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movement. While at school Qualtinger's interest in literature and acting became obvious and he founded a youth theater as a pupil. Afterwards he initially studied medicine and literature, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write his
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collaborator came at a time when "normality" had just been restored and involvement of Austrians in the fascist and later Nazi movements was being downplayed and wished to be "forgotten", causing a stir and many enemies for the authors, Qualtinger even received anonymous threats of murder for his
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Star" symbol on his clothing for legitimation. Qualtinger intended to found a theater and was about to recruit actors when his coup was uncovered and he was jailed for three months by the Soviet occupation force.
536:, which was written by Qualtinger and Merz, broadcast on Austrian TV in 1961 with Qualtinger playing the lead character and later on also performed on stage, made him well known across German-speaking countries. " 943: 866: 632:. In May 1945 just as the Second World War had ended he staged a confiscation of a mansion as an "appointed Commissioner for Culture", using a self-signed letter of authorization and a " 988: 748: 1270: 904: 714: 1083: 1232: 1058: 443:
and caused furor for portraying teenagers and their rebellious behaviour. Up to 1961, Qualtinger collaborated on various cabaret programmes with the
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Karl", a grocery store clerk, is telling the story of his life and deeds to an imaginary colleague (the camera/spectator) – from the days of the
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character, mostly in a bad mood. He is asked questions only to reveal his odd, sometimes misanthropic views on things going on.
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Beginning with the 1970s, Qualtinger frequently performed recital tours of his own and other texts, including excerpts from
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until the mid-1950s, seen from the perspective of one who is a prototypical opportunist. Qualtinger's portrayal of the
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Already seriously ill, he made his final acting appearance in 1986 as the heretic monk "Remigio da Varagine" in
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own texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger continued as an actor at student theaters and
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Beginning in 1947, he appeared in cabaret performances. In 1949, Qualtinger's first theatrical play,
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with Bronner became (in)famous to the history of Austrian cabaret. Mr. Travnicek is a typical
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In 1951, he managed to launch a false report in several newspapers, a so-called
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Qualtinger also played several serious theater, TV and film parts, the film
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teacher and his wife, stemming from the bourgeois class of the
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Helmut Qualtinger died in Vienna on 29 September 1986, of a
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The chansons presented in these cabaret revues, for example
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Qualtinger was also known for his, sometimes crude,
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