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Günther Kaufmann
A very handsome, strapping German character player, Kaufmann fell into film work because of the prolific and gifted neophyte film and theater director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Born to a Bavarian mother and an African-American GI stationed in Germany after WWII, Kaufmann was not a trained actor and entered cinema when Fassbinder fell madly in love with him. Although Kaufmann never knew his father or learned English, he was often cast in roles iconically suggesting "American-ness," combined with a certain exoticism which Fassbinder used as part of his ongoing critique of German and international politics. At other times, Kaufmann's racial heritage was not emphasized at all, and he was simply part of the changing face of a restless postwar Germany.
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Günther Kaufmann
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turkish for Beginners | Tongo (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | HipHop Express | Dw Court (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet |
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Vicky the Viking | Der Schreckliche Sven (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 86% |
|
Kamikaze '89 | Anton (Character) | $18.7K | 1983 |
| 65% |
|
Querelle | Nono (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 76% |
|
Veronika Voss |
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- | 1982 |
| 92% |
|
The Third Generation | Franz Walsch (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 75% |
|
In a Year of 13 Moons | J. Smolik, Chauffeur (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 100% |
|
Whity | Whity (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 50% |
|
Recruits in Ingolstadt | Max (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet |
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Rio das Mortes | Günther (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet |
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Baal | Orgauer (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 83% |
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Gods of the Plague | Günther (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 67% |
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The Niklashausen Journey | Leader of the farmers (Character) | - | 1970 |