Kurt Raab

Personal Info

Birthday

July 20, 1941

Day of Death

1988-06-28

(46 years old)

Place of Birth

Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]

Kurt Raab

Biography

Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.

Known For

Escape from Sobibor

World on a Wire

Kir Royal

Fox and His Friends

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Der ganz normale Wahnsinn

Boarding School

The American Soldier

Filmography

2011
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Transitträume
as Kaderleiter
1989
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
as Pastor
Yearning for Sodom
as Self
1988
Wohin?
as Gast
1987
Escape from Sobibor
as Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel
1986
Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
as Walter Hahn
Das Totenreich
as John Hagen
1985
Bolero
as Rado
Feel the Motion
as Mephisto
Die Komplizen
as Marcel Lambert
Parker
as Haag
Angry Harvest
as Maslanko
1984
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
as Intendant
Der Rekord
as P.K. Wütrich
Out of Order
as Fahrstuhlmonteur
Humus
as Horst
Cheaters
as Jörg
1983
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
as Solomka
Der Zappler
as Nachbar
The Island of the Bloody Plantation
as Bevney
Traumlage
as Fellner
1982
The Ghost
as Poli
Ich werde warten
as Herr Dankert
Liebeskonzil
as Gerichtspräsident
The Magic Mountain
as Dr. Krokowski
Dr. Margarete Johnson
as Herr Körber
Fire and Sword
as Ganelon
1981
Today We're Playing Boss
as Reichenstein
Frankfurt: The Face of a City
as Ossi
Wie die Weltmeister
as Oberamtmann
Angels of Iron
as Chauffeur
Total vereist
as Mr. Münch
Die Fahrt nach Schlangenbad
as Alfred Wittkowsky
1980
Slow Attack
as Maria Franz Beekenbrandt
Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen
as Hitler
1979
Ticket of No Return
as Chef
Der Durchdreher
as Mann von Glorias Freundin
The Fall
as Theopont Dirlewanger
Victor
as Ringmaster
1978
Boarding School
as Fletcher
1977
Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
as Arthur
The Stationmaster’s Wife
as Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master
Group Portrait with a Lady
as Parteifunktionär
Adolf and Marlene
as Adolf
1976
Satan’s Brew
as Walter Kranz
The Atlantic Swimmers
as Polizist
1975
Fear of Fear
as Herr Bauer
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Barkeeper Gustav
Fox and His Friends
as Wodka-Peter
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Audience Member
1974
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
as Aufseher Wupke
Martha
as Secretary
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Car Mechanic
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Insp. Fritz Haarmann
Jail Bait
as Fabrikleiter
1972
Bremen Freedom
as Zimmerman
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law
1971
The Ancestress
as Pfarrer
Beware of a Holy Whore
as Fred
Whity
as Pianist (uncredited)
Mathias Kneißl
as Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
Rio das Mortes
as Tankwart
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
as Self
1970
Weg vom Fenster
as Erster Erzieher
The Niklashausen Journey
as Bischof
The American Soldier
as Ricky's Brother
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
as Mr. R.
End of the Commune?
as Self (uncredited)
The Coffee House
as Don Marzio
Love Is Colder Than Death
as Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus
1969
Die Revolte
as Tankwart