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Franz-Xaver Kroetz in Kir Royal (1986)

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Franz-Xaver Kroetz

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    February 25, 1946 · Munich, Germany

Biography

  • Franz-Xaver Kroetz was born on February 25, 1946 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (2008), Der Leibwächter (1989) and Música Para Si (1979). He was previously married to Marie Theres Relin.

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      Marie Theres Relin(March 5, 1992 - November 20, 2006) (divorced, 3 children)

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  • Considering himself a "depressive and burned-out author", he retired from writing in 2006.
  • Received Germany's Cross of Merit in 2005.
  • Former son-in-law of Maria Schell and Veit Relin.
  • Attended acting lessons in Munich and at the famous Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna.
  • Being a member of the German communist party DKP in the 1970s, his plays often portrayed people in a social misery. The premiere of his plays "Heimarbeit" and "Hartnäckig" were disrupted by neonazi activists (1971).

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