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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20971857

The elder daughter of the late German film star Klaus Kinski, Pola, has accused her father of sexually abusing her between the ages of 5 and 19.

She told a German magazine she had broken her silence because of the continuing adulation Kinski enjoyed, more than 20 years after his death.

Kinski starred in some of the most famous German films of the 1970s and early 1980s, directed by Werner Herzog.

His numerous sexual liaisons with adults were well documented.

He made a name for himself in spaghetti westerns such as For a Few Dollars More before starring in Herzog films including Aguirre The Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Fitzcarraldo (1982).

A biographer of the actor, Christian David, said there had been rumours about the relationship between Kinski and Pola for years.

Pola Kinski, herself an actress, spoke to Stern ahead of the release of her autobiography, Kindermund (English: The Mouths Of Babes).

Now 60, she said she had got to the point where she could no longer stomach the accolades heaped on her "genius" father.

She also wanted, through her book, to help "others who have lived through something similar".

Germany's top-selling tabloid Bild commended Ms Kinski as a "heroine" for having had the courage to talk about "what probably thousands of daughters do not dare to say".

There was no immediate comment on Pola's book from her half-siblings, Nastassja and Nikolai, when their representatives were contacted by Reuters news agency.

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