Markus Knüfken

Markus Knüfken

Born: August 18, 1965
in Essen, Germany
Markus Knüfken wuchs in Essen auf. Knüfken machte 1985 in Essen-Kettwig sein Abitur und zog dann nach München, um seinen Zivildienst anzutreten. 1987 arbeitete er für sechs Monate im Paketpostamt München, um sich eine halbjährige Reise nach Australien zu finanzieren.

Im April 1988 kam er aus Australien zurück. Er machte den Taxischein und arbeitete als Dauerstatist bei der Bavaria Film für die ARD Reihe Rote Erde. Im Sommer 1990 begann er seine Ausbildung als Schauspieler bei der Schauspielschule Schauspiel München.

Nach drei Jahren schloss er die Ausbildung ab. Sein Anfänger-Engagement hatte er im Februar 1994 beim Stadttheater Herford. Zuvor drehte er jedoch bereits seine ersten Fernsehproduktionen. Seine erste große Rolle spielt Knüfken im November/Dezember 1993 als rechtsradikaler Skinhead in der Polizeiruf-110-Folge Samstags wenn Krieg ist unter der Regie von Roland Suso Richter. Es folgten Hauptrollen in Krimi-Reihen wie Tatort und Notruf Hafenkante.

Im Jahr 1995 etablierte sich Markus Knüfken mit der Hauptrolle des Eddie Velten in der Serie Auf Achse. Seitdem hat er in vielen Fernsehfilmen, Serien aber auch Kinoproduktionen mitgespielt. Als seine persönlichen Lieblingsprojekte nennt Knüfken Bang Boom Bang und Doppelpack. Weitere bekannte Produktionen, an denen Knüfken mitwirkte, waren unter anderem Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit und Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.

Markus Knüfken war mit der niederländischen Schauspielerin Ellen ten Damme verheiratet. Er lebt seit 2003 in Hamburg und ist mit Andrea Lion verheiratet, mit der er ein Kind und eine Stieftochter hat.

Movies for Markus Knüfken...

