Gustav Knuth
Birthday: Born in 1901-07-07 in Braunschweig, Germany
Deathday: 1987-02-01
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Kleinstadtbahnhof
Character: Gustav Henning
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Salto Mortale
Character: Carlo Doria
Salto Mortale is a German television series....
Drüben bei Lehmanns
Character: Kurt Lehmann
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Polizeiinspektion 1
Character: Ilonas Opa
Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series....
Stars in der Manege
Character: Self
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Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau
Character: Eberhard Müller
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Hallo – Hotel Sacher … Portier!
Character: Direktor Alfred Hafner
Hallo – Hotel Sacher … Portier! is an Austrian television series....
Hallo – Hotel Sacher … Portier!
Character: Direktor Otto Hafner
Hallo – Hotel Sacher … Portier! is an Austrian television series....
Großer Mann, was nun?
Character: Heinrich König
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Die Montagsmaler
Character: Self
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Der eiserne Gustav
Character: Gustav Hackendahl
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Bambi-Verleihung
Character: Self
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods ...
Musik & Gäste
Character: Self
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Der Illegale
Character: General Alexander Korotkow
Set against the backdrop of post-war Germany, Der Illegale follows the story of a young man named Stefan who, after being arrested for deserting the army, finds himself in the country’s illegal labor market. As he attempts to start a new life, he faces not only the challenges of survival but also a world where trust is rare, and every action carries immense risks. Through Stefan's journey, the film explores themes of power, survival, and the lengths one will go to in order to escape the clutches...
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Sissi: The Young Empress
Character: Duke Max
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother....
Sissi
Character: Duke Max
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love....
Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
Character: Duke Max
After a wonderful time in Hungary Sissi falls extremely ill and must retreat to a Mediterranean climate to rest. The young empress’ mother takes her from Austria to recover in Madeira....
Port of Freedom
Character: Fiete
Singing sailor Hannes, who now entertains the crowd at St. Pauli's Hippodrome after years at sea, promises his dying brother that he will take care of his ex-girlfriend Gisa. Taking Gisa to Hamburg to live with him, Hannes quickly falls in love with her, but soon has to face Gisa's affection for another man, Willem....
Shadows over St. Pauli
Character: Oschi Rasmus
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I Often Think of Piroschka
Character: Istvan Racz
Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of...
Pepe, der Paukerschreck
Character: Kurt Nietnagel
Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft secretly places his nephew as a spy with the difficult class of Pepe Nietnagel. During the celebration for the 100th anniversary, a simulated fire forces the school to shut down for a week. The director's attempt to get a tough teacher assigned by the department of education results in the exact opposite because of Nietnagel's intervention....
Between Hamburg and Haiti
Character: Henry Brinkmann
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Charleys Onkel
Character: Reginald Tressblekken
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Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
Character: Herzog Max in Bayern (archive footage)
September 11, 1898: The imperial family’s personal physician, Dr. Herman Widerhofer, is deeply shocked by the news that an anarchist has assassinated Empress Elisabeth in Geneva. He then shuts himself up in his private rooms and recalls the empress’ fateful life. We learn the truth about Elisabeth, as the doctor knew more about her than anyone else....
08/15 at Home
Character: Major Hinrichsen
The third part of Paul May′s "08/15" trilogy based on the novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst takes place shortly before the end of World War II: In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated, and the battalion of Kowalski, major general von Plönnies and Asch who had risen to the rank of lieutenant in the meantime is left to its own devices to a large extent. They hope to be able to wait for the end of the war without having to encounter any combat operations. At the same time, Asch ...
On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight
Character: Brandstetter snr.
After many years on the oceans, sailor Hannes Wedderkamp has finally returned to Hamburg. On St. Pauli, Hannes sings songs from the sea in the hippodrome of his best friend Pitter Breuer on the Reeperbahn with the "Quetschkommode" songs and cares for the audience....
Sissi - Forever My Love
Character: Duke Max of Bavaria (archive footage)
The beautiful account of the powerful drama of love and courage of Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph and Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria. This is a condensed version of the original German language 3-part "Sissi" series....
Tante Frieda - Neue Lausbubengeschichten
Character: Gustav Schultheiss
The 13-year-old Ludwig is to have for every joke. At boarding school he cuts his stern teacher, Captain a. D. Semmelmaier, during the nap from the beard. The angry pedagogue then sends the spoiled flail back to his beloved Bavarian village. The long-suffering mother persuades the rector to resume her reforming boy at the Latin school. Everything seems to be working out for the better, but the upcoming marriage of his sister Ännchen with the Berlin beer brewer Karl Schultheiss presents Ludwig wit...
