Klaus Wennemann
Encyclopedia
Klaus Wennemann was a German
actor. He was best known for his roles as the Chief Engineer (the LI) in Das Boot
and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder
. He died at the age of 59 from lung cancer
.
Wennemann was good friends with Jürgen Prochnow
. Their real-life friendship helped the on-screen friendship between their characters in Das Boot
.
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...
actor. He was best known for his roles as the Chief Engineer (the LI) in Das Boot
Das Boot
Das Boot is a 1981 German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann...
and as Faber in the TV series Der Fahnder
Der Fahnder
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005.In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.-Cast:Klaus Wennemann: Hannes Faber...
. He died at the age of 59 from lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
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Wennemann was good friends with Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the sympathetic submarine captain in Das Boot , Duke Leto Atreides I in Dune , the minor, but important role of Neo-Stalinist dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One and the villain Maxwell Dent in...
. Their real-life friendship helped the on-screen friendship between their characters in Das Boot
Das Boot
Das Boot is a 1981 German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann...
.