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
Wir Deutschen (1991)
TV
Self
Max Ophüls - Den schönen guten Waren (1990)
Movie
Vater Duval
Kameliendame (1978)
Movie
Narrator
Hitler: A Career (1977)
Movie
Director
Der Scheingemahl (1974)
Movie
John Wellington
Die sieben Ohrfeigen (1971)
Movie
Konsul Brink
Scene of the Crime (1970)
TV
Zirkusdirektor
August, August, August (1970)
Movie
Dr. John Schlesinger
Unter Kuratel (1970)
Movie
Heller
Palace-Hotel (1969)
Movie
Kriegsgerichtsrat Jorns
Der Fall Liebknecht-Luxemburg (1969)
Movie
Dr. Patzak
Sich selbst der Nächste (1968)
Movie
Georgen
Der Meteor (1968)
Movie
Tüschen
10 Percent (1966)
Movie
Director
Der Kinderdieb (1966)
Movie
Director
Leutnant Nant (1965)
Movie
Justizrat
Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser (1965)
Movie
Director
Andorra (1964)
Movie
Béralde
Der eingebildete Kranke (1959)
Movie
Marchese Ricardo
By Day and by Night or The Gardener's Dog (1957)
Movie
Der letzte Mann (1955)
Movie
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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
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