Birthday:
04-08-1936
Deathday:
12-03-2002 (66 years)
Birthplace:
Berlin, Germany
Biography
Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm. He appeared in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginning with Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) and notably including World on a Wire (1973) and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979). His English language films include Cross of Iron (1977), The Odessa File (1974), Firefox (1982) and Fassbinder's Despair (1978). He was born in Berlin. He died in Munich from pancreatic cancer.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
Act like Hermann Braun
event1979 star_border 7.4
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Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
Shadow of Angels
Act like Jude
event1976 star_border 4
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Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend Raoul who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.
Rosebud
Act like Hans Schloss
event1975 star_border 4.9
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In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.
Firefox
Act like General Vladimirov
event1982 star_border 6
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The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Cross of Iron
Act like Unteroffizier Krüger
event1977 star_border 7.1
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It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
Breakthrough
Act like Krüger
event1979 star_border 5.8
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Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.
What to Do in Case of Fire?
Act like Manowsky
event2001 star_border 6.2
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What To Do In Case of Fire? tells the humorous and touching story of six former creative anarchists who lived as house squatters in Berlin during its heyday in the 80s when Berlin was still an island in the middle of the former eastern Germany. At the end of the 80s they went their separate ways with the exception of Tim and Hotte, who have remained true to their ideals and continue to fight the issues they did as a group. In 2000, with Berlin as Germany's new capital, an event happens forcing the group out of existential reason to reunite and, ultimately, come to grips with the reason they separated 12 years ago.
Gotcha!
Act like Vlad
event1985 star_border 5.9
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A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
Despair
Act like Felix Weber
event1978 star_border 6.5
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Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.
The Judgement
Act like Siegfried Rabinovicz
event1997 star_border 6
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The Jewish antiques dealer Siegfried Rabinovicz is on his way from New York to Hamburg where he is about to testify as the principal witness in a murder case. During a stop-over, an airport hostess talks him into giving up his seat on the connecting flight to another passenger. While Rabinovicz is waiting in the VIP lounge, he gets into a conversation with a stranger who is remarkably well informed about the murder Rabinovicz is going to testify about.
Desideria
Act like Tiberi
event1980 star_border 3.1
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All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Act like The Sergeant
event1971 star_border 5.3
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Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.
Schloß Hubertus
Act like Schipper
event1973 star_border 3.7
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A drama directed by Harald Reindl, based on the novel by Ludwig Ganghofer.
Ich bin Ernst Busch
Act like Narrator (voice)
event2000
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Ernst Busch, singer and actor, was a political artist. For the 20th anniversary of his death on June 8, 2000, Peter Voigt embarked on an unusual search for clues. The focus of his film about the idiosyncratic artist is not biographical details, but the central conflicts in the field of tension between politics and culture that determined Busch's life.
The Odessa File
Act like Gustav Mackensen
event1974 star_border 6.6
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Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.
Hell Hounds of Alaska
Act like Laporte
event1973 star_border 4.3
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A fur-trapper battles the elements and robbers when a gold shipment is ambushed - leaving a boy in urgent need of medical attention.
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Act like Harry
event1972 star_border 6.7
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Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.
Jail Bait
Act like Polizist
event1973 star_border 6
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Based on Franz Xaver Kroetz's play, which is in turn based on a true story, this film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder tells the story of a very young girl who, after persuading a local boy to become her lover, induces the anger of her father, whose incestuous sexual attentions to her have grown unbearable.
The Black Cobra
Act like Boogie
event1963 star_border 8
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After a truck carrying a cargo of narcotics is held up by rival smugglers, the driver sets out to prove his innocence.
The Brutes
Act like Werner
event1970 star_border 6.8
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On the edge of a big city on a go-kart track, Mike and Werner meet Alice and her friends. They like the girl. Mike manages to separate Alice from her group and get into the car with Werner. It had been decided to go to a lake with the others to take a bath at night. Too late Alice realizes that Mike and Werner did not drive to the agreed lake, but to a lonely gravel pit. The friends will not come anymore. And she realizes the intentions of her companions.
Heißes Pflaster Köln
Act like Willy
event1967 star_border 4.2
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Exploitation movie about a war between pimps in Cologne, Germany, in the Sixties.
Devil's Island
Act like Njemački narednik
event1979 star_border 5.2
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After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refugees, tries to reach a safe area, but because of a storm it must stop near a small island. While the crew tries to repair it, a German gunboat comes from nearby.
Eine Art von Zorn
Act like Kai Haller
event1984
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An Iraqi secret service agent is murdered. The only witness is a woman, but she disappeared without a trace. The journalist Piet Maas actually tracks down Lucia, the murdered man's lover, and does a sensational interview with her. Piet should stick to the matter. He has the feeling that Lucia is hiding the important thing. His suspicions are confirmed. She is in possession of the murdered man's valuable records, which she wants to sell. Piet offers himself to Lucia as a broker...
