Erwin Knausmüller
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Erwin Knausmüller (1912 — 2000) was a
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n origin.Биография Эрвина Кнаусмюллера
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Biography

In 1932 he graduated from the Academy of Trade in
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, Austria. He took part in anti-fascist activities. From 1936 he lived and worked in Moscow. Member of the
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in the ranks of the
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. Honored with
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2nd Class. He made his film debut in 1959 in the film by Ilya Gurin '' The Golden Eshelon''. Knausmüller starred in 61 feature films in total. Erwin Knausmüller died in Moscow on January 4, 2000. Buried in Moscow at the
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.Биография Эрвина Кнаусмюллера
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Selected filmography

* The Golden Eshelon (1959) as Friedrich * Farewell, Doves (1960) as episode * Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) as german officer * Judgment of the Mad (1961) as episode *
At Your Threshold ''At Your Threshold'' () is a 1962 Soviet war drama film directed by :ru:Ордынский, Василий Сергеевич, Vasili Ordynsky. The film was officially released in the Soviet Union on March 27, 1963, where it was seen by 13.6 mi ...
(1962) as episode * Hello, Children! (1962) as Professor Eisenach * The Third Half (1962) as Major Heinz *
Attack and Retreat ''Attack and Retreat'' (, ) is a Soviet-Italian war drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis and Dmitri Vasilyev in 1964. The movie follows the steps of Italian soldiers of the Italian Army in Russia fighting on the Eastern Front on Hitler's ...
(1964) as German colonel *
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(1965-1967) as
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Royal Regatta ''Royal Regatta'' () is a 1966 Soviet comedy film directed by Yuri Chulyukin. Plot A student team is defeated in rowing competitions. The coach decides to leave with the four best rowers. The remaining athletes want to revive the team; they att ...
(1966) as rewarding man *
Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, Анна Каренина, p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial in ...
(1967) as Vronsky's steward * Woman's World (1967) as German corporal * The Road to 'Saturn' (1967) as German major * The Secret Agent's Blunder (1968) as Sebastian,
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(1968-1971) as German general *
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(1969) as Countess von Mack's steward * Secret Agent's Destiny (1970) as Sebastian * The Saplings (1972) as American tourist * Taming of the Fire (1972) as general *
No Return No Return may refer to: Film and television * No Return (1973 film), ''No Return'' (1973 film), a Soviet romantic drama * No Return (2010 film), ''No Return'' (2010 film), a Spanish-Argentine thriller * No Return (British TV series), ''No Return'' ...
(1973) as episode * The Flight of Mr. McKinley (1975) as company guest * The Beginning of the Legend (1976) as German officer * Front Beyond the Front Line (1977) as General Schwarzenberg * Where Were You, Odysseus? (1978) as von Arvid * TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984) as US ambassador to the USSR *
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(1985) as German officer in
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* To Award (Posthumously) (1986) as German officer * Visit to Minotaur (1987) as Franz Colwood, Swiss businessman


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knausmuller, Erwin 1912 births 2000 deaths Soviet male film actors Male actors from Linz Austrian emigrants to the Soviet Union Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery Soviet military personnel of World War II