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For the latter Werner received an Oscar nomination.

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Werner accepted both stage and film roles throughout his career. He was the youngest person to receive this recognition. He made his theatre debut using the stage name Oskar Werner in October In December , Werner was drafted into the Deutsche Wehrmacht. As a pacifist and staunch opponent of National Socialism , he was determined to avoid advancement in the army:.

So many officers had been killed on the Russian front that they needed replacements desperately. And, I was for them the embodiment of the Aryan type. But I am a pacifist. I didn't want any responsibility, so I behaved stupidly. I fell from my horse and made mistakes reading the range finders on the cannon, and finally, they kicked me out of training school.

He was assigned to peeling potatoes and cleaning latrines instead of being sent to the Eastern Front.

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In , he secretly married actress Elisabeth Kallina [ de ] , who was half Jewish. They had a daughter Eleanore. That December, he deserted the Wehrmacht and fled with his wife and daughter to the Wienerwald Vienna Woods , where they remained in hiding until the end of the war. The shells hit all around our little hut and it was shaking like a leaf We knew that to go out there would be suicide, but it was better than to have to wait for execution.