Kurt Raab

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jul 20, 1941 (83 years old)
Death date
Jun 28, 1988

Kurt Raab

Known For

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Movie 1989

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja

Yearning for Sodom
0h 45m
Movie 1989

Yearning for Sodom

Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1h 40m
Movie 1986

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

Together with her bisexual friend and manager Stefan, singer Miko is working on a great career that has so far failed to materialize.

Das Totenreich
3h 30m
Movie 1986

Das Totenreich

Denmark, by the end of the 19th century. Gov. Dihmer gives his resignation because of his illness. Two friends, a pastor and a physician, try to awaken his willpower and transcend a journey to Italy. Meanwhile, in the homeland, there are political breakthroughs that make little hope for new times.

Feel the Motion
1h 37m
Movie 1985

Feel the Motion

Young Tina has a big dream, she wants to become a successful pop singer. That's why she tries her luck in the music show 'Formel Eins'. There she meets all kinds of stars like Falco, Meat Loaf, Die Toten Hosen and Pia Zadora and of course the presenter Ingolf Lück. The result is a colorful mix-up and the question arises as to whether Tina can make her dream come true.

Parker
1h 37m
Movie 1985

Parker

An Aussie businessman is trying to find out why and by whom he was kidnapped and then later released with no explanation.

Biography

Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.

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