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Gert Westphal

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1920-10-05

Deathday: 2002-11-10 (82 years old)

Biography

Curt Gerhard Westphal, stage name Gert Westphal, (5 October 1920 – 10 November 2002) was a German-Swiss actor, audiobook narrator, recitator and director, one of the best-known audiobook narrators and speakers in German, described as "König der Vorleser" (king of reciters) and "der Caruso der Vorleser" (the Caruso of reciters). After his reading of her husband's works, Katia Mann called him "des Dichters oberster Mund" (the poet's principal voice). The literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki said he was probably the best reciter of German.

Filmography

all 21

Movies 19

Director 4

TV Shows 2

self 1

Narrator 1

Actor

Gert Westphal

Biography

Filmography

all 21

Movies 19

Director 4

TV Shows 2

self 1

Narrator 1

Wir Deutschen (1991)

Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990)

Kameliendame (1978)

Hitler: A Career (1977)

Der Scheingemahl (1974)

Die sieben Ohrfeigen (1971)

Scene of the Crime (1970)

August, August, August (1970)

Unter Kuratel (1970)

Palace-Hotel (1969)

Der Fall Liebknecht-Luxemburg (1969)

Sich selbst der Nächste (1968)

Der Meteor (1968)

10 Percent (1966)

Der Kinderdieb (1966)

Leutnant Nant (1965)

Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser (1965)

Andorra (1964)

Der eingebildete Kranke (1959)

By Day and by Night or The Gardener's Dog (1957)

Der letzte Mann (1955)

Ratings

Information

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Birthday1920-10-05

Deathday2002-11-10 (82 years old)

Birth PlaceDresden, Germany

CitizenshipsGermany

Also Known AsGert Curt Gerhard Westphal, Gerd Westphal

AwardsOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Related Persons

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1920-10-05

Deathday
2002-11-10 (82 years old)

Birth Place
Dresden, Germany

Citizenships
Germany

Also Known As
Gert Curt Gerhard Westphal, Gerd Westphal

Awards
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany