| David Kross | |
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 Kross at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2009 |
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| Born | David Kroß 4 July 1990 Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany |
| Other name(s) | David Kross |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002-present |
David Kross (German: David Kroß; born 4 July 1990) is a German actor.
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Kross was born in Henstedt-Ulzburg, 20 miles north of Hamburg, Germany. His first movie was Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge also known as Help, I'm a Boy! in 2002.[1] He was the leading actor in Knallhart (2006)[2] and Krabat (2008).
His most recent leading role is in the film The Reader, along with Kate Winslet, in which he plays Michael Berg, a 15-year-old boy, who falls in love with a 36-year-old woman, Hanna Schmitz, in post-World War II Germany. Kross also plays the same character as a 22-year-old law student attending Hanna Schmitz's war crimes trial.
Although most of the actors in the film are well-known veterans, Kross, at 17, was relatively unknown, with only a limited knowledge of English.[3] He had to learn the language to be able to act in a major role in this all English-language movie.
Kross' most recent project is the leading role in a new German film, Same Same But Different, that was shot in Cambodia (director: Detlev Buck) and will be released in January 2010.[4]
| Year | Film title | English alternative title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge | Help, I'm a Boy! | Paddy | |
| 2003 | Adam & Eva | |||
| 2006 | Knallhart | Tough Enough | Michael Polischka | |
| 2007 | Hände weg von Mississippi | Hands off Mississippi | Bäckerlehrling Bröckel | |
| 2008 | Krabat | Krabat | Adapted from a German language novel Krabat (The Satanic Mill in English) by Otfried Preußler. | |
| 2008 | The Reader | Young Michael Berg | Adapted from the German novel Der Vorleser (The Reader in English) by law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink. | |
| 2009 | Same Same But Different[5] | Ben |
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| | Hilfe, ich bin ein Junge (2002) - Verzauberte Emma (2002) |
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