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Herbert Achternbusch is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor Allemand born on 23 november 1938 at Munich (German)

Herbert Achternbusch

Herbert Achternbusch
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Nationality German
Birth 23 november 1938 at Munich (German)
Death 10 january 2022 (at 83 years)

Herbert Achternbusch (born 23 November 1938 in Munich) is a German writer, painter and filmmaker. His anarchist surrealistic films are not known to a wide audience in Germany, although one of them, Das Gespenst (The Ghost), caused a scandal in 1983 because of its
alleged blasphemous content. Werner Herzog, a director of the New German Cinema, based his film Heart of Glass on a story by Achternbusch.

In 1981, he directed the film Der Neger Erwin, which was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, he directed The Ghost, which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1988, his film Wohin? was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1995, his film Hades was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.

Herbert Achternbusch was awarded the German international literary Petrarca-Preis in 1977, but he declined. In 2010, he was awarded the Kassel Literary Prize. He won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 1986 and 1994.

Usually with

Josef Bierbichler
Josef Bierbichler
(4 films)
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
(2 films)
Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab
(2 films)
Thomas Holtzmann
Thomas Holtzmann
(1 films)
Jens Harzer
Jens Harzer
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Herbert Achternbusch (6 films)

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Actor

Wohin?
Wohin? (1988)
, 1h36
Directed by Herbert Achternbusch
Genres Drama
Actors Herbert Achternbusch, Josef Bierbichler, Kurt Raab
Roles Herbert
Rating69% 3.4939253.4939253.4939253.4939253.493925
Der Neger Erwin
Der Neger Erwin (1981)
, 1h32
Directed by Herbert Achternbusch
Genres Comedy
Actors Herbert Achternbusch, Josef Bierbichler
Roles Der Neger Erwin
Rating70% 3.5030953.5030953.5030953.5030953.503095
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
, 1h50
Directed by Werner Herzog
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Bruno Schleinstein, Walter Ladengast, Brigitte Mira, Reinhard Hauff, Willy Semmelrogge, Volker Prechtel
Roles country boy #1
Rating76% 3.846853.846853.846853.846853.84685
The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno Schleinstein), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man, wearing a black overcoat and top hat, who feeds him.

Director

Scriptwriter

Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass (1976)
, 1h34
Directed by Werner Herzog
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Josef Bierbichler, Clemens Scheitz, Werner Herzog, Volker Prechtel, Alan Greenberg
Roles Writer
Rating67% 3.3967753.3967753.3967753.3967753.396775
The setting is an 18th-century Bavarian town with a glassblowing factory that produces a brilliant red ruby glass. When the master glass blower dies, the secret to producing the ruby glass is lost. The local Baron and factory owner is obsessed with the ruby glass and believes it to have magical properties. With the loss of the secret, he soon descends into madness along with the rest of the townspeople. The main character is Hias, a seer from the hills, who predicts the destruction of the factory in a fire.

Producer

Der Neger Erwin
Der Neger Erwin (1981)
, 1h32
Directed by Herbert Achternbusch
Genres Comedy
Actors Herbert Achternbusch, Josef Bierbichler
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.5030953.5030953.5030953.5030953.503095