Emerging from a distinguished Berlin acting lineage-son of stage veterans Berta Drews and Heinrich George-he began formal training at the Berlin UFA-Nachwuchsstudio in the mid-1950s and refined his craft between 1958 and 1963, while also appearing on stage from 1950 onward. After modest film parts, his breakthrough arrived with Jacqueline (1959), earning both the Bundesfilmpreis and the Preis der…
