Justus von Dohnnyi (born 2 December 1960) is a German actor, best
known for portraying Wilhelm Burgdorf in 2004 film Der Untergang.Born
in Lbeck, Von Dohnnyi is the son of conductor Christoph von Dohnnyi
and actress Renate Zillessen and a member of the well-known Dohnnyi
family. His grandfather was Hans von Dohnanyi, German jurist and
German resistance fighter and his great-uncle was Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Lutheran pastor and a co-founder of the Confessing Church, both of
whom were executed by the Third Reich.Dohnnyi studied acting at the
Hochschule fr Musik und Theater Hamburg. He appeared on the legitimate
stage in Hamburg, Zurich, and Frankfurt before working in television,
where he appeared in several television movies.He appeared in the 2004
film Downfall (German: Der Untergang) as Wilhelm Burgdorf. He had a
prominent role in the 2001 movie The Experiment as a prison guard,
opposite Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, who also appeared in
Downfall. He received the 2001 Lola for Best Supporting Actor. In 2014
he appears alongside Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin and others in the movie
The Monuments Men. He is featured in the 2015 film Woman in Gold as
the representative of the Belvedere Gallery who attempts to keep the
title-painting, stolen by the Nazis, from being returned to its
rightful owner, Maria Altmann.
known for portraying Wilhelm Burgdorf in 2004 film Der Untergang.Born
in Lbeck, Von Dohnnyi is the son of conductor Christoph von Dohnnyi
and actress Renate Zillessen and a member of the well-known Dohnnyi
family. His grandfather was Hans von Dohnanyi, German jurist and
German resistance fighter and his great-uncle was Dietrich Bonhoeffer,
Lutheran pastor and a co-founder of the Confessing Church, both of
whom were executed by the Third Reich.Dohnnyi studied acting at the
Hochschule fr Musik und Theater Hamburg. He appeared on the legitimate
stage in Hamburg, Zurich, and Frankfurt before working in television,
where he appeared in several television movies.He appeared in the 2004
film Downfall (German: Der Untergang) as Wilhelm Burgdorf. He had a
prominent role in the 2001 movie The Experiment as a prison guard,
opposite Moritz Bleibtreu and Christian Berkel, who also appeared in
Downfall. He received the 2001 Lola for Best Supporting Actor. In 2014
he appears alongside Matt Damon, Jean Dujardin and others in the movie
The Monuments Men. He is featured in the 2015 film Woman in Gold as
the representative of the Belvedere Gallery who attempts to keep the
title-painting, stolen by the Nazis, from being returned to its
rightful owner, Maria Altmann.
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