Birthday:
01-01-1939
(86 years)
Birthplace:
Essen, Germany
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Brother of Sleep
Act like Curate Benzer
event1995 star_border 6.7
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In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love of music, especially rebuilding and playing the organ at the village church. After experiencing an "acoustic wonder", his eye color changes and he can hear even the most subtle sounds.
Eine stürmische Bescherung
Act like Friedrich Torkelsen
event2007 star_border 6.3
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Toftlund-Holst, the tranquil place on the Baltic Sea, just before Christmas: everything could be so contemplative, but the mood in the Torkelsen house is cloudy. The lease of the restaurant "Four Mermaids" expires and the new owner Nick Winter does not want to extend it ...
Leo & Claire
Act like Richter Dr. Oswald Rothaug
event2002 star_border 7.5
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In 1933 Nuremberg, successful Jewish businessman Leo Katzenberger owns an apartment building and runs a shoe store. A devoted family man, he has a good relationship with his loving wife Claire. As the climate in Germany grows increasingly dangerous, bombshell Irene moves to the neighborhood. After forming an unlikely friendship, his relationship with Irene is immediately regarded with suspicion.
Rock Crystal
Act like Färber
event2004 star_border 6.8
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The towns of Gschaid and Millsdorf are in a constant state of feuding with each other. Nevertheless Gschaid's Sebastian and Millsdorf's Susanne are married. In her husband's town Susanne has to put up with daily harassment by the locals, which also extends to her two children. Finally she moves back to her parents, alone. When the children, who long to find a magical crystal they believe has the power to reunite the family, get lost in a howling blizzard on the exposed mountain after bringing their mother her Christmas presents, both towns set up rescue missions.
Antibodies
Act like Sucharzewski
event2005 star_border 6.8
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When a notorious German serial killer is captured after committing some of the most heinous acts against humanity ever imaginable, a farmer and police officer from a sleepy rural community on the outskirts of Berlin is drawn into the case as he searches for the answers to a murder that has shaken his tight-knit community.
Liebe ist nur ein Wort
Act like Walter Mansfeld
event2010 star_border 2
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Oliver Mansfield, son of a corrupt industrialist, is young, handsome, charming and intelligent, and he believes in nothing, least of all in love. That changes when he meets the woman of his dreams: Verena, twenty years older...
U-900
Act like General Strasser
event2008 star_border 4.6
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The year is 1944, Atze and Samuel occasionally operate on the black market, but mostly keep quiet and wait for the Americans to come. When the last German submarine, the U-900, is sent on a final mission, Atze foolishly messes with the general of this mission and has to go undercover. Together with his friend Samuel and the actress Maria, who disguises herself as a man for this purpose, he therefore smuggles himself onto the U-900 and pretends to be the captain. Since he has no idea about seafaring and gives increasingly strange orders, the crew soon becomes suspicious.
The Seduction - The Strange Girl
Act like Wulff Kuhn
event2011 star_border 4.5
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Victoria and Markus are a couple who are spending a holiday in a cottage. One evening they decide to host as a guest a 17 year old girl who was hitchhiking in the vicinity of the house. But the girl soon will begin a game of seduction with Markus ...
Joe and Max
Act like Max Machon
event2002 star_border 5.4
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True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.
Mom's Gotta Go
Act like Bernhard
event2012 star_border 5.4
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Adult dreamer Tristan still lives under his mother's thumb. After she has a health scare, he realizes how much he wants her gone... permanently.
Die Sturmflut
Act like Bernd Riemann
event2006 star_border 5.4
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Susanne, a meteorologist Hamburg, has detected signs of an incipient sea storm that could devastate the city. Although given the alarm, local authorities do not listen to their warnings. To ensure the magnitude of the tsunami, Susanne decided to move to an oil platform located offshore, which verifies that their dire predictions are to become reality, as the storm will soon reach the coast, threatening the lives of thousands of people.
Marlene
Act like Friedrich Mollner
event2000 star_border 5.7
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Marlene is a 2000 German biopic film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and starring Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer and Herbert Knaup. It follows the life of the German actress Marlene Dietrich and her success in Hollywood.
