About Hardy Krüger
Hardy Krüger was a German actor and author who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increasingly turned to roles in international films such as The One That Got Away (1957), Hatari!, Sundays and Cybèle, The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Red Tent, Barry Lyndon (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and The Wild Geese (1978). Hardy Krüger (German:; born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krüger; 12 April 1928 – 19 January 2022) was a German actor and author who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. Krüger met his first wife, Renate Densow (1918–2006), in a hotel lobby when he was just 16 years old. In the late 1980s, Krüger largely retired from acting and became a writer, including novels, travel books and memoirs.
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