Michael Gwisdek
Birthday: Born in 1942-01-14 in Berlin, Germany
Deathday: 2020-09-22
TV Credits
Dead End
Character: Peter Kugel
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Polizeiruf 110
Character: Herr Weigbrecht
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite....
Speer und er
Character: Erich Raeder
A reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year prison sentence, was known for designing many of the Third Reich's buildings and for being Hitler's minister for war production....
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Character: Self
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Polizeiruf 110
Character: Herbert Lohmann
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite....
Eichwald, MdB
Character: Walter
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Tatort
Character: Paul Winter
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Tatort
Character: Florsheim
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Tatort
Character: Hugo Kowalski
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Tatort
Character: Martin Blum
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Der Bulle von Tölz
Character: Ludwig Moosholzer
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Stülpner-Legende
Character: Wächter
Stülpner-Legende is a German television series....
Doppelter Einsatz
Character: Dr. Becker-Huberty
Doppelter Einsatz is a German television series about the cases of two female detectives of the Hamburg police....
Rosa Roth
Character: Andreas Flade
Rosa Roth is a German television series....
Derrick
Character: Andreas Heine
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings....
Der letzte Zeuge
Character: Daniel Uberoi
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Abschnitt 40
Character: Matuschek
Abschnitt 40 was a German police television series broadcast between May 21 2001 and 2006. It was aired on RTL Television....
Ein Fall für zwei
Character: Karl Hoprecht
Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series....
Die Anwälte
Character: Peter Rosbach
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Donna Leon
Character: Giancarlo Santomauro
Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features the indelible Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe’s most beautiful locations....
Körner und Köter
Character: Prof. Harras
A funny comedy about a various adventures of Körner (Grains) family and their dog....
Edel & Starck
Character: Horst Fiebich
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Das Traumhotel
Character: Julian von Behrenberg
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Bella Block
Character: Dr.Ludwig
Bella Block is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger, first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF. In 2010 the 30th series was produced....
Schwarz Rot Gold
Character: Paul Spemann
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Tatort
Character: Captain Bleibtreu
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Feuerdrachen
Character: Werner Hellwitz
Feuerdrachen is a German television series....
Donna Leon
Character: Giovanni Marcolini
Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features the indelible Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe’s most beautiful locations....
SCHULD nach Ferdinand von Schirach
Character: Alexander Albrecht
In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Knonberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice in favour of his client for crimes that are never black and white and what they may seem. In German with subtitles....
Schicksalsjahre
Character: Siggi
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Tatort
Character: Richter Dr. Jens Voigt
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland....
Krömer - Late Night Show
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Das Konto
Character: Dirk Osterwald
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Die Schatzinsel
Character: Pew
A terrible storm is raging the night it all begins - with a knock on the door. 17-year-old Jim Hawkins helps his widowed mother run their little tavern on the coast of 19th century England. When the door is opened they are startled by a sight that makes their blood run cold......
Riverboat
Character: Self
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Kölner Treff
Character: Self
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Das Traumschiff
Character: Heinz Kolatschek
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world....
DAS!
Character: Self
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NDR Talk Show
Character: Self
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Die Tote von Amelung
Character: Ohm Weber
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Das Traumschiff
Character: Martin Koch
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world....
Das Traumschiff
Character: Walter König
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world....
Die Luftbrücke
Character: Herbert Prenske
A German woman and an American general embark on a turbulent romance amid the Berlin Blockade in 1948....
Movie Credits
The Elementary Particles
Character: Professor Fleisser
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality. After a chaotic childhood with a hippie mother only caring for her affairs, Michael, a molecular biologist, is more interested in genes than women, while Bruno is obsessed with his sexual desires, but mostly finds his satisfaction with prostitutes. But Bruno's life changes when he gets to know the experienced Ch...
Good Bye, Lenin!
Character: Klapprath
Alex Kerner's mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell. When she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happened (as she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid shocking her which could lead to another heart attack....
