Klaus L�witsch

Born: 04/08/1936 Berlin, Germany

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Biography: A German star of film and television, best known to homeland audiences for his role as the hard-boiled television detective Peter Strohm, Klaus L�witsch became known to international audiences with a prominent role in legendary director Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron. Born in Berlin in 1936, L�witsch began his career as a dancer in Vienna before launching a longtime collaboration with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1972's Wildwechsel. With an eclectic career that spanned half a century and crossed numerous continents, L�witsch became familiar to stateside audiences through such films as Firefox (1982), Gotcha! (1985), and Extreme Ops (2002). A rambunctious actor often cited in the tabloids for his drunken escapades and reckless abandon, L�witsch would hit his stride in 1988, landing the role which is eponymous with the German detective Peter Strohm. L�witsch's rich and varied career brought him acclaim both at home and abroad, taking home a top German film award for his role in M�dchen...nur mit Gewalt (1970) and an Adolph Grimme award for 1997's Das Urteil. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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