Kurt Raab

Biography

Kurt Raab (July 20, 1941 – June 28, 1988) was a 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.

Career Overview

Kurt Raab has 124 screen credits in a career dating back to 1969. Signature works include Satan’s Brew, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Humus. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 124
Birth Date: 1941-07-20 00:00:00
Birth Place: Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Volker Spengler (3 collaborations)
Ingrid Caven (3 collaborations)
Lilo Pempeit (3 collaborations)
Harry Baer (3 collaborations)
Margit Carstensen (2 collaborations)
Y Sa Lo (2 collaborations)
Ulli Lommel (2 collaborations)
Brigitte Mira (2 collaborations)
Nino Korda (2 collaborations)
Armin Meier (2 collaborations)

Credits

actors (85 credits)
- My Name Is Not Ali
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Transitträume
  Kaderleiter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
  Pastor
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Motten im Licht
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Wohin?
  Gast
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Escape from Sobibor
  Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
  Walter Hahn
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Das Totenreich
  John Hagen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Feel the Motion
  Mephisto
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Die Komplizen
  Marcel Lambert
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Parker
  Haag
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Angry Harvest
  Maslanko
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
  Intendant
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Der Rekord
  P.K. Wütrich
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Out of Order
  Fahrstuhlmonteur
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Rambo Zambo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Humus
  Horst
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Cheaters
  Jörg
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Hauptsache: Leben..
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Bolero
  Rado
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Consistency Is Key
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- The Olympic Champion
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
  Solomka
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Der Zappler
  Nachbar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Bella Donna
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- The Island of the Bloody Plantation
  Bevney
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Traumlage
  Fellner
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- The Ghost
  Poli
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Ich werde warten
  Herr Dankert
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Liebeskonzil
  Gerichtspräsident
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- The Magic Mountain
  Dr. Krokowski
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Dr. Margarete Johnsohn
  Herr Körber
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Fire and Sword
  Ganelon
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- Today We're Playing Boss
  Reichenstein
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Frankfurt: The Face of a City
  Ossi
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Wie die Weltmeister
  Oberamtmann
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Angels of Iron
  Chauffeur
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Total vereist
  Mr. Münch
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Die Fahrt nach Schlangenbad
  Alfred Wittkowsky
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Slow Attack
  Maria Franz Beekenbrandt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen
  Hitler
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1980
- Ticket of No Return
  Chef
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- Der Durchdreher
  Mann von Glorias Freundin
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- The Fall
  Theopont Dirlewanger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- Victor
  Ringmaster
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- NDR Talk Show
  
  - Episode 3 (1988) ... Self actor actors
  
  1979
- Boarding School
  Fletcher
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?
  Arthur
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Nur ein kleines bisschen Liebe
  Man in Bar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- The Stationmaster’s Wife
  Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Group Portrait with a Lady
  Parteifunktionär
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Adolf and Marlene
  Adolf Hitler
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Eierdiebe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- The American Soldier
  Ricky's Brother
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Satan’s Brew
  Walter Kranz
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Atlantic Swimmers
  Polizist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Fear of Fear
  Herr Bauer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
  Barkeeper Gustav
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Fox and His Friends
  Wodka-Peter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Like a Bird on a Wire
  Audience Member
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- The Brutalization of Franz Blum
  Aufseher Wupke
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Martha
  Secretary
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
  Car Mechanic
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Der Verfolger
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Derrick
  
  - Episode 1 (1983) ... actor actors
  
  1974
- World on a Wire
  Mark Holm
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  - Part 2 (1973) ... Mark Holm actor actors
  
  - Part 1 (1973) ... Mark Holm actor actors
  
  1973
- Tenderness of the Wolves
  Insp. Fritz Haarmann
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- Jail Bait
  Fabrikleiter
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- Bremen Freedom
  Zimmerman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- The Merchant of Four Seasons
  Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- The Ancestress
  Pfarrer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Beware of a Holy Whore
  Fred
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Whity
  Pianist (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Mathias Kneißl
  Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Rio das Mortes
  Tankwart
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1971
- Weg vom Fenster
  Erster Erzieher
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- The Niklashausen Journey
  Bischof
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
  Mr. R.
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- End of the Commune?
  Self (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- The Coffee House
  Don Marzio
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Love Is Colder Than Death
  Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- Die Revolte
  Tankwart
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
directing (4 credits)
- The Island of the Bloody Plantation
  
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- The American Soldier
  
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- Gods of the Plague
  
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1970
writing (4 credits)
- The Island of the Bloody Plantation
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1983
- Today We're Playing Boss
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1981
- Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1975
- Tenderness of the Wolves
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
art (28 credits)
- Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1979
- Boarding School
  
  set designer
  
  art
  
  1978
- The Stationmaster’s Wife
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1977
- Adolf and Marlene
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1977
- Chinese Roulette
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1977
- Four Against the Bank
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1976
- The American Soldier
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1976
- Satan’s Brew
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1976
- I Only Want You to Love Me
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1976
- Fear of Fear
  
  art designer
  
  art
  
  1975
- Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1975
- Fox and His Friends
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1975
- Like a Bird on a Wire
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1975
- Effi Briest
  
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1974
- Martha
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1974
- World on a Wire
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  - Part 2 (1973) ... production design art
  
  - Part 1 (1973) ... production design art
  
  1973
- Tenderness of the Wolves
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1973
- Jail Bait
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1973
- Bremen Freedom
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1972
- The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1972
- The Merchant of Four Seasons
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1972
- Beware of a Holy Whore
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1971
- Whity
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1971
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1971
- Rio das Mortes
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1971
- The Niklashausen Journey
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1970
- Gods of the Plague
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1970
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
  
  production design
  
  art
  
  1970
costume & make-up (2 credits)
- The Merchant of Four Seasons
  
  costume design
  
  costume & make-up
  
  1972
- Rio das Mortes
  
  costume design
  
  costume & make-up
  
  1971
production (1 credits)
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt
  
  producer
  
  production
  
  1971