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Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind. Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night. The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded. Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany). Description above is sections taken from IMDB.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1971-11-23
- event Death Date 2010-06-23
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.4
- info Birth Place Magdeburg, Germany
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7.6
Gigantic
1999-09-30
5.7
Anatomy 2
2003-11-23
7.4
Funny Games
1997-09-11
3.7
Baader
2002-11-10
6.1
The Castle
1997-09-06
5.5
A Birthday to Remember
2003-07-01
7
Der Mörder ist unter uns
2003-04-14
5.5
Kaliber Deluxe
2000-03-02
5
Free to Leave
2007-01-01
5
Nightsongs
2004-02-11
7
Keine Angst
2009-09-15
0
Tod einer Freundin
2006-11-27
5.9
Black Sheep
2006-10-25
8
Der Himmel kann warten
2000-11-17
7
Dirty Sky
2003-11-10
10
Ebene 9
2000-01-02
6.3
Der Tote in der Mauer
2008-11-17
5.9
Jerry Cotton
2010-03-11
6.5
Die Spielerin
2005-06-17
7
Ein mörderischer Plan
2001-01-24
6
Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht
2003-03-17
7.5
Opera ball
1998-03-15
8
Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst
2005-02-16
3
Die Rosenzüchterin
2004-11-07
9
Hannas Baby
2002-01-01
9
Und alles wegen Mama
1999-03-31
10
Der Gerechte Richter
2000-11-16
6.5
Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!
1998-07-08
7.3
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998-12-24
10
Klassentreffen
2004-01-28
8
Großglocknerliebe
2004-06-04
9
Marmor, Stein & Eisen
2000-11-18
3.9
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
2010-01-02
7.2
Die Halbstarken
1996-12-20
10
Clowns
2001-05-25
6.7
Gran Paradiso
2000-08-28
7
Hundert Jahre Brecht
1998-02-26
0
Esperanza
2008-05-29
5.3
A Pirate's Heart
2006-04-15
8
Die Aufschneider
2000-11-17
6.1
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
1998-08-27
7
Sentimental Education
1998-01-01
7
Gangster
2002-12-20
0
Die Kurve
8
Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show
1998-01-26
6.2
Polizeiruf 110
1971-06-27
5
Der letzte Zeuge
1998-03-23
3.8
Wolffs Revier
1992-09-17
5.8
Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
2009-06-18
6.2
Polizeiruf 110
1971-06-27
6.2
Polizeiruf 110
1971-06-27
4.5
Der Kriminalist
2006-12-08
3.7
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997-06-02
5.5
Zwei Brüder
1994-12-17
7.7
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
2006-03-20
9
Der König
1994-10-23
4.8
Rosa Roth
1994-11-05
7.4
Die Cleveren
1998-03-10
6.5
Auf eigene Gefahr
1993-10-10
8
Siska
1998-10-30
6.4
The Old Fox
1977-04-11
5.5
Ein starkes Team
1994-03-28
4
Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell
2008-05-08
6.6
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996-03-12
0
Wolkenstein
1996-07-03
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
10
Im Visier der Zielfahnder
2002-07-17
6.2
SOKO Leipzig
2001-01-31
5.7
A Case For Two
1981-09-11
5.7
A Case For Two
1981-09-11
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970-11-29
6.6
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996-03-12
8.5
Die Kids von Berlin
1997-10-29
0
Die Kirschenkönigin
2004-11-05
6
German Film Award
1951-06-06
4.5
Volle Kanne
1999-08-30
0
Opernball
1998-03-15
7.7
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998-01-22
4.7
Nachtcafé
1987-02-14
6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979-02-09
5
Koschwitz
2000-04-10
5.3
Riverboat
1992-01-03
7
ZIBB
2003-11-10
6
Thadeusz
2005-12-05
5.4
Morgenmagazin
1992-07-19
6.2
Brisant
1994-01-03
0
Here from Four
1997-01-05
0
Sachsen-Anhalt heute
2001-06-21
0
Die Rosenzüchterin
2004-11-07