Karl Merkatz

Acting

Karl Merkatz

Born 1930-11-17 · Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Karl Merkatz (17 November 1930 – 4 December 2022) was an Austrian actor. Merkatz was born on 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, the son of a toolmaker. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout in Wiener Neustadt. However, later he started to enroll in acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich. Then he found employment in theatres, most notably in Munich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Vienna. During his later career he starred in several roles in television and motion pictures. In the role of Edmund Sackbauer (Mundl) in the 1970s, he became famous as the typical Viennese. Another big success came with the films "Bockerer" starring as a naive Viennese during the Second World War in Vienna (the later films are set in the subsequent years to 1945). From 1999, Merkatz was chairman of the human rights group SOS Mitmensch. Merkatz died in Straßwalchen on 4 December 2022, at the age of 92. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

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6.8

The young bookseller Rebecca Bayliss was setting up her new apartment in London when she received news of her mother Lisa's serious illness. Rebecca rushed off to her mother in Ibiza and heard the terrible news: leukemia. During the last hours together, Lisa Bayliss tells her daughter the truth about her origins.

Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung

1993

Summer With The Ghosts poster
4.7

A young girl and her new friend investigate a series of supernatural happenings in the Austrian children's film SUMMER WITH THE GHOSTS. Caroline departs from her home in Montreal to join her father a famous film director on the set of his latest film in Austria. When she arrives however she learns of a series of accidents and problems on the film set with everyone at odds to explain how they happened. Suspecting that someone means to sabotage the film she begins to investigate the ancient castle being used as the set. Along with her newfound friend Jakob she discovers that the film's difficulties may in fact have a supernatural cause.

Summer With The Ghosts

2003

The Lenz Papers poster
7.0

Four-part german limited serial about the baden revolution in 1848 and 1849.

The Lenz Papers

1986

Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling poster
6.1

In the year 1968, the “Bockerer” has decided, after many attempts, to marry his long-time widowed housekeeper, Anna. Gustl, whom he as taken in like a son after the war, will open a butchery in the Czech small town Kostelec and invites the Bockerers to spend their wedding journey with him and his Elena. The “Prague Spring”, of which everywhere is talked so much about, promises a nice honeymoon, and their friend Hatzinger is taken along on the journey as well. Soon after their arrival, the Bockerer has to realize that “Communism with a human face” is still an idle wish.

Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling

2003

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NR

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Egmont

1967

Lethal Obsession poster
4.9

Several known criminals already have been murdered by a professional killer, leaving no trace but the "ace" game card. The police suspects a new mob is trying to take over the district. The investigating police officer Jan is victimized by a bomb himself, when he's at his girlfriend Daniela's father's Italian restaurant. Although paralyzed and suspended from work, the tuff cop continues to investigate and takes revenge on the gangsters who did this to him.

Lethal Obsession

1987

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9.0

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König Johann

1971

Move On poster
5.7

Move On is a road movie like no other, because it is inspired by film fans from all over Europe! This breath-taking movie directed by Asger Leth features Mads Mikkelsen on a secret mission in 8 episodes, each taking place in a different European country.

Move On

2012

Das ewige Lied poster
7.8

Assistant Pastor Josef Mohr arrived in Oberndorf in 1818. In a time of political upheaval and economic hardship he writes a Christmas carol together with the teacher Franz Gruber. The main roles in Franz Xaver Bogners fictive history of the most famous Christmas song in the world "Das ewige Lied" play Tobias Moretti, Heio von Stetten and Erwin Steinhauer.

Das ewige Lied

1997

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8.0

Documentary about the life and works of legendary Austrian actor Karl Merkatz.

Karl Merkatz - Vom Tischler zum echten Wiener

2010

The Secret of Loch Ness poster
7.0

11-year-old Tim is way ahead of the other boys his age: nothing excites him more than explorers, myths, dinosaurs and legends - and planning his mother's life! One day, however, Tim's life is about to change completely: He accidentally discovers a photo of an explorer living in Scotland on the internet and he looks like the spitting image of his dead father! The adventurous boy secretly sets off on a journey to Iverness, the famous Scottish village on the banks of the legendary Loch Ness. And what awaits him there exceeds Tintin's wildest expectations.

The Secret of Loch Ness

2008

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4.0

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In Zeiten wie diesen

1989

Totstellen poster
5.2

The story of a young man from Burgenland named Franz who works for an expanding construction company. The boss urgently needs workers and tries to tie Franz to his company by offering him a promotion to foreman. Franz is undecided. After some hesitation, however, he accepts an offer from a large construction company. Franz wants to start a family with his pregnant girlfriend Erna and build a house. She faints in an accident and Franz goes to find a doctor. The doctor is with the builder, who stands in the way of the desperate young man. Franz pushes the builder aside and injures his arm in the process. Franz is then reported to the police and brought to court. He gets caught up in the wheels of justice and ends up in prison. There, all he can do is remain silent. Based on the book and screenplay by Michael Scharang

Totstellen

1975

The Butcher poster
7.7

A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.

The Butcher

1981

Mord im Wald poster
NR

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Mord im Wald

1992

The Unfish poster
5.1

Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish, causing chaos and hatred in the village.

The Unfish

1997

Feuer! poster
8.5

A historical drama about the revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian empire.

Feuer!

1979

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du poster
3.8

A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The police's secret investigation concentrates on the nursing staff at first. But the new medical director, Dr. Klein, discovers that one of the patients is the culprit.

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du

2001

Little Big Voice poster
7.2

In Austria 1955, the emotional story of a ten-year-old boy, Ben, who after the death of his mother tries to fulfill his dreams in post-war Europe, but faces many problems.

Little Big Voice

2015

Young Dr. Freud poster
5.8

A portrait of Sigmund Freud as a young man.

Young Dr. Freud

1976

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10.0

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Esch oder Die Anarchie

1979

Ein Hund kam in die Küche poster
3.3

The teacher Senta falls in love with the award-winning chef Stefan, who rents out his romantic winegrower's house in southern Styria to her during the summer holidays. She soon notices that a quirky gendarmerie inspector is keeping the property under surveillance. Senta finds out too late that the policeman thinks Stefan is a multiple woman murderer and that she is trapped like bait.

Ein Hund kam in die Küche

2002

Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga poster
6.5

It's 30 years later and the Sackbauers have estranged themselves from everyone; only mother "Toni" tries to re-establish the old happy family.

Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga

2008

Der Blunzenkönig poster
3.5

'The Blunzen King,' a long-established master butcher in a rural idyll, sees time-honored traditions and his son Franzl's envisioned future in jeopardy when Charlotte, a vegetarian from the city, enters Franzl's life. Values ​​are turned upside down, arguments ensue, and then reconciliations are made – after all, 'if you don't move with the times, you'll be left behind!'

Der Blunzenkönig

2015

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