Peter Berling (20 March 1934 – 21 November 2017) was a German actor, film producer and writer. He has worked on several occasions with director

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, among them his collaborations with actor

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like '' Aguirre, the Wrath of God'', ''

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'' and '' Cobra Verde''. In several of his

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novels, Berling has drawn on conspiracy theories based on the

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. Berling died on 21 November 2017 in Rome, aged 83.

Films

* ' (1957) - (uncredited) * ' (1966) * '' Detectives'' (1969) - Möbelpacker (uncredited) * '' Love Is Colder Than Death'' (1969) - Illegaler Waffenhändler * ''Uxmal'' (1969) - World Manager * ' (1970) - (uncredited) * '' Red Sun'' (1970) - Mercedesfahrer * ' (1970) - Executioner * ' (1971) - Hansel * '' Whity'' (1971) - The Hefty Bartender (uncredited) * ''Furchtlose Flieger'' (1971) - Berlinger * '' Beware of a Holy Whore'' (1971) * ' (1971) - Mike * ' (1971) - Sergeant Bogdanowitsch * ''Terror Desire'' (1971) * '' When Women Were Called Virgins'' (1972) - Romildo Varrone * '' Return of Halleluja'' (1972) - Lt. Schultz * '' The Italian Connection'' (1972) - Damiano * '' Aguirre, the Wrath of God'' (1972) - Don Fernando de Guzman * '' Dirty Weekend'' (1973) - German tourist * ''

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'' (1973) - Grappa * '' The Three Musketeers of the West'' (1973) - Hans * ''Es knallt – und die Engel singen'' (1974) - China-Joe * '' Julia'' (1974) - Uncle Alex * '' The Loves and Times of Scaramouche'' (1976) - (uncredited) * '' Victory March'' (1976) * '' Black and White in Color'' (1976) - Père Jean de la Croix * '' Meet Him and Die'' (1976) - Bavoso * '' Mister Scarface'' (1976) - Valentino * '' Young, Violent, Dangerous'' (1976) - Oberwald * '' Maladolescenza'' (1977, writer) * ' (1978) - Maler * '' The Marriage of Maria Braun'' (1978) - Bronski (as Berling) * '' Red Rings of Fear'' (1978) - Bit Part * ' (1980) - Doppel-Dieter * ''

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'' (1982) - Filmproduzent / Dicker Mann * ''

'' (1982) - Opera Manager * '' An Ideal Adventure'' (1982) - Brian De Pino * ''

Petomaniac ''Il petomane'', internationally released as ''Petomaniac'', is a 1983 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. It is loosely based on real life events of Joseph Pujol, best known as " Le Pétomane". Cast * Ugo T ...

'' (1983) - Ziedler * '' Dagger Eyes'' (1983) - Reinhardt * '' The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal'' (1985) - Aristide Melainassis * '' Tex and the Lord of the Deep'' (1985) - El Morisco * '' The Mines of Kilimanjaro'' (1986) - Mr. Urdos * ''

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'' (1986) - Jean d'Anneaux * '' Cobra Verde'' (1987) - Bernabé * '' The Last Temptation of Christ'' (1988) - Beggar * '' Haunted Summer'' (1988) - Maurice * ''

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'' (1989) - Bishop Guido * ' (1989) - Petronius * '' The Voyager'' (1991) - Baptist * ' (1993) - Hank Snyder * '' Sátántangó'' (1994) - Orvos * '' Tykho Moon'' (1996) * ' (1997) - Peterchen * ''

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'' (2002) - Castenada * ''

Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American-Italian epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1928 book '' The Gangs of New York''. The fil ...

'' (2002) - Knife Act Caller * ' (2015) - Hein

Novels

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