Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student.
Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max Reinhardt Seminar as a guest student.
Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play, Jugend vor den Schranken, was staged in Graz. Up to 1960, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the Namenlosen Ensemble made up of Gerhard Bronner, Carl Merz, Louise Martini, Peter Wehle, Georg Kreisler, and Michael Kehlmann.
Qualtinger was famous for his practical jokes. In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers announcing a visit to Vienna of a (fictional) famous Inuit poet named Kobuk (author of "The Burning Igloo"). The reporters who assembled at the railway station however were to witness Qualtinger, in fur coat and cap, stepping from the train. Asked about his "first impressions of Vienna", the "Inuit poet" commented in broad Viennese dialect, "Haaaßis'sdo - [It's hot here]".
The short one-man play Der Herr Karl, written by Qualtinger and Carl Merz and performed by Qualtinger in 1961, made the author known across German-speaking countries. "Herr Karl", a grocery store clerk, tells the story of his life to an imaginary colleague - from the days of the Habsburg empire, the First Austrian Republic, the Austrofascist regime leading up to the Anschluss (annexation) by Nazi Germany, World War II and finally military occupation by Allied forces in the 1950s, seen from the perspective of a one who is a prototypical opportunist. Qualtinger's portrayal of the petit-bourgeois Nazi collaborator came at a time when "normality" had just been restored and Austrians' involvement in the Nazi movement was being downplayed and "forgotten", making many enemies for the author, who even received anonymous threats of murder.
Beginning in the 1970s, Qualtinger frequently performed recitals of his own and other texts, including excerpts from Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf and Karl Kraus' Die letzten Tage der Menschheit (The Last Days of Mankind). These recitals were highly popular and resulted in several records being published.
Qualtinger played countless theater, TV and film parts, making his final appearance in The Name of the Rose in 1986, along with Sean Connery.
Qualtinger died in Vienna on 29 September 1986, of a liver condition.
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Filmography (Movies)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/07/2022
Qualtinger
Character:
Release Date:25/11/2011
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
Character:Self
Release Date:11/10/1986
The Name of the Rose
Character:Remigio da Varagine
Release Date:24/09/1986
The Diary of Dr. Döblinger
Character:Dr. Döblinger
Release Date:31/08/1986
Cat's Game
Character:Viktor
Release Date:23/06/1985
Helmut Qualtinger liest Mein Kampf
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
Die Hinrichtung
Character:
Release Date:02/10/1981
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Character:Zauberkönig
Release Date:01/01/1979
Feuerwasser
Character:Sepp O'Brian
Release Date:23/07/1978
End of the Game
Character:Von Schwendi
Release Date:05/05/1978
Grandison
Character:Dr. Ludwig Pfister
Release Date:28/03/1978
Abelard - Die Entmannung
Character:
Release Date:18/02/1977
Mulligans Rückkehr
Character:Mulligan
Release Date:01/01/1977
Mitgift
Character:Huck
Release Date:13/02/1976
Eiszeit
Character:Officer
Release Date:15/08/1975
Von und mit....Helmut Qualtinger
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1975
Ward 6
Character:Ragin
Release Date:03/12/1974
Der Kulterer
Character:Kulterer
Release Date:06/03/1974
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/1973
Weights and Measures
Character:Anselm Eibenschütz
Release Date:26/01/1973
Wer war Andre Heller?
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/06/1972
Die heilige Johanna
Character:Soldat
Release Date:30/12/1971
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
Character:Erwin Plückhahn
Release Date:14/07/1971
König Johann
Character:Johann Plantagenet, König von England
Release Date:20/01/1971
Passion eines Politkers
Character:Nationalrat Bröschl
Release Date:17/05/1970
Das weite Land
Character:Natter
Release Date:29/03/1970
Die Geschichte der 1002. Nacht
Character:Ignaz Trummer
Release Date:25/12/1969
Diary of a Serial Killer
Character:Rudi Böhm
Release Date:18/06/1969
Das vierte Gebot
Character:Schalanter
Release Date:15/09/1968
The Castle
Character:Bürgel
Release Date:30/08/1968
Der Paukenspieler
Character:Ferry
Release Date:01/12/1967
Kurzer Prozeß
Character:Inspektor Pokorny
Release Date:24/11/1967
Umsonst
Character:Pitzl
Release Date:08/07/1967
Der Herr Karl
Character:Herr Karl
Release Date:01/01/1967
Der Fall Bohr
Character:Matzenauer
Release Date:01/12/1966
Samba
Character:Capitano Agamemnon Heredia
Release Date:09/05/1966
Die Hinrichtung
Character:Scharfrichter Engel
Release Date:11/04/1966
Lumpazivagabundus
Character:Knieriem, ein Schustergeselle
Release Date:03/12/1965
Der Himbeerpflücker
Character:Konrad Steisshäuptl
Release Date:23/06/1965
Radetzkymarsch
Character:Kapturak
Release Date:17/04/1965
Biedermann und die Brandstifter
Character:Schmitz - ein Ringer
Release Date:10/05/1963
Einen Jux will er sich machen
Character:Melchior - Hausknecht
Release Date:19/05/1962
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
Character:Oskar
Release Date:07/09/1961
Mann im Schatten
Character:Oberpolizeirat Dr. Radosch
Release Date:25/08/1961
Die Kurve
Character:Ministerialdirigent Kriegbaum
Release Date:22/07/1961
The Magnificent Rogue
Character:Seppl Reber
Release Date:01/11/1960
Die schöne Lügnerin
Character:Detective Zawadil
Release Date:09/09/1959
Mikosch of the Secret Service
Character:Oberst Fedor Fedorowitsch Ganiew
Release Date:27/02/1959
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
Character:Kanzakis
Release Date:13/08/1958
Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg
Character:Der Schlechtere
Release Date:07/04/1957
Scherben bringen Glück
Character:Wollner
Release Date:01/01/1957
Hanussen
Character:Ernst Röhm
Release Date:14/09/1955
Sonnenschein und Wolkenbruch
Character:Werbefachmann
Release Date:12/06/1955
Du bist die Richtige
Character:Orientalischer Fürst
Release Date:13/01/1955
König der Manege
Character:Mirko
Release Date:23/09/1954
Hab’ ich nur Deine Liebe
Character:Direktor Pokorny
Release Date:17/12/1953
Einmal keine Sorgen haben
Character:Kraps
Release Date:20/05/1953
April 1, 2000
Character:
Release Date:19/11/1952
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