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The Life and Movies of Klaus Kinski

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Introduction:
"For many, Klaus Kinski is the greatest actor of all time. He starred in over 130 mostly cheap productions. His private life was marked by countless affairs, and he is infamous for his rude and insulting behaviour."


1. Klaus Kinski is a pseudonym. His real name was ____________ ?
    Niklas Karinski
    Nikolaus Guenther Nakszynski
    Hershel Krysztofski
    Klaus Harald Mueller


2. During WWII, Kinski served in the German Wehrmacht. In 1944, he became a Prisoner of War of which country?
    United Kingdom
    United States
    France
    Soviet Union


3. Kinski started his career as a theatre actor. When already a renowned theatre and film actor, he achieved fame also for his interpretations of some of his favorite poems. Which of the following was not a poet he rendered?
    Michel Houllebeq
    Arthur Rimbaud
    Francois Villon
    Charles Baudelaire


4. Much of Kinski’s claim to popular fame in Germany came from his appearances in silverscreen adaptions of an English whodunit author. Who was that author?
    Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)


5. Kinski was married three times, and had one child with each wife. He named his children after characters that appeared in his favorite Russian author's books. Who was that author?
    Fjodor Dostojewski
    Nikolai Gogol
    Leo Tolstoi
    Iwan Turgenjew


6. During the 1960s, in which city did Kinski live mostly?
    Vienna
    Paris
    Rome
    Berlin


7. In the 1970s and 1980s, he co-operated with German director Werner Herzog in a number of projects that received worldwide critical acclaim. Which movie was the first of this series, in which Kinski depicts a Spanish conquistador on the quest for El Dorado?
    Cobra Verde
    Fitzcarraldo
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God
    Woyzeck


8. Kinski got a lot of offers from Hollywood directors, which he all turned down. Which of these was not a film that tried to cast Kinski?
    Beverly Hills Cop
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Godfather, Part III
    Platoon


9. Kinski was obsessed with a classical musician, of whom he also thought that he was his reincarnation. Who was that musician?
    Mozart
    Bruckner
    Wagner
    Paganini


10. Klaus Kinski died on November 23rd, 1991. What was the cause of his death?
    Suicide
    Stroke
    Murder
    Heart Attack


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