
Birthday:
12-06-1946
(78 years)
Birthplace:
Mannheim, Germany
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Der Hammermörder
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event1990
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This TV-Movie is based on real events that took place in southern Germany in the mid 80's. A policeman tries to build a house for his family while he experiences financial troubles; everything goes tragically wrong from then on.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event2005 star_border 7.1
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In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.
The Chinese Man
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6
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A cold day in January 2006. The police make a horrible discovery in the Swedish town of Hudiksvall: In one night, 18 people have been brutally murdered in the small town. The police suspect a madman is behind the bestial act. But when judge Birgitta Roslin hears the news, she instantly knows that her grandparents August and Britta Andrén are among the victims. And even more: Almost everybody killed somehow relates to her. She realizes that the police are following a wrong track and starts to investigate on her own. Her search leads Brigitta to China where she finds out about the cruel scheming of the leading elite.
Between Today and Tomorrow
Director (2 ep.)
event2009 star_border 3.3
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Anouk, a woman in her late 30s, a copywriter from Stuttgart and who has traveled the world, bumps into Heiner, an architect, who is in his mid-40s, in Berlin. The two meet in spontaneous longing for a different, a new life.
Magic Girl
Writer (2 ep.)
event1995
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Horst, a good-natured manager of a nightclub, falls in love with a guest, the beautiful Jenny. She is high class and spoiled and requires a lot of attention from him.
Der Mann mit der Maske
Writer (2 ep.)
event1994
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A series of rapes causes a stir in a German university town. A special commission led by senior public prosecutor Schildt and detective Gawilek investigates. After months of surveillance, everything points to a chaplain as the masked perpetrator, known as "Zorro". But the investigators were wrong, because "Zorro" strikes again when the chaplain is in custody. This time, charges were also filed. But not against "unknown", but against the son of the senior public prosecutor...
13 Minutes
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.8
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The breathtaking story of a man who nearly would have changed the world. In 1939, when Hitler tricked millions of people at the height of his power, radical Georg Elser — disparaged as an assassin — is one of the greatest resistance fighters.
Operation Medusa
Writer (2 ep.)
event1995
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After a friend kills himself, a young woman tries to infiltrate the psycho sect of which he was a member.
Summer Sunday
Director (2 ep.)
event2008 star_border 7
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Sommersonntag (Summer Sunday) is the dramatic story of Bruno Hansen, a bridge guard of a huge lift bridge in Hamburg. As his 7-year old deaf-mute son climbs down into the restricted area of the lifting equipment while a train is approaching, he has to decide whether to sacrifice his son or to let the fully occupied train drown in the river.
Alphamann: Die Selbstmörderin
Writer (2 ep.)
event1999 star_border 5
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The blind psychologist Tom Leschek and the therapist Jessica van der Laan are after their first successful mission, a team that is again requested when a suicide wants to plunge from a skyscraper. The young woman was held captive for months in a basement prison by arms dealer Hübner as a slave. Tom tries to convince the desperate not to jump. When she flees again and shoots Hübner, she takes Tom hostage.
Blackout bei Wellmanns
Writer (2 ep.)
event2024 star_border 6.7
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Thomas Wellmann is an electrical engineer at the municipal utilities in a small town and is replaced by an AI in his mid-50s. Then a prolonged power cut becomes the trigger for Thomas to prepare himself, his wife and his two daughters for an emergency...
Die Spielerin
Writer (2 ep.)
event2005 star_border 6
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It all starts with a mistake. The wealthy Polina finds a sleeping man in her hotel room, the business lawyer Friedrich. A mistake by the receptionist, he claims, and she believes him. He asks her to play for him in the casino. She is a lucky child. She plays and wins. Friedrich, who is accused of embezzlement, sees his mountain of debt melt away. But then his luck changes. Polina's losses soon threaten her own existence.
Angst
Writer (2 ep.)
event1994 star_border 9.5
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Seitz has been abusing his underage daughter for years and is the father of her first child. He is a brutal perpetrator of violence and has several relevant criminal records. When Tanja confides in her new boyfriend, he persuades her to go to the police. Seitz is sentenced and threatens to beat Tanja to death while still in court. Tanja and her boyfriend have long been married and have children of their own when, after seven years, fate catches up with them again: they are terrified of Seitz, who is soon released from prison and threatens revenge. Tanja and her family turn to the authorities in vain. They can only intervene if there is a concrete threat. But then it will be too late, Tanja fears. Too late for her children and herself. Together, the family gets a rifle...
As Time Goes By
Director (2 ep.)
event2011
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With a travel guide tucked under the arm photographing visitors walk into narrow alleys and then reappear. Children, who start to chase each other in between the columns, adults, who try their jumping skills. This refers to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin.
Love Your Enemies
Screenplay (2 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.1
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GDR, January 1990. After his ouster and the fall of the wall, dictator Erich Honecker and his wife Margot find themselves virtually homeless. Only Protestant pastor Uwe Holmer and his family, who, like many others, have suffered under his tyrannical regime, offer them refuge.
Scene of the Crime
Writer (7 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.
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