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Peter Capell is a Actor Allemand born on 3 september 1912 at Berlin (German)

Peter Capell

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Nationality German
Birth 3 september 1912 at Berlin (German)
Death 3 march 1986 (at 73 years) at Munich (German)

Peter Capell (3 September 1912 - 3 March 1986) was a German actor who was active on screen from 1945 until 1985. Apart from a lengthy film career, he appeared in many television series and mini-series. He appeared in many old time radio programs including the series Dimension X.

His first role was in Winterset, shortly after the end of the Second World War. His final role came a year before his death, when he appeared in Mamas Geburtstag. Both of these were television productions. He also appeared in many films, including Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), in which he played the minor role of a "tinker" who spoke to Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) at the gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory during the first few minutes of the film.

Biography

Peter Capell prend des cours de théâtre auprès de Walter Franck à Berlin et a ses premières expériences dans les Reinhardt-Bühnen. Après la prise du pouvoir par les nationaux-socialistes en 1933, il émigre aux États-Unis.

Il joue dans des théâtres et fait une tournée avec la pièce Hedda Gabler de Henrik Ibsen en 1940-1941. Il fait ses débuts à New York en 1947. Il est aussi l'assistant réalisateur de Gottfried Reinhardt. Il travaille également à la radio et à la télévision. Capell apparaît dans plusieurs longs métrages américains, représentant principalement des étrangers obscènes et des méchants.

Il retourne en Allemagne en 1955 et fait de nombreuses figurations dans des productions allemandes et internationales. Dans les années 1960, Capell participe à de nombreuses productions télévisuelles allemandes, où il représente souvent des personnes âgées respectées, mais parfois douteuses comme des médecins, des dignitaires ecclésiastiques, des hauts fonctionnaires et des hommes d'affaires riches.

En outre, Capell continue à être sur scène, en particulier au Kammerspiele, au Theater Die Kleine Freiheit , au Intimen Theater et au Modernen Theater de Munich. Il est aussi metteur en scène au Hamburger Kammerspiele.

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Filmography of Peter Capell (29 films)

