Biography

Klaus Detlef Sierck was born on March 30, 1925 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Serenade (1937), Covered Tracks (1938) and Sehnsucht nach Afrika (1939). He died on March 6, 1944 in Novoaleksandrovka, Kirovograd Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Novooleksandrivka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine].

In 1944 he was killed at the Russian front line in Novo Alexandrovka - he was only 18 years old.

Son of Douglas Sirk

In 1942 he took part in his last movie called "Der grosse König" (1942) as the young prince Heinrich before he was called up to the war and sent to the East front with the infantry regiment "Grossdeutschland".

His parents got divorced in 1928 and when the political situation in Germany came to a head, Douglas Sirk emigrated with his second wife Hilde Jary - a Jewess - to the USA. Klaus-Detlef Sierck stood with his mother in Germany.

The actor Klaus-Detlef Sierck was a popular child player in the 30s and 40s.