Hunger - Addicted to Love
Act like Simons Vater
event1997 star_border 4.3
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Laura loves Simon and Simon loves Laura. But Laura does not love herself enough to let Simon closer to her. The reason being something nobody is allowed to know: she tries to suffocate any kind of feelings by giving in to eating attacks. When Simon finds out, their relationship threatens to break apart.
Helden - Wenn Dein Land Dich braucht
Act like Hans Heinrich
event2013 star_border 3.4
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Scientists try to simulate the Big Bang and the experiment gets out of control. While satellites come down and chaos arises, the stories of several people trying to survive is told.
14 Days to Life
Act like Kaschinski
event1997 star_border 5.1
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Konrad von Seidlitz is a young yuppie lawyer currently celebrating his engagement with Cornelia, daughter of minister of justice Volkerts. As a public relations gag, he hasn't paid his parking fines for two years and now insists on being sentenced to jail for two weeks as punishment. Using his knowledge as a lawyer he makes the best out of his visit in jail still working, still in a splendid mood and not adapting to any rule. Probably a good way to get the desired public attention, but also a good way to make enemies inside the jail-house. One day before Konrad is to be released his booth is searched and two hundred grams of cocaine are found. That's a serious problem even for a brilliant lawyer like Konrad and even if you're innocent
Banklady
Act like Hans Werler
event2013 star_border 6
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Banklady tells the true story of Gisela Werler, a law-abiding factory worker from Hamburg, who falls in love with a thief and becomes a media darling as Germany’s first and most notorious female bank robber. Cunning, sexy, and exciting, Gisela and her beloved Hermann pull off one daring heist after another. Banklady follows this outlaw who captured Germany’s imagination, boldly defying gender expectations and living a decades-long Bonnie and Clyde romance.
Brandmal
Act like Volker Voss
event2015 star_border 5.4
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A series of ritual murders shakes Hamburg. First a songwriter is stabbed and scalped, then a scientist. Investigations by Kriminalhauptkommissar Jan Fabel lead into the left student scene of the 1980s. Both victims belonged to the environment of the terrorist Franz Mühlhaus, who was shot during a police operation. His followers could then start a new life. It quickly becomes clear: the key to the current murders lies in the case at the time.
Gates of Fire
Act like Nerling
event1996
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Ex-Secret Service agent Harry Kowa now works as a bodyguard. Protecting his boss from an assassination attempt, he kills one of the attackers, who turns out to be a government agent. Now it's open season on Kowa.
Schicksalsspiel
event1993 star_border 5.5
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A Romeo-and-Juliet-tale between the soccer-clubs of St. Pauli and Rostock.
Trenck - Zwei Herzen gegen die Krone
Act like Universitätsdekan
event2003 star_border 4.5
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Prussian general's son Friedrich, Freiherr (German baron) von der Trenck, is an unruly student whose countless affairs make him enemies, but he wins every duel. Frederic II the Great recruits him for his personal bodyguard. During his cadet training under the cruel stickler Graf (count) von Jaschinsky Friedrich falls in love with the king's headstrong oldest sister Amalia. She, however, refuses to be married off the the Swedish king's heir. When Prussia makes war on Austria over Silesia, Trenck's loyalty is dubious on account of an Austrian family branch. Janischky eagerly convinces the king there is more.
Babykram ist Männersache
Act like Breuer
event2001 star_border 4.3
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Arne and his younger brother Malte run the scrapyard they inherited from their parents on the outskirts of Hamburg and live a rather disoriented existence. One day, Malte finds an abandoned baby. He immediately takes the little one to his heart and wants to look after the child until he finds the birth mother. His brother Arne doesn't like the idea at all, but Malte wants to go through with the plan and even threatens to sell his brother the scrapyard. Disgruntled, Arne finally agrees and, as Malte is fully occupied with caring for the baby, sets off on a laborious search for the raven mother.
Isenhart: The Hunt Is on for Your Soul
Act like Erzbischoff Wilbrand von Maulbrunn
event2011 star_border 6.9
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In the middle of century XII much of the European territory is ruled by the Holy Roman Empire and violence and cruelty are the order of the day. Several German regions are terrorized by a dangerous murderer who is dedicated to kill young girls. Therefore, Isanhart and Laurin, his faithful companion in arms, will travel from end to end of the old continent to hunt the ruthless criminal.
Der kleine Unterschied
Act like Chefredakteur
event1997 star_border 7
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A 60-year-old journalist falls in love with a young woman, abandons his wife and children and ends up falling into loneliness.
Die Stunde der Offiziere
Act like Generaloberst a. D. Ludwig Beck
event2004 star_border 7.8
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A well documented re-enaction of the July 20th, 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler, aka Operation Valkyrie.
Baltic Storm
Act like Jan Peters
event2003 star_border 4.3
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A journalist from Berlin, Germany, and a Swedish lawyer discover the truth behind the sinking of the "MS Estonia" in 1994, where more than 850 people drowned.
Manta, Manta
Act like Herr Ecker
event1991 star_border 5.7
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A not so clever guy called Bertie with a Opel Manta (a low budget European sports-coupe from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy with a fast Mercedes, and another slick guy with a Ferrari tries to get his hands on Bertie's girlfriend.
The Harmonists
event1997 star_border 6.7
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Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.
Allmen and the Dragonflies
Act like Werenbusch Senior
event2016 star_border 6.9
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Generosity, weakness for expensive pleasures and ruin is a combination that does not bode well. Johann Friedrich von Allmen was a man with a taste for women and the expensive pleasures of life. Unfortunately, his luck has run out, but now a new opportunity presents itself.
Polizeiruf 110
Act like Hauptmann (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 6.4
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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.
A Case For Two
Act like Kraski (1 ep.)
event1981 star_border 5.2
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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.
Crime Stories
Act like Schmied (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 6.8
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A respected small-town physician has brutally killed his wife, thus ending a four-year martyrdom from which he could not escape by any other means...
Doppelter Einsatz
Act like Winter (86 ep.)
event1994 star_border 2.3
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Doppelter Einsatz is a German television series about the cases of two female detectives of the Hamburg police.
Das Amt
Act like Herr Dolinski (1 ep.)
event1997 star_border 5.3
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Das Amt was a German comedy television series which aired between 1997 to 2002 on RTL. It was created by Dietmar Jacobs.
Wolffs Revier
Act like Habermann (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 3.4
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Wolffs Revier is a German television series.
Die Männer vom K3
Act like Theo Klambeck (1 ep.)
event1988
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Die Männer vom K3 is a German television series.
Der Fuchs
Act like La Tete (12 ep.)
event1989
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Der Fuchs is a German television series.
Peter Strohm
Act like Willi Gottschalk (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6
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Peter Strohm is a German television series.
Der Schatz im Niemandsland
Act like Schuldirektor (1 ep.)
event1987 star_border 7.5
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Der Schatz im Niemandsland is a German television series.
Die Kommissarin
Act like Jürgen Bielefeld (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 8
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Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006.
The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character.
The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen.
Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop.
Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.
Der Kriminalist
(1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 5.2
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Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film.
Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and Torsten C. Fischer, during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer.
Das Duo
Act like Pastor Grothe (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6
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Das Duo is a German television series.
Stahlnetz
Act like Gondermann (1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.7
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Stahlnetz is a German television series.
Under Suspicion
Act like Heinrich Brenner (1 ep.)
event2002 star_border 6.4
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Detective Dr. Eva Maria Prohacek and her colleague Langner investigate cases of civil servant crime and internal disciplinary matters. From the little patrol officer in uniform to the public prosecutor or the government director - anyone can become a suspect.
Scene of the Crime
Act like Stallbursche (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 6.2
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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.
Inspector Rex
Act like Karl Wagner (1 ep.)
event1994 star_border 7.1
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After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.
Derrick
Act like Gröner (1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6
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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.
Treasure Island
Act like Captain Smollett (2 ep.)
event2007 star_border 6.7
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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...
Adelheid und ihre Mörder
Act like Ralf Köhler (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.2
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Adelheid und ihre Mörder was a German comedy-drama television series broadcast between 1992 and 2006 by Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 65, 50 minute episodes in five series were produced. Directors included Ulrich Stark, Arend Agthe, Claus-Michael Rhone, Stephan Meyer and Stefan Bart Mann.
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
Act like Max Pruss (2 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.1
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A chance encounter throws a young engineer into the depths of a deadly conspiracy that leads to the crash of the Hindenburg zeppelin in 1937.
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