German-born actor Peter Carsten died in Lucija, Slovenia on Friday
evening April 20, 2012, aged 83, his wife Lilijana confirmed. In his long career he played in more than 100 films from
1953-1999, but is known primarily for the role of the Nazi commander Kowalski
from the German film trilogy 08/15, copied from the novel by
Hans Hellmut Kirste.
Carsten played alongside many stars of the European
cinema in German, Italian, Yugoslav and British co-productions. Carsten was
born on April 30, 1929 in the Bavarian-Edelsfeld Weissenbergu. Educated to be a
bank employee, after World War II, he focused on studying to become an actor. He
made his first stage appearance in 1948 in the Youth Theatre of Hanover.
Following the success of the film trilogy 08/15 he played
in many roles as soldiers and senior officers, including the film “Nachts, wenn
der Teufel Kam” (1957) by Robert Siodmak and“Hunde, wollt ihr leben ewig” by Frank
Wisbarsa.
In his 70th year, Carsten moved to Yugoslavia, where he
participated in numerous film and television productions. Among them are a
series of written-off return and Partisans and partisan film Pakleni Island
(1979) and partisan squadron (1979) by Velimir Bato Živojinović.
Peter Carsten appeared in three Euro-westerns "My Name is Pecos" (1967), "And God Said to Cain" (1969) and "Where the Bullets Fly" (1972)
I saw German-American actor Peter Carsten in "My Name Is Pecos" from 1967where he played Steve the bounty hunter AND the 1969 Spaghetti Western "And God Said To Cain" where he played Acombar. Those were great films. For those of you wondering, his name is pronounced, "Carson". The T is silent. I plan on making a documentary about him called, "And God Said To Peter" which focuses on his life and career, especially in his Spaghetti Westerns. RIP Peter Carsten.
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