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Wolfgang Glück

1929 – 2023

Austrian filmmaker

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About Wolfgang Glück

Lived 1929 – 2023 (aged 94). Wolfgang Glück was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, actor, director and writer.

Wolfgang Glück (29 September 1929 – 13 December 2023) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His film '38 – Vienna Before the Fall was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards. Glück died on 13 December 2023, at the age of 94.

Selected filmography As director Endangered Girls (1958) Girls for the Mambo-Bar (1959) Traumnovelle (1969, TV film) — (based on Dream Story) Doppelspiel in Paris (1972, TV film) Agent aus der Retorte (1972, TV film) The Count of Luxemburg (1972) — (based on Der Graf von Luxemburg) Wunschloses Unglück (1974, TV film) — (based on A Sorrow Beyond Dreams) (1976, TV film) — (based on a short story by Ingeborg Bachmann) (1978, TV film) — (based on short stories by O. Henry, P. G. Wodehouse and W. Somerset Maugham) (1981) — (based on the novel Young Gerber by Friedrich Torberg) Tatort: Mord in der Oper (1981, TV series episode) Brigitta (1982, TV film) — (based on a novella by Adalbert Stifter) '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (1987) — (based on a novel by Friedrich Torberg)

As actor Adventure in Vienna (1952) Red Sun (1970), as Mercedes driver Funny Games (1997), as Robert

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Important facts

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Education
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Akademisches Gymnasium
Awards
Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Wolfgang Glück?

Austrian filmmaker (1929–2023)

When was Wolfgang Glück born?

Wolfgang Glück was born on 29 September 1929 in Vienna.

When did Wolfgang Glück die?

Wolfgang Glück died on 13 December 2023 in Vienna.

What was Wolfgang Glück's occupation?

Wolfgang Glück was a film director, screenwriter, actor, director and writer.

What nationality was Wolfgang Glück?

Wolfgang Glück was Austrian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wolfgang Glück

· Wikidata: Q87134

· DBpedia: Wolfgang Glück

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