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Abschiedsvorstellung (1986)
Character: Benno Behrmann
A classical who-dunnit-detective-story in an unusual setting: In the retirement-home for aging stage-artists "Ewige Rampe", an overly engaged doctor discovers what seems to be a murder by poison. The victim is the only inhabitant of the home who was not on stage, but a reporter of a gossip magazine. The two investigating police inspectors soon find out that the deceased lady blackmailed most of the inhabitants with little secrets she found out in her time as a reporter - nasty, but harmless things like a little shoplifting, alcoholism, a corrected date of birth, a success one never had... but are these little old secrets reason enough to kill someone? Or is there someone with a more important dark spot in the past? And
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Senioren im Straßenverkehr (1987)
Character: Ernst Hoffmann
Hoffmann, the father of a family, who is upset about the behavior of seniors in traffic, develops two extreme solution models in his imagination.
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Die Grünstein-Variante (1985)
Character: Grieche
The plot revolves around three men waiting to be deported in a prison. To escape the monotony, they form chess pieces from their bread rations, with which they then play against each other. Grünstein, a Polish Jew, proves to be a real talent, because although he is a beginner, he manages to defeat even the experienced player Lodeck, a German sailor, with his "Grünstein Variant".
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Madame Bovary (1968)
Character: Homais
Emma Bovary, a dreamy, idealistic woman married to the dull provincial doctor Charles, yearns for the passion and luxury she’s read about in novels. After affairs with Léon and Rodolphe fail to fulfill her fantasies, her compulsive spending leads to crushing debt, and in despair, she decides to take her own life by poisoning.
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Der Junge mit dem Jeep (1986)
Character: Paul
Alf believes he has missed out on something. Marriage and a high-rise apartment put the brakes on his desire for freedom. To make up for what he missed, he gets in his Jeep and drives off. But nothing works out with his old friends. But with Charly, leader of a motorcycle clique. With the 20-year-old and her crazy ideas, Alf experiences the "action" he was looking for.
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Solo für Georg (1990)
Character: Fritz Henkel
Georg has been working as an easy-going waiter in a gourmet restaurant for ages. One evening, the manager of a dance studio leaves her handbag behind, which gives Georg something else to think about. The friendly gentleman rediscovers his old love of boogie-woogie and suddenly rebels against his boss...
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Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius (1965)
Character: Dr. Watzmann
Dr. med. Job Prätorius enjoys great popularity among patients, doctors and students alike thanks to his kindness and philanthropy. Only his colleague Prof. Speiter begrudges him his success. When his patient Maria Violetta wants to commit suicide because of an extramarital pregnancy, Prätorius takes care of the young woman. When he tries to gently prepare her father for the news, the latter considers Praetorius to be a more than welcome admirer of his daughter. As a deep affection develops between the doctor and his patient, the two eventually marry. Their private happiness fuels Prof. Speiter's envy. With the help of Praetorius' mysterious factotum Shunderson, he finally believes that he can uncover some dark secrets from the doctor's past. But Praetorius manages to refute all the accusations in a court of honor with wit and astonishing revelations.
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Drei Männer im Schnee (1974)
Character: Otto Tobler
This film adaptation of Erich Kästner's book is about a millionaire who wants to travel to a hotel under a false name and test how "normal people" are treated. The hotel staff receive a warning, but mistake another man for the fake millionaire and treat him like God in France, while he doesn't feel the slightest bit of even luxurious treatment
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Der Tod aus dem Computer (1985)
Character: Dr. Hasperg
Two shots ring out in front of a high-rise building. Mrs. Hasperg is fatally wounded. Her husband, a lawyer, assumes that she was the victim of mistaken identity. The lawyer suspects that a political organization is behind the crime. The names of those who ordered the killing are said to be stored in a secret database.
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10 Prozent (1966)
Character: Oberregierungsrat Frühwirth
Even thieves have a lobby! And they defend their clientele, especially since their very existence is at risk. The safety precautions in safes and in banks are becoming ever stricter, making the working conditions for burglars and thieving magpies more and more difficult. Therefore, the interest group of property reducers - VDEI for short - made representations to the responsible minister and confronted him with a warning strike, which is intended to make it clear what economic function thieves and burglars have in society. The strike calls everyone involved in property security onto the scene: burglars and interest groups for guns, guard dog breeders and tank crackers gather. After heated discussions, an agreement can finally be reached - but the consumer has to pay for it.
