Erwin Knausmüller

Erwin Knausmüller was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor of Austrian origin.

Biography

In 1932 he graduated from the Academy of Trade in Graz, Austria. He took part in anti-fascist activities. From 1936 he lived and worked in Moscow. Member of the World War II in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Honored with Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.
He made his film debut in 1959 in the film by Ilya Gurin The Golden Eshelon. Knausmüller starred in 61 feature films in total.
Erwin Knausmüller died in Moscow on January 4, 2000. Buried in Moscow at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery.

Selected filmography

The Golden Eshelon as Friedrich
Farewell, Doves as episode
Peace to Him Who Enters as german officer
Judgment of the Mad as episode
At Your Threshold as episode
Hello, Children! as Professor Eisenach
The Third Half as Major Heinz
Attack and Retreat as German colonel
War and Peace as Franz von Weyrother
Royal Regatta as rewarding man
Anna Karenina as Vronsky's steward
Woman's World as German corporal
The Road to 'Saturn' as German major
The Secret Agent's Blunder as Sebastian, Federal Intelligence Service agent
Liberation as German general
Tchaikovsky as Countess von Mack's steward
Secret Agent's Destiny as Sebastian
The Saplings as American tourist
Taming of the Fire as general
No Return as episode
The Flight of Mr. McKinley as company guest
The Beginning of the Legend as German officer
Front Beyond the Front Line as General Schwarzenberg
Where Were You, Odysseus? as von Arvid
TASS Is Authorized to Declare... as US ambassador to the USSR
Battle of Moscow as German officer in Yasnaya Polyana
To Award (Posthumously) as German officer
Visit to Minotaur as Franz Colwood, Swiss businessman