Christine Kaufmann - 1049

Lovely German actress.

In films from the age of eight,
Kaufmann gained international recognition when she played a teenaged rape
victim in 1961's Town Without Pity. (The press of the period were less
concerned with Kaufmann's acting ability in a demanding role than with the
revealing bikini which she wore in her early scenes).

While playing the heroine of the
big-budget Taras Bulba (1962), Kaufmann fell in love with her co-star, Tony
Curtis. They were married in 1963, then appeared together in the frothy Universal
comedy Wild and Wonderful (1964).

Two daughters followed and Kaufmann briefly retired from
acting to look after them. When the marriage broke up in 1968 she returned to work
and since 1976 has been mainly seen in choice supporting roles in major German
films

Kaufmann's best recent showing was in the cult
favourite Bagdad Cafe (1987)..

This is an exceptionally pretty, very early vintage sepia German postcard, nicely signed in black ink across the lower white margin.