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German autograph card by Rüdel-Verlag, Hamburg. Photo: Mathias Bothor.
German actor Kai Wiesinger (1966) has appeared in several German TV shows and films since 1992. In Comedian Harmonists (1997) he played singer Erwin Bootz.
Kai Wiesinger was born in 1966 in Hanover, West Germany. Wiesinger began taking private acting lessons as a teenager. During his Zivildienst he served as a paramedic. After that, he became an acting student in Munich. In 1990, he made his stage debut in the role of Harold in 'Harold and Maude' at the Bavarian State Theater. Since 1992 he appeared in several German TV shows and films. He received a Bavarian Film Award for his role in Sönke Wortmann's comedy Kleine Haie/Little Sharks (1992). Two years later, he appeared in the Anglo-German independent drama Backbeat (Ian Softley, 1994) a film on The Beatles' formative period in Hamburg, starring Stephen Dorf and Ian Hart. He then appeared in the hit comedy Der bewegte Mann/The Most Desired Man (Sönke Wortmann, 1994) starring Til Schweiger, Joachim Król, and Katja Riemann. The film was based on the comics by Ralf König. He had a small part in the Norwegian film Pakten/Waiting for Sunset (Leidulv Risan, 1995), starring Robert Mitchum and Cliff Robertson. A huge success was Comedian Harmonists (Joseph Vilsmaier, 1997), which chronicles the rise and fall of Germany's most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany.
Kai Wiesinger played the lawyer of Dr. Josef Mengele (Götz George), known as the "death angel of Auschwitz" in the film Nichts als die Wahrheit/After the Truth (Roland Suso Richter, 1999) depicting the fictional trial of Mengele. In 2001 followed a role in the second most successful Austrian film of all time, Poppitz (Harald Sicheritz, 2002), together with Roland Düringer and Marie Bäumer. He also played Emil's father in the family film Emil und die Detektive/Emil and the Detectives (Franziska Buch, 2001), based on the classic novel by Erich Kästner. He had a small part in the Television mystery Murder on the Orient Express is (Carl Schenkel, 2001) based on the novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina). The following year, he played in the Italian Mini-Series Dracula/Dracula's Curse (Roger Young, 2002), starring Patrick Bergin. Other notable screen appearances he had in the Minis-series Dresden (Roland Suso Richter, 2006), set during the bombing of Dresden in World War II, and the film Bis nichts mehr bleibt/Until Nothing Remains (Niki Klein, 2010) depicting a story about Scientology and its effects upon converts. More recently he appeared in the films Lucky Loser - Ein Sommer in der Bredouille/Lucky Loser (Nico Sommer, 2017), and the comedy Takeover (Florian Ross, 2020). From 1998 till her death in 2013, he was married to actress Chantal De Freitas. They had two children.
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Kai Portrait
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Strobist:
Fill Light: two interfit Honey Badger strobes aimed at 12x16 foot white wall behind camera. Gelled with Lee 1/4 CTO gel. Metered to f/5.
Main Light: Interfit Honey Badger strobe in LumoPro 36 inch octobox. Gelled with Rosco 1/2 CTO gel. Metered to f/8.
Hair Light: Interfit Honey Badger strobe above and behind subject in LumoPro 12x36 inch stripbox. Gelled with Rosco 1/2 CTO gel. Metered to f/5.6
strobe setup
beauty dish 45deg topdown from model left.
and snoot with grid pointed at model hair on the camera right
Kai Portrait
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Strobist:
Fill Light: two interfit Honey Badger strobes aimed at 12x16 foot white wall behind camera. Gelled with Lee 1/4 CTO gel. Metered to f/5.
Main Light: Interfit Honey Badger strobe in LumoPro 36 inch octobox. Gelled with Rosco 1/2 CTO gel. Metered to f/8.
Hair Light: Interfit Honey Badger strobe above and behind subject in LumoPro 12x36 inch stripbox. Gelled with Rosco 1/2 CTO gel. Metered to f/5.6
German autograph and promotion card by Maurice Lacroix Swiss Watches.
German actor Kai Wiesinger (1966) has appeared in several German TV shows and films since 1992. In Comedian Harmonists (1997) he played singer Erwin Bootz.
Kai Wiesinger was born in 1966 in Hanover, West Germany.
