Anton Diffring (20 October 1918 - 20 May 1989) was a Germanactor. He was best known in the English-speaking world for his portrayal of Nazi officers, in films such as Where Eagles Dare (1968) and The Heroes of Telemark (1965). He appeared in the Doctor Who story Silver Nemesis. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Where Eagles Dare is a 1967 novel by Alistair MacLean that he also converted to a screenplay for a motion picture of the same name. ... Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 war film based on the story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during World War II. Norwegian resistance fighters sabotage the Nazi German effort to produce heavy water for German atomic research during World War II. Snowy Norwegian locations serve as a backdrop for... List of Doctor Who serials Doctor Who audio releases Doctor Who spin-offs - includes a discussion of the many novelisations and original novels based on the series History of Doctor Who The Doctor (Doctor Who) List of supporting characters in Doctor Who, including villains and aliens List of robots in... Silver Nemesis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from November 23 (the series 25th anniversary) to December 7, 1988. ...
The steely, blue-eyed Diffring is perfect as the erudite but flawed medical genius whose past is littered with botched operations but continues his work behind the prop of a circus staffed with female performers whose faces he has restored in exchange for fealty and silence.
Diffring's work gives the film its pulse and his Doctor Rossiter/Schueler is the resourceful and controlling renegade who deals ruthlessly with his flawed females who try to leave his circus.
AntonDiffring plays a plastic surgeon on the run from the law for some unethical practices which led to patient disfigurement.
It's the moniker of a certain demented plastic surgeon (AntonDiffring) who pursues his experimental techniques at any cost...
There's plenty of the former (the movie is set under the big top, after all) and the song "Look to a Star," which accompanies Remberg's aerial act, is heard perhaps half a dozen times.
Happily, Diffring keeps the show going with his dynamic portrayal of the manic, loathsome villain.
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