Klaus Kinski
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Filmography
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The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
(1973)A Chinese immigrant seeks a new, peaceful life in America, but instead finds racists, perverts, slavers, greedy con men and mercenaries.

Twice a Judas
(1968)An amnesia-stricken gunfighter unravels the secrets of his past, revealing the horrible truth about his own role in a violent conspiracy.

His Name Was King
(1971)Searching for the men who murdered his family, a mercenary tracks an unscrupulous sheriff and a vicious gang of gunrunners across the Mexican border.

Coffin Full of Dollars
(1971)There's a frontier feud on the border of Mexico. Outlaw Hagen and his hoodlums have killed Nevada Kid's family. Now Nevada Kid is out for vengeance.

Five for Hell
(1969)Five misfit soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines to steal secret Nazi attack plans locked in a safe at a heavily guarded Italian villa.

Othelo The Great
(2024)This talk is given by Fiona Sampson of University of Roehampton.

Return of Shanghai Joe
(1975)Shanghai Joe teams up with a smooth-talking snake oil salesman to bring down a sinister local boss who has been exploiting everyone in town.

Burden of Dreams
(1982)For nearly five years, acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog desperately tried to complete one of the most ambitious and difficult films of his career, Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank captured the unfolding of this production, made more perilous by Herzog's determination to shoot the most daunting scenes without models or special effects, including a sequence requiring hundreds of native Indians to pull a full-size, 320-ton steamship over a small mountain. The result is an extraordinary document of the filmmaking process and a unique look into the single-minded mission of one of cinema's most fearless directors.

Grand Slam
(1967)A quiet schoolteacher recruits an elite team of international criminals for the ultimate diamond caper at the frenzied peak of Carnival.

The Ruthless Four
(1968)A Nevada prospector and his partner strike gold. But when word of the riches spreads, greed and betrayal lead to a dangerous adventure.

The Little Drummer Girl
(1984)Palestinian intelligence says she's loyal to their cause. Israeli counterintelligence says she's "bright, creative, underused, romantic and a liar." Academy Award winner* Diane Keaton stars as Charlie, a repertory actress and Palestinian sympathizer who plays the role of - and for - her life when she's thrust onto the center stage of international espionage. Klaus Kinski and Yorgo Voyagis co-star as shrewd Israeli operatives who plot to use Charlie as bait to capture an elusive Palestinian terrorist (Sami Frey). Director George Roy Hill masterfully arranges the pieces of this cloak-and-dagger puzzle based on John le Carré's bestseller into a dazzling thriller racing full tilt through London, Munich, Athens, Jerusalem and Beirut. March to the enthralling beat of The Little Drummer Girl.

Man, Pride and Vengeance
(1967)When a Spanish soldier falls for a beautiful seductress, he becomes entangled in her criminal lifestyle to prove himself to her.

Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
(1963)The spirit of an infamous evil being seizes control of a renowned professor, triggering a fresh wave of crime that sends shockwaves through the city.

Web of the Spider
(1971)A journalist makes a bet that he can spend one night at the haunted Blackwood Castle, where he learns that the paranormal rumors are true.

A Noose Is Waiting for You Trinity
(1972)A wanted gunman with a mysterious bounty hunter on his trail returns home after five years to find his town terrorized by a gang of criminals.

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold
(1971)Orphaned after an attack by Native-Americans when he was 12-years-old, a now-grown Jeremiah Bridger avenges his family by becoming a scalphunter.

Love & Money
(1981)Obsession can take many forms--love, patriotism, greed--but when it combines all three it can only have explosive results in a man driven by Love & Money. Successful investment planner Byron Levin's (Ray Sharkey--Wiseguy, The Idolmaker) career is no longer a challenge, so when international business magnate Frederick Stockheinz (Klaus Kinski--Fitzcarraldo) asks him to head up a new venture in a small South American country, Levin accepts the challenge. But as business in Latin America forces Levin to deal with a ruthless, corrupt dictator (Armand Assante), Levin also finds himself uncontrollably drawn to his employer's beautiful wife (Ornella Muti--Flash Gordon). Now one wrong misstep could mean sudden death as Levin finds himself caught between love, patriotism and greed in this edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Heroes in Hell
(1974)In World War II, Allied prisoners of war who’ve escaped a German camp hatch a daring plan to pose as Nazis and kidnap a general from SS headquarters.

Footprints on the Moon
(1975)A woman with recurrent nightmares about a stranded astronaut tries to piece together her recent days after waking with part of her memory missing.

Venus in Furs
(1969)A trumpeter is sucked into a psycho-sexual horror along with his sultry girlfriend and the mysterious beauty who may lead them all straight to hell.