wrath of God", "Nosferatu" and "Fitzcarraldo". The shoots were marked by violent outbursts and conflicts out of which great art emerged. Kinski was the father of actress Nastassja Kinski. He died in California in 1991. Good to know: Kinski and Werner Herzog shared a brilliant but extremely fraught collaboration: Herzog later processed it in the documentary „My Best Fiend“. „Aguirre, the Wrath of God“, shot under extreme conditions in the Peruvian jungle, is considered one of the greatest films in cinema history. Kinski was notorious for his unpredictable, raging outbursts: on set he even threatened Herzog with death. His daughter Nastassja Kinski became an international film star in her own right.
Practise for freePurFact brings every card back right before you would forget it. That's how knowledge sticks.
Werner Herzog
A legendary collaboration.
💡 Did you know? Kinski and Werner Herzog shared a brilliant but extremely fraught collaboration: Herzog later processed it in the documentary „My Best Fiend“.
Aguirre
Also "Fitzcarraldo".
💡 Did you know? „Aguirre, the Wrath of God“, shot under extreme conditions in the Peruvian jungle, is considered one of the greatest films in cinema history.
fits of rage
An extreme temperament.
💡 Did you know? Kinski was notorious for his unpredictable, raging outbursts: on set he even threatened Herzog with death.
Nastassja Kinski
Also an actress.
💡 Did you know? His daughter Nastassja Kinski became an international film star in her own right.
great art
Despite all the conflict.
💡 Did you know? Herzog claimed he forced Kinski at gunpoint to keep shooting „Aguirre“: out of the madness came great art.
Foto: Klaus_Kinski_Cannes.jpg: Georges Biard derivative work: Hic et nunc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski was a notoriously volatile German actor whose films with Werner Herzog (above all „Aguirre“) won world fame.
💡 Did you know? His collaboration with Herzog was so marked by hatred that the director made a whole documentary about it: „My Best Fiend“.
1926
Born: 18 October 1926 in Zoppot
1991
Died: 23 November 1991, aged 65
Zoppot
Born: 18 October 1926 in Zoppot
65
Died: 23 November 1991, aged 65
Home · All topics · Legal notice · Privacy · Terms · Contact
