Peter Fitz

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Aug 08, 1931 (93 years old)
Death date
Jan 10, 2013

Peter Fitz

Known For

Ein Sommer in Paris
1h 29m
Movie 2011

Ein Sommer in Paris

Clara and her boyfriend break up their relationship in Paris. She stays a few days in the city, where he meets a man who offers her work. But, unexpectedly, love again knocking on her door.

Bis an die Grenze
Movie 2009

Bis an die Grenze

Berlin couple Eva and Peter are planning a trip to Bavaria with their children to visit Eva's parents. But there is trouble brewing behind the idyllic family façade. Father-in-law Anton and Peter can't smell each other, and the relationship between Eva and Anton is also fraught with accusations. With this baggage, the family goes on a day trip hiking in the Bavarian Forest. But before all the conflicts can be resolved, they fall into the hands of a brutal gang of smugglers - only Eva is able to escape. When the first shot is fired, the horror trip and a merciless hunt through the national park begins...

Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!
Movie 2009

Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!

Franz, editor-in-chief of a large publishing house and no stranger to sadness himself, learns shortly before his wife Simone's death that she has been cheating on him. Stunned by this infidelity, he doggedly sets out in search of his rival. At Simone's funeral, a pimp turns up with two bodyguards and lays a wreath with the dedication 'With love - your tiger'. Franz wants to get to know this rival better and even follows him to his stately home in Andalusia.

Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette
1h 30m
TV Show 2007

Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette

Bronski und Bernstein
0h 45m
TV Show 2001

Bronski und Bernstein

Bronski und Bernstein is a German television series.

The Shop
1h 30m
TV Show 1998

The Shop

The life of a family in Germany between 1920s and 1940s.

Felix – ein Freund fürs Leben
TV Show 1997

Felix – ein Freund fürs Leben

Lawyer Arnold König has just moved into a new house in Bonn with his family. On his first day at work, Felix the apparently stray St. Bernard runs into his car. While the stressed-out Arnold vehemently resists keeping the dog, his wife Ellen and children Julia and Tim immediately take him to their hearts. But that soon changes. Chaos soon breaks out in the König household when the curious Felix explores his new home and turns the whole house upside down. From now on, the Königs are no longer safe from surprises. Freshly planted flowerbeds are razed to the ground again. The neighbor's cat is chased off their property in wild chases. The specially built doghouse soon falls victim to the dog's temperament and Felix doesn't even stop at the fridge at home. Despite everything, the Königs can't do without their faithful St. Bernard.

Hass im Kopf
1h 34m
Movie 1994

Hass im Kopf

A right-wing radical, who is not quite aware that he is one, goes around with his buddies beating people up and taking part in scene events. Things look bad at home. His mother is in the hospital because her husband beat her up. The drunken father has long since brought in a replacement, a homeless woman. The teenager lives in eternal stress with the alcoholic, but gains respect from his father through his right-wing radical friends. From now on, his home becomes the main meeting place of the clique. When one of the antisocial outings of the clique ends fatally for one of the victims, the father offers his son and his friends first an alibi, later a hiding place..

Alles außer Mord
1h 30m
TV Show 1994

Alles außer Mord

Alles außer Mord was a German crime television series which aired on the TV station ProSieben between 1993 and 1995. 14 episodes were produced. The series features various criminal cases of determined private investigator Uli Spruce, who tells his clients: "I do everything - except murder".

Biography

Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber. In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine. Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work. Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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