On the first anniversary of his death

Honorary grave for Helmut Berger in Bad Ischl

In addition to the bust erected in front of the Lehár Theater in 2019, the acting legend has now also been memorialized with an honorary grave.(Bild: Robert Loy)

He exuded more sex appeal in the sixties and seventies than Robert Pattinson and Leonardo DiCaprio put together - now, one year after his death, Bad Ischl-born actor Helmut Berger has also been honored with an honorary grave made of granite and gneiss at the Bad Ischl cemetery. 

Helmut Berger has been given an honorary grave in his home town of Bad Ischl. The tomb is made of black granite and green gneiss and is adorned with a portrait of the film star who died a year ago. It was designed by Alexander Hanel, who was also responsible for Berger's marble bust, which has stood in front of the Lehár Theater in the imperial city since 2019, as the family business Stein Hanel reported on Thursday.

Died shortly before his birthday
The world star of European cinema of the 1960s and 1970s died on May 18 last year shortly before his 79th birthday and was buried in Bad Ischl on July 28, 2023. Hanel's stone was placed on the grave at the beginning of May. The cemetery administration also announced that the grave of honor was now ready.