From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Helmut Griem born April 6 1932 in Hamburg November 19 2004 in Munich was a German actor Griem was primarily a Germanspeaking stage actor appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg the Burgtheater in Vienna the Staatliches Schauspielbühnen in Berlin in the Munich Kammerspiele and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz also in Munich Among his many film and TV appearances a quite memorable one being NBCs miniseries Peter the Great portraying the formidable Tsars lifelong friend and right hand Alexander Menshikov alongside Maximilian Schell the Oscarwinning film Cabaret 1972 in which he played the rich Baron Maximilian von Heune is probably the bestknown other internationallyknown performances include his work in The Damned The McKenzie Break and Ludwig Griem starred in the television miniseries The Devils Lieutenant directed by John Goldschmidt adapted by Jack Rosenthal and based on the novel by M Fagyas for Channel 4 and ZDF Despite his success in film the theatre remained at the heart of Griems work and he performed in many classic roles from both the German and Englishlanguage repertoire Later in his career Griem turned to theatre direction including Long Days Journey Into Night by Eugene ONeill Before his death Griem had planned to direct the Botho Strauss play Die eine and die andere This One and The Other Griem twice won the Bambi Award in 1961 and in 1976 Description above from the Wikipedia article Helmut Griem licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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