Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger, who died in January 2022 at 93, was the rare star with genuine depth behind the face. He appeared in more than 60 films from 1944, became a German star in the 1950s, then crossed into international work like The One That Got Away, Hatari! and The Flight of the Phoenix. What moves me is that he was also an author, an autobiographer who lived through the war and put that experience into words. France gave him the Legion of Honour, Germany its Order of Merit. A man who could both perform and narrate his own century, I hold him in real esteem.

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Name (English)

Hardy Krüger

Name (Japanese)

ハーディ・クリューガー

Reading

はーでぃ・くりゅーがー

Born

April 12, 1928 – January 19, 2022

Origin

Wedding, Germany

Occupation

actor / autobiographer / writer / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2001 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Bambi Award

• Official sitehttp://www.hardy-kruger.de/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%20Kr%C3%BCger
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77342

Tags

• actor
• autobiographer
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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