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Kurt Raab

Acting

Born July 20, 1941 · Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland [now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic]

Died June 28, 1988

Also known as Curd Melber

IMDb

Biography

Kurt Raab (July 20, 1941 – June 28, 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.

Awards & recognition

  • German Film Award

Filmography17 titles

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

1975as Barkeeper Gustav

Fear Eats the Soul

1974as Car Mechanic

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

1972Assistant Director, Production Design

Escape from Sobibor

1987as Oberscharführer Karl Frenzel

Fox and His Friends

1975as Wodka-Peter

Chinese Roulette

1976Art Direction

Martha

1974as Secretary

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1972as Kurt, Hans's brother-in-law

Effi Briest

1974Art Direction

Satan's Brew

1976as Walter Kranz

Fear of Fear

1975as Herr Bauer

Angry Harvest

1985as Maslanko

Beware of a Holy Whore

1971as Fred

Love Is Colder Than Death

1969as Aufsichtsperson im Kaufhaus

Gods of the Plague

1970Assistant Director, Production Design

Cheaters

1984as Jörg

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident

1979Art Direction, Production Design