
Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm was an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies. He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel. (The latter film was made especially for the Disney anthology television series, but was released theatrically in Europe.) He appeared in a villainous role as the Nazi-sympathizing son of Paul Lukas in the MGM film Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a Technicolor, widescreen remake of the 1921 silent Rudolph Valentino film. Between 1974 and 1975, Böhm appeared prominently in four consecutive films from prolific New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Martha, Effi Briest, Faustrecht der Freiheit (aka Fistfight of Freedom or Fox and His Friends), and Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven). In 2009 he provided the German voice for Charles Muntz, villain in Pixar's tenth animated feature Up. Since 1981, when he founded Menschen für Menschen ("Humans for Humans"), Böhm had been actively involved in charitable work in Ethiopia, for which in 2007 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples. Karlheinz Böhm has been married to Almaz Böhm, a native of Ethiopia, since 1991. They had two children, Nicolas (born 1990) and Aida (born 1993). Böhm had five more children from previous marriages, among them, the actress Katharina Böhm (born 1964). In 2011 Almaz and Karlheinz Böhm were awarded the Essl Social Prize for the project Menschen für Menschen. He died in 2014, aged 86.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.056 |
Birthday | 1928-03-16 |
Place of Birth | Darmstadt, Germany |
Also Known As | Karl-Heinz Böhm, |

1956

Sissi: The Young Empress
7.1/346
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mothe...
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Sissi: The Young Empress

1957

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
7.168/334
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her f...
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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1955

Sissi
7.4/480
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor...
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Sissi

1974

Effi Briest
6.7/45
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted...
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Effi Briest

1974

Martha
7/60
After the death of her abusive father, lonely librarian Martha finds herself caught up in a strange, sadomasochistic relationship with a monstrous hus...
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Martha

1952

Alraune
5.3/14
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scie...
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Alraune

1960

Peeping Tom
7.4/814
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which i...
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1972

Magic Graz
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Magic Graz

2012

Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
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September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated...
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Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
5.8/30
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1975

Fox and His Friends
7.3/127
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb...
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Fox and His Friends

2017

Psycho Tom
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1962

Sissi - Forever My Love
6.7/31
The beautiful account of the powerful drama of love and courage of Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph and Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. This is a condens...
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Sissi - Forever My Love

1962

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
5.9/49
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi...
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1967

The Venetian Affair
4.7/7
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a...
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The Venetian Affair

1992

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
6.4/10
A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

1952

Viennese Women
5.7/7
A mix between Italian neo-realism, German expressionism and Austrian exploitation.
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Viennese Women

1963

Come Fly with Me
4.4/10
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.
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Come Fly with Me

1960

Crook and the Cross
7/8
With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages to escape the clutches of the cops. He dresses up as...
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Crook and the Cross

1973

Schloß Hubertus
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A drama directed by Harald Reindl, based on the novel by Ludwig Ganghofer.
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Schloß Hubertus

1954

...und ewig bleibt die Liebe
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...und ewig bleibt die Liebe

2008

Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht
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Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht

1957

Castle in Tyrol
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A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi.
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Castle in Tyrol

1959

La Paloma
4/1
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La Paloma

1958

The House of the Three Girls
6.5/1
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The House of the Three Girls

1963

Rififi in Tokyo
5.65/10
Van Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.
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Rififi in Tokyo

1954

Salto Mortale
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Salto Mortale

1948

The Angel with the Trumpet
5/5
A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of pia...
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The Angel with the Trumpet

1958

Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um
5/1
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Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um

1960

Too Hot to Handle
4.5/20
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner a...
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Too Hot to Handle

1956

Kitty and the Great Big World
6.2/8
The young Kitty is drawn into the world of international politics by chance.
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Kitty and the Great Big World

1952

Haus des Lebens
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Haus des Lebens

1969

Traumnovelle
6.8/6
After a frank confession by his wife, a doctor is called to see a dying patient. The cause of the night brings him to meet an old friend, a pianist, w...
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Traumnovelle

1955

Swedish Girl
0/0
Britta is the foster daughter of Professor Rydberg. The last 13 years she has lived with him and his son Sven. She and Sven are closely not only at th...
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Swedish Girl

2005

The Eye of the Beholder
0/0
A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom (1960). It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent e...
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The Eye of the Beholder

1952

Der Weibertausch
5/1
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Der Weibertausch

2008

Mister Karl
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A documentary about the life of Karlheinz Böhm from his film career to his charity activities in Ethiopia.
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Mister Karl

1959

Court Martial
5.2/4
In this war drama, three Nazi survivors are rescued after their battleship sank. Initially they are given heroes' accolades for their courage, but the...
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Court Martial

1997

A Very British Psycho
6/1
A documentary film examining Michael Powell's 1960 film "Peeping Tom," the controversy surrounding its release, and the life of its screenwriter, Leo...
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A Very British Psycho

1958

The Stowaway
1/1
A group of adventurers compete with one another to find the missing heir Rene Marechal, thought to be near Tahiti.
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The Stowaway

1953

Der unsterbliche Lump
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1954

The Golden Plague
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At the end of the war a disillusioned German exile returns home only to fall into the dark world of black market goods and drug trafficking.
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1952

Der Tag vor der Hochzeit
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Der Tag vor der Hochzeit

1958

Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein
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1972

Verdacht gegen Barry Croft
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1955

Dunja
4/1
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1975

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
7.8/27
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.
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1955

Unternehmen Schlafsack
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1953

Arlette Conquers Paris
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1957

Seamen
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Seamen

1954

Die Sonne von St. Moritz
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1955

Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen
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1973

Immobilien
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1954

The Witch
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1956

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz
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1954

Die heilige Lüge
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1953

Married En Route
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1976

Die Tannerhütte
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1975

Im Hause des Kommerzienrates
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Im Hause des Kommerzienrates

1979

Kur in Travemünde
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1983

Inflation im Paradies
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Four-part episodic film about the everyday lives of young people. The focus is on a café as a communication point for various cliques.
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1976

Seniorenschweiz
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Seniorenschweiz

2002

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
0/0
Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love of Alain Delon. From Luchino Visconti to Otto Preminge...
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Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

1966

Ein idealer Gatte
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1962

The Magnificent Rebel
7.5/2
The life of the great composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven, dates back to his arrival in Vienna in 1792 as the composition of his Ninth Symphony. And we fol...
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The Magnificent Rebel

1965

The Hour of Truth
5.2/4
At the end of World War 2, a Nazi escapes arrest by assuming the identity of concentration camp victim. 20 years later, he is threatened with exposure...
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The Hour of Truth

2014

Everything is Love
5.6/26
Follows the lives of different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic few days before...
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Everything is Love

1958

Examen des Lebens
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1956

Nina
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Nina

1962

Cross of the Living
5/2
Yan, who has just been acquitted of a crime he has not committed, returns to his Flemish village, where he meets hostility, particularly from Franz, t...
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