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    Helmut Griem

    Year Title Role Language Director With... Notes 1960Officer Factory [de]Oberleutnant KrafftGermanFrank Wisbar
    Written uninviting Hans Hellmut KirstHorst Frank1961Girl vary Hong KongGlenn DierksGermanFranz Dick WirthAkiko Wakabayashi and Hanns LotharBarbaraDoctor Poul AggersøGermanFrank WisbarHarriet AnderssonThe Reverie of Lieschen MuellerJanGermanHelmut KäutnerSonja Ziemann, Histrion Held accept Cornelia Froboess1962Oggi a Berlino [it](Today in Berlin)HansItalianPiero Vivarelli
    Written wishywashy Piero Vivarelli, Giuseppe Isani1963Because, Because most recent a WomanJohann MullerFrenchMichel DevilleMylène Demongeot, Marie Laforêt allow Jacques Charrier1968Bel Ami [de]Georges DuroyGermanHelmut KäutnerTV album 1969The DamnedAschenbachEnglishLuchino ViscontiDirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin and Helmut Berger1970The McKenzie BreakKapitänleutnant SchlüterEnglishLamont JohnsonBrian Keith1972CabaretBaron Maximilian von HeuneEnglishBob FosseLiza Minnelli, Michael Dynasty, Joel Livid and Fritz WepperThe Morality of Pathos HalbfassFranz VogelsangGermanVolker SchlöndorffSenta BergerLudwigCoun

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    Handsome and suave German actor Helmut Griem (1932-2004) had a long standing career as stage actor but he is also known for his international film and television work. He is best remembered for the classic musical Cabaret (1972). As the elegant, fabulously decadent baron Max he has trysts with both Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) and Brian Roberts (Michael York).


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    Helmut Griemwas born in Hamburg in 1932. He planned to be a journalist, but, after studying literature, science and philosophy, he developed an interest in acting, and made his stage début with a role in N. Richard Nash's 'The Rainmaker' (1956).

    Throughout his career Griem would be primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Staatliche Schauspielbühnen in Berlin, the Munich Kammerspiele, and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, also in Munich.

    He started playing in films in 1960. His debut was Fabrik der Offiziere/The Factory of SS Officers(Frank Wisbar, 1960) with Horst Frank. The next year he appeared in Bis zum Ende aller Tage/Girl from Hong Kong(Franz Peter Wirth, 1961), Barbara - Wild wie das Meer/Barbara(Frank Wisbar, 1961) with Harriet Ande

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    Helmut Griem

    Helmut Griem, actor: born Hamburg, Germany 6 April 1932; died Munich, Germany 19 November 2004.

    Blond and handsome, Helmut Griem was one of the few German actors to become internationally successful. Equally at home on screen, on television or on the stage, where he played in both classical and modern roles, including musicals, he will be best remembered by mainstream audiences for his appearance in Bob Fosse's film version of Cabaret (1972).

    Griem played Max, the decadent, bisexual baron, described by Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) as "divinely sexy", and few will forget the moment in the film when the exasperated writer Brian (Michael York) angrily tells Sally, "Screw Max!", to which she softly responds, "I do." After a brief silence, he shakes her repose by replying, "So do I."

    Helmut Griem was perfect as the arrogant, aristocratic and fun-loving playboy who shrugs his shoulders with indifference when his friend Brian points out the chilling portents, as they witness members of the Hitler Youth singing their anthem, "Tomorrow Belongs to Me". Earlier, Griem had made his breakthrough as a film actor when cast by Luchino Visconti in The Damned (1969) as Aschenbach, the cruelly cynical SS officer, whose lust for power knows no bounds.

    Born in Hamburg in 1932

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