
Birthday:
04-25-1974
(50 years)
Birthplace:
Melk, Austria
Biography
Ursula Strauss is an Austrian actress. She is best known for her role as inspector Angelika Schnell in the television series Schnell ermittelt.
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Oh du mein Österreich
Act like Self
event2015
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60 years of the Austrian State Treaty (1955 - 2015). Robert Dornhelm and Gabriele Flossmann search for the current state of the "Austrian soul" in the Second Republic, our free and neutral Austria.
Prince
Act like Monika
event2021 star_border 5
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Perhaps they should never have met, but fate wanted otherwise. Monika and Joseph. She is a curator, he is an immigrant from Congo, a businessman with an unclear past and present. They meet during a police raid at a bar, when the first of many sparks flies between them. An understated love story, a melodrama without pathos, a fragile story about the ambiguous nature of love and the impossibility of overcoming it through reason.
Zwei Weihnachtshunde
Act like Nathalie
event2005 star_border 3
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A year ago, Katrin and Max got to know and love each other with the support of the phlegmatic bass dog Kurt. Should they now match their friends and marry? At first it doesn't look promising: Katrin is fighting for a job in London and Max is constantly gone, he seems to meet other women. The help of a second Christmas dog is needed to steer fate in the right direction.
Revanche
Act like Susanne
event2008 star_border 7.2
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Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Free Radicals
Act like Andrea
event2003 star_border 4.8
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Following the death of Manu (Resetarits) in a car accident, the film relates the interwoven stories of several people who become indirectly connected by the events and aftermath of the crash.
Live Is Life
Act like Marina
event2010 star_border 4.2
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A greater-Vienna seniors' home is run like a prison by the stuck-up female executive and staff. Hippie-type rebel Rochus 'Rocco' Siwak incurs a community service to be spent there as orderly. Sympathizing with seniors who still aspire to some dignity and self-realization, he helps them get around the rules, such as smuggling in contraband, and ends up inspiring them to form a rock band and enter a free podium competition. But it doesn't square with his own last shot as band guitarist.—KGF Vissers
Half a Life
Act like Beate
event2009 star_border 6.9
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A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis becomes a factor in forensic medicine, new perspectives open.
It Gets Better
Act like Anne Braun
event2018
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Through an incident at school, the single mother Anne (Ursula Strauss) finds out that her son Ben (Marlon Heidel) has become a victim of cyberbullying. While she tries to fight for her son's rights, the unbelievable happens.
My Best Enemy
Act like Lena
event2011 star_border 5.8
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Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their extraordinary relationship is thrillingly revealed.
Michael
Act like Sister
event2011 star_border 6.9
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Although to the outside world he seems like the a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy, Wolfgang locked in a room in his soundproof basement.
Falling
Act like Alex
event2006 star_border 5
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Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the director of Free Radicals.
Tales of Franz
Act like Franz's mom
event2022 star_border 5
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Franz is by far the smallest in the class, has blond ringlets and gets a high-pitched squeaky voice when he gets upset. Luckily, two best friends help: Gabi and Eberhard. When Franz discovers Hank Haberer's "10 rules for a real man" for himself one day, turbulence is inevitable and the friendship of the three gets into trouble.
Die Abstauber
Act like Carmen
event2011 star_border 6.3
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A successful investment banker, Chris, and a poor cleaner at his office, Carmen, meet after he is accused of embezzlement.
October November
Act like Verena
event2014 star_border 6.1
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Director Gotz Spielmann follows his acclaimed thriller Revanche with this visually captivating character study, in which a family reunion at a mountainside inn lays bare old wounds and reveals long-held secrets.
Live is Life 2
Act like Marina
event2013 star_border 4
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Follows "Live is Life" aka "Die Spätzünder".
Tod in den Bergen
Act like Clara Lang
event2013 star_border 5
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Mountaineering on enclosed terrain, the young doctor Clara Lang discovers a mummified corpse. Apparently, the dead has been in the ice for years. No one knows who it is at the bottom of the valley. When Clara's friend David wants to inspect the site more closely, he too is deadly. Clara is devastated. Her grief is compounded by the suspicion that David was murdered. Abandoned by the authorities, Clara stretches out her tentacles on her own and begins to investigate.
