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Hans Christian Blech (right) with Richard Basehart (left) in Decision Before Dawn

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Hans Christian Blech's death in Decision Before Dawn

Hans Christian Blech (1915 - 1993)

Film Deaths[]

  • Decision Before Dawn (1951) [Sergeant Rudolf Barth a.k.a. Tiger]: Shot in the back by Richard Basehart as Hans tries to run away.
  • The Scarlet Letter (1973) [Roger Chillingworth]: Dies of natural causes (it's implied that he simply lost the will to live after Lou Castel's death left him without a target for his malice).

TV Deaths[]

  • Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats (The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat) (1967; TV movie) [Jean-Paul Marat]: Playing a mental patient portraying Jean-Paul Marat in a stage play, he is "stabbed" by Lieselotte Rau in the play-within-the-film performance. (See also Ian Richardson in the 1967 theatrical film version Marat/Sade.)

Noteworthy Connections[]

  • Ex-husband of Ermi Wilhelmi.