Kier, Udo

Overview

Works:	399 works in 1,091 publications in 6 languages and 19,889 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Horror films Science fiction films Vampire films Action and adventure films Comedy films Film adaptations Disaster films Historical films Social problem films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Costume designer, Author, Creator, Contributor, Other, Interviewee
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Udo Kier

Dancer in the dark by Lars von Trier( Visual )

Most widely held works by Udo Kier

Downsizing by Matt Damon( Visual )

13 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and German and held by 1,365 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, Paul Safrane and his wife Audrey decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized community. Filled with life-changing adventures and endless possibilities, Leisureland offers more than riches, as Paul discovers a whole new world and realizes that we are meant for something bigger

Melancholia by Lars von Trier( Visual )

10 editions published between 2011 and 2016 in English and German and held by 1,349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine's sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire's best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth threatening the very existence of humankind"--Container

Blade by Stephen Norrington( Visual )

7 editions published between 1998 and 2015 in English and Italian and held by 1,192 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Wesley Snipes stars as the tortured soul Blade -- half man, half immortal. Blade sharpens his lethal skills under the guidance of Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), his mentor, guardian, and fellow hunter of the night. When the bloodthirsty Immortals' lord, Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), declares war on the human race, Blade is humanity's last hope for survival." -- Container

My own private Idaho( Visual )

5 editions published between 2005 and 2015 in English and held by 1,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mike, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott, the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire, embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elusive place called home

The adventures of Pinocchio by Steve Barron( Visual )

17 editions published between 1996 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 963 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy

Dogville by Lars von Trier( Visual )

12 editions published between 2003 and 2012 in English and held by 938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Grace arrives in the isolated town of Dogville, on the run from gangsters. The townspeople agree to hide her. However, when outsiders start looking for the fugitive, the locals make demands of Grace in exchange for the risk of harboring her. But Grace has a secret and its a dangerous one. Dogville may regret it ever decided to bare its teeth

Dancer in the dark by Lars von Trier( Visual )

5 editions published between 2000 and 2016 in English and German and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selma, a Czechoslovakian immigrant, is a single mother working in a factory in rural America circa 1964. She is also afflicted by a hereditary disease, which will cost her her sight. Determined to protect her 10-year-old son from the same fate, Selma is saving her money to get him an operation. In the evenings, Selma escapes by rehearsing for a production of The Sound of Music with her best friend. When a neighbor betrays her trust, Selma's life spirals out of control and the lines between reality and fantasy blur

Halloween by John Carpenter( Visual )

7 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 753 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet, but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, Michael Myers, a ten year old boy, brutally killed his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he escaped from the mental institution he had been placed in and made his way back to his hometown intent on a murderous rampage. He is pursued by Dr. Sam Loomis who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows Michael's true evil. Elsewhere a shy teenager by the name of Laurie Strode is babysitting on the night Michael comes home. She and her friends are now being stalked by Michael

Breaking the waves by Lars von Trier( Visual )

30 editions published between 1996 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 723 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bess, a pious, young Scottish woman, prays to God to send her husband, Jan, home from his job on an offshore oil rig. When an accident sends him home paralyzed, she's filled with guilt and submits to his wish that she take on other lovers, convinced that this will aid in his recovery

Shadow of the vampire by E. Elias Merhige( Visual )

21 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and German and held by 688 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Film director F.W. Murnau forms an unholy bargain with Max Schreck, a centuries-old vampire, in exchange for his performance in the vampire film "Nosferatu."

Brawl in cell block 99 by Jennifer Carpenter( Visual )

6 editions published in 2017 in English and held by 607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bradley, a former boxer turned drug runner, lands in a prison battleground after a deal gets deadly

Soul kitchen by Fatih Akin( Visual )

4 editions published in 2010 in German and held by 490 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Soul Kitchen" is Zinos Kazantsakis's humdrum restaurant in a working-class neighborhood of Hamburg. The food is mostly frozen, unceremoniously zapped in the microwave, or thrown into a vat of bubbling grease. He loves his restaurant and his girlfriend Nadine, even after she leaves him for an assignment in China. Wanting to liven up the restaurant, Zinos hires an out-of-work three-star chef, lets his ex-con brother Ilias spin records, and seeks out new clientele. Soon Soul Kitchen is reborn as Hamburg's newest hot spot. On a whim, Zinos flies to China to rekindle his relationship with Nadine leaving his brother in charge. There is also a slipped disc, a hard-drinking, chain-smoking waitress, a scheming real-estate developer, a Turkish "physio-healer," and a high stakes poker game in the mix. But the film is not about food or love; it's about family, life and human relationships, with a lingering nostalgia for a time when eating out implied getting dead drunk, stuffing one's face with cholesterol and kissing across the table

Europa by Lars von Trier( Visual )

5 editions published between 1990 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Just after WW2, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him

Medea by Lars von Trier( Visual )

32 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Medea seeks vengeance against Jason after he betrays her in a search for the golden fleece

Invincible by Werner Herzog( Visual )

13 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on a true story, an extraordinary tale of a simple Jewish man who rises from a life of obscurity to defend his heritage. With Hitler on the brink of power and the world on the road to war. A journey from a humble village in Poland to the giddy excesses of 1930's Berlin and the risks he took to fight for his people

Modigliani by Mick Davis( Visual )

3 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Brings to life the artistic genius Amedeo Modigliani's story of tragic love, rivalry, and excess in the midst of art history's golden age when greats like Picasso, Rivera, Cocteau, and Modigliani held court in the salons of post-WWI Paris

Manderlay by Lars von Trier( Visual )

5 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in German and English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"While traveling across [Alabama in the 1930s], Grace discovers the isolated plantation of Manderlay, a place where no one knows that slavery has been long abolished. With a good heart and pure intentions, Grace tries to emancipate the slaves and open the residents' eyes to the truth, with shocking results"--Container

Suspiria( Visual )

3 editions published between 2007 and 2015 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Horror film about an American student enrolled in a German dance academy. A series of bizarre incidents and brutal murders puts the academy in chaos

Fear dot com by William Malone( Visual )

5 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A mad genius has created a live-cam website that determines a person's deepest fear and then 48 hours later that fear becomes a brutal reality. An investigating detective and a city health inspector know the danger of logging into the site, but both are determined to solve the mystery

Iron sky by Timo Vuorensola( Visual )

16 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At the end of World War II the Nazis set up a secret project on the Dark Side of the Moon where over the next seven decades they create a space fortress and flying saucers. When an American astronaut stumbles upon the Reich's secret moon lair, the Fuhrer decides to invade the Earth