Altweibersommer
new_releases Release: April 04, 2025
Astrid, Elli and Isabella go camping together as they used to. However, not only because Elli has breast cancer, nothing is like it used to be. Only when Astrid steals the savings of a man who has died in an accident the three leave old habits to renew their friendship in Italy.
Alles Schwindel
Act like Isabell
event2013 star_border 3.7
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The catastrophe is perfect: Gustav Klimt's world-famous "kiss" was stolen from the museum. What is a problem for some is a salvation for others. For the impoverished Count Leopold, the loss of the picture is an advantage, because now he can earn the sum insured for the family-owned work of art. For the fashion designer Isabella, theft is definitely a problem too much. Not only is her father Albert, who was supposed to guard the picture on the night of the crime, now with a heart attack in the hospital, he admits to her that the stolen Klimt made a self-made ...
Drei Eier im Glas
Act like Heidrun Fröhlich
event2015 star_border 7
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According to an African fairy tale, every child receives a song from their parents that they carry with them throughout their lives. Richard, an orphaned Tanzanian immigrant, has never had his own song. How he got one before his unexpected death and the significant, though unintended, roles played by the dark-tourism entrepreneur Drakuhl, the gray-haired hair model Barney and the heavy-drinking music teacher Kiesel won't be revealed here. Merely that the song Dead Man Play becomes an international hit.
Willkommen in Wien
Act like Lucy Wondraschek
event2010 star_border 4.5
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For months, the corrupt Viennese policeman Albert Schuh unsuccessfully investigates the murder case of his former friend and colleague. Then he gets a young, overambitious partner. The German colleague Thorsten Richter is a set of correctness and ambition, and thus the exact opposite of the Viennese, the "benefits" from the criminal scene is quite open. Since the two can not stand, the dispute does not stay out. The Austrian stops the German an unnecessary undercover job on an erotic chat line and determined alone on.
Kotsch
Act like Anna
event2006 star_border 4.3
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KOTSCH tells the story of four friends called Alf (Christoph Theußl), Boris (Andreas Kiendl), Chris (Michael Ostrowski) and Dalli (Michael Fuith), who grew up together in the small town Fohnsdorf in Styria.
Mein gebrauchter Mann
Act like Nina
event2015 star_border 5.8
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Sophie, a successful publishing editor in her mid-30s, is happy enough to be single. But deep down she'd love to have her own family. Then she meets Fritz Mertens: a newly-divorced dentist open to new relationships--but with no strings attached, please. He has enough of those already in the shape of his 12-year-old son Vincent, who lives part-time with him and part-time with his mother in Munich. Sophie and Fritz fall in love, but can there be a future for a "second-hand" man and a woman with her own hopes for happiness?
MindGamers
Act like Da Silva
event2015 star_border 4.4
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A group of young bio-engineers discover they can use quantum physics to transfer motor-skills between human brains. Believing this to be a first step towards a new intellectual freedom, they freely distribute the technology. But as the mysterious past of one of their group is revealed, dark forces emerge that threaten to subvert this technology into a means of mass control. DxM takes the mind-bender thriller to the next level with an immersive narrative and breath-taking action.
Crash Test Dummies
Act like Sky
event2005 star_border 4.5
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Ana and Nicolae, a young Romanian couple, travel by bus from Bucharest to Vienna with the prospect of making quick money by handing over a stolen car. As soon as they arrive, however, they are reassured that the car is not yet ready for them. Ana then wants to go back to Romania, Nicolae would rather travel further west. They are stuck penniless in Vienna.
Die Stille danach
Act like Paula Rohm
event2016 star_border 7.6
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Paula Rom and her family live in the suburb of a small city - happily and approved by society. Their average and inconspicuous life changes totally, when her 15 years old son shoots ten of his classmates and kills himself afterwards. From that day nothing is how it used to be. The whole family has to struggle with the anger and sorrow of the people around them. They need to deal with the assassination and the circumstances, how it could come to the disaster out of nowhere.
