Michael Maien

Michael Maien born October 12 1945 in Nuremberg Germany is a German actor pop singer screenwriter and author Trained at Munichs Otto Falckenberg School he made his film debut in 1965 with the controversial drama Wälsungenblut earning the Bambi Award for Best Newcomer During the late 1960s and early 1970s Maien became a prominent screen presence in popular cinema appearing in educational films by Oswalt Kolle crime films sex comedies and international genre productions At the same time he pursued a Schlager music career with several singles and frequent television appearances From the late 1970s onward he shifted his focus to television theatre and writing Since the 1990s Maien has worked primarily as a freelance writer publishing novels and cultural essays while living in Düsseldorf