Helmut Qualtinger

Actor, known for The Name of the Rose, Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg, Lumpazivagabundus

Helmut Qualtinger was born in Vienna, Austria. He initially studied medicine, but quit university to become a newspaper reporter and film critic for local press, while beginning to write texts for cabaret performances and theater plays. Qualtinger debuted as an actor at a student theater and attended the Max…