The Witch and the Believer
Title: The Witch and the Believer
Character: Herbert
Released: January 5, 2021
Type: Movie
In a dark world of violence and lies, an assimilated Ottoman frees a sentenced Witch from the pyre to start a new life with her.
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Rocca Changes the World
Title: Rocca Changes the World
Character: Roland Ross
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world.
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Gut zu Vögeln
Title: Gut zu Vögeln
Character: J.T.
Released: January 14, 2016
Type: Movie
After her fiancee cancels the wedding, Merlin's life changes drastically when she moves in with one of her brother's best friends.
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Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
Title: Das Mädchen aus dem Totenmoor
Character: Ulf Baumann
Released: January 6, 2016
Type: Movie
The peat farmer Hannes Gerhards wants his girlfriend Helen Dahms from the city to pull him to the countryside. As in peat cutting work the skull of a bog body is found. Police commissioner Lorenz Keller, who is about to retire, has already completed his career. But with the bone find Keller finally sees his chance to bring an old case to an end.
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Title: Die Kanzlei
Character: Frank Bongerts
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
Character: Martin Klausen
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Sibel & Max
Character: Günther Matuske
Released: January 3, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Dr. Klein
Character: Johannes Gärtner
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: TV
"Dr. Klein" is a medical and family TV series, which moves between great emotion and humor. Valerie Klein is 1,32 meter tall and the only doctor in the children's hospital, who meets the small patients at eye level. There are many conflicts to solve both at work and at home with her family.
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Tschüss Papa
Title: Tschüss Papa
Character: Papa
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: Movie
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eheExamination
Title: eheExamination
Character: Uwe
Released: June 28, 2014
Type: Movie
The state in which we find ourselves, tests each citizen at the age of twelve years, just as Léon.
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Title: Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
Character: Thomas Schwellinger
Released: March 20, 2014
Type: TV
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Kaiserschmarrn
Title: Kaiserschmarrn
Character: Co-Star
Released: October 31, 2013
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Daniel Krauss.
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Antilopen
Title: Antilopen
Character: Frank
Released: October 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Short german horror comedy.
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Radio Silence
Title: Radio Silence
Character: Doc Rock
Released: October 5, 2012
Type: Movie
Horror involving a serial-killer toying with a Pirate Radio DJ
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Title: Kommissar Marthaler
Character: Erich
Released: February 27, 2012
Type: TV
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Dora Heldt: Bei Hitze ist es wenigstens nicht kalt
Title: Dora Heldt: Bei Hitze ist es wenigstens nicht kalt
Character: Georg Schmidt
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Perfect Nanny
Title: The Perfect Nanny
Character: Edgar Strack
Released: November 25, 2011
Type: Movie
The ambitious business consultant and single father Edgar Strack is desperately trying to reconcile family and work needs. Alone: ​​He does not succeed. His three adolescent children are frustrated, his new girlfriend Barbara complains, in the company he is betrayed by a competitor. In his distress, Edgar hired the spirited interpreter Ana, whom he had just fired as a colleague, as a new nanny. And lo and behold: Suddenly everything runs like clockwork again.
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Sog der Gezeiten
Title: Sog der Gezeiten
Character: Jonas Tjersland
Released: November 1, 2010
Type: Movie
The construction of the new community center for a town on the Sognefjord could inspire Agnes' career. Shortly after arriving, the architect meets unexpectedly her long-time childhood sweetheart Kristian again. Although he is now married to the mayor Luisa, flare up between the two old feelings. Why only Luisa selected among many architects just Agnes for this job? It all looks like Luisa has threaded the clash together from a long way. But what is she aiming for?
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Männer lügen nicht
Title: Männer lügen nicht
Character: Sebastian Berling aka Hermann Zeitler
Released: February 11, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt
Character: Georg Glaser
Released: January 14, 2010
Type: TV
Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt is a German television series.
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Title: SOKO Stuttgart
Character: Jens Ziller
Released: November 12, 2009
Type: TV
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
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Stürme in Afrika
Title: Stürme in Afrika
Character: Alex
Released: January 30, 2009
Type: Movie
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Lilly Schönauer - Für immer und einen Tag
Title: Lilly Schönauer - Für immer und einen Tag
Character: Fabian Lehner
Released: November 21, 2008
Type: Movie
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Hilfe, meine Schwester kommt
Title: Hilfe, meine Schwester kommt
Character: Felix von Bondy
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Luisa Wagner is a successful event manager. At the same time she also manages to look after her two children, Krista and Jakob, the housework, her husband Michael and her father. When Luisa's twin sister Jenny also turns up and hardly lifts a finger to help, Luisa sees red. On an impulse, she takes over her sister's role and goes on tour with her theatre troupe in Italy. Meanwhile, Jenny assumes Luisa's chores in the home and her job, thereby experiencing not only the hurdles a mother is confronted with, but also falls madly in love with her sister's boss, Felix. Everyone is relieved when Luisa returns home after hearing of her father's breakdown. Especially Michael, who has learned to appreciate his wife anew.
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Utta Danella - Das Geheimnis unserer Liebe
Title: Utta Danella - Das Geheimnis unserer Liebe
Character: Benedict Bordin
Released: March 28, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Hamburg Dockland
Character: Kai Norden
Released: January 4, 2007
Type: TV
Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
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Manatu - Nur die Wahrheit rettet Dich
Title: Manatu - Nur die Wahrheit rettet Dich
Character: Mathias
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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Title: Here Comes Kalle
Character: Stefan Andresen
Released: October 14, 2006
Type: TV
Da kommt Kalle is a German television series.
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Zwei Millionen suchen einen Vater
Title: Zwei Millionen suchen einen Vater
Character: Thomas Behrens
Released: September 1, 2006
Type: Movie
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Das Leben der Philosophen
Title: Das Leben der Philosophen
Character: Matz Säckle
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
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Traumschatten
Title: Traumschatten
Character: Obdachloser
Released: October 4, 2005
Type: Movie
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Schneckentempo
Title: Schneckentempo
Character: Vater
Released: June 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Landärztin
Character: Dominik Engel
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: TV
Die Landärztin is a German television series.
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Title: Kanzleramt
Character: Stefan Ostheim
Released: March 23, 2005
Type: TV
Kanzleramt is a German television series based on the template of the American tv series The West Wing. It is primarily set in the office of fictional Chancellor of Germany Andreas Weyher, telling stories about the German head of government's political career and private life as a widower and father of a teenage daughter. It was neither a critical nor ratings success, and was cancelled after twelve episodes.
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Title: Der Staatsanwalt
Released: January 10, 2005
Type: TV
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Title: SOKO Wismar
Character: Gerd Böckmann
Released: October 6, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Family Dr. Kleist
Character: Horst Brinkmann
Released: April 13, 2004
Type: TV
Examining different species of animals as they grow to adulthood and learn life lessons that are sometimes difficult.
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Title: Inga Lindström
Character: Frans Vidmark
Released: January 25, 2004
Type: TV
Series written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström" and her family. Characterized by impressive landscapes, all of which are shot on location in Sweden. Series has no continuous storyline, and each episode is filled with new characters.
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Gott ist tot
Title: Gott ist tot
Character: Mike
Released: November 10, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Pfarrer Braun
Character: Pastor Karl-Jochen Happe
Released: April 17, 2003
Type: TV
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Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung
Title: Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung
Character: Erik Krapp
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
The firefighter Erik wants to make a proposal to his girlfriend Sofie, but at the crucial moment sparkles the attractive Melissa in between. When Sofie learns that Erik had a fleeting affair with Melissa on Carnival, a world collapses for her. But the two gather again, as Erik promises high and holy that such a thing will never happen again. To underline the seriousness of his intentions, he makes her an unconventional offer: he "gives" her an infidelity. He should not have done that, because suddenly he threatens to lose Sofie to his best friend.
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Verhexte Hochzeit
Title: Verhexte Hochzeit
Character: Enno
Released: September 24, 2002
Type: Movie
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Vollweib sucht Halbtagsmann
Title: Vollweib sucht Halbtagsmann
Character: Thomas
Released: April 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Anna, a lonely mother who runs a party service, lives primarily for Tobi, her little son, whose father had abandoned them years ago. Thomas, a village police officer, befriends them, but various complications arise for various reasons.
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Bobby
Title: Bobby
Character: Jojo
Released: January 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Bobby Kustermann is a young man with Down syndrome who lives in a loving family until his mother dies unexpectedly, leaving a hefty heritage. There is a dispute between Bobby's two siblings, Nanni and Johannes, as to whom could give Bobby a better home. Nanni and her husband Klaus would offer a “normal” family environment, but Klaus is only after the money. Johannes really wants to take care of Bobby and give him a home for the future. The problem is he is gay and lives with his partner Marc. The responsible offices don't like that at all. Only when the matter goes to court, do the parties to the dispute realize that this is mainly about Bobby's will and that he can actually best decide who he would like to live with in the future.
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Title: Hallo Robbie!
