Kurt Raab

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jul 20, 1941 (83 years old)
Death date
Jun 28, 1988

Kurt Raab

Known For

My Name Is Not Ali
1h 38m
Movie 2011

My Name Is Not Ali

Travelling between Germany, France and Tunisia, Viola Shafik reconstructs and deconstructs the unknown life story of El Hedi Ben Salem through interviews with his companions and family members as well as archive material. With openness and slight naivety the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1h 37m
Movie 1992

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

A documentary about the life and work of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Movie 1989

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja

Yearning for Sodom
0h 45m
Movie 1989

Yearning for Sodom

Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars
1h 40m
Movie 1986

Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars

Together with her bisexual friend and manager Stefan, singer Miko is working on a great career that has so far failed to materialize.

Das Totenreich
3h 30m
Movie 1986

Das Totenreich

Denmark, by the end of the 19th century. Gov. Dihmer gives his resignation because of his illness. Two friends, a pastor and a physician, try to awaken his willpower and transcend a journey to Italy. Meanwhile, in the homeland, there are political breakthroughs that make little hope for new times.

Feel the Motion
1h 37m
Movie 1985

Feel the Motion

Young Tina has a big dream, she wants to become a successful pop singer. That's why she tries her luck in the music show 'Formel Eins'. There she meets all kinds of stars like Falco, Meat Loaf, Die Toten Hosen and Pia Zadora and of course the presenter Ingolf Lück. The result is a colorful mix-up and the question arises as to whether Tina can make her dream come true.

Biography

Kurt Raab (20 July 1941 – 28 June 1988) was a West German stage and film actor, as well as a screenwriter and playwright. Raab is best remembered for his work with German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, with whom he collaborated on 31 film projects.

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