FrameThrower · Actors · Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm
4 films · 248 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1960–1975
Born 16 March 1928 · Darmstadt, Germany · died 29 May 2014
Karlheinz Böhm was an Austrian actor. The son of conductor Karl Böhm, he is best known internationally for his role as Mark, the psychopathic protagonist of Peeping Tom, directed by Michael Powell. Before that, he had played the young Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the three Sissi movies. He made three notable U.S. films in 1962. He played Jakob Grimm in the 1962 MGM-Cinerama spectacular The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm and Ludwig van Beethoven in the Walt Disney film The Magnificent Rebel.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 248 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1960–1975
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2001
- Bavarian Order of Merit
- Balzan Prize2007
- Kulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer1986
- Theodor Heuss Medal1985
- Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights
- Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
How their films are shot
Measured across 248 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Karlheinz takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 42% natural — the look of the work Karlheinz takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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