Helmut Berger (born Helmut Steinberger, 29 May 1944 - 18 May 2023) was an Austrian-born German film and television actor. He was most famous for his work with Luchino Visconti, particularly in his performance as King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Ludwig, for which he received a special David di Donatello award. He appeared primarily in European cinema, but also acted in films such as The Godfather Part III and Iron Cross. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helmut Berger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2019Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema — (archive footage)
• 2019Liberté — Duke of Walchen
• 2019Portae Infernales — Professor Schneider
• 2016Timeless — Professor Martin
• 2015Fifty Shades of Erotica — (archive footage)
• 2014Saint Laurent — Yves Saint Laurent in 1989
• 2013The Devil's Violinist — Lord Burghersh
• 2011Murder Sisters — Dr. Schleier
• 2009Initiation — Gustav Tritzinsky
• 2009Iron Cross — Shrager / Vogler
• 2009Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls — Jack
• 2004Honey Baby — Karl / Hades
• 2000Best of Harald Schmidt - Respektlos und Rezeptfrei
• 2000The Kiss (Let's Play Dynasty!) — Alexis Carrington
• 1999Under the Palms — David
• 1997Jackie Brown — Thanks
• 1997Last Cut — Gabo Rey
• 1997Teo — Signor Mastrovito
• 1996The Shadow of the Pharaoh
• 1995L'Affaire Dreyfus — Schwartzkoppen
• 1993Boomtown — Richard Schwarzer
• Das Sahara-Projekt
• Eurotrash
• 1993Ludwig 1881 — Ludwig II
• 1992Adelaide — Gilas
• Le Chinois : Un grand flic de Marseille — Michael Bogner
• 1990The Godfather Part III — Frederick Keinszig
• 1989Act of Revenge — Dr. Carlo Martora
• I promessi sposi — Egidio
• 1988Faceless — Dr. Frank Flamand
• 1987Skipper — Hans
• 1985Code Name: Emerald — Ernst Ritter
• 1984Victòria! 3: El seny i la rauxa — Tinent Rodríguez Haro
• 1983Femmes — Helmut
• 1983Great Transport — Pukovnik Glassendorf
• 1983Victòria! 2: La disbauxa del 17 — Tinent Rodríguez Haro
• 1983Victòria! La gran aventura d'un poble — Tinent Rodríguez Haro
• 1982Deadly Game — Boris
• Dynasty — Peter De Vilbis
• Le rose di Danzica — Il barone Erich Von Lehner
• Ludwig — Ludwig
• Fantômas — Fantomas
• 1980Fatal Fix — Marco
• 1980My Wife is a Witch — Asmodeo
• Das Dorf an der Grenze — Peter
• 1979Le rose di Danzica — Baron Erich von Lehner
• Return of the Saint — Vidal
• 1978The Biggest Battle — Lt. Kurt Zimmer
• 1978The Fifth Commandment — Bernhard Redder
• 1977Mad Dog Killer — Nanni Vitali
• 1976Salon Kitty — Helmut Wallenberg
• 1976Victory at Entebbe — Wilfried Böse
• 1975Order to Kill — Clyde Hart
• 1975The Romantic Englishwoman — Thomas
• 1974Conversation Piece — Konrad Huebel
• 1973Ash Wednesday — Erich
• 1973La colonna infame — Il capitano di giustizia Arconati
• 1973Ludwig — Ludwig
• 1973Reigen — Der junge Herr Alfred
• 1973The Voracious Ones — Kosta
• 1971Love Me Strangely — Alain Revent
• 1971The Bloodstained Butterfly — Giorgio
• 1970Dorian Gray — Dorian Gray
• 1970The Garden of the Finzi-Continis — Alberto
• 1969The Damned — Martin Von Essenbeck
• 1969What Did Stalin Do to Women? — Aldo
• 1968The Young Tigers — Dario
• 1967The Witches — Hotel Page (segment "La strega bruciata viva")

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2023Feuerblume - Die zwei Leben der Marisa Mell — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Ludwig: A Journey to the End of the Night — Self
• 2022The Garden That Doesn't Exist — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Helmut Berger, My Mother and Me — Self
• 2016Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Helmut Berger, Actor — Self
• 2013Luchino Visconti: The Quest for the Impossible — Self
• 2009Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection — Self (video 'Erotica') (archive footage)
• Markus Lanz — Self
• 2008Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes — Self
• 2005Helmut Berger - Mein Leben — Self
• Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! — Self
• ZIBB — Self
• Beckmann — Self
• 1997The 120 Days of Bottrop — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio — Self
• Boulevard Bio — Self
• NDR Talk Show — Self
• Please Turn the Page — Self
• 1972Bailey on Visconti — Self
• Dalli Dalli — Self
• Treffpunkte — Self