Acting
Kurt Raab
Born 1941-07-20
Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Kurt Raab
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
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Derrick
1974
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NDR Talk Show
1979
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
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Escape from Sobibor
1987
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Fox and His Friends
1975
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Chinese Roulette
1977
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World on a Wire
1973
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
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The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (141 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | My Name Is Not Ali | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2011 |
 | I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1992 |
| Transitträume | Kaderleiter | Movie | 1990 | |
 | Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja | Pastor | Movie | 1989 |
 | Yearning for Sodom | Self | Movie | 1989 |
| Yearning for Sodom | Writer | Movie | 1989 |
| Yearning for Sodom | Director | Movie | 1989 |
| Motten im Licht | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 | |
| Wohin? | Gast | Movie | 1988 | |
 | Escape from Sobibor | Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel | Movie | 1987 |
 | Kir Royal | Michel, Butler | TV Series | 1986 |
| Kir Royal | Casting | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars | Walter Hahn | Movie | 1986 |
| Detektivbüro Roth | Dr. Ross | TV Series | 1986 | |
| Das Totenreich | John Hagen | TV Series | 1986 | |
 | Feel the Motion | Mephisto | Movie | 1985 |
| Die Komplizen | Marcel Lambert | Movie | 1985 | |
 | Parker | Haag | Movie | 1985 |
 | Angry Harvest | Maslanko | Movie | 1985 |
 | Im Himmel ist die Hölle los | Intendant | Movie | 1984 |
 | Der Rekord | P.K. Wütrich | Movie | 1984 |
 | Out of Order | Fahrstuhlmonteur | Movie | 1984 |
 | Die schwarzen Brüder | Mann mit Narbe | TV Series | 1984 |
| Rambo Zambo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 | |
| Humus | Horst | Movie | 1984 | |
 | Cheaters | Jörg | Movie | 1984 |
| Hauptsache: Leben.. | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 | |
| Bolero | Rado | Movie | 1983 | |
| Consistency Is Key | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 | |
 | The Olympic Champion | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
| Die Matrosen von Kronstadt | Solomka | Movie | 1983 | |
| Der Zappler | Nachbar | Movie | 1983 | |
 | Bella Donna | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
| Bei Bio | Self | TV Series | 1983 | |
 | The Island of the Bloody Plantation | Bevney | Movie | 1983 |
| The Island of the Bloody Plantation | Writer | Movie | 1983 |
| The Island of the Bloody Plantation | Director | Movie | 1983 |
| Traumlage | Fellner | Movie | 1983 | |
 | The Ghost | Poli | Movie | 1982 |
| Krimistunde | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 | |
| Ich werde warten | Herr Dankert | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Liebeskonzil | Gerichtspräsident | Movie | 1982 |
 | The Magic Mountain | Dr. Krokowski | Movie | 1982 |
| Dr. Margarete Johnsohn | Herr Körber | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Confessions of Felix Krull | Sally Meerschaum | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Fire and Sword | Ganelon | Movie | 1982 |
| Today We're Playing Boss | Reichenstein | Movie | 1981 | |
| Today We're Playing Boss | Writer | Movie | 1981 | |
 | Frankfurt: The Face of a City | Ossi | Movie | 1981 |
 | Wie die Weltmeister | Oberamtmann | Movie | 1981 |
 | Angels of Iron | Chauffeur | Movie | 1981 |
| Total vereist | Mr. Münch | Movie | 1981 | |
| Die Fahrt nach Schlangenbad | Alfred Wittkowsky | Movie | 1981 | |
| Slow Attack | Maria Franz Beekenbrandt | Movie | 1980 | |
 | Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen | Hitler | Movie | 1980 |
 | Ticket of No Return | Chef | Movie | 1979 |
 | Der Durchdreher | Mann von Glorias Freundin | Movie | 1979 |
 | Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Production Design | Movie | 1979 |
| Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident | Art Direction | Movie | 1979 |
 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Fall | Theopont Dirlewanger | Movie | 1979 |
| Victor | Ringmaster | Movie | 1979 | |
 | Der ganz normale Wahnsinn | Franz | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Boarding School | Fletcher | Movie | 1978 |
| Boarding School | Set Designer | Movie | 1978 |
 | Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob? | Arthur | Movie | 1977 |
