A book of memories from the life of a great actor. A collection of magnificent stories about incidents on stage, in front and behind the camera and about unforgettable colleagues such as Fritz Kortner, Hans Albers, Heinrich George, to name just a few.
Mario Adorf’s career began in the early 50s, when he started working as a young theatre actor at the Münchner Kammerspiele, and has taken him to countless roles in German, Italian, French and American films right up until the present day. Since 1992, he also enjoyed success as a writer (Der Mäusetöter). His latest publication, Look Angry, Please!, is a collection of delightful stories from his life as an actor and once again demonstrates Adorf’s great literary talent which has enthralled his readers for many years.
It begins with memories of his very first part as a four-year-old (as the seventh dwarf in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves”) in his home town of Mayen in Germany. This was followed by performances in an air raid shelter where he sung to overcome his fear of dying, and memories of his double existence as an actor at the Mainzer Studententheater and as a heavyweight boxer. And almost incidentally, Mario Adorf’s book turns into a tongue-in-cheek drama lesson in which he points out the many hazards and pitfalls of acting – about line blackouts, crying and laughing on stage, the most original accidents or death scenes …
