!!!Brandauer, Klaus Maria eigentlich K. Steng

b. Altaussee (Styria), June 22, 1944, actor, director; husband of 
Karin K.  Brandauer. Engagements in Tuebingen, Salzburg, Duesseldorf, 
Vienna (Theater in der Josefstadt) and Munich. Since 1971 member of 
the Burgtheater company (some intervals). Highlights of his stage 
career were "Jedermann" ("Everyman") at the Salzburg Festival 
(1983-1989) and "Hamlet". International breakthrough as a film actor 
in I. Szabó's adaptation of the K. Mann novel "Mephisto" (1981, 
awarded the Oscar in the category "best foreign film"). Stage and film 
director ("Georg Elsner, einer aus Deutschland", 1989).

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Further film roles in: Never Say Never Again, 1983; Oberst Redl, 1984; 
Out of Africa, 1985; Hanussen, 1987; Das Spinnennetz, 1988; White 
Fang, 1991; Becoming Colette, 1992; Mario und der Zauberer, 1992; etc.

!Literature
P. Lanz, K. M. B., 1986; H. R. Blum, K. M. B., 1996.


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