Libero
Act like Himself
event1973 star_border 1.3
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This semi-fictional movie portrays the german soccer player Franz Beckenbauer. It shows the ups and downs of being a superstar.
Extreme Ops
Act like Slobodan „Pawel“ Pavlov
event2002 star_border 4.8
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While filming an advertisement, some extreme sports enthusiasts unwittingly stop a group of terrorists.
Girls, Girls
Act like Schorsch
event1967 star_border 6.5
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An underage girl starts an affair with her much older employer. Then, her lover is sentenced for the seduction of a minor, and the young woman gets involved with his son, the junior head of the company. When his father is released from prison, father and son become rivals for their shared lover.
Nora Helmer
Act like Dr. Rank
event1974 star_border 7.3
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A childish wife reveals surprising strength when faced with blackmail. Based on A Doll's House by Ibsen, this is a video recording made for German television.
Im Dickicht der Städte
Act like Hotelbesitzer J. Finnay alias 'Der Wurm'
event1968
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An inexplicable showdown between two men and the downfall of a family that has moved from the prairies to the jungle of the big city.
Attempted Flight
Act like Polizist in Wien
event1976
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The twelve year old Ivo has been living in Vienna with his family for three years. His father and brothers work at construction sites. Their Austrian neighbors despise the Yugoslav guest workers. Because the mother has to look after the sick grandmother at home in Croatia, Ivo runs the male household in Vienna alone. Solitude and insults from the locals make the child unhappy. And so Ivo decides on a rainy winter's day to return to his home village on his own.
Night Crossing
Act like Schmolk
event1982 star_border 6.1
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Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
Hostile Takeover
Act like Willi Konrad
event2001
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The Hostile Takeover is a tale of how an average pizza delivery guy named Jay gets caught in the middle of the largest territorial war in the city's history. As Jay avoids being killed by both sides in this brutal war, he must also prove his innocence to a trigger happy detective who believes he is the catalyst to it all.
Till the Happy End
Act like Arnold
event1968
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Photo dealer Arnold and his wife Frieda live in harmony and wealth with their ten-year-old son Peter in Bonn, when Arnold's brother Paul and his wife Vera turn up to get his share of the family business. A scuffle leads to Peter falling down a flight of stairs breaking his neck. Although it is clearly an accident, Arnold is prepared ready to pay Vera a sum of money to forget about the rumble.
The Brothers
Act like Frank Fachmin
event1977 star_border 1
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Sex, violence, and family secrets in the German countryside.
Das Kriminalmuseum
Act like Kunstmann (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 8.5
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Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Scene of the Crime
Act like Johann Strasser (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.
Der Kommissar
Act like Kurt Rosse (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 7.5
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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.
Detektivbüro Roth
Act like Albert Löffelhardt (35 ep.)
event1986
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Detektivbüro Roth is a German television series.
Kommissar Brahm
Act like Harald Steiner (1 ep.)
event1967
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Kommissar Brahm is a German television series.
Dem Täter auf der Spur
Act like Gilbert Dennevy (1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 10
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Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.
Polizeifunk ruft
Act like Herr Findler (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 4
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Polizeifunk ruft is a German television series.
Peter Strohm
Act like Peter Strohm (62 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6
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Peter Strohm is a German television series.
Treasure Island in Outer Space
Act like Captain Smollet (5 ep.)
event1987 star_border 6.3
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Treasure Island in Outer Space is a 1987 science fiction Italian and German television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, setting the story in space on the year 2300. The series was produced by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana in co-production with West Germany and France, and directed by Anthony M. Dawson. It is the biggest sci-fi production of Italian television. The miniseries of 5 episodes of 100 min was originally aired in Italy from November 19, 1987 on RAI Due channel. It was also adapted as a 120 min film. The miniseries is also known as Space Island (UK and Norway, USA on VHS) and Der Schatz im All (Germany).
Derrick
Act like Jakob Lohbach (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.
Der Alte
Act like Leo Liobschütz (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 6
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A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
Eurogang
Act like Sasse (1 ep.)
event1975
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Eurogang is a German television series.
Die Straßen von Berlin
Act like Sternberg (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7.5
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Die Straßen von Berlin is a German television series.
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 7
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The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
Wetten, dass..?
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1981 star_border 5.3
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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 Bastian
Act like Manager (1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 3.5
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Der Bastian is a German television series written by Barbara Noack, broadcast in 13 episodes between 1972 and 1973 on ZDF.
Die goldenen Schuhe
Act like Mirko Bagoryan (5 ep.)
event1983
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German miniseries based upon the novel by Vicky Baum.
World on a Wire
Act like Fred Stiller (2 ep.)
event1973 star_border 7.2
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Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
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