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Karl Lieffen

Karl Lieffen

Acting • 1926-05-17 • Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl Lieffen (born Karel František Lifka, 17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998. He was born in Osek, Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. He died in Starnberg, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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One, Two, Three7.5

One, Two, Three

1961

Otto - The Movie6.5

Otto - The Movie

1985

Nick Knattertons Abenteuer7.6

Nick Knattertons Abenteuer

1959

Ship of the Dead6.6

Ship of the Dead

1959

Piccadilly Zero Hour 126.7

Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

1963

The Angels of the Street6.5

The Angels of the Street

1969

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