Wiesinger began taking private acting lessons as a teenager. During his Zivildienst he served as a paramedic. After that, he became an acting student in Munich. In 1990, he made his stage debut in the role of Harold in 'Harold and Maude' at the Bavarian State Theater. Since 1992 he appeared in several German TV shows and films. He received a Bavarian Film Award for his role in Sönke Wortmann's comedy Kleine Haie/Little Sharks (1992). Two years later, he appeared in the Anglo-German independent drama Backbeat (Ian Softley, 1994) a film on The Beatles' formative period in Hamburg, starring Stephen Dorf and Ian Hart. He then appeared in the hit comedy Der bewegte Mann/The Most Desired Man (Sönke Wortmann, 1994) starring Til Schweiger, Joachim Król, and Katja Riemann. The film was based on the comics by Ralf König. He had a small part in the Norwegian film Pakten/Waiting for Sunset (Leidulv Risan, 1995), starring Robert Mitchum and Cliff Robertson. A huge success was Comedian Harmonists (Joseph Vilsmaier, 1997), which chronicles the rise and fall of Germany's most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany.
Kai Wiesinger played the lawyer of Dr. Josef Mengele (Götz George), known as the "death angel of Auschwitz" in the film Nichts als die Wahrheit/After the Truth (Roland Suso Richter, 1999) depicting the fictional trial of Mengele. In 2001 followed a role in the second most successful Austrian film of all time, Poppitz (Harald Sicheritz, 2002), together with Roland Düringer and Marie Bäumer. He also played Emil's father in the family film Emil und die Detektive/Emil and the Detectives (Franziska Buch, 2001), based on the classic novel by Erich Kästner. He had a small part in the Television mystery Murder on the Orient Express is (Carl Schenkel, 2001) based on the novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina). The following year, he played in the Italian Mini-Series Dracula/Dracula's Curse (Roger Young, 2002), starring Patrick Bergin. Other notable screen appearances he had in the Minis-series Dresden (Roland Suso Richter, 2006), set during the bombing of Dresden in World War II, and the film Bis nichts mehr bleibt/Until Nothing Remains (Niki Klein, 2010) depicting a story about Scientology and its effects upon converts. More recently he appeared in the films Lucky Loser - Ein Sommer in der Bredouille/Lucky Loser (Nico Sommer, 2017), and the comedy Takeover (Florian Ross, 2020). From 1998 till her death in 2013, he was married to actress Chantal De Freitas. They had two children.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
German autograph card. Photo: Thomas Leidig.
German actor Kai Wiesinger (1966) has appeared in several German TV shows and films since 1992. In Comedian Harmonists (1997) he played singer Erwin Bootz.
Kai Wiesinger was born in 1966 in Hanover, West Germany.
Wiesinger began taking private acting lessons as a teenager. During his Zivildienst he served as a paramedic. After that, he became an acting student in Munich. In 1990, he made his stage debut in the role of Harold in 'Harold and Maude' at the Bavarian State Theater. Since 1992 he appeared in several German TV shows and films. He received a Bavarian Film Award for his role in Sönke Wortmann's comedy Kleine Haie/Little Sharks (1992). Two years later, he appeared in the Anglo-German independent drama Backbeat (Ian Softley, 1994) a film on The Beatles' formative period in Hamburg, starring Stephen Dorf and Ian Hart. He then appeared in the hit comedy Der bewegte Mann/The Most Desired Man (Sönke Wortmann, 1994) starring Til Schweiger, Joachim Król, and Katja Riemann. The film was based on the comics by Ralf König. He had a small part in the Norwegian film Pakten/Waiting for Sunset (Leidulv Risan, 1995), starring Robert Mitchum and Cliff Robertson. A huge success was Comedian Harmonists (Joseph Vilsmaier, 1997), which chronicles the rise and fall of Germany's most famous a capella group, the Comedian Harmonists, in 1930s Germany.
Kai Wiesinger played the lawyer of Dr. Josef Mengele (Götz George), known as the "death angel of Auschwitz" in the film Nichts als die Wahrheit/After the Truth (Roland Suso Richter, 1999) depicting the fictional trial of Mengele. In 2001 followed a role in the second most successful Austrian film of all time, Poppitz (Harald Sicheritz, 2002), together with Roland Düringer and Marie Bäumer. He also played Emil's father in the family film Emil und die Detektive/Emil and the Detectives (Franziska Buch, 2001), based on the classic novel by Erich Kästner. He had a small part in the Television mystery Murder on the Orient Express is (Carl Schenkel, 2001) based on the novel by Agatha Christie, featuring Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina). The following year, he played in the Italian Mini-Series Dracula/Dracula's Curse (Roger Young, 2002), starring Patrick Bergin. Other notable screen appearances he had in the Minis-series Dresden (Roland Suso Richter, 2006), set during the bombing of Dresden in World War II, and the film Bis nichts mehr bleibt/Until Nothing Remains (Niki Klein, 2010) depicting a story about Scientology and its effects upon converts. More recently he appeared in the films Lucky Loser - Ein Sommer in der Bredouille/Lucky Loser (Nico Sommer, 2017), and the comedy Takeover (Florian Ross, 2020). From 1998 till her death in 2013, he was married to actress Chantal De Freitas. They had two children.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.