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Wallenberg: A Hero's Story, 3h20
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Alice Krige, Kenneth Colley, Melanie Mayron, Stuart Wilson, Bibi Andersson
Roles Kalman Lauer
Rating72% 3.633993.633993.633993.633993.63399
Raoul Wallenberg est un fonctionnaire suédois qui s'illustre pendant la Seconde guerre mondiale. Alors que les déportations de juifs sévissent dans toute l'Europe, Wallenberg se sert de sa position diplomatique pour délivrer de faux passeports à des dizaines de milliers de juifs leur évitant ainsi la Shoah.
The Little Drummer Girl, 2h10
Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Diane Keaton, Klaus Kinski, Sami Frey, Thorley Walters, Eli Danker, Julian Firth
Roles Schwindli
Rating60% 3.046433.046433.046433.046433.04643
Set in Europe and the Middle East, the plot follows the Mossad's clandestine attempt to flush out a PLO bomber named Khalil. To capture him, they kidnap and later kill his brother, then recruit an anti-Zionist American actress named Charlie to impersonate the dead man's girlfriend, hoping Khalil will contact her. Charlie does everything the Mossad asks of her, but as she goes deeply undercover, she questions just how far she should go before reaching a point where she is unable to escape.
Fedora
Fedora (1978)
, 1h54
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef, José Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Mario Adorf
Roles Second Director
Rating67% 3.398063.398063.398063.398063.39806
The film's central character is a reclusive foreign-born actress, one of the greatest movie stars of the century, who inexplicably has retained her youthful beauty despite her advancing years. In the opening scene she commits suicide by throwing herself in front of a train, and among the mourners at her funeral is aging has-been Hollywood producer Barry "Dutch" Detweiler, with whom she once had a brief affair and who serves as the film's narrator.
Sorcerer
Sorcerer (1977)
, 2h1
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Ramon Bieri, Amidou, Peter Capell
Roles Lartigue
Rating76% 3.846863.846863.846863.846863.84686
The film opens with a prologue that consists of four segments described by critics as "vignettes". They show the principal characters in different parts of the world and provide their backstories.
Escape to the Sun, 1h58
Directed by Menahem Golan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Laurence Harvey, Josephine Chaplin, Lila Kedrova, John Ireland, Jack Hawkins, Clive Revill
Roles Prof. Abramowiz
Rating57% 2.8710552.8710552.8710552.8710552.871055
A group of people wish to flee the Soviet Union to escape anti-semitism and political repression, but their activities soon attract the attention of the KGB secret police. The film is based on a short story by author Uri Dan, and in turn based loosely on the events of the June 1970 "Leningrad hijack affair", in which a group of mostly Jews and two non-Jews unsuccessfully attempted to steal Soviet airplane and fly it to freedom.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 1h40
Directed by Mel Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Cooking films, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson
Roles The Tinker
Rating77% 3.8977253.8977253.8977253.8977253.897725
In an unnamed European town, children go to a candy shop after school. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), whose family is poor, can only stare through the window as the shop owner sings "Candy Man". The newsagent for whom Charlie works after school gives him his weekly pay, which Charlie uses to buy a loaf of bread. On his way home, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. A mysterious tinker (Peter Capell) recites the first lines of William Allingham's poem "The Fairies", and tells Charlie, "Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out." Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother (Diana Sowle) and his four bedridden grandparents. After he tells Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) about the tinker, Joe tells him that Wonka locked the factory because his arch-rival, Mr. Slugworth, and other candy makers sent in spies disguised as employees to steal Wonka's recipes. Wonka disappeared, but three years later began selling more candy; the origin of Wonka's labour force is a mystery.
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried, 1h32
Directed by David F. Friedman, Adrian Hoven
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films based on mythology, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Raimund Harmstorf, Sybil Danning, Peter Berling, Peter Capell, Adrian Hoven, Stuart Lancaster
Roles Priest (uncredited)
Rating41% 2.099412.099412.099412.099412.09941
Siegfried arrive à la cour de Günter, roi des Burgondes, précédé d’une flatteuse réputation de séducteur. Il tombe amoureux de Kriemhild, la sœur du roi, mais ne pourra obtenir sa main tant que son futur beau-père n’aura pas convolé. Grâce à ses qualités athlétiques naturelles et à son don d’invisibilité, il permet à Günter en le remplaçant au moment critique, de triompher des épreuves amoureuses imposées par la belle Brunehilde à son futur époux. Un double mariage récompensera les vaillants jouteurs...
The Smugglers, 1h47
Directed by Valentino Orsini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Giuliano Gemma, Senta Berger, Bruno Cremer, Peter Capell, Sybil Danning, Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Rating69% 3.490993.490993.490993.490993.49099
Dans une ville polonaise limitrophe de la Russie, la contrebande fait rage. Vladek arrive en ville et rejoint le gang des contrebandiers. Il « travaille » et vit de nombreuses aventures amoureuses, mais est arrêté par les Russes.
Assignment K, 1h37
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Michael Redgrave, Camilla Sparv, Camilla Sparv, Leo McKern, Jeremy Kemp
Rating55% 2.7643352.7643352.7643352.7643352.764335
A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German Stasi kidnapping his girlfriend to try to extract information about his double agents' activities.
Glorious Times in the Spessart, 1h45
Directed by Kurt Hoffmann
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Time travel films, Ghost films
Actors Liselotte Pulver, Vivi Bach, Harald Leipnitz, Hannelore Elsner, Tatjana Sais, Hans Richter
Roles Mayor
Rating47% 2.3742552.3742552.3742552.3742552.374255
Anneliese, une descendante de la comtesse Franziska et de la , est la fille d'un hôtelier dans le Spessart. La jeune femme prépare son mariage avec son fiancé Frank, un officier américain d'origine allemande. Mais il retourne soudainement aux États-Unis en raison d'une affaire d'espionnage. Le mariage est menacé.
I Deal In Danger
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Goulet, Christine Carrère, Horst Frank, Donald Harron, Christiane Schmidtmer, Werner Peters
Roles Eckhardt
Rating56% 2.8165352.8165352.8165352.8165352.816535
In Nazi Germany during World War II, David March (Goulet) is an American traitor who has been given wide access to travel as he wishes within Germany. Unbeknownst to the Germans, March is actually an American spy, the last remaining from a spy ring, known as Blue Light. As time goes on, he has been able to work his way higher and higher within the Nazi intelligence apparatus, however he is suspected by a Nazi Gestapo officer, Captain Elm (Werner Peters). Along the way, he meets Susanne Duchard (Carère), a French agent, who he has a romantic interlude with, and persuades her to help him.
The Counterfeit Traitor, 2h20
Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors William Holden, Lilli Palmer, Hugh Griffith, Carl Raddatz, Charles Régnier, Ulf Palme
Rating74% 3.7420253.7420253.7420253.7420253.742025
Erickson (Holden) is an American-born Swedish oil man who is pressured by Allied intelligence agents, led by a British agent (Griffith), to spy for the Allies. Erickson begins his job reluctantly, as it causes marital discord and forces him to pose as a Nazi. He agrees because otherwise his business would be destroyed by the Allies, but over time, realizes it is the right thing to do.
The Magnificent Rebel, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians
Actors Karlheinz Böhm, Ivan Desny, Giulia Rubini, Herbert Fux, Erik Frey, Peter Capell
Roles Doctor
Rating65% 3.2747853.2747853.2747853.2747853.274785
Quelques éléments de la vie de Ludwig van Beethoven.