Onkel Filser - Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten
Character: Gustav Schultheiss
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Heidi
Character: Alp Oehi
After her mother's death, the five year old orphan Heidi is brought by her aunt to her grumpy grandfather Alp, who leads a hermit life in the beautiful Swiss mountains. Heidi's natural cheerfulness quickly brings renewed joy in grandfather Alps life. Heidi becomes friends with the goatherd Peter who is about the same age as her and spent two beautiful years in the pasture. But then she is sent by her aunt to Frankfurt in the house of Consul Sesemann where Heidi should get a proper education and ...
Sacred Waters
Character: Hans Waldisch
Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs....
Under the Bridges
Character: Willy
Two barge skippers fall in love with the same woman....
The Rats
Character: Karl John
Soon after World War II, a pregnant Polish refugee, Pauline, wanders Berlin looking for the boyfriend who abandoned her. She has no option but to sell her child to another woman, Anna. After the birth, Pauline decides she wants the baby back....
Die Physiker
Character: Herbert Georg Beutler / Isaac Newton
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Heute heiratet mein Mann
Character: Karl Nielsen
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Wenn wir alle Engel wären
Character: Polizeikommissar
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Rote Lippen soll man küssen
Character: John P. Hoover
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Das Geheimnis der roten Katze
Character: Pitou
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Alle lieben Peter
Character: Generaldirektor Steiner
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Castle in Tyrol
Character: Jack Hover
A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi....
The House of the Three Girls
Character: Christian Tschöll
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Der Bettelstudent
Character: Oberst Ollendorf
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The Count of Luxemburg
Character: Fürst Basil Basilowitsch
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Jetzt dreht die Welt sich nur um dich
Character: Holger Andreesen
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A Piece of Heaven
Character: Axel von Pröhl
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Sky Without Stars
Character: Otto Friese
Anna is a factory worker in East Germany. Her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West and Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl who helps her with her son and they fall in love....
Kleine Leute mal ganz groß
Character: Ferdinand Sommerrock
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Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
Character: Diederich Schwarzkopf
First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany....
Conny und Peter machen Musik
Character: Trautmann, Hoteldirektor
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I Learned It from Father
Character: Theaterdirektor Löwe
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Eine hübscher als die andere
Character: Otto Seeberg
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Kein Engel ist so rein
Character: Josef „Sepp“ Ziegler
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Congress of Love
Character: Stefans Vater
Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he ...
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
Character: Henry O’Brien
Freddy can hardly believe his good fortune: His uncle has left him some land in the Rocky Mountains, and, together with orphan Stefan, he's taking off for Canada. However, the great inheritance turns out to be a decrepit, old log cabin in the middle of nowhere. Nevertheless, an unusual number of people seem to be way too interested in the rundown ranch....
Friedemann Bach
Character: Johann Christoph Altnikol
During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors....
The Liar
Character: Rotbarth
When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before....
Legend of a Gunfighter
Character: Richard Bradley
After his parents are killed in a stagecoach holdup, a young man learns to be an expert gunman and with his dog Shorty, sets out to avenge their deaths....
Meine Tochter und ich
Character: Dr. Walther
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Nur der Wind
Character: Sean O’Connor
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Nylon Noose
Character: Charles Clifton
A company's stockholders hold their meeting at a lonely mansion. A mad doctor conducting experiments in the mansion starts to strangle them one at a time with a nylon noose. The survivors must figure out a way to stop him....
Theft of the Sabines
Character: Emanuel Striese
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Der schwarze Blitz
Character: Hotelier Haringer
Michael Kirchner, nicknamed "The Black Lightning", is a passionate alpine skier. Now he must eliminate the tough opponent Herbert Tanner to be the representative of the national team....
Wenn Frauen schwindeln
Character: Hellmann
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Der Ammenkönig
Character: Hans Stork
Rather coarse, pre-War comedy about a Markgraf -- Heinrich XXVI -- who bathes in the springs of the Ammendorf to strengthen his potency. The town and its springs are especially well known for the many couples with lots of children, who, for tax reasons, live there unmarried. The town smithy and bully provides his vitality to ensure the countess has an heir for the throne....
Hoch klingt der Radetzkymarsch
Character: Waldemar Graf Hatzberg zu Eberstein
In the Vienna of the Biedermeier era, the young Carl makes a delicate wager with two officers: If he does not succeed in presenting a new romantic adventure by the next day, he has to treat the soldiers to ten bottles of sparkling wine. Albeit he tries in vain to seduce the pretty maid Franzi, Carl brags about his alleged conquest the next day in his favourite pub. When the senior lieutenant Stephan, who is head over heels in love with Franzi, hears about Carl’s putative success, he writes, out ...
The High Life
Character: Arthur Grönland
Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers....
Der blaue Stern des Südens
Character: Bruck
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The Venus of Tivoli
Character: Hermann Schninkat
Unemployed and homeless actors following the dream of finding the future in South America. The manager Osvaldo Curtis tricks the group of colorful and failed artists to apply for a special visa overseas....