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Das Attentat - Heydrich in Prag (1967)
Character: Dr. Geschke
Based on historical events, the film tells the story of Operation Anthropoid which led to the assassination of the German SS leader Heydrich in Prague by Czech rebels led by Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis.
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Stellenweise Glatteis (1975)
Character: Kühn
Karl Maiwald, a Dortmund auto mechanic, struggles amid neighbor disputes and family tension. Discovering his company’s clandestine bugging, he exposes management, expecting union backing. Yet the union’s hidden ownership of the firm stuns him, as he realizes the very workers leading protests are its members.
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Nachtzug D 106 (1964)
Character: Zugkellner
'Please help me!' the young GDR refugee begs the passengers of the interzonal train 'D 106'. He has just jumped on the night train during an unforeseen stop - to get to the west as quickly as possible. He can't go back, and in less than an hour they reach the German-German border - without stopping. The passengers meanwhile begin to ask themselves serious questions: Am I helping the young man and risking my own safety? Or is that too dangerous for me? While people are racking their brains, not only is the train racing away, but time is too ...
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Die Rückkehr der Zeitmaschine (1984)
Character: Dr. Erasmus Beilowski
The Time Machine is purchased from an antiques store by a physician from Berlin. Much of the script plays out in one room in the Berlin villa of Dr. Erasmus Beilowski. He and his well-educated friends have an intelligent discussion about the world and the future, with a view to the Time Machine. What to use it for?
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Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas (1970)
Character: José Vendrino
Christopher Columbus's crazy idea of traveling to India can only be realized because the Spanish treasury is empty and Queen Isabella, who rules the country, is charmed by the charming, profit-seeking son of a poor weaver. With the ulterior motive of becoming the ruler of new lands and at the same time being able to polish up the ailing finances a little, Isabella commissions the navigator Columbus to set sail for the Spanish crown.
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Bonjour Kathrin (1956)
Character: N/A
Kathrin, Sylvio, and Pierre are music students in Paris. Due to their financial difficulties, the bailiff Fogar is even forced to seize their musical instruments. However, he allows them to continue practicing with them in his warehouse. There, the trio meets the composer Duval, who is also struggling financially.
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Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (1971)
Character: Sirius
The son of an Argentine chemist travels to Vienna, to solve the murder of his father. Step by step, he realizes that his father was internationally entangled in secret service machinations and chemical weapon sales, and ends up in mortal danger himself. Meanwhile, he also realizes that there is no connection between his father's murderess and those dubious activities. Her motive for killing him goes back much futher, to a court hearing during the Third Reich...
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Fluchtweg St. Pauli - Großalarm für die Davidswache (1971)
Character: Kommissar Knudsen
The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and helps him - until Willy kills another man in a robbery. After an argument Willy takes his wife Vera, who now lives with Heinz, as hostage on his further flight from the police. Heinz feels responsible for his brother and trails him, which makes it look to the police as if he's helping his brother.
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Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind (1972)
Character: Dr. Erkner
Germany during the Cold War, a boy has fled Czechoslovakia. Star reporter Walter Roland investigates the background. In the process, he uncovers a plot: Western and Eastern agents are on the hunt for the Warsaw Pact's deployment plans against NATO, which a Czech officer has taken out of the country.
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Alle Menschen werden Brüder (1973)
Character: Boris Minski
The unsuccessful writer Ritchie can't stand his brother, a criminal businessman. When both fall in love with the beautiful Lilian, a dangerous game of revenge begins.
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Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (1974)
Character: Priest
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.
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Einer von uns beiden (1974)
Character: Professor Kolczyk
Psychological thriller that focuses on the intense conflict between a university professor and a blackmailer.
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Herrliche Zeiten im Spessart (1967)
Character: Roland
The countess is married, and the ghosts are still in the Spessart. Her husband becomes an astronaut and the story involved time travelling and space travelling starts.
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Der Mann, der den Eiffelturm verkaufte (1970)
Character: Gaston Villier
They are a true crook quartet, the kind you don't meet every day: Eliza, the old lady with the kind eyes. Bred, the charming boy. Jane, who loves Bred. And Larry, who is not afraid to do the filthier jobs. At the moment, the four musketeers of the underworld are targeting the jeweller Stockwell in London's posh Bond Street...
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Spravedlnost pro Selvina (1968)
Character: Selvin
The fate of the insignificant poet Leonard Undene is transposed into the media atmosphere of the late 1960s. An ironic image of the times, a black comedy about the ease of manipulating the crowd, about the deceitfulness of slogans, about the phenomenon called public opinion, about the power of media fame...
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