Peter Kern

Peter Kern was born in Vienna on 13.2.1949. A singer in the Vienna Boy’s Choir, he later became a stage actor and began working with Rainer Werner Fassbinder in 1973. In 1978 he won a German Film Award for his performances in HITLER – EIN FILM IN DEUTSCHLAND and FLAMMENDE HERZEN. He directed his first feature film, EINE HANDVOLL VERGNÜGEN, in 1986, and has appeared in films by Werner Schroeter, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg and Christoph Schlingensief among others. He took part in the Berlinale’s Competition programme in the year 2000 with FIFTY-FIFTY. His film GLAUBE, LIEBE, TOD (BELIEF, LOVE, DEATH) was screened at the Panorama section during the 2012 Berlinale. (Source : Berlin Film Festival)