Klaus Kinski

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Klaus Kinski(born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski, October 18, 1926 – November 23, 1991) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 130 films, among which are the well-known filmsDoctor Zhivago(1965),For a Few Dollars More(1965),A Bullet for the General(1966),The Great Silence(1968),Aguirre: The Wrath of God(1972),Nosferatu the Vampyre(1979) andCobra Verde(1987). He is famed for his five-film collaboration with director Werner Herzog, which were marked by a tumultuous, sometimes violent, relationship between the two. Infamous for his volatile personality, Kimski was notorious for frequent on-set outbursts and heated arguments with other cast and crew members, as well as delaying productions by threatening to (or actually) walking off set. His childrenNastassja, Pola and Nikolai are also actors. N.B.A popular legend about the filming ofAguirre, the Wrath of God(which took place on location in the Peruvian rain forest), holds that conditions were so harsh that Werner Herzog had to carry a handgun to keep the cast and crew at work, going so far as to threaten to shoot Kinski and then himself. Kinski denied the anecdote, stating firmly that there was only one gun on the location, and it was his (with which he shot off one of the extra's fingertips). Klaus Kinski can be seen using the following weapons in the following films:

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