Oskar Werner
Austrian actor
Born Oskar Josef Schliessmayer he started his acting career in Vienna when he was teenager. His career was soon interrupted when he was forced to join Wehrmacht and serve in German army during the World War 2. He feigned incompetence, so he was assigned to kitchen duties. Close the end of the war he deserted and hid in the Vienna Woods with his wife and daughter. They all had to hide from both the Russians and Germans after the city was shelled.
His post war career included such remarkable films as Fahrenheit 451, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and The Shoes of the Fisherman.
1951 |
as Karl Maurer | |
 German prisoners of war agree to work for American intelligence at the end of World War 2, but their reasons are completely different. | ||
1966 |
as Guy Montag | |
Montag is fireman in a world where fire brigade bring fear into the hearts of orfinary people - their job is to find a burn any books they will find and arrest everyone involved in reading books. | ||
