Peter Fitz

Acting

Born Aug 08, 1931

From Kaiserslautern, Germany

Died Jan 10, 2013

Peter Fitz (8 August 1931 - 10 January 2013) was a German stage and film actor. Fitz completed an apprenticeship at the drama school of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg in the 1950s. In the 1960s, engagements at the Schauspiel Frankfurt theatre followed. Director Peter Stein brought him into the ensemble of the Berlin Schaubühne theatre, where he worked under the direction of Stein as well as Klaus Michael Grüber. In the course of his career, Fitz performed at all major German-language venues, such as the Vienna Burgtheater, the Munich Kammerspiele, Berlin's Schiller Theater, as well as the Salzburg Festival. In 1980 and 1983, he was voted Actor of the Year by the editors of Theater heute magazine. Fitz' theater work took precedence throughout his career, but he also appeared in a number of films and television productions. Some of these include the 1987 film Au revoir les enfants and The Wannsee Conference in 1984. In 1996, Fitz was nominated for the German Film Award for his portrayal of Reinhold Schünzel in Hans-Christoph Blumenberg's Beim nächsten Kuß knall’ ich ihn nieder. Fitz was also known to a broad television audience through crime films and series, as well as for his voice acting work. Peter Fitz died in his Berlin apartment on 10 January 2013 at the age of 81. He was the father of actress Hendrikje Fitz (1961–2016) and actor Florian Fitz (born 1967). His is buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Berlin forest cemetery. His daughter was buried next to him upon her death in 2016. Source: Article "Peter Fitz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Peter Fitz

Known For

Au Revoir les Enfants

Werckmeister Harmonies

Flirt

Dr. M

Laura's Star

The Oppermanns

Hamlet_X

23

Waves

Heinrich

Filmography — Acting

Au Revoir les Enfants

Werckmeister Harmonies

Flirt

Dr. M

Laura's Star

The Oppermanns

Hamlet_X

23

Waves

Heinrich

September

Soundless

Dunckel

The Wannsee Conference

Everything's a Lie

Conversation with the Beast

Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone

Bis an die Grenze

Zu treuen Händen

14 Days to Life

Der Tiger oder Was Frauen lieben!

Der Mann im Pyjama

The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave

Die Konferenz

All Out

Black Sun

Heimweh nach drüben

The Denunciation

Beim nächsten Kuß knall ich ihn nieder

Mörderische Erpressung

Dragon Chow

Null Risiko und reich

Das Glück am Horizont

Die Braut von der Tankstelle

Hass im Kopf

Die Blüten der Sehnsucht

Silent Resident

The Case of Mr. Spalt

Liebling, vergiß die Socken nicht!

Der Held

Die Mörderin

Ein Sommer in Paris

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

Gehetzt – Der Tod im Sucher

Geisterjäger John Sinclair : Die Dämonenhochzeit

Die Grube

Fragment

Prater

Die Bakchen

Ich und Christine

Der Kardinal

Chimären - Fiktion und Wirklichkeit

Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

Der Seerosenteich

Liebe zartbitter

Planet der Kannibalen

Wundkanal

23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint

Tote sterben niemals aus

Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!

Suspicion of Guilt

Utta Danella - Eine Liebe im September

Wilhelm Tell

Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Gelb, Blau?

Lohn und Liebe

Gesucht wird Ricki Forster

Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben