Karl Böhm

Biography

Karl Böhm was one of the biggest conductors from the twentieth hundred years within the German custom. He examined music as a kid and continued to operate and research in music while offering within the Austrian Military during World Battle I — even though completing a doctorate in regulation. He coached performers in the Graz Opera and was allowed to carry out a efficiency of Nessler’s Der Trompeter von Sackingen. He never really had performing lessons, but produced close research of the task of both Bruno Walter and Carl Muck. In 1921 he was employed from the Bavarian Condition Opera in Munich, and he became Generalmusikdirektor both in Darmstadt (1927) and Hamburg (1931-1933). He obtained a status for his good shows of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss, in addition to his championing of contemporary German music, including operas by Krenek and Berg. Böhm debuted in Vienna in 1933, leading Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. In 1934 he became movie director from the Dresden Condition Opera, Richard Strauss’s preferred theatre. There, Böhm carried out premieres of Strauss’s Die schweigsame Frau (1935) and Dafne (1938). He continued to be in the helm in Dresden through 1943, of which stage he became movie director from the Vienna Condition Opera (1943-1945). Richard Strauss had not been in official favour, and Joseph Goebbels prohibited any reputation of the fantastic composer’s 80th birthday in 1944. Nevertheless, Böhm participated inside a de facto observance, as a lot of Strauss’s orchestral and operatic functions “just occurred” to become played about enough time from the birthday. Following the battle, Böhm was forbidden to execute until he underwent “de-Nazification,” an operation whereby prominent Austro-Germans had been looked into for complicity in Nazi offences. He was ultimately cleared of any suspicion, and was allowed to resume function in 1947. Böhm oversaw the German repertory in the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires (1950-1953), and once again served as movie director from the Vienna Condition Opera (1954-1956). He debuted in america at New York’s Metropolitan Opera with Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 1957, and got prominent German orchestras and opera businesses on tour. The Vienna Philharmonic bestowed on him the name “Ehrendirigent,” and he was proclaimed Generalmusikdirector of Austria. He still left a legacy of several great recordings, including a comprehensive Wagner Ring routine regarded by many critics to become the very best. While his Wagner and Strauss had been sumptuously Intimate, his Mozart was scrupulously Classical in strategy.

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1	Is close friends with Romy Schneider, his co-star from the Sissi Trilogy.
2	Son of conductor Karl Böhm and soprano Thea Linhard.
3	Has been honorary citizen of Ethiopia since 2003.
4	During the shooting of Sissi (1955), Romy Schneider, then 16 years old, used to call him "Uncle Karlheinz", although he played her character's husband in the movie and was just 10 years her senior.
5	Grandfather of Florian Böhm.
6	Said on Beckmann (1999) the influence of director Rainer Werner Fassbinder changed his political attitude and evoked his interest in global problems (2005).
7	Is of Austrian nationality, but describes himself as a "world citizen".
8	Father of Sissi (born in 1955) from his first wife Elisabeth Zonewa; Kristina Böhm (born in 1959), Michael (born in 1960) and Daniela (born in 1961) from his second wife Gudula Blau and Katharina Böhm (born in 1964) from his third wife Barbara Lass. With his last wife, Almaz Böhm, he had the children Nicolas Böhm in (b. December 1990) and Aida Böhm (February 1993).
9	After losing a bet on the German TV show Wetten, dass..? (1981), he founded the charity organization "Menschen für Menschen", which has raised money for the people in Ethiopia since over 25 years.



Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Der Bergdoktor	1996	TV Series
Inflation im Paradies	1983		Guest
Ringstraßenpalais	1983	TV Series	Bernie Artenberg
Kur in Travemünde	1979	TV Movie	Manfred Angenendt
Tatort	1978	TV Series	Dr. Ferdinand Prelinger
Die Tannerhütte	1976	TV Movie
Seniorenschweiz	1976	TV Movie
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven	1975		Thälmann
Fox and His Friends	1975		Max (as Karl-Heinz Böhm)
Im Hause des Kommerzienrates	1975	TV Movie	Dr. Bruck
Fontane Effi Briest	1974		Wüllersdorf (as Karl-Heinz Böhm)
Martha	1974/I	TV Movie	Helmut Salomon
Schloß Hubertus	1973		Tassilo
Vabanque	1973	TV Movie	Thomas J. Lockwood
Immobilien	1973	TV Movie	Rainer
Motiv Liebe	1972	TV Series	Vater
Verdacht gegen Barry Croft	1972	TV Movie	Barry Croft
Literatur	1970	TV Movie	Klemens
Traumnovelle	1969	TV Movie	Fridolin
The Venetian Affair	1966		Robert Wahl (as Karl Boehm)
Ein idealer Gatte	1966	TV Movie	Lord Goring
L'heure de la vérité	1965		Jonathan (as Karl Boehm)
Combat!	1963	TV Series	Bauer
Burke's Law	1963	TV Series	Professor Thomas Marton
Rififi in Tokyo	1963		Carl Mersen
Come Fly with Me	1963		Baron Franz Von Elzingen (as Karl Boehm)
The Virginian	1963	TV Series	Karl Rilke
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1962	TV Series	Ludwig van Beethoven
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm	1962		Jacob Grimm (as Karl Boehm)
Cross of the Living	1962		Gus
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	1962		Heinrich von Hartrott (as Karl Boehm)
Crook and the Cross	1960		Pater Steiner
Playgirl After Dark	1960		Robert Jouvel (as Carl Boehm)
Peeping Tom	1960		Mark Lewis (as Carl Boehm)
La Paloma	1959		Robert Dahlberg
Court Martial	1959		Oberleutnant Düren
Das Dreimäderlhaus	1958		Franz Schubert
Das haut einen Seemann doch nicht um	1958		Peter Hille
Man müßte nochmal zwanzig sein	1958
The Stowaway	1958		Jean (as Carl-Heinz Boehm)
Examen des Lebens	1958	TV Movie	Paul Gardiner
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin	1957		Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
Das Schloß in Tirol	1957		Thomas Stegmann
Blaue Jungs	1957		Alfred Hanstein
Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin	1956		Kaiser Franz Josef
Nina	1956		Frank Wilson
Kitty und die große Welt	1956		Robert Ashlin
Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz	1956		Dr. med. Danwitz
Dunja	1955		Mitja
Sissi	1955		Kaiser Franz Joseph
Sommarflickan	1955		Klaus Richter
Unternehmen Schlafsack	1955		Kanonier Gravenhorst
Ich war ein häßliches Mädchen	1955		Thomas
Die goldene Pest	1954		Karl Hellmer
The Eternal Waltz	1954
Die Hexe	1954
...und ewig bleibt die Liebe	1954		Georg
Sacred Lie	1954
Die Sonne von St. Moritz	1954		Dr. Robert Frank
Hochzeit auf Reisen	1953		Dr. Walter Delius
Der unsterbliche Lump	1953		Johannes Ritter / Petroni
Arlette erobert Paris	1953		Gérard Laurent
Salto Mortale	1953		Manfred
Der Tag vor der Hochzeit	1952	as Karl Heinz Böhm
Der Weibertausch	1952		Lorenz Holler
Alraune	1952		Frank Braun (as Karl Boehm)
Haus des Lebens	1952		Pit Harlacher
Wienerinnen	1952		Walter
Höllische Liebe	1949		Blumenbote (uncredited)
Der Engel mit der Posaune	1948		Franz Alt jr. (uncredited)

Director

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Karl Böhm - Porträt eines Dirigenten	1969	TV Movie documentary

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2014	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
The Eye of the Beholder	2005	Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Ein Herz für Kinder	2001-2010	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Dieter Hallervorden - Mit dem Gesicht	2008	Video	Himself
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show	2002-2008	TV Series	Himself
Mr. Karl - Ein Mensch für Menschen	2008	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Stöckl am Samstag	2008	TV Series	Himself
Beckmann	2005-2008	TV Series	Himself
Wetten, dass..?	1981-2006	TV Series	Himself
Menschen bei Maischberger	2006	TV Series	Himself
The Eye of the Beholder	2005	Video documentary short	Himself
Der durstige Planet	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
Das Lächeln des Sadisten: Karlheinz Böhm über Rainer Werner Fassbinders Martha	2004	Video documentary short	Himself
Unsere Besten	2003	TV Series	Himself
Morgenmagazin	2003	TV Series	Himself
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère	2002	TV Special documentary	Himself
2002 World Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself
Sabine Christiansen	1998-2001	TV Series
Parlazzo	1998	TV Series	Himself
A Very British Psycho	1997	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as Carl Boehm)
Ich will nicht nur, daß ihr mich liebt - Der Filmemacher Rainer Werner Fassbinder	1993	Documentary	Himself
Spiegel TV Interview	1993	TV Series documentary	Himself
Showgeschichten	1990	TV Series	Himself
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre	1975	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Dalli Dalli	1973	TV Series	Himself - Candidate
Magic Graz	1972	Documentary short	Himself
Stars in der Manege	1970	TV Series documentary	Himself
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen	1966	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Fassbinder	2015	Documentary	Max
Fassbinder: at elske uden at kræve	2015	Documentary	Himself
Alles ist Liebe	2014		Kaiser Franz Joseph (uncredited)
Sisi ... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit	2012	Documentary	Franz
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film	2006	Documentary	Himself (as Carl Boehm)
Sendung ohne Namen	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Ringstraßenpalais	1983	TV Series	Bernie Artenberg
Forever My Love	1962		Emperor Franz Josef

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2008	Berlinale Camera	Berlin International Film Festival
1990	Bambi	Bambi Awards	Unknockable Stars
1984	Bambi	Bambi Awards	Man of the Year	For his charity work.
1983	Honorary Award	German Film Awards		For his continued outstanding individual contributions to the german film over the years.

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1962	Golden Laurel	Laurel Awards	Top Male New Personality	10th place.
1957	Bambi	Bambi Awards	Best Actor - National	Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956)

2nd place awards

2nd place awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1955	Bambi	Bambi Awards	Best Actor - National	Die goldene Pest (1954)



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