Peter Kern

Iconoclastic Austrian indie director and former New German Cinema actor Peter Kern isn't just the subject of Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's "Kern," but also the low-fi film's strongest creative force. He appeared in more than 70 feature films and directed a further 25. At his peak, Kern worked with the best directors of his era, including Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Fox and His Friends, The Stationmaster's Wife), Hans-Jurgen Syberberg (Hitler: A Film From Germany) and Wim Wenders (Wrong Move). “When I yell at you, please do not be immediately hurt. If I insult you, take it as proof of love. Remember, I'm Austrian, insane, hysterical, hypocritical and undemocratic.”

Known For: Acting

Born: Wien, Austria, 1949-02-13

Died: 2015-08-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Seventeen and Anxious	Hippie	54
2	1971	Jakob von Gunten	Kraus	0
3	1972	Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King	Lakai Mayr / Hoffriseur Hoppe / Röhm	58
4	1972	Adele Spitzeder	Wirt	0
5	1973	Tonight or Never	Artist	26
6	1974	La Paloma	Isidor Palewski	57
7	1974	Karl May	George Grosz	50
8	1975	Wrong Move	Landau	68
9	1975	Fox and His Friends	Florist "Fatty" Schmidt	73
10	1975	Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven	Nachtklubbesitzer	78
11	1976	The Wild Duck	Hjalmar Ekdal	0
12	1976	The Sternstein Manor	Toni	70
13	1977	Die Geisel	Rio Rita	0
14	1977	Group Portrait with a Lady	Werner Hoyser	49
15	1977	The Stationmaster’s Wife	Treuberger	54
16	1977	Kleinhoff Hotel	Müller	61
17	1978	Flaming Hearts	Peter Huber	50
18	1978	Hitler: A Film from Germany	Mörder aus „M“ / Göring-Puppenspieler / Alter Ellerkamp / SS-Mann / Fremdenverkehrsdirektor	71
19	1978	Despair	Müller	65
20	1979	Son of Hitler	Asylum Attendent	52
21	1979	News from Robber Hotzenplotz	Räuber Hotzenplotz	0
22	1981	Today We're Playing Boss	Fritz Paulig	45
23	1982	Cinématon XVIII	N°170	0
24	1983	The Island of the Bloody Plantation	Röder	42
25	1983	Bella Donna		0
26	1983	Die wilden Fünfziger	Franz Arnusch	20
27	1983	The Swing	Hofkapellmeister	58
28	1984	Rambo Zambo	Robert	0
29	1986	Das Totenreich		0
30	1986	Der wilde Clown	Junger Chef	70
31	1986	Zischke	Regisseur	0
32	1989	Johanna d‘Arc of Mongolia	Mickey Katz	61
33	1989	Virgin Machine	Hormone Specialist	45
34	1991	Street Kid		43
35	1991	Malina	Bulgare	61
36	1992	Terror 2000	Körn	50
37	1994	Erotique	Franz (segment 'Taboo Parlor')	41
38	1994	Burning Life	Simon	58
39	1996	Wenches	Sex Shop Costumer	40
40	1997	Die Oma ist tot	Herr Eisfeld	57
41	1999	Visionary Filmmaker - Marilou Diaz-Abaya		0
42	2002	Himmel, Polt und Hölle	Heinz Hafner	90
43	2005	Berlin Nights: Grand Delusions	Valencia	32
44	2007	Die toten Körper der Lebenden	Nachtclubbesitzer	0
45	2009	Initiation	Head of Staff	47
46	2010	Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock	Minister	70
47	2010	Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense	Self	58
48	2011	Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter		55
49	2011	Monkey Sandwich		0
50	2011	Rent Boys	Self	56
51	2012	Kern	Himself	10
52	2012	Belief, Love, Death		0
53	2012	Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim		0
54	2020	Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self	60
2	1969	Die Perle – Aus dem Tagebuch einer Hausgehilfin	2. Hippie-Mann	0
3	1970	Scene of the Crime	Niedlich	61
4	1973	World on a Wire	Hospital Orderly	72
5	1976	Pariser Geschichten		0
6	1976	Plattenküche	Self	35
7	1977	Polizeiinspektion 1	Tino Rafaelo	0
8	1979	Beate S.	Hans-Peter Brand	0
9	1979	NDR Talk Show	Self	65
10	1982	Schwarz Rot Gold	Dr. Bernhard	94
11	1983	Geschichten aus der Heimat		0
12	1986	Kir Royal	Paula	72
13	1987	Nachtcafé	Self	47
14	1990	Zeil um Zehn	Self	0
15	1991	Boulevard Bio	Self	60
16	1994	Im Namen des Gesetzes	Rechtsanwalt Dr. Müller	70
17	1994	Phettbergs nette Leit Show	Self	100
18	1995	Versteckte Kamera	Self	0
19	1995	Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	70
20	1996	Zimmer frei!	Self	62
21	1997	Coast Guard	Willi Hanke	54
22	2000	U3000	Self	0
23	2003	Menschen bei Maischberger	Self	45
24	2003	ZIBB	Self	0
25	2014	Ein Fall von Liebe	Peter Braun	50