Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 –23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered for his collaborations with writer/director Werner Herzog.
Klaus Kinski was born in Sopot (German Zoppot), in the Free City of Danzig. He was the son of a Polish father Bruno Nakszyński, a pharmacist and a German mother Susanne (née Lutze), a nurse. He had three older s...
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Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 –23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered for his collaborations with writer/director Werner Herzog.
Klaus Kinski was born in Sopot (German Zoppot), in the Free City of Danzig. He was the son of a Polish father Bruno Nakszyński, a pharmacist and a German mother Susanne (née Lutze), a nurse. He had three older siblings: Inge, Arne and Hans-Joachim. Around 1931 the family moved to Berlin and settled in a flat in the Wartburgstraße 3, in the suburb of Schöneberg. From 1936 on, Kinski attended the Prinz-Heinrich-Gymnasium in Schöneberg.
During World War II Kinski was conscripted into the German Wehrmacht and was captured by the British in the Netherlands in late 1944. After being transferred to the prisoner of war "Camp 186" in Berechurch Hall in Colchester, Essex, he played his first theatre roles on stage.
Returning to Germany, and without having ever...
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