Summary
Austrian actorFelix Kammererhas only recently begun appearing in movies and television shows, but he’s already proven that he’s capable of leading weighty and highly anticipated films and series. Born on June 02, 2025, to Austrian opera singers, Angelika Kirchschlager and Hans Peter Kammerer (viaThe Guardian), Kammerer was likely always headed towards a career in the arts.Like Christoph Waltz before him, Kammerer is an Austrian actor who has found success in the larger German movie industry with roles inAll Quiet on the Western FrontandDer Pass.
Kammerer got his start on the stage, graduating from the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts Berlin in 2019 (viaSalzburerfestspiele). He acted in many stage productions untilhis feature film debut in 2022 in the highly anticipatedAll Quiet on the Western Frontfor Netflix. His portrayal of the lead character, Paul Bäumer, immediately put him on the map, with two notable television roles quickly following. Now Kammerer has two American movie productions on the way as the young actor makes his way to Hollywood.
All Quiet On The Western Front Book vs. Movie: Biggest Differences
Netflix’s All Quiet On The Western Front generally stays true to its book source material, but the movie still makes some notable changes.
Der Pass (2018-2023)
Felix Riedle (2 Episodes, 2023)
Der Pass, orPagan Peakin some countries, is a German-Austrian crime drama series that premiered in 2019 on Sky Deutschland. The show follows two detectives, German officer Ellie (Julia Jentsch) and Austrian officer Gedeon (Nicholas Ofczarek), working in the border area between Traunstein, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. Felix Kammerer appears in season 3 as Felix Riedle, a serial killer who is being trained by an older murderer, Stefan Polt (August Diehl).
Though he only appears in two episodes of the series, Kammerer makes good use of his screen time. As Riedle, Kammerer is an unnerving, unreadable presence who rolls a die to determine if we kill his victim.It’s a dark and cruel part that Kammerer still imbues with humanity, making the character one of the better moderndepictions of a serial killer on TV.
All The Light We Cannot See
Cast
All the Light We Cannot See is a historical drama set in occupied France during World War II. The Netflix original series stars Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure, a blind French teen who connects with a German soldier named Werner (Louis Hofmann). All the Light We Cannot See also stars Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and Louis Hofmann.
All the Light We Cannot Seeis based on the 2014 novelof the same name by Anthony Doerr, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The miniseries premiered on Netflix in 2023, starring Aria Mia Loberti as Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French girl living in Paris during WWII, and Louis Hofmann as Unterfeldwebel Werner Pfennig, a young German soldier forced to fight for the Nazis in occupied Paris. Felix Kammerer plays Scharführer Schmidt in the pilot episode.
Schmidt is the opposite side of the coin to Werner, a young man drafted into the Nazi apparatus who, willingly or not, has lost his humanity to the empire’s malign influences.
Schmidt, along with his troop leader, Captain Mueller (Jakob Diehl), are new characters added to the show. When the pair of soldiers discover Werner listening to Marie-Laure’s radio show, they threaten the young girl. Schmidt is the opposite side of the coin to Werner, a young man drafted into the Nazi apparatus who, willingly or not, has lost his humanity to the empire’s malign influences.Kammerer plays both sides of Schmidt; as a cruel, ignorant, young man, and a defeated, broken boy, with equal skill.
All Quiet on the Western Front
Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel, All Quiet on the Western Front is a World War I movie following Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) as he quickly realizes that war isn’t about becoming a hero, but rather just surviving the terrifying experience. The film received critical praise upon release and even won four Academy Awards.
The third adaptation ofAll Quiet on the Western Frontby Erich Maria Remarque, the 2022 German movie distributed by Netflix, is a harrowing and grim retelling of the famous WWI story. Felix Kammerer stars as Paul Bäumer, the point-of-view character who is drafted into the Imperial German Army during the waning years of the war. At first excited for the adventure, Paul’s spirit and humanity are quickly broken by the horrors on the battlefield.
All Quiet on the Western Frontwas nominated for nine Academy Awards and won Best International Feature Film, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design.
It’s a remarkable bit of acting from Kammerer, who had never appeared in a feature-length movie before this role. At the beginning of the film, Kammerer plays Paul as a bouncy, excitable young man, but his downward spiral throughout is movingly and subtly told. Even caked in mud and dirt,Kammerer makes the heartbreaking emotions on Paul’s face perfectly clear, lending an authentic and gripping performance to the movie.
Felix Kammerer’s Upcoming Projects
Eden And Frankenstein Are On Kammerer’s Schedule
Felix Kammerer has two upcoming movies on his schedule. The first isEden, an American survival action thriller directed by Ron Howard.Edenfollows a group of people who leave society to travel to the Galápagos Islands to find the meaning of life. The film stars Ana de Armas, Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, and Kammerer’sAll Quietco-star, Daniel Brühl. It is set to premiere at TIFF in September 2024 (viaScreen Daily).
The second upcoming film for Kammerer is Guillermo del Toro’sFrankensteinadaptation. Kammerer will appear as a currently unknown character alongside fellow Austrian Christoph Waltz, in addition to Jacob Elordi as Frankenstein’s monster and Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein. Mia Goth, Charles Dance, and Ralph Ineson are also set to appear. Not much more is known about the movie, butGuillermo del Toro’sFrankensteinhas been a project long in the works, and with talents such asFelix Kammererattached, it can’t arrive soon enough.
