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Karl Lieffen
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Karl Lieffen (born Karel František Lifka, 17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998.
He was born in Osek, Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three.
He died in Starnberg, Germany.
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As actor
Rohe Ostern
Rudy, the Racing Pig
Mein Mann ist mein Hobby
Rothenbaumchaussee
Professor Bernhardi
Nägel mit Köpfen
Schloßherren
Otto - The Movie
Zinsen des Ruhms
Lass das, ich hass das
The Roaring Fifties
Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei
Ein gutes Land
In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
Der Aufsteiger
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
Der Wald
Eine seltsame Bescherung
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
Aus nichtigem Anlaß
Lehmanns Erzählungen
Goldfüchse
Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
Preussenkorso Nr. 17
Madame Pompadour
Krieg im dritten Stock
Mensch, ärgere dich nicht
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
Die Erbschaft
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn