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Kampf um Kautschuk (1967)
Character: Gerard Lemaire
In 1876, Englishman Henry Wickham breaks Brazil's rubber monopoly. Although exporting rubber tree seeds is punishable by death, he illegally transports the valuable seeds out of the country after a dangerous expedition through the Amazon region.
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Ein Toter stoppt den 8 Uhr 10 (1972)
Character: Eberhard Morrisey
Edgar Koltz travels back to Germany from his vacation destination on Mallorca. Koltz, who is traveling under the false name Heinrich Hauser, wants to use the 48-hour break in his vacation to rob the Munich Commercial and Credit Bank. He is called out under this name shortly after landing at the airport. Koltz receives an envelope containing an address where he can obtain further information. Later, the driver of the 8:10 train discovers a body on the tracks. The police have to establish whether there is a connection between the discovery of the body and the bank robbery in Munich.
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Geliebter Mörder (1972)
Character: Lee Warren
One evening, Lee Warren visits Richard Fenton, the lawyer with whom his wife is cheating on him. Warren tells Fenton that he intends to kill him, but gives him a chance: he agrees to let him live if he discovers even the slightest flaw in Warren's perfect murder plan ...
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Das Glück läuft hinterher (1963)
Character: Dieter Vorbauer
Follows the life of several different people in 1960s in Germany for a few days. The story begins, when a juvenile criminal steals an old woman's handbag in a post office and throws it into a parking car, when he feels observed. But there was a lot of money in that bag, and thereby a dozen fortunes become entwined.
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Ich fahre Patschold (1964)
Character: Günther Wirsing
At the center of the story are building contractor Patschold, who juggles advances and loans, and his shrewd chauffeur Göhrke. Patschold's wife almost suffers a nervous breakdown and his mistress makes ever greater demands.
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The Odessa File (1974)
Character: Hoffmann
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.
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Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli (1970)
Character: Hauptkommissar Bossum
A former U-boat commander becomes a pastor to ease the suffering of young Hamburg women in trouble.
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Wenn süß das Mondlicht auf den Hügeln schläft (1969)
Character: Jocelyn Pentecost
Based on a book by Eric Malpass and directed by Kurt Hoffmann, the film focuses on the everyday life of a German family perceived through the eyes of its youngest member — six-year-old Gaylord.
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Flucht (1977)
Character: Henner
On Wednesday night, violent criminal Karl Schanz escapes from Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel prison. Disguised as a policeman, he manages to get to the apartment of young Christine, the wife of his best friend and former fellow inmate. Christine has no idea that Schanz has already stabbed a man to death during his escape. His goal: by taking the senior public prosecutor hostage, he wants to extort a million marks and a flight to South America...
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Der Stern von Afrika (1957)
Character: Werner Heydenreich
Biographic movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.
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Novecento (1976)
Character: Ottavio Berlinghieri
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
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