Christian Doermer (5 July 1935 – 14 July 2022) was a German actor and director.
He appeared in more than 80 films and television shows from 1954 to 2022. He starred in the 1966 film ''
No Shooting Time for Foxes''. The film was entered into the
16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the
Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize.
In 1969, Doermer appeared as a German soldier attending the
Christmas truce in Sir
Richard Attenborough's satirical
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
musical film ''
Oh! What a Lovely War
''Oh! What a Lovely War'' is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Ol ...
''.
Doermer himself has also directed a fair number of films including documentaries and television films. In 1962, he was one of the 26 authors of the famous
Oberhausen Manifesto
The Oberhausen Manifesto was a declaration by a group of 26 young German filmmakers at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia on 28 February 1962. The manifesto was a call to arms to establish a "new German featu ...
, demanding a change in German film.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Forest House in Tyrol
''The Forest House in Tyrol'' or ''The Lodge in Tyrol'' (German: ''Das Forsthaus in Tirol'') is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Hermann Kugelstadt and starring Wera Frydtberg, Helmuth Schneider and Dorothea Wieck. Bock & Bergfelder p.135 ...
'' (1955) as Alfons Attinger
* ' (1956), as Jochen
* ''
Teenage Wolfpack
''Teenage Wolfpack'' (german: Die Halbstarken) is a 1956 German crime drama film directed by Georg Tressler. The film is also known as ''Wolfpack'' in the United Kingdom. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin
Plot summary
The drama ...
'' (1956), as Jan Borchert
* ''
All Roads Lead Home'' (1957), as Michael
* ''
Der Stern von Afrika
''Der Stern von Afrika'' () is a 1957 black-and-white German war film portraying the combat career of a World War II Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hans-Joachim Marseille. The film stars Joachim Hansen and Marianne Koch and was directed by Alfred Weid ...
'' (1957), as Unteroffizier Klein
* ''
Precocious Youth'' (1957), as Wolfgang
* ''
Adorable Arabella
''Adorable Arabella'' (German: ''Bezaubernde Arabella'') is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Axel von Ambesser and starring Johanna von Koczian, Carlos Thompson and Hilde Hildebrand. It is an adaptation of the 1949 novel '' Arabella'' b ...
'' (1959), as Helmut Hagemann
* ' (1961), as Claus Baade
* ''
Das Riesenrad
''Das Riesenrad'' (English: ''The Giant Wheel'') is a 1961 West German drama film directed by Géza von Radványi. It was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in Vienna and ...
'' (1961), as Hubert von Hill jr.
* ' (1962, TV miniseries), as Gerald Quincey
* ''Die Revolution entläßt ihre Kinder'' (1962, TV miniseries), as
Wolfgang Leonhard
Wolfgang Leonhard (16 April 1921 – 17 August 2014) was a German political author and historian of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and Communism. A German Communist whose family had fled Hitler's Germany and who was educated i ...
* ''
Terror After Midnight'' (1962), as Nolan Stoddard
* ''
The Bread of Those Early Years'' (1962), as Walter Fendrich
* ''
Love at Twenty'' (1962), as Tonio
* ' (1964), as Mario
* ''
No Shooting Time for Foxes'' (1966), as Viktor
* ''
Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert
''Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert'' (English title: ''Tip Not Included'') is a 1966 German thriller film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring George Nader, Yvonne Monlaur, and Heinz Weiss. It was the fourth film in the Jerry Cotton
Jerry ...
'' (1966), as Tommy Wheeler
* ''
The Syndicate
''The Syndicate'' is a British television drama series. It was written by Kay Mellor and is broadcast on BBC One. It sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a different syndicate. The first series is set ...
'' (1968), as Kurt Hohmann
* ''
Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice ...
'' (1968), as Hendrik Casson
* ''
Oh! What a Lovely War
''Oh! What a Lovely War'' is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Ol ...
'' (1969), as Fritz
* ''
Downhill Racer
''Downhill Racer'' is a 1969 American sports drama film starring Robert Redford, Gene Hackman and Camilla Sparv, and was the directorial debut of Michael Ritchie. Written by James Salter, based on the 1963 novel ''The Downhill Racers'' by Oakle ...
'' (1969), as the German skier at the Winter Olympics
* ''Lettow-Vorbeck: Der deutsch-ostafrikanische Imperativ'' (1984, directed by Christian Doermer)
* ''
Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie
''Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie'' (English title: ''Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy'') is a 1986 German-language television miniseries directed by Bernhard Sinkel and starring Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie.
Plot
The series ex ...
'' (1986, TV miniseries), as Dr. Körner
* ''
The Hothouse
''The Hothouse'' (1958/1980) is a full-length tragicomedy written by Harold Pinter in the winter of 1958 between '' The Birthday Party'' (1957) and ''The Caretaker'' (1959). After writing ''The Hothouse'' in the winter of 1958 and following the ...
'' (1987), as Felix Keetenheuve
* ' (1991, TV film), as Abraham Esau
* ''
Stauffenberg'' (2004, TV film), as Field marshal
Wilhelm Keitel
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (; 22 September 188216 October 1946) was a German field marshal and war criminal who held office as chief of the '' Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'' (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's Armed Forces, duri ...
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1935 births
2022 deaths
People from Rostock
German male film actors
German male television actors
20th-century German male actors
German Film Award winners
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