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Senta Berger will be 80 years old on May 13th.

The “Zeit” honors the actress in a big interview - and learned about the abuse experiences of the native Austrian, who made it to Hollywood.

In an interview with the weekly newspaper, Berger even described the American producer Darryl Zanuck, who invited her to his hotel room in New York and then followed her in a bathrobe, as a “Harvey Weinstein figure”.

In an exchange with colleagues, this behavior was later described as "common".

Berger also raised serious allegations against the Austrian actor OW Fischer.

He tried to rape her while filming "It doesn't always have to be caviar".

He also hit and injured her.

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"After that I should have actually said: I can't shoot with you tomorrow and I can't make this film with you," she told Die Zeit.

Instead, she didn't exchange a private word with him during the six-week shoot.

In the end he apologized with the "Faust" quote: "The eternal feminine draws us up".

Learned how to "put it away"

The 79-year-old also reported another incident with US actor Kirk Douglas, who comes from a Russian-Jewish emigrant family.

He tried to kiss her against her will.

When she turned her head away, he justified himself with the words “Your people killed my people”.

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She had already learned at the theater in Vienna how to cope with such attacks.

During this time, women were still pinched in the buttocks by the actors who left the stage.

At that time, she "firmly resolved: I don't even notice it," she continued.

You wanted to "give none of these gentlemen the pleasure of my indignation".

On the occasion of the MeToo debate, she discussed a lot at home with her son Simon, who works as a director and belongs to a different generation.

"The balance of power is changing, the gender balance is changing," she said.

“But in my opinion there is too much discussion about the language and gender asterisks and too little about the real conditions.

And too much about actresses and too little about cleaning women or bus drivers. "

Berger was born in Vienna in 1941 and began her career in Austria and Germany before taking on roles in Hollywood.

Among other things, she was honored with a Bambi for her portrayals.