Ich bin so wild nach deinem Erdbeermund

autobiography by Kinski

Also known as: “I Am So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth”, “Kinski Uncut”(Show More)

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Ich bin so wild nach deinem Erdbeermund (translated as "I Am So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth") is the 1975 autobiography of the intense and eccentric German actor Klaus Kinski. The book, later re-released as Kinski Uncut, reflects Kinski's self-cultivated image of excess and hedonism.1

Kinski, known for his riveting performances in films by Werner Herzog, had a career spanning over 40 years. He gained international attention for roles in films like Doctor Zhivago and spaghetti westerns before achieving wide recognition for his performance in Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God. Kinski often expressed disdain for his acting profession, stating he would have preferred a different life to "selling [his] tears and [his] laughter". He worked primarily when the financial compensation suited him.1

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…was reflected in his autobiography Ich bin so wild nach deinem Erdbeermund (1975; “I Am So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth”; rereleased in 1988 as Kinski Uncut). He disdained his chosen profession, once saying, “I wish I’d never been an actor. I’d rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body,…
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…was reflected in his autobiography Ich bin so wild nach deinem Erdbeermund (1975; “I Am So Wild About Your Strawberry Mouth”; rereleased in 1988 as Kinski Uncut). He disdained his chosen profession, once saying, “I wish I’d never been an actor. I’d rather have been a streetwalker, selling my body,…
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