---
name: "Alfred Edel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alfred-edel"
fi1m_id: "alfred-edel"
imdb_id: "nm0248937"
tmdb_id: 1013897
wikidata_id: "Q1260021"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 March 1932"
died: "17 June 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:14:32.858386+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alfred Edel

## Identity

Alfred Edel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alfred-edel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alfred-edel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0248937
- **TMDB ID:** 1013897
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1260021
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248937/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1013897

Actor. Born 12 March 1932 in Abensberg, Germany. Died 17 June 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 March 1932, Abensberg, Germany
- **Died:** 17 June 1993
- **Also known as:** Alo Edel
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260021, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248937/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1013897

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stroszek*](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md) (82)

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## Biography

Alfred Edel was a German actor. Born on 12 March 1932 in Abensberg, he studied sociology, philosophy, history and theatre studies before being cast by Alexander Kluge in the 1965 film *Abschied von gestern*. He became a frequent performer in New German Cinema, appearing in supporting roles for directors including Werner Herzog, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg and Christoph Schlingensief.

Edel played the professor of logic in Herzog’s *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974) and the prison warden in *Stroszek* (1977). He also appeared as a journalist in *Supermarket* (1974). Later credits include *100 Years of Adolf Hitler* (1989) and several films with Schlingensief. He died on 17 June 1993 in Frankfurt am Main.

*Sources: filmportal.de, de.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stroszek* (1977), Fi1m 82, as Prison Warden — [page](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Engine Cough* (1996), Actor
- *Terror 2000* (1993), as Bösler
- *My Father Is Coming* (1991), as Hans
- *The German Chainsaw Massacre* (1990), as Alfred
- *Bavaria Blue* (1989), as Franz Daindl
- *Giovanni oder die Fährte der Frauen* (1989), as Dr. Röslein
- *Manöver* (1989), as Ministerialdirigent Dinklage
- *Mixwix* (1989), as Rechte Hand
- *100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker* (1989), as Hermann Goering
- *Earthbound* (1989), as Zirkusdirektor
- *The Case of Mr. Spalt* (1988), as Dr. Kohlhammer
- *Menu Total* (1986), as Cuca
- *Idiots' Battle* (1986), Actor
- *The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time* (1985), as Motivforscher
- *Ain’t Nothin’ Without You* (1985), as Dr. Götz
- *Tears in Florence* (1985), as Butler Florenz
- *Tunguska – Die Kisten sind da* (1984), as Roy Glas
- *Class Relations* (1984), as Der Oberkellner
- *Die Spider Murphy Gang* (1983), as Adi
- *The Mikado Project* (1983), as Police officer
- *Muttertreu* (1982), as Pfarrer
- *Die Perle der Karibik* (1981), as Ernst Edel
- *Das Casanova-Projekt* (1981), as Herr Edel
- *A Case For Two* (1981), series, as Autofahrer, Gast
- *The Patriotic Woman* (1979), as Herr Mürke, Staatsanwalt
- *Der Stromtreiber - Der Mann im roten Kahn* (1979), Actor
- *Hitler: A Film from Germany* (1978), as Stimmen der Leute / Mann der Geschichte 1923
- *Stroszek* (1977), as Prison Warden — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md)
- *Fear of Fear* (1976), as Patient (uncredited)
- *The Sternstein Manor* (1976), as Dr. Swoboda
- *Hugs and Other Things* (1976), as Lämmer
- *Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient* (1975), as Professor
- *Berlinger* (1975), Actor
- *In Danger and Dire Distress the Middle of the Road Leads to Death* (1974), as Bieringer
- *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), as Logic Professor
- *Supermarket* (1974), as Chefredakteur
- *Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave* (1973), as Dieb
- *Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet* (1972), as Willi Tobler
- *Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed* (1968), as Dr. Busch
- *Yesterday Girl* (1967), as Universitätsassistent
- *Die Zeit dazwischen*, as Hoteldirektor
- *Die letzten Abenteuer*, Actor

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