No Place to Go
Character: Joachim
Flanders, a famous female author, travels in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin wall into the German capital. She is deeply depressed by the events because she saw the communist state as a very good thing that has now ended. In the joy of these days she finds no one to understand her, so she has to travel back to Munich. After meeting several people, known and unknown, it seems as if there will be no way to go....
Pornorama
Character: Filmvorführer
A free-wheeling chronicle of the Munich sex film industry in the 1970s....
Berlin Blues
Character: Hans
In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among crumbling buildings. Part of that microcosm is barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called 'Herr Lehmann' by friends and patrons. He hangs out drinking, sports utter disregard for anything beyond SO 36 and lazily pursues an affair with cook Katrin. His lifest...
Der Fall Bachmeier - Keine Zeit für Tränen
Character: Martin Birkhoff
The film deals with the criminal case involving Marianne Bachmeier, who shot her daughter's murderer in the courtroom in 1981....
The Actress
Character: Mario Montegasso
The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Ma...
Kleinruppin Forever
Character: Erwin
Two twin brothers are living on a different sides of Berlin Wall after being separated after birth....
I am a Berliner
Character: Dietrich
Felix Rath is a small and lovable rogue . When he finds handwritten love letters from John F. Kennedy to his aunt Agnes in the estate of his deceased mother , he deflected with his buddy Dietrich immediately his birth certificate . Now he is the illegitimate son of his aunt and John F. Kennedy , testified during his legendary visit to Berlin in 1963. Nina Wieser , journalist at a reputable Berliner Zeitung , finds to Felix's big surprise out that this is actually true - he is the natural son of ...
Hilde
Character: Großvater
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars....
Barefoot
Character: Bahnangestellter
A hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - falls for a suicidal mental patient....
Vaya con Dios
Character: Benno
Three monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the rent for their facility any longer....
Miss Texas
Character: Mr. B
Die deutsche Fotojournalistin Katharina macht eine Reportage auf einer texanischen Ranch. Dabei verliebt sie sich - trotz aller Gegensätze - in den Chef-Cowboy. Und er sich in sie. Aber hat die Liebe eine Chance?...
Coming Out
Character: Achim
Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man. Transformed by this love, he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is....
Boxhagener Platz
Character: Karl Wegner
Feature adaptation of adaptation of Torsten Schulz's novel set in East Berlin in 1968....
Männersache
Character: Rudi
During the day Paul works in a Berlin pet shop and in the evening he works on his career as a comedian. Things are going really badly until he cracks jokes about his best buddy Hotte and his girlfriend Susi. The audience goes wild with excitement! But Hotte and Susi are p* off. Paul has to decide: friendship or career?...
Visus - Expedition Arche Noah
Character: Professor Sörensen
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Vater Morgana
Character: Walther
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The Day I Was Not Born
Character: Anton Falkenmayer
During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown off course, she decides to interrupt her journey and wander through the unfamiliar city....
Das Wunder von Berlin
Character: Walter Kaiser
East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies with socialism and believes he has to defend his country against the capitalist enemy. While Jürgen is astonished, his wife Hanna and Marco's girlfriend Anja, supporting the civil rights movement, don't like his new attitude......
Jesus Loves Me
Character: Gott
A girl who always tends to fall in love with the wrong guy meets one who believes the world is coming to an end next Tuesday....
Gefährliche Freundin
Character: Brundle
A thriller directed by Hermine Huntgeburth....
Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake
Character: Bademeister
A lifeguard at Lake Müggel has his hand bitten off and the marks indicate a shark attack. The lake is closed to the public by extending a local festival indefinitely while the city council thinks of what can be done to remove the shark. The public becomes restless having their lake closed for so long and come up with a plan to drive the shark from the lake with large quantities of beer....
