Bernhard Wicki

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Bernhard Wicki  28 October 1919 in St Pölten Austria 5 January 2000 in Munich was an Austrian actor and film director Wicki studied in the city of Breslau such topics as Art History History und German Literature In 1938 he transferred to the Schauspielschule des Staatlichen Schauspielhauses drama school in Berlin In 1939 because of his membership in the Bündischen Jugend he was imprisoned for many months in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp After his release he moved to Vienna and then in 1944 to Switzerland After the end of World War II he starred in many films like Die letzte Brücke 1953 and Es geschah am 20 Juli 1955 He was also a photographer His first attempt at directing came three years later with the documentary Warum sind sie gegen uns 1958 He became internationally famous with his antiwar film of 1959 called Die Brücke In 1961 he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival for his film The Miracle of Father Malachia After his death in 2001 a fund was started and named after him in Munich the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund Since 2002 it has awarded a film prize The Bridge considered a peace prize A further prize was endowed in 2006 with 15000 euros a prize given in the city of Emden since 2000 He was a patron of the International Film Festival in EmdenNorderney which first started in 1990 He first married Agnes Fink a fellow acting colleague and later married Elisabeth Endriss also a colleague In the documentary Verstörung und eine Art von Poesie June 2007 Elisabeth WickiEndriss portrayed the life and work for Wicki He is buried at the Nymphenburger cemetery in Munich grave number 4123 Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernhard Wicki licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia