Biography: life and films
Klaus Kinski was a German actor whose birth name was Klaus Gunther Nakszynski. He was born in Zoppot, Free City of Danzig on 18th October 1926 and died in Lagunitas, California, USA on 23rd November 1991, aged 65.His best films as an actor include Duccio Tessari's Bastardi, I (1968), Werner Herzog's Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972), Raphaële Billetdoux's La Femme enfant (1980), Les Blank's Burden of Dreams (1982) and Fitzcarraldo (1982), and whose best work as a film director include Kinski Paganini (1989).
Klaus Kinski appeared in 131 films, directed 2 films and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Werner Herzog (6 films), Alfred Vohrer (6), Jesus Franco (4), Antonio Margheriti (4), Franz Josef Gottlieb (3), Sergio Garrone (2), Rudolf Zehetgruber (2), Roberto Rossellini (2), Maurizio Pradeaux (2), Luigi Bazzoni (2), Joe D'Amato (2), Gianfranco Parolini (2), Duccio Tessari (2), Demofilo Fidani (2), Damiano Damiani (2), Augusto Caminito (2), Alberto Cardone (2) and (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (48 films), Thriller (29), Western (23), Horror (23), crime-thriller (12), War (10), comedy (9), history (4), Biography (4), romance (3), comedy-thriller (2), Fantasy (2) and Documentary (2).
Our average rating for Klaus Kinski over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
Morituri (1948) [a]
La Paura (1954) [a]
Hanussen (1955) [a]
Kinder, Mütter und ein General (1955) [a]
Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) [a]
Sarajevo (1955) [a]
Geliebte Corinna (1956) [a]
Waldwinter (1956) [a]
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) [a]
Der Rächer (1960) [a]
Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961) [a]
Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen (1961) [a]
Die Toten Augen von London (1961) [a]
Die seltsame Gräfin (1961) [a]
Das Gasthaus an der Themse (1962) [a]
Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee (1962) [a]
Der Rote Rausch (1962) [a]
Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern (1962) [a]
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) [a]
Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Witwe (1963) [a]
Das Indische Tuch (1963) [a]
Der Schwarze Abt (1963) [a]
Der Zinker (1963) [a]
Die Schwarze Kobra (1963) [a]
Piccadilly null Uhr zwölf (1963) [a]
Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse (1963) [a]
Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke (1964) [a]
Das Verrätertor (1964) [a]
Der Letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz (1964) [a]
Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß (1964) [a]
Wartezimmer zum Jenseits (1964) [a]
Winnetou - 2. Teil (1964) [a]
Estambul 65 (1965) [a]
Neues vom Hexer (1965) [a]
Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) [a]
The Dirty Game (1965) [a]
The Pleasure Girls (1965) [a]
Circus of Fear (1966) [a]
Das Geheimnis der gelben Mönche (1966) [a]
El Chuncho, quien sabe? (1966) [a]
Le Carnaval des barbouzes (1966) [a]
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) [a]
Ad ogni costo (1967) [a]
Die blaue Hand (1967) [a]
Five Golden Dragons (1967) [a]
The Million Eyes of Su-Muru (1967) [a]
A qualsiasi prezzo (1968) [a]
Bastardi, I (1968) [a]
Coplan sauve sa peau (1968) [a]
Il Grande silenzio (1968) [a]
L'Uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta (1968) [a]
Mister Zehn Prozent - Miezen und Moneten (1968) [a]
Ognuno per sé (1968) [a]
Se incontri Sartana prega per la tua morte (1968) [a]
5 per l'inferno (1969) [a]
A doppia faccia (1969) [a]
Due volte Giuda (1969) [a]
Il Dito nella piaga (1969) [a]
La Legge dei gangsters (1969) [a]
Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) [a]
Paroxismus (1969) [a]
Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino (1969) [a]
Appuntamento col disonore (1970) [a]
E Dio disse a Caino (1970) [a]
I Leopardi di Churchill (1970) [a]
La Belva (1970) [a]
Mir hat es immer Spaß gemacht (1970) [a]
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (1970) [a]
Black Killer (1971) [a]
Giù la testa... hombre (1971) [a]
Il Venditore di morte (1971) [a]
L'Occhio del ragno (1971) [a]
La Bestia uccide a sangue freddo (1971) [a]
La Vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo (1971) [a]
Lo chiamavano King (1971) [a]
Nella stretta morsa del ragno (1971) [a]
Per una bara piena di dollari (1971) [a]
Prega il morto e ammazza il vivo (1971) [a]
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972) [a]
Il Mio nome è Shangai Joe (1972) [a]
Il Ritorno di Clint il solitario (1972) [a]
Eroi all'inferno (1973) [a]
La Mano spietata della legge (1973) [a]
La Morte ha sorriso all'assassino (1973) [a]
Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? (1974) [a]
La Mano che nutre la morte (1974) [a]
Das Netz (1975) [a]
Il Ritorno di Shanghai Joe (1975) [a]
L'Important c'est d'aimer (1975) [a]
Le Orme (1975) [a]
Un Genio, due compari, un pollo (1975) [a]
Jack the Ripper (1976) [a]
Lifespan (1976) [a]
Nuit d'or (1976) [a]
La Chanson de Roland (1978) [a]
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) [a]
Woyzeck (1979) [a]
Zoo zéro (1979) [a]
Haine (1980) [a]
Schizoid (1980) [a]
Buddy Buddy (1981) [a]
Les Fruits de la passion (1981) [a]
Venom (1981) [a]
Android (1982) [a]
Burden of Dreams (1982) [a]
Love and Money (1982) [a]
The Soldier (1982) [a]
Geheimcode: Wildgänse (1984) [a]
The Little Drummer Girl (1984) [a]
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984) [a]
Creature (1985) [a]
El Caballero del dragón (1985) [a]
Kommando Leopard (1985) [a]
Revenge of the Stolen Stars (1985) [a]
Crawlspace (1986) [a]
Cobra Verde (1987) [a]
Grandi cacciatori (1988) [a]
Nosferatu a Venezia (1988) [a,d]
Kinski Paganini (1989) [a,d,w]
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999) [a]
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The very best American film comedies
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
