Born Oct. 18, 1926, in Sopot, Poland, Kinski began working on the German stage after World War II, quickly gaining fame as a monologist (in one performance, he reinterpreted the Gospels with Jesus as a raging psychopath). By the late 1940s, Kinski had broken into film, and in the '50s and '60s he played the villain in dozens of movies, including psycho-crime dramas based on Edgar Wallace novels and Italian spaghetti Westerns such as For a Few Dollars More.
It was his association with the equally intense Herzog, however, that would bring Kinski lasting fame through films such as Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1979) and Fitzcarraldo. Kinski died in 1991.
Aguirre: The Wrath of GodIn mid-16th century South America, after completely annihilating the illustrious Incan empire, Gonzalo Pizarro leads his army of conquistadors over the Andes in search of the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. As Pizarro's soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don... Read More
Nosferatu the VampyreThis stylistic 1979 retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula follows the bloodthirsty, undead count (menacingly played by Klaus Kinski) as he takes over the German village of Virna and then tries to spread his bloodsucking ways throughout the world. All that stands in his path is the lovely,... Read More
Nosferatu: Phantom Der NachtThis German-language 1979 retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula follows the bloodthirsty, undead count (menacingly played by Klaus Kinski) as he takes over the German village of Virna and then tries to spread his bloodsucking ways throughout the world. All that stands in his path is the lovely,... Read More
WoyzeckBeaten on all fronts, soldier Franz Woyzeck (Klaus Kinski) fights a desperate battle for his sanity in director Werner Herzog's adaptation of Georg Büchner's play. Considered working-class scum and abused by his military superiors, Woyzeck is pushed to the edge when he discovers his lover's... Read More
Slaughter HotelDr. Francis Clay (Klaus Kinski) is the head doctor at an asylum that houses suicidal and mentally disturbed women. Hired by a wealthy socialite who's also a patient, Dr. Clay tries desperately to cure his female charges. But when a cloaked killer begins brutally murdering the asylum's patients, the... Read More
Renegade Gun (2006) | PG-13 | |
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Star Knight (1992) | PG-13 | |
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Timestalkers (1987) | NR | |
Crawlspace (1986) | R | |
Revenge of the Stolen Stars (1986) | PG-13 | |
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Android (1982) | PG | |
Fitzcarraldo (1982) | PG | |
Burden of Dreams (1982) | NR | |
Venom (1982) | R | |
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The Liberators (1977) | NR | |
Madame Claude (1977) | R | |
Woyzeck (1976) | NR | |
Jack the Ripper (1976) | UR | |
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Lifespan (1974) | UR | |
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Count Dracula (1970) | NR | |
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Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969) | NR | |
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Five Golden Dragons (1967) | NR | |
Dr. Sadism / Death Smiles on a Murderer (1967) Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel / La Morte ha sorriso all'assassino | NR | |
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Monster of London / Mystery of the Orchid (1967) Das Ungeheuer von London City / Das Raetsel der roten Orchidee | NR | |
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Blindman / Massacre Time (1966) Il cieco / Tempo di massacro / I tre che sconvolsero il West - vado, vedo e sparo / La belva | NR | |
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For a Few Dollars More (1965) | R | |
Castle of Blood (1964) | NR | |
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World War II Movies (1943) | NR | |
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