Yasemin
Character: Vater Eggers
Yasemin is a 17-year old Turkish girl who lives with her parents near Hamburg in Germany. While her mother and father accept that Yasemin has her own German friends, they also expect her to honor the traditions of their country of origin. The arrival of Jan, a German student aged 21, throws this situation into conflict....
The Tango Player
Character: Hans-Peter Dallow
Winter 1968. Historian Dr. Dallow is released from prison. He is still trying to cope with and understand why he was put behind bars for 21 months for defamation of the state. His supposed "crime:" for five minutes he accompanied a cabaret chanson on the piano. The film shows what "ordinary socialism" was like, letting the audience feel the threat under which the people in the GDR had to live over many years....
Die Blücherbande
Character: Herbert Kahnweiler
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The Adventures of Huck Finn
Character: König
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures....
Miss Sixty
Character: Dieter Düncker
Now that we’re all living longer and “40 is the new 30,” why can’t 60 be the new 40? That’s what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new life adventures. Louise is a molecular biologist who decides to make a withdrawal from the sperm bank and have a baby. Meanwhile, gallery owner Frans decides to re-boot his career by finding the hottest new talent on the art scene. While attempting to recapture their lost youth and avoid total ridicule, Louise and Frans accidentally cross paths....
The Pursuit of Unhappiness
Character: Paul
Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Blechschmid, a neurotic, moony, superstitious, contradictory and, no surprises here, single young woman in her late-twenties....
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Character: Helmut Ensslin
'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin....
Hinter Kaifeck
Character: Pfarrer
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All Men Are Suspects
Character: Franz Forstmann
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Night Shapes
Character: Peschke
The Pope is in town and the night of his stay is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin′s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city....
Pestalozzi's Mountain
Character: Perrault
In the 1770s, Swiss farmer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established a school for poor orphaned children in the Aargau. Up to total exhaustion he sacrificed himself for his pedagogical theories. Five years later, the project of the idealistic educator failed after bloody attacks of the French. In retrospect, the disappointed Pestalozzi experiences the last few months with "his" children....
Reine Formsache
Character: Felix’ Vater
Marriage or not, that is the basic question! For Felix is marriage more like a game of roulette, but his wife Pola don't agree with him and wants a divorce. But getting the divorce isn't that easy....
Night Time
Character: Bernbeck
Thomas Krömer follows the traces of a brutal murder in werewolf-manner out of personal interest. After investigating for some time, the traces all point to one person: himself. Now, he has to find out whether he surprisingly turns into a blood-seeking werewolf at full moon without knowing it or if there is an other solution to the murders. Police are getting pretty suspicious after Thomas' own grandmother has been brutally slaughtered in her little fairy-tale-fashioned house in the woods, and it...
Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers
Character: Costello
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Joy of Fatherhood
Character: Vater von Felix
A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all......
Till Eulenspiegel
Character: Landsknecht bei Kunz
In medieval Germany, poor and witty Till Eulenspiegel fools and cheats citizens, churchmen, and landlords. Although in most cases he uses his wit for personal well-being, he often helps the poor and weak. Eventually, he gains an influential but also dangerous position as royal fool at the court of the emperor....
Olle Henry
Character: Henry Wolters
1945. Peace still bears the traces of war everywhere. There meet the animated girl Xenia and the former boxer Henry. Being together gives them a sense of opportunity. She wants to break away from the semi-world milieu, he try a comeback in the boxing ring....
Jadup and Boel
Character: Gwissen
In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII. That is, until a stranger finds a book that Jadup (Kurt Böwe) gave to the young refugee Boel (Katrin Knappe), who resettled in the town over 30 years ago. Painful memories about Boel and the post-war period begin to surface and shake up the whole town. Boel vanished back then and nobody knew why. Word spread about a rape and some tried to blame a Russian soldier. Jadup, the town's respected and popular mayor, remembe...
