Oskar Werner

Also Credited As:

Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer
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Biography

Werner scored leads in several European productions but, save for his poignant performance in "Decision Before Dawn" (1951), remained better known for his theater work; he was generally considered his country's greatest talent.

Fair-haired and slight, Werner re-emerged in the 1960s in a string of excellent film roles, including Jules in Francois Truffaut's classic "Jules and Jim" (1961), the world-weary counterspy in "The Spy Who Came in From …

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Job Title

Actor

Born

November 13, 1922

LATEST CREDITS

Interlude

Stefan Zelter

Fahrenheit 451

Montag

Jules and Jim

Jules

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Fiedler

Decision Before Dawn

Actor

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Father Telemond

Ship of Fools

Dr Schumann

Lola Montes

The Student

Voyage of the Damned

Dr Egon Kreisler