Place of Shelter
Act like Katharina Trummer
event2016 star_border 5.2
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Martin and Katharina’s marriage is at stake because their six-year-old son, Tobias, is autistic. They become friends with the young couple that moves in next door and Tobias starts to gradually open up. His parents are very happy. But soon Martin discovers that the young couple has their own reasons for wanting to be near Tobias: they have a horrible plan.
Maikäfer flieg
Act like Mutter
event2016 star_border 6.7
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A movie based on the book by Christine Nöstlinger “Maikäfer, flieg! Mein Vater, das Kriegsende, Cohn und ich”
Ruhm
Act like Nora
event2012 star_border 6.4
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A nameless man receives phone calls intended for someone else and ends up pretending to be that person, while a female character rebels against her author.
Gina
Act like Frau Schweiger
event2024
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Nine-year-old Gina yearns for the warmth of a real family, but her mother Gitte is struggling to cope with the demands of single parenthood and an impending fourth child. Seeking refuge in excessive parties and alcohol, Gitte risks losing the one thing that keeps her going: her children. As Gina fights against the backdrop of generational poverty, neglect, and lovelessness, she refuses to accept that her fate is predetermined by her birthplace. This is a three-generation family portrait told through the eyes of a determined nine-year-old girl, who is determined to break the cycle and find stability and hope amidst the challenges of her upbringing.
Eine Handvoll Briefe
Act like Kristin
event2014 star_border 5.5
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Kristin turns 40. She is an attractive single woman who works in her profession, has a relationship with her boss and is somehow alone. Her best friend since childhood, Lenny, gives her a surprise suitcase for her birthday. For years, unclaimed suitcases are auctioned off at the airport without knowing the contents. Lenny bought one of these suitcases for Kristin. Of course Kristin is curious and finds in this suitcase, which must have belonged to a woman, a bundle of love letters. More and more she falls for these letters and the unknown who wrote them.
Von bis
Act like Margarethe
event2004
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Poetic images of nature in the opening credits lead us on the wrong track. The motorcyclist has been lying under his machine for a long time. At the moment of death, memories emerge. Flashbacks to family history, speechlessness in the face of death in harsh cuts.
Käthe Kruse
Act like Mutter
event2015 star_border 6.3
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The young actress Käthe is not 18 when she conquered Berlin's theater stages. Privately she finds her luck alongside the famous artist Max Kruse, but the wild marriage is considered scandalous and has a negative effect on the sale of his art. Thus, Käthe moves without him into an artists' colony on Monte Verità on Lake Maggiore. Out of necessity, she creates a doll that has never been seen before: with a natural expression and vivid facial expressions. What follows is a blitz career. But the phenomenal success of their handmade dolls causes unpleasant imitations - their company is about to go out.
My foreign girlfriend
Act like Judith Lorenz
event2017 star_border 4.4
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Andrea Bredow makes friends quickly with her new colleague at the health department. Judith Lorenz seems nice and competent. And she does not like anything about office macho Volker Lehmann. But then the unbelievable happens: Judith is brutally raped by Volker Lehmann during her working hours in a storeroom. So she tells Andrea and later the police. Andrea encourages her friend to tell the truth. But Judith's behavior seems increasingly puzzling.
Meine fremde Frau
Act like Maria Hofer
event2016 star_border 5.5
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A serious car accident completely robs Maria of her memory. Husband Bruno angrily searches for the fugitive driver involved in the accident and discovers that Maria had secrets from him. When Maria wakes up from the coma, Bruno is overjoyed at first. The children Lucy and Joey also believe that family life will be as it was before. Maria, however, is indifferent to her husband and children. A strange man reveals himself to her as a lover. What is being played here?
Kampl
Act like Netti Brunner
event2005
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Kampl wants to bring love and inheritance matters into the right hands. His grandson Gabriel has plans about what's best for himself.
White Cherries
event2000 star_border 2
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Honest cop Rudi is a new member of a police unit commanded by his brother-in-law Otto which deals with foreigners. Rudi falls in love with Alena, a young Czech living illegally in Austria
Love a Dream
Act like Judith Spielmacher
event2008 star_border 3
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No doubt: the attractive Japanology student Anna and the aspiring architect Max are destined for each other. But her love is under no auspicious star. When Anna receives a one-year scholarship in Japan, she chooses her career and a strong bond. Max is deeply disappointed and tries to forget Anna. Five years later, the two meet again.
