
Wolf Kahler
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Wolf Kahler (born April 3, 1940) is a German actor born in Kiel. Since 1975, he has appeared in many English language US and UK television and film productions. An early role for him was Kaiser Wilhelm II in Michael York's adventure film The Riddle of the Sands. One of his most well-known roles was that of Dietrich in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kahler's voice also appears in video games including as Kaiser Vlad in Battalion Wars. Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film, Barry Lyndon In 2001 he portrayed aWehrmacht General in the World War II TV miniseries, Band of Brothers. Kahler played the German Ambassador in the long-running "Ambassador's Reception" TV advertisement for Ferrero Rocher chocolate, uttering the line "Excellente!". He also appears as a famous Germanic architect in US television advertisements for the Kohler Company. In 2011 Kahler appeared as Dr. Hoffmanstahl in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
as Colonel Dietrich

Wonder Woman (2017)
as German Commander

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
as Doctor Hoffmanstahl

Barry Lyndon (1975)
as Prince of Tübingen

The Remains of the Day (1993)
as German ambassador

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
as Commentator

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited)

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
as German Soldier

Firefox (1982)
as KGB Chairman Andropov

The Boys from Brazil (1978)
as Arno Schwimmer

Shanghai (2010)
as German Consul

The Keep (1983)
as S.S. Adjutant

Firelight (1998)
as Sussman

Shining Through (1992)
as Border Commandant

Loch Ness (1996)
as Dr Muller

The Great Escaper (2023)
as Heinrich

The Lady Vanishes (1979)
as Helmut

Backbeat (1994)
as Bert Kaempfert

The Sea Wolves (1980)
as Trompeta

Damascus Cover (2017)
as Colonel Ludwig Streicher

Cold Warrior (2012)
as Bochinsky

Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
as Nazi Officer

The Lost Battalion (2001)
as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel

March or Die (1977)
as First German

Britannic (2000)
as Submarine Captain

Rough Cut (1980)
as De Gooyer

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
as Gen. Sepp Dietrich

A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
as Col. Krieger

The Girl in the Café (2005)
as Herr Gerhardt

Priest of Love (1981)
as German Officer

Einstein's Big Idea (2005)
as Horlein

Florence Nightingale (1985)
as Gunther

The Secret Adversary (1983)
as The German

Cognition (2020)
as Doctor Zoger

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1988)
as Kropp

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (2000)
as German 2nd

The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
as Real Estate Agent

Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999)
as Director of Ortogene

Remembrance (1982)
as Dutch Matelot

The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
as Kaiser Wilhelm II

Unfair Exchanges (1985)
as German Interviewer

Ascendancy (1983)
as Muller

Haber (2008)
as Ludendorff

Make and Break (1987)
as Doctor

At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength) (1980)
as Wolfgang Leonhard

Whispers of Freedom (2024)
as Bruno Kabát

The Countess Alice (1993)
as Werner

The Somme: From Defeat to Victory (2006)
as General von Plessen

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (1976)
as Ss Sergeant Major
Hess (1978)
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