Curd Jürgens Below" (1957), in which he portrayed a German U-boat commander. In 1962 he played the German general Günther Blumentritt in "The Longest Day". Later, in the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), he played the villain Karl Stromberg, a sociopathic industrialist seeking to transform the world into an ocean paradise. His last film appearance was as Maître Legraine, beside Alain Delon and Claude Jade in the spy-thriller "Teheran 43" (1981). In English-language television he played Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in several episodes of the BBC series "Fall of Eagles" (1974) and appeared as General Vladimir in the
Stromberg (TV series) of "Bernd Stromberg" by German dictionary publishing company Langenscheidt shortly before the third season.<ref name="Chef - Deutsch / Deutsch - Chef. Klartext am Arbeitsplatz"></ref> The book is a bestseller in Germany and topped the non-fiction charts of Der Spiegel. In December 2011 one million Euro was collected with a crowd funding project to create a feature film of "Stromberg". Production was started in spring 2013, according to producer Ralf Husmann. The film was the highest-grossing film in Germany for its first two weeks of release. Stromberg (TV series) Stromberg () is a German television series which is produced by Brainpool