Karl-Otto Alberty

Actor

November 13, 1933 (81 years)

† April 25, 2015

Berlin, Germany

Biography

Karl-Otto Alberty (also Karl Otto Alberty, 13 November 1933 – 25 April 2015) was a German actor. Alberty was born as Karl-Otto Poensgen in Berlin on 13 November 1933. He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in The Great Escape (1963). With his broad…

Filmography

7.9

War and Remembrance

Rudolf Haindl

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate the personal, social and political impacts of World War II, including the Holocaust, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Pacific theater.

8.9

The Odyssey

Eurimaco

Odysseus' journey, told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.

7.9

The Great Escape

S.S. Officer Steinach

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

6.9

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

Baboo

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.

7.4

Kelly's Heroes

German Tank Commander

A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.

6.9

Battle of Britain

General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.

7.2

Is Paris Burning?

SS (Bayeux Tapestry)

Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.

7.3

Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger

Vitus

Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger is a German television series.

6.9

Battle of the Bulge

Von Diepel

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.

7.3

The Damned

1st Officer Wehrmacht

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

6.5

Slaughterhouse-Five

Group Two German Guard

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.

6.8

The Assassination

The killer

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.

6.3

The Devil's Brigade

German Soldier (uncredited)

At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.

7.0

Day of Anger

Blonde Deputy with Harmonica

A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.

9.0

Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf

Hauptwachtmeister Kargel

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5.4

Bluebeard

Friend of von Sepper

Baron von Sepper is an Austrian aristocrat noted for his blue-toned beard, and his appetite for beautiful wives. His latest spouse, an American beauty named Anne, discovers a vault in his castle that's filled with the frozen bodies of several beautiful women.

6.9

The Secret of Santa Vittoria

Otto

During World War II, Italian villagers hide their wine from the German army.

6.2

Flatfoot in Egypt

Swede

Inspector Rizzo and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing.

5.4

The Lickerish Quartet

(uncredited)

A wealthy couple and their adult son invite a motorcycle stuntwoman from a local circus back to their castle, thinking she is an actress from a pornographic film they've just watched.

5.9

Raid on Rommel

Schroeder

Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector.