Josef Meinrad
Birthday: Born in 1913-04-21 in Wien, Austria
Deathday: 1996-02-18
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Il était une fois… les Découvreurs
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From flashes of genius to curious experiments, humankind's innovations lead explorers and inventors on a brilliant journey of discovery in this series....
Der Kommissar
Character: Joachim Laganke
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein....
Der Kommissar
Character: Ernst Lahuser
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein....
Das Traumschiff
Character: Pietr van Craan
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world....
Der Tod läuft hinterher
Character: Gaston
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Das Traumschiff
Character: Mr. Eschenbach
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world....
Pater Brown
Character: Pater Brown
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Ein Heim für Tiere
Character: Herr Fiedler
Ein Heim für Tiere is a German television series....
Wetten, dass..?
Character: Self
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?....
Der Sonne entgegen
Character: Luca
Der Sonne entgegen is a German television series....
Il était une fois… l'Homme
Character: deutscher Erähler
The history of mankind from prehistoric times to the 20th century....
Waldheimat
Character: Pfarrer
Waldheimat is an Austrian television series....
Don Quijote von der Mancha
Character: Alonso Quixano / Don Quichotte
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Sissi
Character: Major Böckl
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: Major Böckl
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....
Sissi: The Young Empress
Character: Major Böckl
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....
Die Halbzarte
Character: Vater Dassau
Nicole is a young librarian who writes romantic poetry. A successful new erotic novel, gives her the idea to secretly write a daring play, only about sex....
April 1, 2000
Character: Prime Minister of Austria
It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's newly-elected president, played by Josef Meinrad, makes his inauguration speech he declares Austria independence and issues an edict ending Austria's financial support for the Global Union....
Goodbye, Francesca!
Character: Dr. Leitner
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Die Deutschmeister
Character: Hofrat Hofwirt
Young Stanzi who is visiting Vienna helps a young corporal and musician to become famous for his marching song "Die Deutschmeister"....
Sissi - Forever My Love
Character: Police Major (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....
Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt
Character: Winkeladvokat Schnoferl
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The Trapp Family
Character: Dr. Wasner
"The Trapp Family" is a true story based on the popular novel by the Baroness Von Trapp of Austria. The film was made in 1956, some years before the other film based on the Trapp Family's life was released - a little movie named "The Sound of Music"....
Symphonie Wien
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Der Räuber Hotzenplotz
Character: Petrosilius Zwackelmann
The robber Hotzenplotz shows no mercy and steals Grandma's music-making coffee grinder. Naturally, Kasperl and Seppel have something against this and set off in pursuit. But Hotzenplotz overpowers them. Trapped in the robbers' den, one of them is even to be sold to the mysterious magician Petrosilius Zwackelmann......
The World Turns Backward
Character: Agha
Franz Xaver Silvester Pomeisl travels thru the decades looking for the good old times....
Jetzt schlägt's 13
Character: Dr. Mario Jaconis, Schriftsteller
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Die schöne Lügnerin
Character: Baron Hager
In 1815 Vienna, a corsetmaker falls in love with a valet....
Eva erbt das Paradies
Character: Hans Holzinger
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Imperial Manoeuvres
Character: Pfeifendeckel Wondrasch
In Franz Joseph I's Vienna, Captain Eichfeld publishes a witty satire on imperial Austrian army abuses, using the pseudonym "Spectator." It's popular, but Eichfeld dares not reveal his identity, as he wants the hand of conservative General von Trattenbach's daughter. His race rival blackmails both lovers....
The Congress Dances
Character: Franzl Eder
Congress of Vienna, 1815: In order to lure certain monarchs away from the conference, the Austrians instigate a ceaseless sequence of operas and balls. Indeed, Russian Czar Alexander is distracted when he falls for a beautiful salesgirl....
The Trapp Family in America
Character: Dr. Wasner
The von Trapp family are struggling to survive in America, where their performances of European church music are not popular with the audiences. Only when they start performing more upbeat Austrian folk songs and even some American numbers do they become a success and finally find security and a new home....
Der Wallnerbub
Character: Karl
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The Trial
Character: Untersuchungsrichter Bary
In 1882 a country girl disappears from a small Hungarian village. The inhabitants suggest that she was murdered by the Jews. Everything is done to accuse them before the trial. A study in stubbornness, racism and intolerance and how to fight against it....
Der Fall Klaus Fuchs
Character: William J. Skardon
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Die unentschuldigte Stunde
Character: Fabian
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Opernball
Character: Paul Hollinger
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Der Bauer als Millionär
Character: Fortunatus Wurzel
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Fräulein Casanova
Character: Rolf Reimann
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Ein tolles Hotel
Character: Edi Schlawinsky
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Der Theodor im Fußballtor
Character: Theo Haslinger jun.
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Fregola
Character: Dr. Wegscheider
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Prämien auf den Tod
Character: Matrose
In order to impress a socially superior woman with money, an unsuccessful insurance agent commits sophisticated fraud: he concludes contracts with fictitious people and collects the insurance sums after their "death". However, his first fictional persona is his downfall....
Shadows Over Naples
Character: Otto Schulz
An Italian-German crime film. One of Maria Montez's last films....
Solang' die Sterne glüh'n
Character: Karl Eibisch, Polizist
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Der Verschwender
Character: Valentin, Bedienter
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Rendezvous in Wien
Character: Ferdinand Windberger
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Rendezvous im Salzkammergut
Character: Peter Baumkirchner
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Sarajevo
Character: 1. Chauffeur
The film portrays the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914....
Nichts als Zufälle
Character: Willy Wendel
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Weg in die Vergangenheit
Character: Franz Nägele
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Der bunte Traum
Character: Tobby Busch
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Don Quijote
Character: Alonso Quixana
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Herschel and the Music of the Stars
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Film by Percy Adlon....
Napoléon II, the Eagle
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The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries, before being separated from his father and taken in and raised by his grandfather, Emperor Francis, who made him an Austrian prince....
Einen Jux will er sich machen
Character: Weinberl
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Was Ihr wollt
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A filmed German performance of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, directed for the stage by Otto Schenk and performed at the Landestheater in 1973....
Gaslicht
Character: Jack Manningham
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Geld aus der Luft
Character: Stefan Gregor
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The Cardinal
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A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal....
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character: Self
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes co...
City of Violence
Character: Otto Schulz
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "John Wolff") West German/Italian romantic action adventure war thriller....
Don Giovanni
Character: Leporello
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