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Ralf Richter (actor)
Ralf Richter (born 17 August 1957 in Essen) is a German actor. He debuted as the crude sailor "Frenssen" in the Academy Award-nominated 1981 film ''Das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...'' and frequently appeared in German TV series. He played main roles in German films such as ''Bang Boom Bang'' (1999), ''Fußball ist unser Leben'' (1999) or ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer'' (2002). His younger brother Frank is known as musician FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten). Selected filmography External links * 1957 births German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Living people Actors from Essen {{Germany-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Schenkel
Carl Schenkel (pseudonym: Carlo Ombra; 8 May 1948 – 1 December 2003) was a Swiss film director. His 1984 film ''Abwärts'' won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction in 1985. :de:Carl Schenkel Filmography * ''Graf Dracula beißt jetzt in Oberbayern'' (1979) (as Carlo Ombra) * ' (''Kalt wie Eis'') (1981) * ''Abwärts'' (1984) * '' Bay Coven'' (1987) (TV movie) * '' The Mighty Quinn'' (1989) * '' Silence Like Glass'' (''Zwei Frauen'') (1989) * ''The Edge'' (1989) (TV movie) * ''Silhouette'' (1990) (TV movie) * '' Knight Moves'' (1992) * ''Beyond Betrayal'' (1992) (TV movie) * ''The Surgeon'' (1995) * '' In the Lake of the Woods'' (1996) (TV movie) * '' Kalte Küsse'' (1997) (TV movie) * ''Tarzan and the Lost City'' (1998) * '' Missing Pieces'' (2000) * ''Hostile Takeover'' (2001) * ''Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Male Television Actors
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Male Film Actors
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Births
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Eicher
Benjamin Eicher (born 31 March 1974 in Tübingen, Germany) is a film director famous for his cult film sequel ''Dei Mudder Sei Gesicht II'' and further feature-length gangster comedies. His company Los Banditos Films, founded in 2000 together with , produces controversial movies with stylistic influences from American and French film. Lately they concentrate on filming in Street Gangster Movies. ''Dei Mudder Sei Gesicht I – III'' and ''Schaffe schaffe Scheiße baue'' are said to be Germany's most-watched underground movies. In addition to his feature-length movies Benjamin Eicher has directed numerous shorts, television commercials and music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing devic ...s since 1996. Filmography (selection) * ' (1997) * ' (2001) * ''Schaffe scha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldene Zeiten
''Goldene Zeiten'' (''Out of Bounds'') is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director trilogy of films set in his hometown Unna, and was preceded by '' Bang Boom Bang'' (1999) and ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer'' (german: Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht) is a 2002 German comedy film directed by . Plot Kümmel, Kalle and Horst work for the contractor Werner Wiesenkamp, who runs a small construction company ...'' (2002). It did not meet the box office expectations with less than 100,000 viewers in German cinemas (''Bang Boom Bang'' attracted 460,000, ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer'' 670,000). The film was released on DVD on 26 October 2006, both as a Single DVD and Double DVD Special Edition. Dirk Benedict appears in a double role as former TV celebrity Douglas Burnett, whose vanishing fame is based on his role as the lead character in fictitious 1980s TV series ''John Striker'', and as his Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Roehler
Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among others, Niklaus Schilling, Christoph Schlingensief and Mark Schlichter. Since the early 1990s, he has also been working as a film director. For his film No Place to Go he won the Deutscher Filmpreis. His 2010 film '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Partial filmography * ''Gentleman'' (1995) * ''Silvester Countdown'' (1997) * ''Gierig'' (1999) * '' No Place to Go'' (2000) * ''Suck My Dick'' (2001) * ''Beloved Sister'' (2002) * ''Angst'' (2003) * ''Agnes and His Brothers'' (2004) * '' The Elementary Particles'' (2006) * ''Lulu and Jimi'' (2009) * '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' (2010) * ''Sources of Life'' (2013) * ''Punk Berlin 1982'' (2015) * '' Subs'' (2017) * ''Enfan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominik Graf
Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 1980s, he more often finds work in television, focussing primarily on the genres police drama, thriller and crime mystery, although he has also made comedies, melodramas, documentaries and essay films. He is an active participant in public discourse about the values of genre film in Germany, through numerous articles, and interviews, some of which have been collected into a book. Graf achieved international recognition in 2014 with his film ''Beloved Sisters'', which was selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Selected filmography Director * 1975: ''Carlas Briefe'' * 1979: ''Der kostbare Gast'' * 1980: ''Der Familientag'' * 1982: ' (anthology film) * 1982: ' * 1983: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat (1988 Film)
The Cat (german: Die Katze) is a 1988 German crime film directed by Dominik Graf Dominik Graf (born 6 September 1952) is a German film director. He studied film direction at University of Television and Film Munich, from where he graduated in 1975. While he has directed several theatrically released feature films since the 198 .... Plot Two criminals rob a bank and hold the clerks hostage, demanding 3 million German marks. Unaware to the police, the actual criminal mastermind witnesses their every move. Cast References External links * 1988 films 1980s crime thriller films 1980s heist films German crime thriller films West German films Films about bank robbery Films about snipers Films based on crime novels Films based on German novels German heist films Films about hostage takings 1980s German-language films 1980s German films {{crime-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Schimanski
Horst Schimanski is a homicide detective with a leading role in the German crime television series ''Tatort'', as well as the spin-off ''Schimanski''. Portrayed by Götz George, the character made his debut in the 1981 episode and appeared in 29 episodes until 1991. Two episodes, ' (1985) and ' (1987), were released in cinemas before they were aired on television. Also notable is the episode from 1990, which was produced as a crossover with the East German ''Polizeiruf 110'' crime series, in which Schimanski collaborated with two colleagues from the East German Volkspolizei. In 1997, the character got his own show, the loose spin-off ''Schimanski''. In this series, Schimanski is a retired police officer living in Belgium with his longtime girlfriend Marie Claire. Background Schimanski is consistently presented as the prototypical proletarian, living very close to the criminals he pursues. Consequently, many of his cases deal with underprivileged victims and upper-class crimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
