Rolf Zacher

 

Rolf Zacher (28 March 1941 – 3 February 2018) was a German actor.^[1] 

 Rolf Zacher

 

Rolf Zacher in 2010
Born	28 March 1941 Berlin, Germany
Died	3 February 2018 (aged 76) Hamburg, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–2017
Spouse(s)	Martine Getty (divorced)
Children	1

 

Life and career

Zacher appeared in about 190 films and television shows between 1961 and 2016, often in illustrous or eccentric character roles. He starred in the 1971 film Jaider, der einsame Jäger, which was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

He won the Deutscher Filmpreis for portraying a criminal in Reinhard Hauff's film drama Endstation Freiheit (1980). A film critic once called Zacher the "best small-time criminal of German cinema".^[3]

In 2016, Zacher appeared in Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, but had to leave after eight days for medical reasons.^[4] He died at a nursing home in Hamburg on 3 February 2018 at the age of 76.^[5]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1967	Kuckucksjahre [de]	Hans	George Moorse
1968	Der Griller [de]	Franz Kaffer	George Moorse	TV film
	Morning's at Seven [de]	Peter	Kurt Hoffmann
	Liebe und so weiter	Ben Schmidt	George Moorse
	Der Partyphotograph [de]	Anton Pauli	Hans Dieter Bove	Written by Wolfgang Menge
	Cantando a la vida	Martin	Angelino Fons
1969	At the Height of the Moon [de]	Peter	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
1970	o.k.	Rowan	Michael Verhoeven
1971	Lenz [de]	Christoph Kaufmann	George Moorse
	Jaider, der einsame Jäger	Baptist Meyer	Volker Vogeler
1972	Liebe so schön wie Liebe	Rolf	Klaus Lemke [de]
	The Sensuous Three	Prado	Robert van Ackeren
1976	Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein [de]	Oskar Knargenstein	Roland Klick [de]
1977	Petty Thieves	Franz	Michael Fengler
1980	Endstation Freiheit [de]	Henry Kirscher	Reinhard Hauff	Deutscher Filmpreis
1982	The Magic Mountain	Wehsal	Hans W. Geißendörfer
	The Woman in a Red Hat		Tatsumi Kumashiro
1983	Schwarzfahrer [de]	Chris Binz	Manfred Stelzer [de]
1984	Annas Mutter [de]	Ulrich	Burkhard Driest
	Angelo und Luzy	Angelo		TV series, 6 episodes
	Tapetenwechsel [de]	Thomas	Gabriela Zerhau [de]
	Eine Art von Zorn	Piet Maas	Uli Edel	TV film
1986	Heidenlöcher		Wolfram Paulus
1987	Gambit [de]	Christoph Steinbrenner	Peter F. Bringmann [de]	TV miniseries
	Smaragd	Rudi Popp	Veith von Fürstenberg [de]	TV film
1988	Die Venusfalle [de]	Dr. Steiner	Robert van Ackeren
	Der Sommer des Falken	Marek Czerny	Arend Agthe [de]
1989	Schweinegeld	Harry	Norbert Kückelmann
1992	Rising to the Bait	Zwirner	Vadim Glowna
1996	We Free Kings	Gaspare	Sergio Citti
2004	Guys and Balls	Karl	Sherry Hormann
2009	Lulu and Jimi	Daddy Cool	Oskar Roehler
2010	The Hairdresser	Joe	Doris Dörrie
	Jew Suss: Rise and Fall	Erich Engel	Oskar Roehler
2013	Sources of Life	Erwin	Oskar Roehler

References

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5. Rolf Zacher ist tot - In der Rolle des Ganoven, spiegel.de; accessed 28 February 2018.(in German)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rolf Zacher.

• Rolf Zacher at IMDb

"Rolf Zacher". Film Portal. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

"Jaider, der einsame Jäger". Film Affinity. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

Der Westen: Schauspieler Rolf-Dieter Zacher mit 76 Jahren gestorben, derwesten.de; accessed 28 February 2018.(in German)

ONLINE, RP. "Rolf Zacher hat das Dschungelcamp verlassen". RP ONLINE.

 

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Zacher

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