Career
He appeared in more than 70 films and directed a further 25. He starred in the 1978 film Flaming Hearts, which was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Two of Kern"s later films, Blutsfreundschaft (2008) and Mörderschwestern (2011), featured Helmut Berger in a starring role.
His last film was The Last Summer of the Rich ("Der letzte Sommer der Reichen"), which screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015.