He is best known for starring in five films directed by Werner Herzog from to Aguirre, the Wrath of God ; Nosferatu the Vampyre ; Woyzeck ; Fitzcarraldo ; and Cobra Verde , who would later chronicle their tumultuous relationship in the documentary My Best Fiend.
Kinski's roles spanned multiple genres, languages, and nationalities, including Spaghetti Westerns , horror films , war films , dramas , and Edgar Wallace krimi films. Kinski was prone to emotional and often violent outbursts aimed at his directors and fellow cast members, issues complicated by a history of mental illness.
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Herzog described him as "one of the greatest actors of the century, but also a monster and a great pestilence. Posthumously, he was accused of physically and sexually abusing his daughter Pola. His father, Bruno Nakszynski, worked as an opera singer before becoming a pharmacist, while his mother, Susanne Lutze, was a nurse and the daughter of a local pastor. He had three older siblings; Inge, Arne and Hans-Joachim.
In his documentary My Best Fiend , Werner Herzog claimed that Kinski had fabricated much of his autobiography, including claims of maternal sexual abuse , incest , and childhood poverty; according to Herzog, Kinski was actually raised in a financially stable upper middle class family. While interned at Berechurch Hall in Colchester, Kinski played his first roles on stage, taking part in variety shows intended to maintain morale among the prisoners.
Kinski had heard that sick prisoners were to be returned first, and tried to qualify by standing outside naked at night, drinking urine and eating cigarettes. He remained healthy, however, and was returned to Germany in Arriving in Berlin, he learned his father had died during the war, and his mother had been killed in an Allied air attack on the city.
