| “Eccentric, impertinent and vulgar,- Klaus Kinski, who was hardly loved by anyone, has been a favourite of the media for decades. He lounged on the couches in TV-studios; he cursed, provoked and enjoyed himself in the role of a potent, malicious king surrounded by nothing but simple-minded flunkeys.”
(Verena Lueken, Märtyrer der Männlichkeit. Zum Tod von Klaus Kinski [Martyr of virility. Death of Klaus Kinski], FAZ 27.11.1991).
Kinski's career started in 1953 in Berlin , where he worked together with Borislaw Barlog. But after just a short while Kinski broke with him.
Soon his name was spread all over Germany . It was due to the fact that he acted at theatres but also that he worked as a reciter and interpreter of lyrics: Works of Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Villon, and Dostojewskij, all recorded impressively with his harsh voice which was rich of different shades.
His international career started in the numerous “Edgar-Wallace-Movies”, where he always played the most eccentric minor roles. Later he mentioned that these films were just good enough to make you “vomit”.
Two of his bigger roles were outstanding and therefore highly appreciated: The character of the wretched Vampire “Nosferatu” (1980 by Werner Herzog), for which he received several awards as the best actor in 1980, and the role of a killer in Sergio Corbucci's “Il Grande Silencio”.
The exhibition about Kinski's life and work has been shown in several cities of Germany and was a great success. It consists of about 360 exhibits like theatre and cinema posters, letters, historic photographs, newspaper articles, manuscripts etc.
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