Biography
Volker Spengler ([ˈfɔlkɐ ˈʃpɛŋlɐ]; 16 February 1939 – 8 February 2020) was a German stage and film actor. Spengler was best known to international audiences as a member of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acting ensemble, including his role as the transsexual Erwin/Elvira of Fassbinder's In a Year of 13 Moons (1978). Spengler appeared in about 40 film and television productions between 1966 and 2004, also working with other directors such as Christoph Schlingensief and Volker Schlöndorff. On stage, he performed at Berlin's Volksbühne and with the Berliner Ensemble.
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Filmography
all 33
Movies 30
TV Shows 3
self 1
Narrator 1
Himself
Highfalutin (2021)
Movie
Actor
Beauty & Decay (2019)
Movie
Narrator
Die Lage (2012)
Movie
Hundemann
Off Beat (2004)
Movie
Dirty Sky (2003)
Movie
Pedro Isaax
Fandango - Members Only (2000)
Movie
Der Produzent
The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997)
Movie
Fieldmarshall Hermann Göring
The Ogre (1996)
Movie
Vegetarian
Alles Lüge (1992)
Movie
Hank
The German Chainsaw Massacre (1990)
Movie
10
Fegelein
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker (1989)
Movie
Spy
Peng! Du bist tot! (1987)
Movie
Knopf
Kein schöner Land (1985)
TV
Horst 'Hotte' Bibermohn
Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht (1982)
Movie
1. Regisseur
Veronika Voss (1982)
Movie
6
Today We're Playing Boss (1981)
Movie
Peter Herzl
Obscene: The Case of Peter Herzl (1981)
Movie
Polnischer Sommer (1981)
Movie
Bruno
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
TV
Transvestit
Ticket of No Return (1979)
Movie
August
The Third Generation (1979)
Movie
Train Conductor
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Movie
Erwin / Elvira Weishaupt
In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
Movie
6
Ardalion
Despair (1978)
Movie
Mangst
The Stationmaster’s Wife (1977)
Movie
Gabriel Kast
Chinese Roulette (1977)
Movie
Ernst Kranz
Satan’s Brew (1976)
Movie
Krahirius
Hinzelmeier (1976)
Movie
Photograph
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)
Movie
6
Norbert
Scene of the Crime (1970)
TV
Dritter Zeuge
Der Kampf um den Reigen (1969)
Movie
Uwe Schöne
Vier Stunden von Elbe 1 (1968)
Movie
Thurio
Die zwei Herren aus Verona (1966)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.65
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1978
1981
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2021
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1939-02-16
Deathday2020-02-08 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceBremen, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
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