German
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
**Ger ...
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
) and lives in
Paris
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Stalingrad
Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), geographical renaming, formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stal ...
, he played the part of General (later Field Marshal)
Friedrich Paulus
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (23 September 1890 – 1 February 1957) was a German field marshal during World War II who is best known for commanding the 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943). The battle ended ...
Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
''Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck'' (English: ''The Peculiar Life Story of Friedrich, Baron von der Trenck'') is a German television series based on the life of Friedrich von der Trenck, a Prussian officer ...
Friedrich von der Trenck
Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck (16 February 1726 – 25 July 1794) was a Prussian officer, adventurer, and author.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Trenck family depicts in red the head of a silver bull with golden tongue and golden ...
* 1973: ''Abenteuer eines Sommers'' (directed by Helmut Pfandler) – Michelitsch
* 1974: ' (TV film, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Miroslav als Erwachsener
* 1975: ' (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Orlov
* 1975: ' (TV miniseries, directed by Fritz Umgelter) – Simplex
* 1976: ''Fluchtgefahr'' (TV film, directed by Markus Imhoof) – Winarski
* 1976: '' Coup de Grâce'' (directed by Volker Schlöndorff) – Erich von Lhomond
* 1977: ' (directed by
Bernhard Sinkel
Bernhard Sinkel (born 19 January 1940) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1993. He co-shared the Special Recognition award at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival for the film ''Germany in ...
Jean-Claude Tramont Jean-Claude Tramont (May 5, 1930 - December 27, 1996) was a Belgian writer, producer and director best known for his marriage to famous Hollywood agent Sue Mengers and the film '' All Night Long'' (1981).Bernhard Sinkel
Bernhard Sinkel (born 19 January 1940) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1993. He co-shared the Special Recognition award at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival for the film ''Germany in ...
) – Leonard
* 1978: ' (TV film, directed by
Egon Günther
Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017) in:
) – Zwingli
* 1980: ' (directed by
Robert van Ackeren
Robert van Ackeren (born 22 December 1946) is a German movie director, actor, producer, writer and cinematographer.
Filmography (director)
* ''Blondie's Number One'' (1971)
* ''The Sensuous Three'' (1972)
* '' The Last Word'' (1975)
* ''Belcanto ...
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
) – Theologist
* 1982: ''
Jack Holborn
Jack Holborn was a 1982 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series. The story is based on the 1964 book by Leon Garfield. It was shown in the United Kingdom by ITV.
Plot
Jack Holborn is a 13-year-old boy living in an orphanage in late 18th-century Bristol. Jac ...
'' (TV miniseries, directed by
Sigi Rothemund
Siegfried Rothemund (born 14 March 1944) is a German film director. He directed more than ninety films since 1964. He is the father of Marc Rothemund who is also a film director. He was married to the actress Margit Geissler.
Selected filmography ...
Embers
''Embers'' is a radio play by Samuel Beckett. It was written in English in 1957. First broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 24 June 1959, the play won the RAI prize at the Prix Italia awards later that year. Donald McWhinnie directed Jack ...
Les Morfalous
Les Morfalous (literally ''The Greedy-Guts'', in French argot ; English title: ''The Vultures'') is a 1984 French adventure film, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Henri Verneuil, featuring the French Foreign Legion during the Second Wor ...
'' (directed by
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Fi ...
) – Karl
* 1987: ''Pink Palace, Paradise Beach'' (directed by Milan Dor) – Daniel
* 1987: '' The Cry of the Owl'' (TV film, directed by ) – Robert
* 1988: ''
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
''The Passenger – Welcome to Germany'' (german: Der Passagier – Welcome to Germany) is a 1988 German drama film directed by Thomas Brasch. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Tony Curtis – Mr. Cornfield
* Katharina T ...
Léa Pool
Léa Pool C.M. (born 8 September 1950) is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who taught film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has directed several documentaries and feature films, many of which have won significant awards including the ...
) – Pierre Kurwenal
* 1988: ''Crash'' (TV film, directed by
Tom Toelle
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
) – Richard Jansen
* 1988: ' (directed by
Jacques Rouffio
Jacques Rouffio (14 August 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1986 film ''My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister'' was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.Thomas Koerfer) – Martin
* 1990: ''Farendj'' (directed by Sabine Prenczina) – Bruno
* 1990: ' (TV film, directed by
Ludvík Ráža
Ludvík Ráža (3 October 1929, in Mukachevo – 4 October 2000, in Prague) was a Czechoslovak film director. He directed the film ''Poslední propadne peklu'' in 1982.
References
External links
*
1929 births
2000 deaths
20th-century C ...
) – Magnus
* 1991: ' (directed by
Rainer Simon
Rainer Simon (born 11 January 1941) is a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1964 and 2000. His '' How to Marry a King'' (1969) and ''Six Make it Through the World'' (1972) are highly imaginative adaptations of ...
) – Hauptmann / Teiresias
* 1991: '' The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage)'' (directed by
Léa Pool
Léa Pool C.M. (born 8 September 1950) is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who taught film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has directed several documentaries and feature films, many of which have won significant awards including the ...
) – Élysée
* 1992: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Franz
* 1992: ''
Extralarge
''Extralarge'' (original title: ''Detective Extralarge'', aka ''Zwei Supertypen in Miami'') is a television series starring Bud Spencer, Philip Michael Thomas, and Michael Winslow.
Production
The series was first announced in October 1990. The f ...
'' (TV series, episode: "Cannonball", directed by
Enzo G. Castellari
Enzo Girolami Castellari (born 29 July 1938) is an Italian director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career Early life
Castellari was born in Rome into a family of filmmakers. His father was a boxer turned film maker Marino Girolami. His uncle ...
) – Dr. Shuby
* 1993: '' The Last U-Boat'' (TV film, directed by
Frank Beyer
Frank Paul Beyer (; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era ...
) – Mellenberg – General
* 1994: ''
Lauras Entscheidung
Lauras Entscheidung is a 1994 German television film.
Cast
* Suzanne von Borsody as Laura Völlenklee
*Matthias Habich as Joachim Böllinger
* Peter Sattmann as Max Samtwerth
* Dörte Lyssewski as Irmi Schadewald
* Oliver Czeslik
* Chantal De F ...
'' (TV film, directed by
Uwe Janson
Uwe Janson (born 6 November 1959, Königswinter) is a German screenwriter, director and producer. He has worked in Germany and the United Kingdom, including '' Business with Friends'' for the British Film Institute and the BBC (1991) and the Br ...
) – Joachim Böllinger
* 1995: ''Deutschlandlied'' (TV miniseries, directed by
Tom Toelle
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
) – Konrad Schuhbeck
* 1995: ' (directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky) – Chris Corday
* 1995: ''Das zehnte Jahr'' (directed by Käthe Kratz) – Max
* 1996: '' Slaughter of the Cock'' (directed by Andreas Pantzis)
* 1996: ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
Caroline Link
Caroline Link (born 2 June 1964) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Life and work
Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), and then wo ...
) – Gregor (Clarissa's husband)
* 1997: ' (directed by Andreas Kleinert) – Kommissar Norbert Michaelis
* 1997: '' The Rat'' (TV film, directed by ) – Markus Frank
* 1997: ' (TV film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel) – Der Fremde
* 1998: ''Sugar for the Beast'' (TV film, directed by ) – Dr. Kaltenbach
* 1999: ''Picknick im Schnee'' (TV film, directed by ) – Johannes Breutigam
* 1999: '' Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland'' (TV series, directed by and Kai Wessel) – Victor Klemperer
* 2000: ' (TV miniseries, directed by Margarethe von Trotta) – Heinrich Cressphal
* 2001: ''Boran'' (directed by ) – Boran
* 2001: '' Enemy at the Gates'' (directed by
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud (; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing ''Quest for Fire'' (1981), ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986), '' The Bear'' (1988), '' The Lover'' (1992), '' Seven Years in ...
) – General Paulus
* 2001: ''
Nowhere in Africa
''Nowhere in Africa'' (german: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is a 2001 German drama film that was written and directed by Caroline Link. The screenplay is based on the 1995 autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of ...
'' (directed by
Caroline Link
Caroline Link (born 2 June 1964) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Life and work
Caroline Link is the daughter of Jürgen and Ilse Link. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), and then wo ...
) – Walter Süßkind
* 2003: ' (TV film, directed by
Gernot Roll
Gernot Roll (9 April 193912 November 2020) was a German cinematographer, film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors Edgar Reitz and Sönke Wortmann. He was regarded as an expert on literary adaptations and f ...
) – General von Habich
* 2003: ''Raus ins Leben'' (directed by Vivian Naefe) – Michael Berkhoff
* 2004: ''
Nero
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Waves
Waves most often refers to:
*Waves, oscillations accompanied by a transfer of energy that travel through space or mass.
* Wind waves, surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water.
Waves may also refer to:
Music
* Waves (ban ...
'' (TV film, directed by
Vivian Naefe
Vivian Naefe (born 21 March 1953) is a German film director. Her films include the ''Die wilden Hühner'' series (based on novels by Cornelia Funke), ''Waves'' (based on the novel ''Wellen'' by Eduard von Keyserling), and two episodes of the p ...
) – Rolf von Buttlär
* 2005: ' (TV film, directed by
Roland Suso Richter
Roland Suso Richter (born January 7, 1961 in Marburg) is a German film director and producer.
Biography
Richter was born in Marburg and lived there until making his Abitur in 1980 at the local Elisabethschule. Wanting to pursue a film career, ...
) – Richard – Catherine's Father
* 2005: ''Küss mich, Hexe!'' (TV film, directed by Diethard Küster) – Der Herr der Finsternis
* 2005: ''
The Call of the Toad
''The Call of the Toad'', published in Germany in 1992 as ''Unkenrufe'', is a novel by Danzig-born German author Günter Grass. It describes the love story between the German widower Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Polin widowed Piatkowska. It ...
'' (directed by
Robert Gliński
Robert Ignacy Gliński (born 17 April 1952 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He won the Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival in 1992 with his film '' Wszystko, co najw ...
) – Alexander Reschke
* 2006: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Ben
* 2007: ''Afrika, mon amour'' (TV miniseries, directed by )
* 2007: ''
Caótica Ana
''Chaotic Ana'' ( es, Caótica Ana, links=no) is a 2007 Spanish Drama (film and television), drama film written, directed, and edited by Julio Medem which stars Manuela Vellés as the title character.
Plot
A synopsis prior to the release of the ...
The Reader
''The Reader'' (german: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations ...
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...
: '' (TV, directed by ) – Roland Plauer
* 2009: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Peter Grabowski
* 2009: ''Der Großvater'' (Short, directed by )
* 2009: ' (directed by ) – Alain Laroche
* 2010: '' Nanga Parbat'' (directed by Joseph Vilsmaier) – Pfarrer
* 2010: ''Barriere'' (directed by Andreas Kleinert) – Hans Meinhold
* 2010: ''Letzter Moment'' (TV film, directed by Sathyan Ramesh) – Peter Romberg
* 2010: ''Die Schwester'' (TV film, directed by Margarethe von Trotta) – Gregor Antonion
* 2010: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Peter
* 2011: ''
Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
*Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
*Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor journal ...
: Der Heiland'' (TV, directed by ) – Martin Weidner
* 2011: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Harry Berg
* 2012: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Utz von Zernikow
* 2012: ' (TV film, directed by
Dror Zahavi
Dror Zahavi (born 6 February 1959) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 25 films and television shows since 1992. His 2008 film, '' For My Father'', was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festiva ...
) – Paul
* 2012: ''Liebe am Fjord – Abschied von Hannah'' (TV film, directed by ) – Henrik Agdestein
* 2013: ' (directed by
Vivian Naefe
Vivian Naefe (born 21 March 1953) is a German film director. Her films include the ''Die wilden Hühner'' series (based on novels by Cornelia Funke), ''Waves'' (based on the novel ''Wellen'' by Eduard von Keyserling), and two episodes of the p ...
) – Carsten Lexow
* 2014: ''Die Toten von Hameln'' (TV film, directed by Christian von Castelberg) – Dr. Georg Bischoff
* 2014: ' (TV film, directed by Jan Georg Schütte) – Helge Löns
* 2014: ''Where I Belong'' (directed by Fritz Urschitz) – Friedrich
* 2015: ' (directed by Margarethe von Trotta) – Paul Kromberger
* 2015: ' (TV film, directed by ) – Holm Hardenberg
* 2017: '' Berlin Syndrome'' (directed by Cate Shortland) – Erich