Klaus Kinski was born in Sopot, now Gdansk, Poland, on October 8, 1926. The boy’s father was a pharmacist, and his mother was the daughter of a German pastor. Klaus was the youngest child in the family, there were four children in total.
In 1931, the whole family moved to Berlin, where the boy was admitted to the gymnasium in Schöneberg. In 1943, the future actor served in the army in an amphibious battalion, being captured by the British during the war. In the camp for prisoners of war, he began
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Klaus Kinski was born in Sopot, now Gdansk, Poland, on October 8, 1926. The boy’s father was a pharmacist, and his mother was the daughter of a German pastor. Klaus was the youngest child in the family, there were four children in total.
In 1931, the whole family moved to Berlin, where the boy was admitted to the gymnasium in Schöneberg. In 1943, the future actor served in the army in an amphibious battalion, being captured by the British during the war. In the camp for prisoners of war, he began to perform in the theater.
When the war ended, Klaus Kinski stayed in West Germany, playing first in the provincial theaters and then in Berlin itself. He perfectly read monologues, due to which he became famous. The actor recited the New Testament, Nietzsche, François Villon and Kurt Tuholsky. And Klaus' recitations of the works of Bertolt Brecht, Goethe and Friedrich Schiller were released on records.
Kinsky first appeared in the movie Morituri in 1947, then starred in several commercial projects of low artistic level.
In 1963, the actor managed to star in ten films, he simply refused to participate in the filming of films, on which Steven Spielberg and Federico Fellini worked, if the fee was low.
In 1965, Klaus Kinsky appeared in films.
" A few more dollars. and "Doctor Zhivago."
Since 1972 he began working with Werner Herzog, who invited him to the role in the film.
"Aguirre, the wrath of God" . The actor then appeared as a vampire in a remake of Count Dracula's silent film Nosferatu: The Ghost of the Night.
After he worked on the film adaptation of the play Wojcieck by playwright Georg Buchner. In 1981, the actor played in the film “Fitzcaraldo”, and in the late 90s, director Herzog worked on the documentary “My Favorite Enemy” about the difficult relationship between him and Kinsky.
Klaus' directorial debut took place in 1989 with a picture
"Paganini" However, the film had serious difficulties with the release.
He died in 1991 in Lagunitas, California, USA.