Für immer ein Mörder - Der Fall Ritter
Character:
At the beginning of 2000, the young commissioner Yvonne Weber moved from Frankfurt am Main to Eisenach. Together with the local colleague Frank Wolf, she is to review an unresolved murder case from the GDR era. The investigation team encounters inconsistencies in the file and it becomes clear that there is no interest in truth-clarifying the Eisenach department and the prosecutor's office in Gotha....
Your Unknown Brother
Character: Walter, Conférencier
A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has difficulty adjusting to life in Nazi Germany....
Hälfte des Lebens
Character: Jakob Gontard
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe....
Zimmer mit Frühstück
Character: Klaus
In her mid-fifties , Elisabeth Hallstein found her marriage in tatters overnight : her husband Klaus left her with the family fortune. Elisabeth, spoiled by luxury , has money problems for the first time . After a moment of shock, she comes up with an idea: she simply rents out a few rooms in hersold apartment. Interested parties are quickly found and a new love in the form of a young musician is on the horizon . But the project has its pitfalls....
Der Mann auf der Bettkante
Character: Stachniak
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Die Bubi Scholz Story
Character: Lado Taubeneck, Manager
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Wenn wir uns begegnen
Character: Edgar Wurlitzer
It's the 24th of December: The emergency department of a district hospital is preparing for a turbulent night: head physician Professor Singer, who has lost his wife and is even more involved in the work, and the surgeon Hannah Cornelsen, who talks about the work can forget that she and her husband have dwelt apart. On Christmas Eve, the hospital will become a microcosm in which a wide variety of people and destinies will meet - and for everyone, life will be in a completely different light next...
The Man Cave
Character: Mann in Strickjacke
Quotas for women, parking spaces for women, online shopping, small talk and gossip. Software developer Erol, porta-potty rep Lars, and commercial pilot Helmut are licking the wounds of their masculinity – a female-free zone is what’s needed! In the boiler room of their recently built housing complex, the three stressed husbands create a secret refuge where they can watch football, eat fast-food, drink beer and curse the opposite sex undisturbed. When Aykut, the complex’s facility manager, discov...
Man against Man
Character: Michael Mähr
Robert and Michael meet on their return from captivity. They discover that they are both married to the same woman: After Robert was pronounced dead, Michael married Anna. The decision about the future is left to chance....
Alma Investigates - Tango and Death
Character: Robert
While out Nordic walking at night, Alma observes a young woman being choked and thrown into the Isar....
The Big Mambo
Character: Martin
The actors Martin and Maria have not been a couple for a long time, but they didn't get very far without each other. While he spends his time with alcohol, numerous affairs and reveries about his own film, she is bored with her young lover. When Maria surprisingly finds the loot of a bank robbery in the trash, she takes the opportunity to get rid of her lover, only to run into her ex-husband shortly afterwards. The old passion flares up again and Martin suddenly sees the chance to finally realiz...
THE BORDER GUARD
Character: Rolf
Hermann Hoffstedt worked for 30 years as a controller at the GDR border. After the reunification Hermann was released. He refuses to accept the reality. Day after day he drives to the deserted border crossing point and does his work....
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
Character: Dr. Henning Gössel
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Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
Character: Dr. Henning Gössel
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Napoleon Fritz
Character: Dr. Sachs
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A Handful of Grass
Character: Kruse
Opening in remote Kurdistan, Eine Hand Voll Gras introduces us to the impoverished family of 10-year-old Kendal (Arman Inci). In desperate need for cash to fund his older sister's wedding, Kendal's parents allow themselves to be persuaded by Kendal's uncle (Ercan Durmaz), who lives in Germany, to let the boy go to Germany to make some money. Upon their arrival in Hamburg, the uncle is arrested and Kendal ends up in the temporary care of Hellkamp (Oliver Korittke), a cabby with a shady past. ......
Alle unter eine Tanne
Character: Robert
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Flaschenpost an meinen Mann
Character: Thomas
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Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
Character: Volker Hartmann
13 people between the end of 60 and the middle 80: They have already experienced many things in their lives. Everyone has their own hopes, desires, conflicts and problems. What unites them is the longing for closeness - for a loving, lovable partner and the somewhat unusual way they have chosen to escape their loneliness: a speed dating. So you dare to an event in which each face a man and a woman and only have seven minutes to get to know each other and open courageously in ever new constellati...
Die letzten Millionen
Character: Conrad
In a senior citizens' residence in Berlin, six residents are betting on the Lotto jackpot of € 30 million. But what should one do with so much money in his old days? Lebemann Conrad wants to hit the spot again, while the gay couple Otto and Jakob are fulfilling their dream of sailing. The good-natured Rosi is unabashedly exempted from her children, while the adventurous Karin finally wants to travel the world, if need be even without her sullen husband. But although almost all can fulfill their ...
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
Character: Henning Gössel
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Eins ist nicht von dir
Character: Uli
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Heil
Character: Chef des Verfassungsschutzes
An African-German Author loses his memory and is used by a modern National Socialist Party as promotion-figure for more political power over Germany....
A Coffee in Berlin
Character: Alter Mann
Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes....
Frau2 Seeks HappyEnd
Character: Theo Feldkamp
A radio presenter and a telephone operator, both mourning the loss of their unhappy love affair, meet anonymously in an Internet chat room after a fated car accident, where emails bring them closer to each other....
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse
Character: König
The king turns 70 in a few days, when he is supposed to give up his crown. His sister has waited for this day all her life: Finally, she will step out of her brother's shadow and assume power in the realm. Or will the king's son assume the throne instead? Only if he has a princess at his side....
Der kleine Staatsanwalt
Character: Wuttke
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Schicksalsjahre
Character: Siggi
Erzählt wird die authentische Lebensgeschichte der Ursula Heye, Mutter von Uwe-Karsten Heye. Der Bogen reicht vom "Wegschauen" beim Nazi-Terror gegen die Juden Ende der 1930er Jahre über die Trennung und die erzwungene Scheidung von ihrem Mann Wolfgang, von dessen Desertion und Verschwinden bis hin zum - glücklosen - Wiedersehen in den 1950er Jahren....
Das Heimweh des Walerjan Wróbel
Character: Verteidiger
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The Suspicion
Character: Karins Vater
Two people love each other when they know they should not. Their parents' and friends' pleas, their social backgrounds and reputation, their careers; everything is used to make them give each other up. Flattery, lies and threats finally drive Frank to despair and Karin to treason. But it is not due to their parents' hatred, nor to any greed for inherited wealth. Rather, the mere conjecture expressed by the authorities is enough to set off a merciless mechanism....
Father-Out-Law
Character: Hans
The Thai Lamai had imagined “the beautiful piece of earth” differently when she arrived at Joe, her newlywed husband, in snowy Upper Bavaria. Instead of a warm reception, father-in-law Hans wants to chase her from the farm. It gets even worse: After a passionate night of love, Joe still has a smile on his face, but unfortunately he is dead - a heart attack. Now the young widow, who to everyone's surprise is the sole heir to the entire property, has to deal with the odd Hans, who has been given t...
Old Agent Men
Character: Jacky
Four very retired, ex-GDR spies, or "Kundschafter des Friedens" as they were officially named, led by the once legendary Jochen Falk, are called on by the German government. Their mission is to rescue the interim president of the divided Republic of Katschekistan, who has been kidnapped by separatists, along with Berlin's official man on the ground, Franz Kern. To keep Jochen and his maybe no longer so crack team under control, all of whom are determined to prove they were treated unfairly by hi...
Schmidt & Schwarz
Character: Paul Schmidt
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Mörder kennen keine Grenzen
Character: Boltun
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Farewell to Agnes
Character: Heiner
A psychodrama based on the criminal activities of the former STASI (state security police) in the now defunct German Democratic Republic....
