Willy A. Kleinau(1907-1957)

Actor

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Willy A. Kleinau was born on 12 November 1907 in Mühlhausen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die blauen Schwerter (1949), Zar und Zimmermann (1956) and Le Capitaine de Köpenick (1956). He died on 18 October 1957 in Merseburg, East Germany.

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Alexander Engel, Herbert Hübner, Willy A. Kleinau, Marianne Prenzel, Hans Quest, Wolfgang Schleif, Ilse Steppat, Paul Wagner, and Wolfgang Kühne in Die blauen Schwerter (1949)

Die blauen Schwerter

7.0

Movie

August der Starke

1949

Zar und Zimmermann (1956)

Zar und Zimmermann

6.3

Movie

van Bett, Bürgermeister von Saardam

1956

Heinz Rühmann and Hans Möller in Le Capitaine de Köpenick (1956)

Le Capitaine de Köpenick

7.2

Movie

Friedrich Hoprecht

1956

Käthe Braun, Erwin Geschonneck, Falk Harnack, Gefion Helmke, Willy A. Kleinau, and Arnold Zweig in La Hache de Wandsbek (1951)

La Hache de Wandsbek

7.0

Movie

SS-Standartenführer Hans Peter Footh

1951

Credits

Actor

Reifender Sommer
- Erich Kattner
- 1959
Die Schönste
5.4
- Alexander Berndorf
- 1957
Menace sur Berlin
6.4
- Grieche aus Los Angeles
- 1957
Spielbank-Affäre
6.5
- Martinez
- 1957
Coeurs dans la tourmente
5.8
- Friedrich Eichler
- 1957
Was die Schwalbe sang
5.9
- Forester Mahnke
- 1956
Mein Bruder Josua
7.2
- Mathias Bruckner
- 1956
Le Capitaine de Köpenick
7.2
- Friedrich Hoprecht
- 1956
Das Konzert
TV Movie
- Gustav Heink, Pianist
- 1956
Zar und Zimmermann
6.3
- van Bett, Bürgermeister von Saardam
- 1956
Waldwinter
4.9
- Verwalter Stengel
- 1956
Das Bad auf der Tenne
5.6
- Müllermeister Klas (as W.A. Kleinau)
- 1956
Amour, Danse et Mille Refrains
5.9
- Luigi (as Willi A. Kleinau)
- 1955
Ein Polterabend
7.5
- Guckkastenmann
- 1955
Das Fräulein von Scuderi
6.1
- René Cardillac
- 1955

Personal details

Alternative names
- W.A. Kleinau
Born
- November 12, 1907
- Mühlhausen, Germany
Died
- October 18, 1957
- Merseburg, East Germany(road accident)

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Trivia
German character actor, trained under Louise Dumont, on stage from 1932. Member of the Berliner Ensemble and the Deutsches Theater Ostberlin. Appeared in both West German and Defa films during the 1950's, noted for his versatility in diverse characterisations, ranging from sentimental to brutal, from comedic to cynical. Died from the consequences of a car crash.

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