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Tod der Engel (1992)
Character: N/A
Gerhard Wismuth is said to have killed his two children. The press takes up the case and does good business with the grieving mother Brigitte. Then the trial takes a surprising turn: The accused incriminates his wife, who allegedly has a lover and murdered the children for his sake. The TV movie is reminiscent of the "Weimar case".
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Das Spinnennetz (1989)
Character: Kommissar
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
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Drei Schwestern made in Germany (2006)
Character: Onkel Arnold
Late fall 1947: The inhabitants of Frauenburg, a US garrison town, are facing another harsh post-war winter. But a social sensation causes a stir: Freya Sonnenberg, one of the three daughters of the former mayor, is to marry the American base commander Bellmont. Each of the sisters has her own hopes for this event: For Freya, the wedding is the start of a carefree and prosperous life after the war. For the older sister Nora, it means belated satisfaction for the early death of her beloved father. And Gudrun, the youngest, is looking forward to an uninhibited sex life. But one evening before the wedding, a blackmailer threatens to destroy the sisters' plans. Compromising details from Freya's time in the army emerge. Was she really the playmate of a prominent Nazi bigwig...?
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Mein Bruder, der Idiot (2000)
Character: N/A
"Are you crazy?" "Nope, Down syndrome." Jakob knows his problem and can live well with it. His older brother Julian, however, he does not care about the Mongo. Even after the death of her mother Anna, does not think Julian cares about his younger brother. It's the other way around: Jacob helps him overcome the grief over Anna's death.
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Ein naheliegender Mord (1988)
Character: Jupp
Former prisoner Frank Gormann is given a suitcase full of hundred-mark bills, which also contains a pistol and a photo of a man who is to be killed. Coincidence or an offer? Frank's "luck" seems perfect when he meets the beautiful Julia, with whom he wants to spend the money. But the coincidences soon turn out to be a calculated crime.
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Frau Luna (1975)
Character: Lämmermeier
Paul Lincke's evergreen operetta tells the story of three Berlin friends, Steppke, Lämmermeier, and Pannecke, who visit the moon with their landlady Pusebach.
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Martin Luther (1983)
Character: Professor Karlstadt
At the beginning of the 16th century, the Christian Martin Luther followed his calling and became an Augustinian monk in Erfurt. However, his life in the monastery confronted him with his fears of a judging God. These were finally taken away from him through the study of his religion, which emphasized a merciful Creator. As a theologian in Wittenberg, he then went public with his 95 theses, which criticized the church's practice of forgiving sins in exchange for money. A momentous dispute began.
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Über den Tag hinaus (2015)
Character: Walter Singer
Beyond the Day is a 2015 drama about a retired Professor and a taxi driver who accompanies him for a whole day of driving and talking.
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Der große Verhau (1971)
Character: N/A
Outer space in 2034 is run by greedy corporations in a rundown bureaucracy. Two astronauts, who are not very smart, make their way with shady dealings, smuggling and spaceship wrecking.
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Sterne über dem Eis (2009)
Character: Kurt Schell
Martin Schell, Professor of Marine Biology, and his assistant Doreen have been a happy couple for half a year. Doreen would be even happier if Martin finally married her and moved into a shared apartment with her. But the diehard single is not comfortable with the idea of a strong bond.
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Ein Sarg aus Hongkong (1964)
Character: Anthony (voice) (uncredited)
A private detective finds the limp body of a young Chinese beauty in his office, shot with his own gun.
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Porträt eines Richters (1998)
Character: Dr. Laue
This film is about the difference between law and justice. A national socialist is accused of having stirred up some people against foreigners. A judge has to decide whether he has done so or if his statement comes under the constitutional given freedom of speech. This is compared with a trial in the third Reich. A young woman is being accused of having a relationship with a jew. The film confronts two views of law: the judgement is only based on the current law or the judgement may be influenced by socio-political events and sense of justice.
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Ein Sommer in Long Island (2009)
Character: Mr.Yuki
Business executive Nick Porter starts an affair with landscape architect Holly while jogging on his way to see his half-brother Benjamin 'Ben' Goldman, a reclusive author who inherited an estate from his father, also an author. Recommended by Nick, Holly comes to renovate the garden for Ben, whose aloof attitude bugs her, but actually she's his first love. Nick learns this and that Ben has terminal cancer but refuses treatment, feeling his life has no meaning, so Nick pushes Holly to pretend to be in love with Ben, who learns the truth in the worst possible way at the worst possible time.
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Rosamunde Pilcher: Rosen im Sturm (1999)
Character: John Duncan
London businessman Robert Cummings meets his partner Barbara Harding's father only when she comes to his Devon estate, Parnham House, to reconcile on his deathbed, having blamed him for three years for her mother's fatal car accident, which he insists was suicide. Against Robert's professional advice, they follow his dying wish, carrying on the stud-farm, which requires lots of urgent learning.
