Peter Radtke
German actor (1943-2020) · Germany · On the map · Actors · Died at 77
Doctor Peter Radtke was a German actor and playwright who was the author of many scientific publications on disability issues and had a PhD in Romance languages. As a small boy his parents and a sympathetic doctor allowed him to escape a Nazi euthanasia program.
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My Mother's CourageFilm, Man in Wheel Chair1989
EarthboundFilm, Glasknochenmensch1987
NachtcaféSeries1943Born19 March 1943People around Peter
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Michael Verhoeven Produced Mutters Courage (1995)
Veit Heiduschka Produced Mutters Courage (1996)
Pauline Collins Also in Mutters Courage and My Mother's Courage
Eddi Arent Also in Mutters Courage and My Mother's Courage
Buddy Elias Also in Mutters Courage and My Mother's Courage
Tatiana Vilhelmová Also in Mutters Courage and My Mother's Courage
Simon Verhoeven Also in Mutters Courage and My Mother's Courage
Also in Deutsch
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Television 2
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About this person
From 1957 to 1961 Peter Radtke completed training as an interpreter of English, French and Spanish at a private foreign language school in Regensburg. In 1963 he studied at the University of Pennsylvania and acquired a "Certificate into American Culture and Civilization." Afterwards he studied at Regensburg and Geneva. He would then go on to write an autobiography and appear in three films starting in 1995 with My Mother's Courage. He did drama and theater work before that. In 2003 he was appointed as a member of the national ethics advisory committee by resolution of the Federal Cabinet. Dr. Radtke received a service medal from Bavaria on 17 July 2003. He had osteogenesis imperfecta.
