Will Quadflieg
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Friedrich Wilhelm "Will" Quadflieg (15 September 1914 – 27 November 2003) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 actor
Actor
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 from Oberhausen
Oberhausen
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. He was the father of actor Christian Quadflieg
Christian Quadflieg
Christian Urs Quadflieg is a German television actor and director. He has lived in Hamburg since 1991. His father was the German actor Will Quadflieg.Christian Quadflieg attended school in Hamburg...

. He is considered one of Germany's best post-war
World War II
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 actors. One of his most widely recognized roles was in the title role in the 1960 film Faust
Goethe's Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: and . Although written as a closet drama, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages...

. He also starred in a number of other roles. Quadflieg died from pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream . Usually this is due to embolism of a thrombus from the deep veins in the legs, a process termed venous thromboembolism...

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Filmography

  • 1938: Der Maulkorb
  • 1940: Das Herz der Königin
  • 1940: Kora Terry
  • 1941: Mein Leben für Irland
  • 1942: Schicksal
  • 1942: Der große Schatten
  • 1942: G.P.U.
  • 1944: Philharmoniker
  • 1944: Die Zaubergeige
  • 1945: Solistin Anna Alt
  • 1950: Die Lüge
  • 1951: Schwarze Augen
  • 1951: Das ewige Spiel
  • 1951: Die Tödlichen Träume
    Die Tödlichen Träume
    Die Tödlichen Träume is a 1951 German drama film directed by Paul Martin. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Rudolf Forster - Opitz / E.T.A...

  • 1952: Die Försterchristl
  • 1953: Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer
  • 1953: Vergiß die Liebe nicht
  • 1955: Lola Montès
    Lola Montès
    Lola Montès is an historical film, and the last film directed by Max Ophüls. The film is based loosely on the life of the 19th Century cabaret dancer Lola Montez — portrayed by Martine Carol — and tells the story of her numerous affairs, most notably with Franz Liszt and Ludwig I, King of Bavaria,...

  • 1955: San Salvatore
  • 1960: Faust
    Faust (1960 film)
    Faust is a 1960 West German fantasy film directed by Peter Gorski. It is based on Goethe's Faust and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg...

  • 1979: Derrick
    Derrick (TV series)
    Derrick is a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein , who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings Derrick is a...

     - Season 6, Episode 9: "Ein Kongreß in Berlin"
  • 1981: Dantons Tod
  • 1986: Die Reise
  • 1992: Der große Bellheim
  • 1994: Der gute Merbach
  • 1999: Dr. Robert Schuhmann – Teufelsromantiker

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