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Der Clown (2005)
Character: Wachmann
Former secret government agent Max Hecker (Sven Martinek) disguises himself with a clown mask in order to fight international crime. He hangs up his mask when one of his supporters, journalist Claudia (Diana Frank), is murdered. Four years later, he must put it back on as Claudia's sister Leah (Eva Habermann) is kidnapped by the same people that killed Claudia.
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Das Phantom (2000)
Character: Hans Ganz
After the partner of a policeman is killed he is drawn into a mysterious plot of conspiracy and terrorists.
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Transpapa (2012)
Character: Wolfgang
Fifteen-year-old Maren wants to get away – far away. Aside from all the boys thinking she’s frigid, her recently love-struck mother is driving her round the twist. But she also has a father who she hasn’t seen for years. When Maren decides to get in touch with him, her mother finally spills the beans: He now goes by the name of Sophia and lives as a woman – just what she needs! Irrespective of her vexation, Maren risks a meeting and finds in Sophia a person just as hormonal and puerile as herself – a person who would actually prefer to be her best friend, at best even her mother. Can Maren accept that this life makes her father happy? TRANSPAPA is a compassionate and funny story of gender role-breaking, tolerance and the search for identity.
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Buddy (2013)
Character: Mr. Kosse
Inexperienced guardian angel, Buddy (Michael Herbig) arrives to assist Eddie (Alexander Fehling) with getting his life back on track, but instead only causes more chaos.
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About a Girl (2015)
Character: Priest
Charleen is 15, melodramatic, mega depressed, and Kurt Cobain’s biggest fan. Her best friend Isa is getting really boring, her dad is out of the picture, and her mom has hooked up with her biology teacher. Even though she has an apprenticeship preparing bodies for funerals, which is pretty cool, her musical idols are all dead. It’s about time Charleen was, too.
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Stadtlandliebe (2016)
Character: Opa Döppe
Sam and Anna are part of the hip, vegan, green, eco-friendly, upper-class subculture of Berlin. Anna is a successful doctor, and Nick works in advertising. However, life in Germany's capital is fast-paced and stressful, so the two of them decide to take the next step towards the ideal "eco lifestyle" and move out to the country. As they arrive, they find that life in the country is much less relaxing than they expected, as the rather eccentric locals keep them on their toes.
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Laim und die Zeichen des Todes (2017)
Character: Egon Odenthal
Inspector Lukas Laim has the rope from which a corpse is hanging from the bridge on Prater Island cut. There are strange red marks on its stomach. The dead man is a notary from Grünwald who is well known in the city as a patron of Jewish art. And the marks on his stomach are in Hebrew and mean "retribution". Retribution for what? And why the Hebrew writing? Shortly afterwards, Laim learns of a blackmail letter to his mother, signed with the Hebrew word "Shilem". The blackmailers demand 80,000 euros so that the public does not find out that Laim's grandfather made his fortune in the course of Aryanization.
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Wenn Liebe doch so einfach wär’ (2007)
Character: N/A
Ticket seller Katrina is unexpectedly declared co-heiress of a shipping company. Thrown out of her simple life, she now has to deal with Hamburg's high society.
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Crashpoint - 90 Minuten bis zum Absturz (2009)
Character: Heinz Peucker
After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Will the plane have to be shot down by fighter pilots?
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Für immer daheim (2011)
Character: Maximilian Bertram
Maren feels very much at peace in her new home. Her relationship with her father is improving and her son comes to Munich from New York for a research project. But the ex-banker can't really rejoice, because the financial situation is still tense. A creditor holds promissory bills from Bertramshof, which he sells on to a wealthy sausage manufacturer. When it turns out that the new co-owner is closely related to Maren's father Maximilian, the financial difficulties are compounded by unexpected family problems.
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Der Unsichtbare (1987)
Character: Wigbert von Selbwitz
TV star Benjamin inherits from his uncle a cloak of invisibility. Invisible he must discover that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and asks her in front of the television camera, it does not do to. A journalist on the hunt for a story, adds to the confusion.
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Wieder daheim (2008)
Character: Maximilian Bertram
It has been over 20 years since Maren Bertram left her parents' farm after a bad argument with her father Maximilian. At the time, she blamed her father for her mother's tragic death. Now the successful investment banker returns to her small Bavarian home village. After all these years, she finally wants to reconcile with the old stubborn man, but that is easier said than done. The fact that Maren's childhood sweetheart Johann seems to be involved in the impending forced sale of the farm doesn't make things any easier.
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Die Konferenz der Tiere (1969)
Character: Pig (voice)
One day the animals become too colorful: war is constantly going on among the people. When Alois, the lion, learns that the 365th Peace Conference has just failed, the animals decide that it is high time to intervene: they call their own "animal" peace conference. With much courage and even more imagination, they develop a plan so that Frides can finally prevail among the people of the world ...
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Jenseits der Stille (1996)
Character: Robert
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
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