Hannes Messemer

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name = Hannes Messemer


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birth_date = birth date|1924|05|19
birth_place = Dillingen an der Donau
death_date = death date and age|1991|11|02|1924|05|19
death_place = Aachen
death_cause = Heart attack
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known_for = The Great Escape
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Hannes Messemer (May 19, 1924 – November 2, 1991) was a German actor best known for his role as the commandant in "The Great Escape" (1963). The movie had a star-studded cast, but it was the relatively unknown Messemer who uttered the film's most famous line (to Steve McQueen/Capt. Hilts): "It looks, after all, as if you will see Berlin before I do."

Born in Dillingen an der Donau, Messemer served on the Eastern Front of World War II and was eventually captured by Soviet soldiers. He died of a heart attack in Aachen.

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*imdb name|name=Hannes Messemer|id=0582019