Karlheinz Böhm
Encyclopedia
Karlheinz Böhm (born 16 March 1928 in Darmstadt
, Germany
) is an Austria
n actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm
, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom
, directed by Michael Powell
. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
in the three Sissi
movies.
He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama
spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
and Ludwig van Beethoven
in the Walt Disney
film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series
, but was released theatrically in Europe
.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas
in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
, a Technicolor
, widescreen
remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film.
Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends
), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven
).
In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar
's tenth animated feature Up
.
Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm has been actively involved in charitable
work in Ethiopia
, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize
for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples.
Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They have two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm has five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm
(born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize
for the project Menschen für Menschen.
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, Germany
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...
) is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm
Karl Böhm
Karl August Leopold Böhm was an Austrian conductor. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century.- Education :...
, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom (film)
Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological thriller directed by Michael Powell and written by the World War II cryptographer and polymath Leo Marks. The title derives from the slang expression 'peeping Tom' describing a voyeur...
, directed by Michael Powell
Michael Powell (director)
Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger...
. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of...
in the three Sissi
Sissi (film)
Sissi is a 1955 film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. It is the first of a trilogy of romantic films about the Empress of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, who was known to her family...
movies.
He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama
Cinerama
Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc. It is also the trademarked name for the corporation which was formed to market it...
spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm is a 1962 American film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal. The latter was the producer and also in charge of the stop motion animation. The film was one of the highest grossing films of 1962. It won one Oscar and was nominated for three additional...
and Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
in the Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series
Disney anthology television series
The Walt Disney anthology television series refers to a television series which has been produced by the Walt Disney Company under several different titles from 1955 to 2008...
, but was released theatrically in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas was an Austrian-Hungarian-born actor.-Biography:Born Pál Lukács in Budapest, he arrived in Hollywood in 1927 after a successful stage and film career in Hungary, Germany and Austria where he worked with Max Reinhardt. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916 and his film debut in 1917...
in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)
The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1962 drama film based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli and starred Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karlheinz Böhm, and Paul Henreid.Released by MGM, the film lost six...
, a Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
, widescreen
Widescreen
Widescreen images are a variety of aspect ratios used in film, television and computer screens. In film, a widescreen film is any film image with a width-to-height aspect ratio greater than the standard 1.37:1 Academy aspect ratio provided by 35mm film....
remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film.
Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends
Fox and His Friends
Fox and His Friends, is a 1975 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder himself, Peter Chatel and Karlheinz Böhm. The plot follows the misadventures of a working-class homosexual who falls in love with the elegant son of an industrialist...
), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven
Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven is a 1975 German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Karlheinz Böhm and Margit Carstensen. The film was shot over 20 days in February - March 1975 in Frankfurt am Main....
).
In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar
Pixar
Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...
's tenth animated feature Up
Up (2009 film)
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar, distributed by Walt Disney Pictures and presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America and opened the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first animated and 3D film...
.
Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm has been actively involved in charitable
Charitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
work in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize
Balzan Prize
The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organisations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man.-Rewards and assets:Each year the...
for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples.
Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They have two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm has five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm
Katharina Böhm
Katharina Böhm is an Austrian actress. She played the role of Livia Burlando in the Italian TV series Il commissario Montalbano based on the character Salvo Montalbano from the novels created by Andrea Camilleri.She is the daughter of Karlheinz Böhm and Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, as well as the...
(born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize
Essl Social Prize
The Essl Social Prize was founded by Martin and Gerda Essl in the year 2007. From the year 2008 onwards, a share of 1.000.000,-- Euros which is indexed yearly will be given away by the founders on projects by private social initiatives or social entrepreneurs.An advisory board supports the...
for the project Menschen für Menschen.
Filmography
- 1953: Salto Mortale
- 1955: Sissi – director: Ernst MarischkaErnst MarischkaErnst Marischka was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 93 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962...
- 1956: Sissi – Die junge Kaiserin
- 1956: 'Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
- 1957: Sissi – Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin
- 1957: Das Schloß in Tirol
- 1957: Blaue Jungs
- 1958: Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
- 1959: La Paloma - director: Paul MartinPaul Martin (director)Paul Martin was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films between 1932 and 1967.-Selected filmography:* Glückskinder * Die Tödlichen Träume * Die Privatsekretärin...
- 1958: Das Dreimäderlhaus
- 1958: The StowawayThe Stowaway (1958 film)The Stowaway is a 1958 French-Australian film co produced by Lee Robinson. It was shot on location in Tahiti. There are French and English versions.-Cast:* Martine Carol* Roger Livesey* Arletty* Serge Reggiani* Carl Boehm* Reg Lye...
- 1960: Peeping TomPeeping Tom (film)Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological thriller directed by Michael Powell and written by the World War II cryptographer and polymath Leo Marks. The title derives from the slang expression 'peeping Tom' describing a voyeur...
- director: Michael PowellMichael Powell (director)Michael Latham Powell was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger... - 1960: Der Gauner und der liebe Gott
- 1961: Die vier apokalyptischen Reiter
- 1962: Schicksals-Sinfonie
- 1962: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
- 1963: Come Fly With Me : Baron Franz Von Elzingen
- 1969: Traumnovelle
- 1973: Martha – director: Rainer Werner FassbinderRainer Werner FassbinderRainer Werner Maria Fassbinder was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of the New German Cinema.He maintained a frenetic pace in film-making...
- 1974: Faustrecht der Freiheit – director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1974: Fontane Effi Briest – director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1975: Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel – director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1980: Ringstraßenpalais - TV series
- 2009: Oben - voice only