10 Facts About Dieter Mann

Dieter Mann was a German actor, director, university professor, and radio personality.

Dieter Mann had an older brother who later became a foreign correspondent.

Dieter Mann went to school in Pankow and learned the trade of lathe operator at VEB Kuhlautomat.

Dieter Mann portrayed Demetrius in a German production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Dieter Mann was a radio announcer for Rundfunk der DDR and would often read plays while on the air.

Dieter Mann played at the Burgtheater in Vienna and at Frank Castorf's Volksbuhne.

From 1995, Dieter Mann was a lecturer at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Dieter Mann played the role of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel in the Academy Award-nominated 2004 film Downfall.

Dieter Mann was married to Barbara Schnitzler and had a daughter, actress Pauline Knof.

Dieter Mann died on 3 February 2022 in Berlin, at the age of 80.