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East Prussian-born Armin Mueller-Stahl was a noted concert violinist while he was a teenager. He turned to film acting in East Berlin in 1950. He was a successful film and stage actor in East Germany, but being blacklisted by the government he emigrated to West Germany in 1980. His talent found ample work in the West German film industry. He appeared in such films as Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Lola ( 1981See also 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events January 19 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleagured concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate a major facto) and Veronika Voss ( 1982See also 1981 in film 1982 1983 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events January 11 Production begins on the Star Wars sequel, Return of the Jedi''. The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters. Hugh Grant makes his film debut. Top g), and played in Andrzej WajdaAndrzej Wajda (born March 6, 1926) is a Polish film director, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School. He was born in Suwalki, Poland in the family of Polish POW murdered by Soviets in Katyn massacre. Since the truth was not acknowledg's A Love in Germany ( 1984See also 1983 in film 1984 1985 in film 1980s in film years in film film Events Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film. November 26 Filming starts on Back to the Future''. Actress Sharon Stone marrie), Angry Harvest and Colonel Redl (both 1985See also 1984 in film, other events of 1985, 1986 in film, list of 'years in film'. Events Top grossing films # Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson # Rambo: First Blood Part II starring Sylvester Stallone # Rocky).
He broadened his film career with his USThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in film debut as Jessica LangeJessica Lange (born April 20, 1949) is an American Academy Award winning actress. She was born Jessica Phyllis Lange in Cloquet, Minnesota. She went to Paris after high school to study drama, then returned to New York, where she became a fashion model.'s father in Music BoxMusic Box is a 1989 movie which tells the story of an attorney who defends her father on charges of war crimes. The movie was written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Costa-Gavras. It stars Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moff ( 1989), and subsequently took strong character parts in Kafka and Night on Earth (both 1991) from Jim Jarmusch.
He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor in the 1992 Berlinale for his performance in Utz, and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Shine ( 1996).
In the new millennium, Mueller-Stahl gained applause for his acting of Thomas Mann in a German historic film production about the Mann family (Thomas Mann, his brother Heinrich Mann, and others) called Die Manns.