German actor, producer and author

Harry Baer (born Harry Zöttl on 27 September 1947) is a German actor, producer and author, best known for his work with director Rainer Werner F*binder. He has also been credited as Harry Bär.

Contents

• 1 Life
• 2 Filmography
• 3 Notes
• 4 Bibliography
• 5 External links

Life

Harry Baer began his career in Munich when he joined the Action Theatre, a theatrical experimental group that later regrouped as the An*heather under the leadership of Rainer Werner F*binder. He made his debut in F*binder's play Katzelmacher and had his first movie role in F*binder's film adaptation. He had starring roles in Gods of the Plague (Götter der Pest) (1970) and Jail bait: (Wildwechsel) (1973), both directed by F*binder. During this early period of his career he also had the leading role in director Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's film Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König) (1972), in which he played the *le role, King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

In the mid-1970s Harry Baer and F*binder had a professional and personal split that lasted until F*binder called him back in 1978 to work as his *istant director on The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun).

Baer played small roles in many of F*binder's movies and was his production manager and *istant director for many films including F*binder's last: Querelle (1982). Beyond their professional relationship, Baer was one of the director's closest friends. On the night of F*binder's death, Baer was the last person with whom he spoke before his body was found. Baer wrote a book about his life and times with F*binder: I can sleep when I'm dead. The breathless life of Rainer Werner F*binder (originally Schlafen kann ich, wenn ich tot bin. Das atemlose Leben des Rainer Werner F*binder) Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 1990, ISBN:3-462-02055-2.

After F*binder's death Baer acted in movies by Mika Kaurismäki, Werner Schroeter, Jeanine Meerapfel, Bernhard Sinkel and Doris Dörrie among others. He has also worked as a production manager on a number of film productions and is a member of the German Film Academy.

Filmography

• 1969: Katzelmacher - Franz
• 1970: Gods of the Plague - Franz Walsch
• 1970: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? - Kollege im Büro
• 1971: Whity - Davy Nicholson
• 1971: Rio das Mortes
• 1971: Beware of a Holy * - Mann der Statistin
• 1972: The Merchant of Four Seasons - 2nd Candidate
• 1972: Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (Ludwig - Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König) - Ludwig II
• 1972: Tonight or Never: - Herr
• 1973: Zahltag
• 1973: Im Zeichen der Kälte (TV Movie)
• 1975: Fox and His Friends - Philip
• 1975: Das Tal der tanzenden Witwen - Bogdan Witkow, Julia's Boyfriend
• 1976: I Only Want You To Love Me
• 1976: Shadow of Angels - Helfritz
• 1976: Mister Scarface - Tony
• 1977: Adolf und Marlene - Luminsky
• 1977: Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland - Himself
• 1978: Despair – A journey into the Light - Innkeeper (uncredited)
• 1979: Traffic Jam (L'ingorgo - Una storia impossibile) - Mario
• 1979: The Third Generation - Rudolf Mann
• 1980: Palermo oder Wolfsburg - Hausbestzer
• 1980: Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Mini-Series) - Richard
• 1981: Lili Marleen - Norbert Schultze
• 1981: Lola - 1st demonstrator
• 1981: Heute spielen wir den Boß
• 1982: Veronika Voss - Head waiter (uncredited)
• 1982: Der Westen leuchtet! - Fan
• 1983: Der Kleine
• 1983: Bella Donna
• 1983: Der Tod kommt durch die Tür (TV Movie) - Dr. Christoph Vranek
• 1984: Donauwalzer: (TV Movie)
• 1984: Im Himmel ist die Hölle los - 'Ossi' Sommer
• 1985: Im Innern des Wals - Hartmann
• 1985: Westler - Border Guard
• 1986: Osveta - Harald Kurcijus
• 1987: Warten auf Marie - Konrad
• 1987: Helsinki Napoli All Night Long - Man #1
• 1988: Der P*agier – Welcome to Germany - Grenzbeamter
• 1988: Die Venusfalle
• 1988: Die Freundin (La amiga) - Raquel Freund in Berlin
• 1989: Fool's Mate
• 1990: Das einfache Glück - Bulle
• 1991: Superstau: - Neighbour
• 1992: Die wahre Geschichte von Männern und Frauen
• 1993: Prinz in Hölleland - Ingolf
• 1993: The Movie Teller: - Herr Kunze
• 1995: Toms Zimmer - Lottobudenbesitzer
• 1996: Babuschka (TV Movie)
• 1997: Frost - Mann, der Obdach gewährt
• 2002: Führer Ex - Friedhelm Kaltenbach
• 2003: Raid - Mark Hollander
• 2003: Skifahren unter W*er (Short) - Albert
• 2005: Max und Moritz Reloaded - Bayer
• 2006: Montag kommen die Fenster - Herr Zander
• 2007: Die Jäger des Ostsee-Schatzes (TV Movie) - Klaus Schulte
• 2008: Berlin am Meer - Daniel Finkelsturm
• 2009: Zwischen heute und morgen - Verleger
• 2010: Lys - Wachmann
• 2013: Wetlands - Neuer Freund
• 2013: Harder und die Göre - Hauptkommissar Bartholomäus Harder
• 2014: Coming In - Martin
• 2016: Frauen - Chauffeur
• 2016: S & M: Les Sadiques - Uncle Franz
• 2017: Bruma - Wim Maller
• 2019: Gasmann - Gerichtsvollzieher
• 2020: vEmotion - Denny Binera

Notes

Bibliography

• Lorenz, Juliane (ed.) Chaos as Usual: Conversations About Rainer Werner F*binder , Sutton Publishing, 2004, ISBN:1-55783-262-5

External links

• Harry Baer at IMDb