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Wir Enkelkinder (1992)
Character: Willi Steiger
A satirical journey through 30 years of post-war West German history, from 1957 to 1987, focusing on the divergent paths of two school friends, Ulli and Willi. Ulli immerses himself in the counterculture movements of the 1960s and 1970s, while Willi pursues a conventional political career.
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Lieber Karl (1984)
Character: Psychologist
A coming-of-age drama about an unhappy teenager who is repressed by his conservative and ambitious family.
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Mein Vater schläft (2007)
Character: Father
Summer. Half a day in the life of 10-year-old Mika, who lives in the countryside with his family in reduced circumstances. His father is very ill and is unable to handle the daily work on the farm. Mika's help is needed. But he is easily distracted by his 6-year-old sister, who is still enjoying the carefree days of childhood, regarding the farmyard as her playground.
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Der Rekord (1984)
Character: Arzt
Rico Moreno is trying to break the world record for continuous television in order to finance an illegal private broadcasting project on the high seas. His friend Banana helps him to endure 240 hours non-stop in front of the screen. He provides him with sandwiches, coffee, whisky, cigarettes, ice packs and movies that promise a little variety. But at the end of his record attempt, Rico only reacts to the 625 lines on the TV screen. His perception of the world around him has been extinguished, he is unresponsive and no longer communicates anything. The record succeeds, but where is Rico? He has flown away into another world, from where Banana and his girlfriend Bigi finally try to bring him back to life via the screen.
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Hauptmann Kreutzer (1978)
Character: Hauptmann Wandschneider
Bundeswehr Captain Andreas Kreutzer deserts and sets off for Denmark. In Puttgarden, however, he is met by two military police officers who escort him onto the train back to Munich. On the way, the two bank robbers Ross and Schweiger board the train. They feel threatened by the soldiers and shoot them. When the train stops, Kreutzer is forced to flee with the two gangsters. Schweiger is shot dead and Kreutzer finds himself in a bizarre twist of fate with Ross.
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Aufstand der Dinge (1994)
Character: 2. Lauscher
Four young people from the former GDR want to start doing meaningful things. In spite of adverse circumstances they start the construction of an environmentally friendly solar power plant.
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Tagebuch des Verführers (1978)
Character: Eduard
In the form of a diary, the story tells of a man at the turn of the century who seduces a young woman in a sophisticated manner, only to abandon her afterwards.
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Satansbraten (1976)
Character: Urs
A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dimwitted brother, and a murder investigation.
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Die dritte Generation (1979)
Character: Bernhard von Stein
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
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Querelle (1982)
Character: Worker
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
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Das Unheil (1972)
Character: Hille Vavra
Pollution, disaffection, moral decay and social unrest surround a church and its pastor's family heading toward a celebration over the return of its bells.
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Il faut tuer Birgitt Haas (1981)
Character: Le père dominicain
"Hangar" is a new agency whose purpose is to carry out missions even too sensitive for the police or intelligence services. The agency must eliminate a German female terrorist by the name of Birgitt Haas. The murder is to be disguised as a crime of passion, so an agent must lure Birgitt into falling in love.
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Tannöd (2009)
Character: Mr. Danner
Bavaria, Germany, 1950s. The sudden return of the young Kathrin to the small village where she was born stirs up the feelings of guilt and personal ghosts of its inhabitants, haunted by dark memories related to a multiple murder that happened two years earlier at the Tannöd farm, a hideous crime that remains unsolved.
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Die göttliche Sophie (2009)
Character: Kardinal Rosenlieb
Pastor Jens Steffensen is actually a dyed-in-the-wool northerner. However, at the request of his old university friend Clemens Stölzer, he pulls up stakes in St. Pauli and takes on a small parish deep in the south. On his arrival in picturesque Fischbach, Jens initially experiences a culture shock. He also almost runs over Sophie Strohmayr's cat, thereby incurring her wrath. To make up for his mistake, he offers Sophie, who has just lost her job at the local dairy, the vacant position of housekeeper in the vicarage. Although Sophie has left the church, she accepts the offer after a moment's hesitation.
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Baby Rex - Der kleine Kommissar (1997)
Character: Kurt Antonius
A TV movie explaining the origins of the famed police dog, Kommissar Rex. Prequel to the long-running Austrian/German TV series.
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Mein Bruder heisst Robert und ist ein Idiot (2019)
Character: Erich
For teenage twins Robert and Elena, a weekend can seem endless yet still fly by. Time almost stands still while discussing philosophy, lying in a blissful cornfield near a remote gas station. They are in their own little world, a twin world of twin games and twin love. A confined world where emotions rise, where pressure mounts into rage… The turmoil of adolescence.
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Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls (2009)
Character: Joe / 00X / Georg I
Advertising designer Joe is having financial trouble. His girlfriend Mary convinces him to accept a job from her aunt, Mrs. Devil. Joe's assignment: to develop an interactive computer game that introduces the new drug Peps'. Jack, a henchman of Mrs. Devil, is entrusted with overseeing this diabolical undertaking. In Joe's game, Ali - an alien - goes searching for Mozart and the drug, Peps' in Salzburg in the year 2026 with the help of the inventor Einstein and Frau Müller. Throughout his quest through this strange world, All is pursued by authorities and ticks off a drug dealer. As things progress, the realms of reality and computer fiction become so intertwined that Joe is on the verge of losing his mind. Suffering and passion take their toll... After all, a pact with the devil always has its price.
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Leni (1994)
Character: Obersturmbannführer Eisele
A historical drama about a Jewish child who is adopted by a German couple and is eventually removed from the home.
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Gruppenbild mit Dame (1977)
Character: Heinrich Gruyten
Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.
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Katz und Hund (2003)
Character: Dr. Nico Lodemann
Pastor Hund is horrified: a woman is now in charge of Pfullendorf. The arch-conservative man of God wants to put every stone in Dorothee Auer's path. He doesn't have to look far: Unsuspectingly, the mayor has offered the new business park to a dubious entrepreneur. That could cost her her job! But the lady has something else up her sleeve...
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Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel (1975)
Character: Reporter
Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages to the stew; her irritating daughter-in-law thinks otherwise. But the point is moot: Ernst Küsters has not only murdered the personnel director at the soap factory where he's employed but succeeded that by committing suicide.
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Ich will doch nur, dass ihr mich liebt (1976)
Character: Peter Trepper
Peter grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives generous presents to his family and his wife, Erika. But when he is unable to keep up this lifestyle, his story takes a horrendous turn...
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