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Karl Fochler


1898 - 1982

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The actor Karl Fochler was an established theater actor in Austria and was among others active at the Theater in der Josefstadt.
He appeared in different genres on stage - from comedies, to dramas till to operettas.

Karl Fochler entered the film business in 1937 where he impersonated many support roles.
Till the end of World War II he took part in the movies "Togger" (37), "Yvette" (38), "Du und ich" (38), "Der Feuerteufel" (40), "Stern von Rio" (40), "Trenck, der Pandur" (40), "Bismarck" (40), "Die heimliche Gräfin" (42) and "Titanic" (43).

He continued his career after the war both at the theater and in movies.
After his first postwar movies like "Wer küsst wen?" (47) and "Märchen vom Glück" (49) he impersonated again numerous movie roles during the 50s.
To his well-known movies of those years belong "Das Herz einer Frau" (51), "Die Regimentstocher" (53), "Bel Ami" (55), "Der Kongress tanzt" (55) and "Wie schön, dass es dich gibt" (57). But especially his appearances in the Sissi movies "Sissi" (55), "Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin" (56) and "Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin" (57) he became popular to a new and young audience. In these movies he always impersonated the role of Count Grünne.

Karl Fochler shifted his activity from cinema to televion from the 60s where he again appeared in numerous productions. Only rarely he took part in cinema movies again.
To these works "Der brave Soldat Schwejk" (60), "Höllenangst" (61), "Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung" (64), an episode of the serial "Pater Brown: Das Lied an die fliegenden Fische" (66), "Prinz und Betteljunge" (66), "Der Gürtel" (67), "Der Feldmarschall" (68), "Zwei aus Verona" (69), "Das Geld liegt auf der Bank" (70), an episode of the serial "Der Kurier der Kaiserin: Der neue Oberst" (70), an episode of the serial "Hallo - Hotel Sacher...Portier!: Die Frau Kammersängerin" (74) and "Hiob" (78).

Karl Fochler remained active as an actor till to his death. To his last cinematical works belong "Egon Schiele" (80), an episode of the serial "Tatort: Mord auf Raten" (80) and "Der Schüler Gerber" (81).


Other movies with Karl Fochler:
Versprich mir nichts! (37) Der Vierte kommt nicht (39) Evtl. spätere Heirat nicht ausgeschlossen (39) Die lustigen Vagabunden (40) Kopf hoch, Johannes! (41) Abenteuer im Schloss (52) Hannerl – Ich tanze mit Dir in den Himmel hinein (52) Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch (55) Liebe, die den Kopf verliert (56) Die Winzerin von Langenlois (57) Die Conways und die Zeit (58) Der Fall Pnedus (59) Sooo nicht, meine Herren (60) Schlagerrevue 1962 (61) Alles gerettet (63) Die verhängnisvolle Faschingsnacht (65) Serie "Donaug'schichten (65-66) Die venezianischen Zwillinge (66) Spaghetti (68) Die Begnadigung (68) Das Lamm (69) Die Enthüllung (69) Rebell in der Soutane (70) Serie "Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk" (72) Ein Badeunfall (76) Abendlicht (77) Die Bräute des Kurt Roidl (79)

 
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