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Hans Meyer(1925-2020)

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Hans Meyer in Sur un arbre perché (1971)
Leos Carax made his international breakthrough with this swoon-inducing portrait of love among thieves. In the near future, an aging crime lord (Michel Piccoli) recruits young delinquent Alex (Denis Lavant) to steal a locked-up serum designed to fight a mysterious STD. When Alex falls for his boss’s girlfriend (a radiant Juliette Binoche), Mauvais Sang becomes something rarer: an ecstatic depiction of what it feels like to be young, restless and madly in love. With its balletic gestures and bold primary colors, much of the film plays as if through the eyes of its lovesick protagonist. And it hinges on one of the most thrilling scenes in modern movies: Lavant sprinting and cartwheeling through the Parisian night to David Bowie’s “Modern Love,” a bundle of desires set briefly and wildly free.
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Bad Blood (1986)
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Hans Meyer was born in South Africa, into a German farming family. He spent his childhood in Natal and Zululand. He also became a farmer, but then he decided to travel to Europe. A friend in Germany working in an advertising agency helped him get his first acting job, in a popular television advert for Puschkin Vodka. He helped the vodka become Germany's leading brand and he became well known and his acting career took off!

He quickly became very successful, working with many of the top directors in both films and television in Europe. He is fluent in English, German, French and Zulu. He is highly respected by fellow actors, a very cultured man who is both reserved and modest about his long and distinguished career.
BornJuly 21, 1925
DiedApril 3, 2020(94)
BornJuly 21, 1925
DiedApril 3, 2020(94)
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Known for

Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
7.0
  • Marquis d'Apcher
  • 2001
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Rodman in Double Team (1997)
Double Team
4.8
  • British Man
  • 1997
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja (1985)
Red Sonja
5.1
  • Red Sonja's Father
  • 1985
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Barry Lyndon
8.1
  • Joseph - Prussian Officer
  • 1975

Credits

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  • Cruel (2014)
    Cruel
    6.3
    • Le libraire
    • 2014
  • Hitler in Hollywood (2010)
    Hitler in Hollywood
    5.8
    • Luis Aramchek
    • 2010
  • Jean-Hugues Anglade and Charlotte Rampling in Collection Fred Vargas (2007)
    Collection Fred Vargas
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Fulgence
    • 2008
  • Nous nous sommes tant haïs (2007)
    Nous nous sommes tant haïs
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • Konrad Adenauer
    • 2007
  • My Mother's Swimming Pool
    7.2
    Short
    • 2007
  • Sentence finale (2006)
    Sentence finale
    7.9
    Short
    • The Inquisitor - The priest
    • 2006
  • Dominique Blanc, Marion Cotillard, Julie Depardieu, and Olivier Gourmet in Burnt Out (2005)
    Burnt Out
    6.2
    • Lunel
    • 2005
  • Albert est méchant (2004)
    Albert est méchant
    4.3
    • James Lord Cooke
    • 2004
  • Lorànt Deutsch, Thierry Lhermitte, and Philippe Noiret in Ripoux 3 (2003)
    Ripoux 3
    5.8
    • Van der Brook
    • 2003
  • Baptiste
    Short
    • 2003
  • Vincent Desagnat and Michaël Youn in La beuze (2003)
    La beuze
    4.3
    • Rudolf Maier
    • 2003
  • Morteterre
    Short
    • Compt Klaus de Rexel
    • 2002
  • Mark Dacascos and Samuel Le Bihan in Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
    Brotherhood of the Wolf
    7.0
    • Marquis d'Apcher
    • 2001
  • The Bird Watcher (2000)
    The Bird Watcher
    5.7
    • Mitch Glassborough
    • 2000
  • Payuta et le Dieu des tempêtes
    Video Game
    • (German version, voice)
    • 1997

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MAUVAIS SANG Trailer (restored version, Carlotta Films US 2013)
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MAUVAIS SANG Trailer (restored version, Carlotta Films US 2013)

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    • official fansite for Hans Meyer
  • Alternative name
    • Hans Meier
  • Born
    • July 21, 1925
    • Paulpietersburg KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
  • Died
    • April 3, 2020
    • Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Theater: "Fragments Nocturnes, Tapages Faciles" December 1999 Theatre Essaion, Paris

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    He began his career in Europe by working as a model for book covers, mainly romance novels. In the 1960s he advertised many popular brand products including Puschkin Vodka (Germany: he was known as the "Puschkin Man") and Terry Cognac (Spain: he was known as "Senor Cognac").

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