Karl Merkatz
Karl Merkatz (17 November 1930 – 4 December 2022) was an Austrian actor.
Merkatz was born on 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, the son of a toolmaker. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout in Wiener Neustadt. However, later he started to enroll in acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich. Then he found employment in theatres, most notably in Munich, Salzburg, Hamburg and Vienna.
During his later career he starred in several roles in television and motion pictures. In the role of Edmund Sackbauer (Mundl) in the 1970s, he became famous as the typical Viennese. Another big success came with the films "Bockerer" starring as a naive Viennese during the Second World War in Vienna (the later films are set in the subsequent years to 1945).
From 1999, Merkatz was chairman of the human rights group SOS Mitmensch.
Merkatz died in Straßwalchen on 4 December 2022, at the age of 92.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.454 |
Birthday | 1930-11-17 |
Place of Birth | Wiener Neustadt, Austria |
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1981
Bockerer
7.6/23
A politically naive Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.
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Bockerer
1996
Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
6.6/11
Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new estab...
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Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
2008
Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga
6.6/10
It's 30 years later and the Sackbauers have estranged themselves from everyone; only mother "Toni" tries to re-establish the old happy family.
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Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga
2010
Echte Wiener 2 - Die Deppat'n und die Gspritzt'n
4.8/5
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Echte Wiener 2 - Die Deppat'n und die Gspritzt'n
2003
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
5.8/7
In the year 1968, the “Bockerer” has decided, after many attempts, to marry his long-time widowed housekeeper, Anna. Gustl, whom he as taken in like a...
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Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
1987
Lethal Obsession
4.7/10
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Lethal Obsession
2009
Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
0/0
Advertising designer Joe is having financial trouble. His girlfriend Mary convinces him to accept a job from her aunt, Mrs. Devil. Joe's assignment: t...
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Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
1997
The Unfish
5.1/7
Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish, causing chaos...
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The Unfish
1998
Drei Herren
4.6/5
Dölken, Ivo and Sichel, three amiable and harmless inmates of a mental asylum are off to spend the summer in an open institution in the country. The t...
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Drei Herren
2012
Move On
5.7/18
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Move On
1997
Das ewige Lied
8/4
Assistant Pastor Josef Mohr arrived in Oberndorf in 1818. In a time of political upheaval and economic hardship he writes a Christmas carol together w...
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Das ewige Lied
1986
The Lenz Papers
7/3
Four-part german limited serial about the baden revolution in 1848 and 1849.
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The Lenz Papers
2008
The Secret of Loch Ness
7/12
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The Secret of Loch Ness
1978
Vor Gericht seh'n wir uns wieder - Skurriles aus dem schönen Wien
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Vor Gericht seh'n wir uns wieder - Skurriles aus dem schönen Wien
1981
The Living Corpse
0/0
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The Living Corpse
2002
Ein Hund kam in die Küche
1/1
The teacher Senta falls in love with the award-winning chef Stefan, who rents out his romantic winegrower's house in southern Styria to her during the...
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Ein Hund kam in die Küche
2004
Frechheit siegt
4.5/2
cheek wins! According to this motto, Conny Herzog is very successful in life and usually achieves her goals, which are often very high. After the succ...
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Frechheit siegt
1989
Der Rausschmeisser
8/2
The story of the 18 year old prostitute Fanny who falls back into her old life after being released from a reform school run by nuns. The feeble-minde...
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Der Rausschmeisser
2003
Zwei Väter einer Tochter
6.5/2
The furniture manufacturer Albert and the doorman Paul could both be Conny's fathers, the result of a long-suppressed affair between both men and the...
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Zwei Väter einer Tochter
2002
Ein himmlisches Weihnachtsgeschenk
5.2/2
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Ein himmlisches Weihnachtsgeschenk
2001
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
2/1
A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circu...
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Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
1993
Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung
6.8/2
The young bookseller Rebecca Bayliss was setting up her new apartment in London when she received news of her mother Lisa's serious illness. Rebecca r...
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Rosamunde Pilcher: Stürmische Begegnung
2000
Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
6.7/6
Vienna, 1956. Viennese butcher Karl Bockerer goes to Hungary to buy meat. Along with his foster son and grandchild, he is caught up in the turmoil of...
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Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
2015
Little Big Voice
7.2/9
In Austria 1955, the emotional story of a ten-year-old boy, Ben, who after the death of his mother tries to fulfill his dreams in post-war Europe, but...
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Little Big Voice
1969
Die Erben des tollen Bomberg
0/0
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Die Erben des tollen Bomberg
2006
König Ottokars Glück und Ende
0/0
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König Ottokars Glück und Ende
1964
Das Duell
0/0
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Das Duell
1983
Der Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der Waldheimat
7.5/2
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Der Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der Waldheimat
1966
Die hundertste Nacht
0/0
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Die hundertste Nacht
1989
In Zeiten wie diesen
2/1
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In Zeiten wie diesen
1976
Young Dr. Freud
5.2/4
A portrait of Sigmund Freud as a young man.
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Young Dr. Freud
1979
Esch oder Die Anarchie
0/0
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Esch oder Die Anarchie
2015
Der Blunzenkönig
4/3
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Der Blunzenkönig
2013
Franz Antel - Meister der Unterhaltung
0/0
A documentary directed by Wolfgang Liemberger.
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Franz Antel - Meister der Unterhaltung
2011
Coming of Age
5/2
Does luck have a use by date? Both thought that at eighty they have experienced everything until, like a bolt of lightening, Rosa and Bruno come toget...
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Coming of Age
1967
Egmont
0/0
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Egmont
2002
On the Other Side of the Bridge
6.5/2
Vienna in 1931. Fanny, the daughter of a Vienna police trainer, meets the Chinese police officer Ma Yunlong, who is completing specialist training in...
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On the Other Side of the Bridge
1976
Jakob der Letzte
0/0
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Jakob der Letzte
1971
König Johann
0/0
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König Johann
2007
Da wo es noch Treue gibt
6/2
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Da wo es noch Treue gibt
1975
Totstellen
4.8/4
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Totstellen
1992
Mord im Wald
0/0
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Mord im Wald
1994
Der Mann von La Mancha
0/0
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Der Mann von La Mancha
1964
Romeo und Julia
0/0
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Romeo und Julia
1979
Feuer!
0/0
A historical drama about the revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian empire.
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Feuer!
1990
Der Bienenkönig
0/0
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Der Bienenkönig
1986
Junger Frühling
0/0
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Junger Frühling
1994
Mundl - Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
9/1
A faithful family has gathered around "Mundl": his wife Toni, who says little but always has the last word; his son Karli, who marries Irmi, a woman f...
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Mundl - Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
2010
Karl Merkatz - Vom Tischler zum echten Wiener
8/1
Documentary about the life and works of legendary Austrian actor Karl Merkatz.
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