Klaus Kinski

Born on October 8, 1926 in Sopot, Poland

Though he invariably looked sickly and tubercular, Polish/German actor Klaus Kinski rose to fame in roles calling for near-manic aggressiveness. His war career consisted primarily of a year and a half in a British POW camp. Read Full Biography

Actors We Miss: Klaus Kinski
by David Ehrlich
Klaus Kinski - the notoriously mad Polish actor / force of nature - once philosophized "One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real." And by that logic, Kinski certainly left...

Terror Tuesday Report: Crawlspace
by Brian Salisbury
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas is something of a Mecca for movie geeks. In addition to first-run theatrical fare, the Drafthouse regularly showcases cult, foreign, and classic films. For the last four years, Alamo...

Quick List: Five Of The Scariest Stares
by Elisabeth Rappe
I had every intention of seeing The Men Who Stare At Goats this weekend, but time gets away when you're doing laundry and scrubbing dogs. So I turned to Netflix and decided to do a double feature of Aguirre: The Wrath of God...

A Small Collection of Klaus Kinski Outbursts
by Jenni Miller
One of the best things about YouTube is that you can find bizarre treasures that fans have lovingly transferred from VHS or Betamax for your viewing pleasure. One of the most fascinating crazycakes actors of all time, Klaus...

RvB's After Images: Nosferatu, The Vampyre (1979)
by Richard von Busack
The image of Lugosi's Dracula is heavily copyrighted; Nosferatu is, by contrast, an open source vampire; you could tell that from his cameo a few years back on Sponge Bob Square Pants. The silent classic was originally a bootleg...

Review: Aguirre, The Wrath of God
by Martha Fischer
December, 1560. Gonzalo Pizarro leads his band of explorers-cum-treasure-hunters-cum-soldiers out of the Peruvian Andes. Weighed down by the out of place trappings of modern warfare and ludicrous luxury items, the tiny band is...