Film fans can say goodbye to Helmut Berger on May 24th. The acting legend is laid out in Salzburg.
Helmut Berger (1944-2023), one of Austria’s greatest film stars, died on May 18th. Fans of the acting legend can say goodbye personally in Salzburg on May 24 between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Berger is laid out in the mourning hall Jung, like the . The urn burial should therefore take place in the narrowest of circles.
“Helmut Berger was one of the biggest Austrian stars”
Berger’s agent that the actor “passed away peacefully, yet unexpectedly, in his hometown of Salzburg, just before his 79th birthday”. Berger was one of the most famous actors in Europe, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
Berger played his most haunting roles under the direction of Luchino Visconti (1906-1967), for example in “The Damned” or as “Ludwig II.”. At the side of Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) and Henry Fonda (1905-1982) he achieved world fame through the joint film “The Rival”. In 1970 he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Young Male Actor. In “The Godfather III” he was seen alongside world stars like Al Pacino (83), Diane Keaton (77) and Andy Garcia (67).
Secretary of State for Art and Culture Andrea Mayer (61) said: “Helmut Berger was one of the biggest Austrian stars of European film, an actor who enjoyed enormous fame and who can undoubtedly be described as a world-famous artist in our country.” Berger possessed an “extraordinary artistic talent” that the public “unforgettable masterpieces [verdanke]which will endure far beyond his death”.
Source: Stern
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