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Klaus Kinski (1926–1991)

Author of Kinski Uncut: The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski

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Works by Klaus Kinski

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Doctor Zhivago [1965 film] (1965) — Actor — 403 copies, 6 reviews
For a Few Dollars More [1965 film] (1965) — Actor — 294 copies, 3 reviews
Nosferatu the Vampyre [1979 film] (1979) — Actor — 106 copies, 2 reviews
Fitzcarraldo [1982 film] (1982) — Actor — 105 copies, 5 reviews
Aguirre, the Wrath of God [1972 film] (1972) — Actor — 101 copies, 4 reviews
Woyzeck [1979 film] (2000) — Actor — 40 copies, 4 reviews
The Great Silence [1968 film] (2007) — Actor — 35 copies
My Best Fiend [1999 film] (2000) 25 copies, 1 review
Cobra Verde [1987 film] (1987) 24 copies
Count Dracula [1970 film] (1970) — Actor — 22 copies
Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski: A Film Legacy (2012) — Actor — 19 copies
Creature [1985 film] (2015) — Actor — 15 copies
A Bullet for the General [1967 film] (2012) — Actor — 13 copies
Circus of Fear [1966 movie] (1966) — Actor — 12 copies
The Little Drummer Girl [1984 film] (2024) — Actor — 10 copies, 1 review
Nosferatu a Venezia (1988) — Actor — 8 copies
Asylum Erotica [1971 film] (1971) — Actor — 7 copies
Crawlspace [1986 Film] (1986) — Actor — 7 copies, 3 reviews
Double Face [1969 film] (1969) — Actor — 6 copies
Web of the Spider [1970 film] (1970) 6 copies, 1 review
X-Ray / Schizoid (BluRay/DVD Combo) (2014) — Actor — 5 copies
Five Golden Dragons [1967 film] (1967) — Actor — 5 copies, 1 review
The Pleasure Girls [1965 film] (1965) — Actor — 5 copies
Bang! Bang! You're Dead! [1969 film] (1966) — Actor — 5 copies
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe [1975 film] (1975) — Actor — 3 copies
The Hand That Feeds the Dead [1974 film] (1974) — Actor — 3 copies
Grand Slam [1967 film] (1967) — Actor — 3 copies
The Best of TromaDance Film Festival, Vol. 1 (2001) — Actor — 2 copies
Shanghai Joe [1973 film] (1973) — Actor — 2 copies
Churchill's Leopards [1970 film] (1970) — Actor — 2 copies, 1 review
Any Gun Can Play [1967 film] (1967) — Actor — 1 copy
Vampire in Venice [1988 film] — Actor — 1 copy
Lover of the Monster [1974 film] (1974) — Actor — 1 copy
The Cats [1968 film] (1968) — Actor — 1 copy
Faerie Tale Theatre: Season 3 (1984) — Actor — 1 copy

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Canonical name
Kinski, Klaus
Legal name
Nakszynski, Nikolaus Günter Karl
Birthdate
1926-10-18
Date of death
1991-11-23
Gender
male
Occupations
Schauspieler
Autor
Relationships
Kinski, Pola (Tochter)
Kinski, Nastassja (daughter)
Nationality
Germany
Birthplace
Zoppot
Place of death
Lagunitas, California, USA
Associated Place (for map)
Germany

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9 reviews
En noviembre de 1991, el actor Klaus Kinski fue encontrado sin vida en su casa de California, cuando, al parecer, llevaba muerto más de veinticuatro horas. Pocos creyeron que Kinski falleciera realmente «por causas naturales». En efecto, alguien que dice de sí mismo «soy como una bestia con uñas. Si no fuera actor, me habría convertido en asesino o mártir» no puede morir como todo el mundo. Estas memorias nos aclaran la razón profunda, casi intolerable, de su extraño show more comportamiento.

Hacia ya mucho tiempo que teníamos noticia de estas memorias suyas cuando finalmente, en la primavera de 1991, pudimos leerlas. Comprobamos con estupor que se trataba de una confesión descarada y escandalosamente íntima, escrita sin temor ni pudor, de un hombre exasperado, a la búsqueda incansable de un afecto que jamás supo conseguir o conservar, y cuya ansiedad acabó resolviéndose siempre, a cada instante, en sexo a secas, sin rodeos, sin máscaras, en todas las posibles facetas, hasta sus últimas consecuencias, desde las más triviales y fortuitas hasta las más violentas y sórdidas La obsesión de Kinski por el sexo sólo es comparable a la adicción del heroinómano. Vida y sexo no son sino una y única cosa..

De no ser por la descarnada sinceridad que rezuma todo el libro, el lector podría pensar a priori —tal es el infierno que describe Kinski como propio de su vida— que hay en él simple provocación y escándalo. Pero nadie que lea esta confesión estremecedora, nada halagadora para el autor, puede ser llevado a engaño. Hoy, ya fallecido él a los 65 años, se convierte, además, en un valioso documento autobiográfico.
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The man's writing is just as flamboyant and exaggerated as his acting was. The penultimate egoist, this book reads like a ploy to perpetuate his image, or the image he would like everyone to regard. Half the stuff I just don't believe - he comes off as a sociopath who only randomly excuses his behavior because he has "so much love to give" - but "love" might be a mistranslation of "sex" - because I didn't see any love at all: to his wives, his children, his friends (of which he never show more mentions). Nonetheless, I enjoyed the nature of Kinski's prose and his tales of extreme poverty throughout his childhood, even up to his early adult years, are intriguing. Painted here is a man who was willing to sacrifice everything for his art - which is about the only redeeming quality of this book. show less
This is one of the craziest books I ever read. It really is about the search for love, but also deals with insanity, fantasy, and a strange kind of humour.
Truth or fiction? Probably both. And it doesn't matter. A must for any fan of Werner Herzog films.

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