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Karl Stepanek
Acting

Karl Stepanek
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1899-10-27,Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]
Gender
Male
Biography
Though born in Czechoslovakia, actor Karel Stepanek was generally regarded as a German actor due to his extensive film work in Germany (as Karl Stepanek) in the years before World War II. Stepanek fled to England in 1940, where, like many European refugee actors, he specialized in portraying Teutonic villains. He tried to stay away from out-and-out Nazi roles, but his predilection for wearing black uniforms and barking out guttural commands left little doubt as to the political preferences of Stepanek's screen characters. One of his most typical characterizations could be found in the 1946 POW drama, The Captive Heart; Stepanek also registered well as a friendlier foreigner in The Fallen Idol (1949). Commuting between London and Hollywood, Karel Stepanek continued to fight World War II, usually on the wrong side, into such '60s films as Sink the Bismarck! (1960), I Aim at the Stars (1960) and Operation Crossbow (1965).

Filmography

Man of the Moment

6.6

Man of the Moment
1955-11-24

Murderers Club of Brooklyn

8.75

Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1967-03-17

The Fallen Idol

7.2

The Fallen Idol
1948-09-30

4.7

Devil Doll
1964-09-01

Operation Crossbow

6.7

Operation Crossbow
1965-04-01

Affair in Trinidad

6.333

Affair in Trinidad
1952-07-29

6.827

Anastasia
1956-12-13

The Cockleshell Heroes

5.938

The Cockleshell Heroes
1955-11-16

Never Let Me Go

5.868

Never Let Me Go
1953-03-18

City Beneath the Sea

5.045

City Beneath the Sea
1953-04-21

Sink the Bismarck!

6.9

Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11

The File of the Golden Goose

5.667

The File of the Golden Goose
1969-10-13

4.25

The Bat
1937-10-30

The Captive Heart

6.365

The Captive Heart
1946-04-29

They Met in the Dark

6.357

They Met in the Dark
1943-08-11

5.792

Conspirator
1949-07-28

Walk East on Beacon

5.3

Walk East on Beacon
1952-06-01

The Frozen Dead

5.177

The Frozen Dead
1966-10-15

6.5

Secret Venture
1955-11-10

4.25

Sperrbezirk
1966-06-02

A Prize of Gold

5.7

A Prize of Gold
1955-10-14

Before Winter Comes

6

Before Winter Comes
1969-01-17

Tale of Three Women

10

Tale of Three Women
1954-01-01

Licensed to Kill

7

Licensed to Kill
1965-07-05

Dangerous Cargo

6.375

Dangerous Cargo
1954-05-01

6.357

Cairo Road
1950-06-21

9

West of Suez
1957-03-01

Operation Amsterdam

6.063

Operation Amsterdam
1959-01-12

Five from the Jazzband

7.5

Five from the Jazzband
1932-03-19

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf

6

Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
1931-10-07

Tomorrow We Live

6.571

Tomorrow We Live
1943-04-05

7.901

The Third Man
1949-08-31

Give Us This Day

5.667

Give Us This Day
1949-10-14

6.667

Rough Shoot
1953-03-30

4.462

Secret Mission
1942-10-05

The Leghorn Hat

7.5

The Leghorn Hat
1939-04-04

The Third Visitor

6.286

The Third Visitor
1951-01-31

7.143

Brainwashed
1960-09-02

The Heroes of Telemark

6.9

The Heroes of Telemark
1965-11-12

7.5

The Unknown
1936-11-12

Escape to Danger

8

Escape to Danger
1943-10-18

9

Here's Berlin
1932-03-14

8

A Song for You
1933-04-14

War es der im 3. Stock?

9

War es der im 3. Stock?
1939-01-06

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men

6.5

Hermine and the Seven Upright Men
1935-01-11

Der Außenseiter

7

Der Außenseiter
1935-11-14

Spione im Savoy-Hotel

7.5

Spione im Savoy-Hotel
1932-11-04

6.917

State Secret
1950-09-11

6.1

Broken Journey
1948-04-14

The Man in the Road

7

The Man in the Road
1956-03-01

Aufstand der Gehorsamen

0

Aufstand der Gehorsamen
1963-04-20

7.389

The Games
1970-08-07

Narren im Schnee

7

Narren im Schnee
1938-08-16

8.25

Waltz War
1933-10-03

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

0

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway
2003-10-31

Our Man in Havana

6.699

Our Man in Havana
1960-01-27

7

Golden Arrow
1949-12-31

No Highway in the Sky

7

No Highway in the Sky
1951-06-28

7

Hotel Sacher
1939-03-15

Klatovští dragouni

7

Klatovští dragouni
1938-02-25

7.6

The Traitor
1957-03-01

Na růžích ustláno

7

Na růžích ustláno
1935-01-25

8.5

Pozdní láska
1935-06-07

6.286

Counterblast
1948-05-18

0

Our Film
1942-08-03

The Grey Pikes Wharf

7

The Grey Pikes Wharf
1935-08-21

Stronger Than Paragraphs

7

Stronger Than Paragraphs
1936-08-26

Another Experience

7

Another Experience
1939-02-24

Three Fathers for Anna

6

Three Fathers for Anna
1939-09-13

Alles Schwindel

7

Alles Schwindel
1940-04-10

Das Kriminalmuseum

8

Das Kriminalmuseum
1963-04-04

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

9

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957-06-15

No Hiding Place

4.75

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08