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| - Helmut Berger is an Austrian actor.
- Helmut Berger è l'attore che interpreta Frederick Keinszig ne Il Padrino parte III.
- Helmut Berger (born May 29, 1944) is an Austrian actor. Berger (whose real name is Helmut Steinberger) was born in Bad Ischl, Austria, into a family of hoteliers and although he had no interest in gastronomy or the hospitality industry, he initially trained and worked in this area. At the age of 18, he moved to London, where he did odd-jobs whilst simultaneously taking acting classes. After studying languages in Perugia, Berger moved to Rome.
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| - Helmut Berger (born May 29, 1944) is an Austrian actor. Berger (whose real name is Helmut Steinberger) was born in Bad Ischl, Austria, into a family of hoteliers and although he had no interest in gastronomy or the hospitality industry, he initially trained and worked in this area. At the age of 18, he moved to London, where he did odd-jobs whilst simultaneously taking acting classes. After studying languages in Perugia, Berger moved to Rome. In 1964, he first met Luchino Visconti, whose life partner he later became. Visconti gave him his first acting role in the movie Le streghe (1967) (in the episode "La strega bruciata viva"), but he attained international fame playing Martin von Essenbeck in Visconti's The Damned (1969). In The Damned, in what is perhaps his best known scene, he mimics the role of Lola, as played by Marlene Dietrich in Der blaue Engel. However, the role of Ludwig II of Bavaria in Visconti's Ludwig can be considered the pinnacle of his acting career. In Ludwig, Berger portrays the monarch from his blooming youth, to his dissolute final years –- and, in the process, reveals a nervous and paranoid king of decay drawn from his own weaknesses and psychological depths. Visconti's death in 1976 plunged Berger into a deep personal crisis. Visconti's will, in which Berger was apparently named as heir, could not be found. In addition to a suicide attempt on the first anniversary of Visconti's death, Berger has also had alcohol and drug-related problems. Berger has worked in television, most notably in the role of Peter De Vilbis on Dynasty - only for money: "crying on the way to the set but laughing on the way to the bank". This was his last appearance in TV series. Since Visconti's death no director has been able to fulfill Berger's potential again. Berger, with his dissipated lifestyle and openly acknowledged bisexuality, has always been a welcome guest on talk shows telling for example of his serious relationship with Marisa Berenson, whom he supposedly wished to marry, and erotic adventures with Bianca and Mick Jagger and further rockstars between the seventies and eighties. In 2004, to the great interest of the Austrian media, Berger moved from Rome to Salzburg to live with his mother; he denied rumours of financial difficulties, explaining he was merely looking for a new apartment in Rome. He also declared he had come off all drugs. In 1969, Helmut Berger was nominated for the Golden Globe award for his role in "The Damned", and in 1973 he won the European Oscar "David di Donatello" for his performance in "Ludwig". In 2007, he received the honour of a Special Teddy at the Berlin Film Festival for his overall professional achievements.
- Helmut Berger is an Austrian actor.
- Helmut Berger è l'attore che interpreta Frederick Keinszig ne Il Padrino parte III.
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