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Mario Adorf (born 8 September 1930) is an Italian-German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978
1978 in film

The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
 film The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum (film)

The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the The Tin Drum by G?nter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schl?ndorff.The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
.

f was born in Zürich
Zürich

Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
, Switzerland, the son of an Italian surgeon and a German nurse. His first appearance on-screen was in the 1954
1954 in film

The year 1954 in film involved some significant events....
 film 08/15, in which he took on the role of a German soldier. He rose to fame in Europe, and particularly Germany, and also made appearances in international films, including Major Dundee
Major Dundee

Major Dundee was a 1965 in film Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. It starred Charlton Heston and Richard Harris as officers from opposing sides in the American Civil War who band together to hunt down a band of Apaches....
, Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians (1965 film)

The 1965 version of Ten Little Indians is the third film version of Agatha Christie's Detective fiction And Then There Were None. Although its background story is the same as the And Then There Were None , this one takes place on an isolated snowy mountain....
 and Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow (film)

Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 in film mystery/thriller film directed by Bille August, based on the book of the same name , a 1992 novel by Denmark author Peter H?eg....
.






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Mario Adorf (born 8 September 1930) is an Italian-German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978
1978 in film

The year 1978 in film involved some significant events....
 film The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum (film)

The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the The Tin Drum by G?nter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schl?ndorff.The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
.

Biography

Adorf was born in Zürich
Zürich

Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
, Switzerland, the son of an Italian surgeon and a German nurse. His first appearance on-screen was in the 1954
1954 in film

The year 1954 in film involved some significant events....
 film 08/15, in which he took on the role of a German soldier. He rose to fame in Europe, and particularly Germany, and also made appearances in international films, including Major Dundee
Major Dundee

Major Dundee was a 1965 in film Western film written by Harry Julian Fink and directed by Sam Peckinpah. It starred Charlton Heston and Richard Harris as officers from opposing sides in the American Civil War who band together to hunt down a band of Apaches....
, Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians (1965 film)

The 1965 version of Ten Little Indians is the third film version of Agatha Christie's Detective fiction And Then There Were None. Although its background story is the same as the And Then There Were None , this one takes place on an isolated snowy mountain....
 and Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow (film)

Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 in film mystery/thriller film directed by Bille August, based on the book of the same name , a 1992 novel by Denmark author Peter H?eg....
. He also played a small role in the BBC adaptation of John le Carré
John le Carré

John le Carr? is an English author of spy fiction, several of which have been adapted for film and television. He worked for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and 1960s, before leaving the secret service to devote himself to writing after the success of The Spy Who Came In from the Cold....
's Smiley's People
Smiley's People

Smiley's People is a spy novel by John le Carr?, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy," following Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy....
 as a German club owner. In Italy he was the main protagonist of the Zu Gino TV series (1985), as well as numerous movies.

In 1963, he married Lis Verhoeven
Lis Verhoeven

Lis Verhoeven is a German actor.Lis Verhoeven is the daughter of Paul Verhoeven ; she was the first wife of Mario Adorf with whom she had the daughter Stella Maria Adorf, also an actress....
. The couple had a child, Stella prior to their divorce. He starred with Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet

Barbara Bouchet, , is an actress and entrepreneur who is fluent in English language, German language, and Italian language. She is a Multicultural movie star....
 in Milano Calibro 9
Milano calibro 9

Milano calibro 9 is a poliziottesco film written and directed by the Italy crime film specialist Fernando Di Leo in 1972 in film. The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Giorgio Scerbanenco....
 in 1972. In 1985, he married Monique Faye. Adorf remains very active in German films, television, and theatre.

Adorf still regrets that he refused parts in Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
's The Godfather
The Godfather

The Godfather is an Cinema of the United States crime film film based on the The Godfather by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne, who was not credited....
 and Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder was an Austrian-United States journalist, filmmaker, screenwriter, and film producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films....
's One, Two, Three. He also turned down the role of General Mapache in Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah

David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah was an United States film director who achieved iconic status following the release of his 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch....
's The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch , directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a Western film about an aging outlaw gang at the Texas-Mexico border trying to exist in the modern world of 1913....
 (1969), because he felt the character was too violent.

Awards

  • 2000 Bavarian Film Awards
    Bayerischer Filmpreis

    The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state Government of Bavaria in Germany for ?exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.? Along with the Deutscher Filmpreis, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany....
     Honorary Award


Selected filmography

  • Brainwashed
    Brainwashed (film)

    Brainwashed is a German film. The 1960 film is based on Stefan Zweig's novella The Royal Game....
     (1960)
  • The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
    The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

    The Last Ride to Santa Cruz is a 1964 in film Germany Western directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Edmund Purdom. ...
     (1963)
  • The Dirty Game
    The Dirty Game

    The Dirty Game is a 1965 in film thriller film starring Henry Fonda. ...
     (1965)
  • That Man in Istanbul
    That Man in Istanbul

    That Man in Istanbul is a 1965 in film adventure film directed by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi and starring Horst Buchholz. ...
     (1965)
  • The Red Tent
    The Red Tent (film)

    The Red Tent is a joint Soviet/Italy film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.The film is based on a story of a rescue mission Umberto Nobile....
     (1969)
  • Milano calibro 9
    Milano calibro 9

    Milano calibro 9 is a poliziottesco film written and directed by the Italy crime film specialist Fernando Di Leo in 1972 in film. The film is based on a novel of the same name written by Giorgio Scerbanenco....
     (1972)
  • La mala ordina
    La mala ordina

    La mala ordina or Manhunt is a poliziottesco film written and directed by the Italian crime film specialist Fernando Di Leo in 1972....
     (1972)
  • The Tin Drum
    The Tin Drum (film)

    The Tin Drum is a 1979 film adaptation of the The Tin Drum by G?nter Grass. It was directed and co-written by Volker Schl?ndorff.The film won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival and the 1979 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
     (1978)
  • Lola (1981)
  • Smiley's People
    Smiley's People

    Smiley's People is a spy novel by John le Carr?, published in 1979. Featuring British master-spy George Smiley, it is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy," following Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy....
     (TV 1982)
  • Felidae
    Felidae (film)

    Felidae is a 1994 in film Germany Film noir mystery animated film. It was directed by Michael Schaack and released by the Trickompany animation studio....
     (1994)


See also

  • Lis Verhoeven
    Lis Verhoeven

    Lis Verhoeven is a German actor.Lis Verhoeven is the daughter of Paul Verhoeven ; she was the first wife of Mario Adorf with whom she had the daughter Stella Maria Adorf, also an actress....
  • Stella Adorf


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