Burkhard Driest

Biography

Burkhard Driest was a German actor, writer, and director born on April 28, 1939, in Stettin, Germany. He gained recognition for his roles in Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron" and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Querelle". A writer and novelist, Driest published works that often explored his own life experiences, including a memoir titled "Halbstark in Peine".