Professor Sound und die Pille
Character: Aufofahrer
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The Devil May Well Laugh
Character: Erich Füllgrabe
Three bums get played by the devil....
Hippodrome
Character: Carl de Vries
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Palace Hotel
Character: Loosli, Kellermeister
The paths of guests and employees cross at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz: A chambermaid experiences financial difficulties. A guest has been robbed. A thief is caught. An assistant cook is promoted to waiter. And there’s no shortage of love in this small world of the great Hotel Palace. Keeping an orderly eye over proceedings is the hotel’s beautiful patron, whose heart is in the right place....
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
Character: Vater Barnebusch
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Keine Angst vor großen Tieren
Character: Schimmel
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Der Theodor im Fußballtor
Character: Knospe
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Eine Frau mit Herz
Character: Papi Straßmeier
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2 x Adam, 1 x Eva
Character: Viirimäki
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Lampenfieber
Character: Herr Seipel
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Spy for Germany
Character: Roger Bentley
The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb....
The Journey to Tilsit
Character: Jakstat
A villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident....
Fahrt ins Glück
Character: Holm, Antiquitätenhändler
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Shots in 3/4 Time
Character: Igor
B 501, a newly developed controller for missiles, has disappeared despite the strict surveillance. Phillippe Tissout is sent by his boss to Paris to take over the case....
The Curtain Falls
Character: Dr. Cornelsen
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The Big Game
Character: Trainer Karl Wildbrandt
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressu...
Tromba
Character: Ernesto Spadoli, Artist
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The Desert Song
Character: Nic Brenten, Ingenieur
When the famous singer Grace Collins got off the plane that had flown her a remote place in Northen Africa little did she know she would meet love and adventure there. If she came there, it was to visit Sir Collins, her stepfather. Falling in love was not on the agenda but how could she resist the charm of Nic Brenten, an alluring and idealistic Dutch engineer? Butcan devotion and generosity really compete with the greed of someone like Sir Collins, a cynical financier who wants to dispossess th...
That Can Happen to Anyone
Character: Herr Schwidders
Hugo Brinkmeyer, a tax consultant, takes his wife Gerda out to the cabaret one evening. There he encounters a potential client, the wealthy businessman Schwidders. A series of mix-ups lead to Hugo being suspected of both incompetence at his job and being unfaithful to his wife....
Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone
Character: Generaldirektor Meißen
Hugo Wiederkehr, as a dutiful bank employee, has to deal with all kinds of customers. Among other things, with the industrialist Meissen and his pretty daughter Christine, with whom he falls in love. However, it remains unmatched because it belongs to a different social class. He also works as a hobbyist and inventor, which also requires a lot of money. When his employer refuses to give him a loan because his father is in prison for fraud, he quits disappointed....
The Grapes Are Ripe
Character: Jean Baptiste Gunderloch
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Großer Ring mit Außenschleife
Character: Franz Lehmhuhn
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The Blue Straw Hat
Character: Caesar von Waldau
Pretty hat-saleswoman Lola wants nothing more than to become an operetta singer. Unfortunately, it isn't so easy to make it in the music business. Operetta diva Isabella, on the other hand, is sick and tired of performing and leaves the stage, despite the fact that her partner begs her to stay, because without her he can't premiere his latest work on the stage....
The Mosquito
Character: Karrari
A female spy accepts a bid by an arms dealer in order to find out if wife is unfaithful to him....
Musik ist Trumpf
Character: Hotel Director
A biographical drama directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb....
Reaching for the Stars
Character: Carlo
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..und die Liebe lacht dazu
Character: Klaus Papendiek
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The Brazen Women of Balzac
Character: Bürgermeister
A Count and Countess, their lovelife losing luster, invite some people over ......
Bockerer
Character: Herr Knabe
A politically naive Viennese butcher (Bockerer) manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war....
Gaslicht
Character: Rough
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Der 10. Mai
Character: deutscher Konsul
Der 10. Mai (The Tenth of May) was the date in 1940 that Hitler invaded the Low Countries: Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Neutral Switzerland, which hadn't experienced a war since the 14th century, hurriedly fortified its borders with battalions of inexperienced soldiers. The panic, confusion and isolated acts of courage which occurred on that fateful day are re-created in this Swiss docudrama. The story is "personalized" by concentrating on a fugitive German soldier (Heinz Reincke) who falls ...
S'Waisechind vo Engelberg
Character: Andreas
The sculptor Andreas promised his seriously ill childhood friend before her death that he would take care of her daughter Heidemarie. While his application for custody is going through the authorities, the young girl comes to her uncle and his wife. Both treat Heidemarie badly so she spends most of the time with Andreas and the hunchback beggar boy Peter. Finally, the time has come: Andreas is granted custody and also takes Peter in with him....