| Nur ein kleines bisschen Liebe | Man in Bar | Movie | 1977 | |
 | The Stationmaster’s Wife | Xaver Ferdinand Maria Bolwieser - Station Master | Movie | 1977 |
| The Stationmaster’s Wife | Production Design | Movie | 1977 |
 | Group Portrait with a Lady | Parteifunktionär | Movie | 1977 |
 | Adolf and Marlene | Adolf Hitler | Movie | 1977 |
| Adolf and Marlene | Production Design | Movie | 1977 |
| Adolf and Marlene | Property Master | Movie | 1977 |
 | Chinese Roulette | Art Direction | Movie | 1977 |
 | Eierdiebe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Four Against the Bank | Production Design | Movie | 1976 |
 | The American Soldier | Ricky's Brother | Movie | 1976 |
| The American Soldier | Assistant Director | Movie | 1976 |
| The American Soldier | Production Design | Movie | 1976 |
 | Satan’s Brew | Walter Kranz | Movie | 1976 |
| Satan’s Brew | Production Design | Movie | 1976 |
 | I Only Want You to Love Me | Production Design | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Atlantic Swimmers | Polizist | Movie | 1976 |
 | Fear of Fear | Herr Bauer | Movie | 1975 |
| Fear of Fear | Art Designer | Movie | 1975 |
 | Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | Barkeeper Gustav | Movie | 1975 |
| Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | Writer | Movie | 1975 |
| Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven | Production Design | Movie | 1975 |
 | Fox and His Friends | Wodka-Peter | Movie | 1975 |
| Fox and His Friends | Production Design | Movie | 1975 |
 | Like a Bird on a Wire | Audience Member | Movie | 1975 |
| Like a Bird on a Wire | Production Design | Movie | 1975 |
 | Münchner Geschichten | Peter Pickl | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Derrick | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Brutalization of Franz Blum | Aufseher Wupke | Movie | 1974 |
 | Effi Briest | Art Direction | Movie | 1974 |
 | Martha | Secretary | Movie | 1974 |
| Martha | Production Design | Movie | 1974 |
 | Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Car Mechanic | Movie | 1974 |
| Der Verfolger | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 | |
 | World on a Wire | Mark Holm | TV Series | 1973 |
| World on a Wire | Production Design | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Tenderness of the Wolves | Insp. Fritz Haarmann | Movie | 1973 |
| Tenderness of the Wolves | Writer | Movie | 1973 |
| Tenderness of the Wolves | Production Design | Movie | 1973 |
 | Jail Bait | Fabrikleiter | Movie | 1973 |
| Jail Bait | Production Design | Movie | 1973 |
 | Bremen Freedom | Zimmerman | Movie | 1972 |
| Bremen Freedom | Production Design | Movie | 1972 |
 | Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day | Harald | TV Series | 1972 |
| Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day | Production Design | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Production Design | Movie | 1972 |
| The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Assistant Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Merchant of Four Seasons | Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law | Movie | 1972 |
| The Merchant of Four Seasons | Costume Design | Movie | 1972 |
| The Merchant of Four Seasons | Production Design | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Ancestress | Pfarrer | Movie | 1971 |
 | Beware of a Holy Whore | Fred | Movie | 1971 |
| Beware of a Holy Whore | Production Design | Movie | 1971 |
 | Whity | Pianist (uncredited) | Movie | 1971 |
| Whity | Production Design | Movie | 1971 |
 | Mathias Kneißl | Fritz Rechthaler, Jungbauer | Movie | 1971 |
 | Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
| Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Production Design | Movie | 1971 |
| Pioneers in Ingolstadt | Producer | Movie | 1971 |
 | Rio das Mortes | Tankwart | Movie | 1971 |
| Rio das Mortes | Production Design | Movie | 1971 |
| Rio das Mortes | Costume Design | Movie | 1971 |
| Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 | Self | Movie | 1971 | |
| Weg vom Fenster | Erster Erzieher | Movie | 1970 | |
 | The Niklashausen Journey | Bischof | Movie | 1970 |
| The Niklashausen Journey | Production Design | Movie | 1970 |
 | Gods of the Plague | Production Design | Movie | 1970 |
| Gods of the Plague | Assistant Director | Movie | 1970 |
 | Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Mr. R. | Movie | 1970 |
| Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? | Production Design | Movie | 1970 |
 | End of the Commune? | Self (uncredited) | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Coffee House | Don Marzio | Movie | 1970 |
 | Love Is Colder Than Death | Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus | Movie | 1970 |
| Die Revolte | Tankwart | Movie | 1969 | |
| German Film Award | Self | TV Series | 1951 |