- Dominique Horwitz
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Dominique Horwitz 
Dominique Horwitz in February 2010Born April 23, 1957
Paris, FranceEthnicity Jewish[1] Occupation Actor Years active Since 1979 Dominique Horwitz (born 23 April 1957) is a German film and television actor and singer.
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Life
Dominique Horwitz grew up in Paris where his parents ran a delicatessen shop. In 1971 the family moved to Berlin. He attended a Franco-German grammar-school. He has a sister and a brother. About twenty years Horwitz was located in Hamburg where he was married. From his first marriage with his wife Patricia he has two children, the actress Miriam and Laszlo. Today he lives with his second wife Anna and the children Mick and Marlene in Tiefengruben, Bad Berka, a village near Weimar in Thuringia. He is a prominent supporter of social institutions in Weimar, where he helps unemployed youths in a boxclub. He also organizes boxing tournaments and links them with culture. Between the boxing matches musical newcomers can perform their music.
Career
He has appeared in over thirty films and over fifty television productions. His first screen role was appearing as Leo Singer in the film David (1979).
In 1992, Horwitz received the Golden Lion Award for the Best Actor from the Venice Film Festival.[2]
Horwitz is perhaps best known for playing Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser in Stalingrad (1993).
Selected filmography
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Year Film Role Genre 1979 David Leo Singer war drama 1987 Der Madonna-Mann Flamm crime 1988 Fifty Fifty Willi comedy Martha Jelleneck Zivi Thomas drama 1991 Hausmänner - comedy Anna Goldin, the Last Witch Kubli historical drama 1992 Dead Flowers Willy De Ville drama 1993 Stalingrad Obergefreiter Fritz Reiser war drama 1998 Ein Toldliches Verhaltnis (also known as
The Little Girl Who Fell from the Tree)Ben thriller Women Don't Lie Xavier romantic comedy 2001 Anne Frank: The Whole Story Hans Goslar mini-series 2003 Sams in Gefahr Fitzgerald Daume comedy 2005 Shooting Dogs Capitaine Charles Delon drama Television work
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Year Title Role Genre 1993 The Secret of Coach 13 Valentin drama, television film References
- ^ Der Jüdische Kalender Fünftausendsiebenhundertachtundsechzig (2007–2008), Ölbaum Verlag, Augsburg, zum 21. April 2008 / 16. Nissan 5768
- ^ http://www.kdschmid.de/en/Projekte/Dominique_Horwitz.php
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