Mario Adorf is a German actor originally from Switzerland. To the audience, he is known for his roles in the films "Fantagiro, or the Cave of the Golden Rose", "Operation Saint Januarius" and "Fantagiro, or the Cave of the Golden Rose 2". He also starred in the famous TV series "Octopus 4" and "Pirates".
Biography
Mario Adorf was born on September 8, 1930 in Zurich. During his student years, he worked in the theater as an extra and assistant director. He was educated at the Volkenberg School of Acting in Munich. After graduation, Mario played at the Chamber Theater. Since 1954 he started acting in films. He has more than 200 film roles. In the 1960s, Adorf moved to Italy and settled in Rome. Mario is not only an actor, but also a writer. He mainly writes autobiographical books.
He became internationally famous for his roles in "Tin Drum", "Smilla's Snowy Feeling" and in the detective novel "Ten Little Indians" in 1965. The first wife of Mario was actress and director Liz Verheven. In their family, in 1963, a daughter, Stella, was born, who followed in the footsteps of her parents. This marriage lasted from 1962 to 1964. In 1985, Mario married Monique Fay.
Career
Mario's acting career began with a role in the 1954 film "08/15". He played Wagner. Then he got the role of Coco in the drama "Sand, Love and Salt" and Bruno in the film "The Night When the Devil Came". Later he could be seen in the films "The Doctor from Stalingrad" 1958, "Rosemary Maid", "At the Bottom" 1959 (Vaska Ashes), "Ship of the Dead" and "The Day It Will Rain". He played in the short film City Day Celebration, played the role of George in Boomerang, played in the dramas My School Friend, Chess Novel and Who Are You, Doctor Sorge?
In 1961, he could be seen in the films Taste of Violence, Riding a Tiger and Race. He then landed the role of Rodrigo in Lulu, starred in The Legend of Fra Diavolo, and appeared as Santa in Station Six-Sahara. Mario was invited to the films Endless Night, Moral 63, Die zwölf Geschworenen, Apache Gold and The Visitor. Adorf played Herman in Beware Mr. Dodd, Pedro in The Last Trip to Santa Cruz, Ellis in The Arkansas Miners, Sergeant Gomez in Major Dundee, and Galakhan in The Dirty Game.
In the 1960s, he starred in the films They Followed the Soldiers, Istanbul 65, Gentlemen, Ten Little Indians, Earth on Fire, I Knew Her Well, The Honor of a Rogue and Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti. " During this period, he received roles in the films "Operation Saint Januarius", "Gentle Sharks", "Rose for All", "Gentle Signors", "Ghosts in Italian", "… under the roof of a sky full of stars", "Measures against fanatics”,“Specialist”,“Red tent”and“Stop in the fall”.
Filmography
In the 1970s, Mario starred in the films Bird with Crystal Plumage, Gentlemen in White Vests, Dead End, Robin Hood's Bow, Three Hundred Million Eels, A Short Night of Glass Dolls and Violence: The Fifth Estate ". He could also be seen in the films "Milan Caliber 9", "When Women Lost Their Tails", "The Department of the Execution of Punishments", "The Adventures of Pinocchio", "King, Queen, Jack" and "The Hunt for a Man". Adorf was invited to the films "Without Warning", "The Murder of Matteotti", "Travel to Vienna", "Brigitte, Laura, Ursula, Monica, Raquel, Litz, Florinda, Barbara, Claudia and Sofia … I call them all - My Soul."
The actor's filmography was supplemented by the films The Police Asks for Help, The Trial without a Preliminary Investigation, The Third Degree, The Abused Honor of Katarina Blum, The Dowry, Heart of a Dog and Bomber and Paganini. In the late 1970s, he starred in the films Found Grub, School Year, I'm Afraid, Death or Freedom, The Main Performer and The Loafer.
In the 1980s, the most successful films with Adorf's participation were Defiance, Invitation to a Journey, Marco Polo, Lautenbach Lindens, Marie Ward - Between the Gallows and Glory, Escape Without End, I I’ll come to pick up my cat”,“Guys from Panisperna Street”,“Transfiguration Hops”,“Octopus 4”,“Rosamunde”,“Mother”. In the next decade, he worked on roles in such top-rated films as Notes of Kaltenbach, Fantagiro, or the Cave of the Golden Rose, Fantagiro, or the Cave of the Golden Rose 2, My Friend, Rossini, Smilla's Snowy Feeling "," Everything for the mafia."
In the 2000s, Mario again starred a lot. The most successful films were "Mirror Games", "Return of the Little Lord", "Epstein's Night", "Vera - the Sicilian's Wife", "Riddle - Unrequited Love", "Karol Wojtyla - the Pope's Secret", "The same, but completely different" … Then he starred in the dramas Mystery of the Whales, The Finish Line, Dragonfly and Rhinoceros, Invention of Love, Winnetou. The last fight".
Adorfa took part in many television shows and series, including "The Cologne Meeting", "Night Cafe", "The Harald Schmidt Show", "Greatness Demands the Sun", "Our Best", "Passion and Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah", "The History of Television", "EuroCrime! Italian crime films of the 70s”,“Why are we creative?”. Mario has often worked with actors such as Zenta Berger, Karin Baal, Hannelore Elsner, Gastone Moskin, Gudrun Landgrebe, Vadim Glowna, Helen Vita and Peter Karsten. Directors Volker Schlendorf, Rolf Thiele, Lamberto Bava, Damiano Damiani, Michael Verheven, Paul May, Jose Maria Sanchez, Dieter Wedel and Gunther Gravert invited him to his films.