Ma folie
event2016 star_border 2
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HANNA loves YANN and the lettres filmees that he sends her, short, poetic films recorded with an iPhone. Yann loves Hanna, but mistrusts her. He leaves her, but does not leave her alone. ...
Hatch
Act like Woman
event2012 star_border 3.5
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A newborn's destiny hangs in the balance, as grownups come to terms with what they cannot have.
Polizeiruf 110
Act like Anette (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.
Inspector Rex
Act like Marga Benesch (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.
Die Chefin
Act like Hanna Böhmer (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 6.4
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First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective, attempts to balance her professional and private life.
Der Bergdoktor
Act like Kathrin Leitner (1 ep.)
event2008 star_border 5.7
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A medic lives with his small and strange family between the mountains and every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.
Schnell ermittelt
Act like Angelika Schnell (78 ep.)
event2009 star_border 4.1
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Angelika Schnell is the head of homicide and living proof that chaos is just another form of order. Nevertheless, she is a brilliant investigator - even if her methods are sometimes quite unconventional: In addition to hard facts, she also allows her distinctive inner voice to apply, which often leads to incomprehensible but very important conclusions...
Anatomy of Evil
Act like Maria Ulmer (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 6.7
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The criminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna. He used to work as a psychologist until his wife took her own life and he lost his license on suspicion of incorrect treatment. In the meantime he has developed a reputation as a particularly good interrogation specialist and is therefore called in by the police in special cases.
Scene of the Crime
Act like Gerlinde Biro (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.
Pregau
Act like Maria Bucher (4 ep.)
event2016 star_border 6.6
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A policeman gets into a spiral of events, in which assault, extortion and murder are proven means.
Under Suspicion
Act like Petra Orlopp (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.
Your Honor
Act like Gabriele Kirchner (6 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.1
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An incorruptible judge has spent his career fighting organized crime. However, the tables are turned when his son is guilty of a hit-and-run case.
SOKO Kitzbühel
Act like Sybille Prantner (1 ep.)
event2001 star_border 4.2
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SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113. It is set in the renowned Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The production company "beo-Film" has produced the show since 2001. The German abbreviation SOKO stands for Sonderkommission, "special commission", a task force with specific duties.
Herrhausen - Der Herr des Geldes
(4 ep.)
event2024 star_border 4
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Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, has a vision to provide debt relief to the world's poorest countries, including making a deal with the nearly bankrupt Soviet Union, but his vision quickly attracts attention from all sides.
Mária Terézia
Act like Maria Theresia (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 7.1
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The young Maria Theresia sees her life clearly in front of her: she will marry Franz Stephan of Lorraine and start a family of many with him. Even if Franz Stephan is not quite sure of his luck and her father, Emperor Charles VI, and his powerful advisor Prince Eugene of Savoy forge quite different plans for them. It looks quite as if the young archduchess must sacrifice her happiness to the cause of the state
Hotel Sacher
Act like Anna Sacher (2 ep.)
event2016 star_border 5.5
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A soap-operatic mini-series about the history of Hotel Sacher in Vienna. It starts with the takeover by Anna Sacher after her husband Eduard dies at age 59. Most of the time, someone high or low in society seems to be kissing (or more) in one of the chambres séparées.
Trautmann
Act like Krankenschwester (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 6.5
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Trautmann is an Austrian television series.
Die Millionenshow
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 1
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"Die Millionenshow" is the Austrian version of the television quiz “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”. It is produced in Studio 8 of nobeo GmbH in Hürth near Cologne and broadcast by ORF, with the episodes running every Monday on ORF 2. Every two weeks, three episodes are usually recorded on Wednesday and Thursday.
Abendschau
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 6
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The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.
Vienna Blood
Act like Juno Holderlein (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.3
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Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, helps Detective Rheinhardt in the investigation of a series of disturbing murders around the grand cafes and opera houses of 1900s Vienna.
Biester
Act like Dorit Sund (10 ep.)
event2024 star_border 7
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Two worlds collide when two best friends from modest backgrounds who dream of a better life and two sisters who live their dreams - mainly with their parents' money. Love, lies and recklessness are inevitable.
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