Merkwürdiges Beispiel einer weiblichen Rache
Character: Marquis d'Arcis
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Mein lieber Mann und ich
Character: Schmidtchen
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Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr
Character: Karl Moor
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Yasemin
Character: 1. Bekannter
Yasemin is a 17-year old Turkish girl who lives with her parents near Hamburg in Germany. While her mother and father accept that Yasemin has her own German friends, they also expect her to honor the traditions of their country of origin. The arrival of Jan, a German student aged 21, throws this situation into conflict....
Der Blinde
Character: Pater Fisher
An encounter with a blind man ends unexpectedly for Susan Howard. The supposedly helpless man stuns and kidnaps her. The case is handed over by the Home Secretary to Sir John, the head of Scotland Yard. He entrusts Chief Inspector Higgins and Superintendent Lane with the investigation. Their investigations quickly lead Higgins and Lane on the trail of murder, white slavery and blackmail....
Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund
Character: Heinrich Knudsen
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Hölle im Kopf
Character: Inspektor Galleo
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Der Ausländer
Character:
Documentary by Thomas Heise filmed in East Berlin in 1987/88....
Die Toten bleiben jung
Character:
A depiction of class conflicts in Germany between 1918 and 1945. The Spartacist Erwin is shot by officers in 1918, and his pregant working-class bride Marie begins a new relationship with social democrat Geschke. Erwin's son Hans grows up to be a communist like his father, leading to bitter hatred between him and his Nazi step-brother, while Geschke becomes increasingly resigned to the political situation in Germany. The three aristocratic officers who shot Erwin many years ago meet again durin...
Der gepuderte Mann im bunten Rock
Character: Frank
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The Silent Revolution
Character: Edgar
Stalinstadt, East Germany, 1956. While the Hungarian uprising against Soviets is taking place, teenage members of a classroom of the local school perform a seemingly harmless act that causes unexpected consequences....
Maiden, You please Me
Character: Soldat
A Saxon village in 1792: While the Prussians go against France, the haymaking takes place in the village and the resolute Marthe catches her daughter Ev with the village blacksmith Ruprecht in the hay....
Schach von Wuthenow
Character: Rittmeister von Schach
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Hostess
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Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legalize" their relationship. Jette loves him, but the proposal of marriage terrifies her....
White Wolves
Character: Mann im Camp
Farsighted Falcon, chief of the Lakota, seeks refuge in the Black Hills with his wife Blue Hair and two warriors, sole survivors of their tribe. When they are attacked by the outlaw Bashan, Falcon strikes out for the town of Tanglewood to take on Bashan's boss, mining magnate Harrington....
Friends
Character: Schenk
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Dream Factory
Character: Emil
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall....
Jede Woche Hochzeitstag
Character: Gerhard Krause
The widowed registrar Robert Zimmermann reconciles divorcing couples and finds happiness in love once again....
Familie Wöhler auf Mallorca
Character: Helmut Wöhler
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So einfach stirbt man nicht
Character: Kurt Lehmann
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Eine Frau nach Maß
Character: Walter
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Liebe ist unberechenbar
Character: Franz Damovsky
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Trail of the Falcon
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In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and adventurers flock to the region. Among them is the hard-hearted land speculator Bludgeon, who tries to expel the Lakota using brutal methods. Lakota warriors retaliate, and soon the gold diggers' town becomes a battlefield....
Exploring the Brandenburg Marche
Character: Dr. Albin
On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in his car. In the conversation that ensues, Menzel and Pötsch quickly discover that they both are great admirers of the early 19th-century writer Max von Schwedenow who was born in the area....
The Airlift
Character: Herbert Prenske
Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must survive as a single mother of a 12-year-old boy in post-war Berlin. At the beginning of the Soviet Blockade in 1948, she waitresses at the Tempelhof Airport and gets to know General William Turner, one of the most influential aides of General Clay to organize the American airlifts. Luise becomes his personal s...