Character: Dr. Gunnar Huber
Released: December 29, 2001
Type: TV
Hallo Robbie! is a German television series.
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Title: Millennium Mann
Character: Nicholas Beyer
Released: October 18, 2001
Type: TV
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Honolulu
Title: Honolulu
Character: Ewald
Released: July 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Produced and directed by seven Munich Film School students, Honolulu takes place not in Hawaii, but inside of a rural town just outside of Munich, Germany. Several vignettes, lasting approximately 10 to 15 minutes each, are connected by one of the town’s public bus routes, outside of which two men booze the night away while waiting for the bus to make its rounds.
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The Last Blow Job
Title: The Last Blow Job
Character: Mark
Released: March 4, 2001
Type: Movie
An {explosive} love story, directed by Lutz Lemke.
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No More School
Title: No More School
Character: Polizist
Released: December 7, 2000
Type: Movie
The last three weeks of school life have begun: After the Abitur, Germany's leaving certificate, the friends and schoolmates of Gymnasium Kerkheim (Kerkheim High) will not see each other again so soon. It is a hard time for Markus and his girl Sandra from a lower grade, as he wants to hang out with his old friends, whereas she wants him to be there for her. It's an even harder time for Dirk, who is to be expelled from school if he fails the math exam that is coming up around midday, and it is the hardest time for Michael, who is a perfect pupil, but has no fun in life at all - and doesn't even know it yet. When Steven calls out a party to celebrate his letter of exemption from the army, they all get together for one of the last real cool events ever.
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Models
Title: Models
Character: Christian
Released: October 18, 2000
Type: Movie
Joy can not accept the fact that her career as a model is over at 24. The star photographer Tom Kurz shows no interest in her. Joy meets the broke and unemployed Andrea.
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Es geht nicht immer nur um Sex
Title: Es geht nicht immer nur um Sex
Character: Caspar 'Kid'
Released: October 17, 2000
Type: Movie
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Double Pack
Title: Double Pack
Character: Hoffi
Released: August 17, 2000
Type: Movie
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Zwei Mädels auf Mallorca - Die heißeste Nacht des Jahres
Title: Zwei Mädels auf Mallorca - Die heißeste Nacht des Jahres
Character: Dieter Rogalla
Released: June 29, 2000
Type: Movie
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Vola sciusciù
Title: Vola sciusciù
Released: May 30, 2000
Type: Movie
by joseph sargent
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Hotel Mama - Mama auf der Flucht
Title: Hotel Mama - Mama auf der Flucht
Character: Michael
Released: November 19, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Volle Kanne
Character: Self
Released: August 30, 1999
Type: TV
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Bang, Boom, Bang
Title: Bang, Boom, Bang
Character: Andreas 'Andy' Fink
Released: August 26, 1999
Type: Movie
Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.
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Title: SK Kölsch
Character: Willi Fuhrmann
Released: January 11, 1999
Type: TV
SK Kölsch is a German television series.
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Herzbeben - Die Nacht, die alles veränderte
Title: Herzbeben - Die Nacht, die alles veränderte
Character: Alex
Released: December 2, 1998
Type: Movie
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Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller
Title: Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller
Character: Inspector Kurzte
Released: November 26, 1998
Type: Movie
Director Rufus Lindner is shooting his first film: " Die Vatikankiller". With audience favorite Kai Rabe in the leading role, success is guaranteed. But suddenly chaos descends on the film team: A starlet is murdered, the bitchy leading man goes increasingly crazy, a drunken policeman causes a lot of trouble, and the sex-obsessed producer Egon Lütter doesn't make things any easier.
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Das Paar des Jahres
Title: Das Paar des Jahres
Character: Tom
Released: November 9, 1998
Type: Movie
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Strange Behavior of Sexually Mature Urbanites at Mating Season
Title: Strange Behavior of Sexually Mature Urbanites at Mating Season
Character: Peter
Released: August 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Follows a divorced couple and their separate, cyclonic sexual escapades, and all of the spin offs.
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Callboy
Title: Callboy
Character: Christoph Tattinger
Released: May 18, 1998
Type: Movie
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Liebesfeuer
Title: Liebesfeuer
Character: Klaus
Released: April 15, 1998
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
Character: Self
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: TV
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Hotel Mama - Die Rückkehr der Kinder
Title: Hotel Mama - Die Rückkehr der Kinder
Character: Micha
Released: November 17, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: The German Bronx
Character: Moritz
Released: September 9, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Coast Guard
Character: Doktor Peters
Released: April 19, 1997
Type: TV
Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
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Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Character: Police Officer
Released: February 20, 1997
Type: Movie
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.
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Sterben ist gesünder
Title: Sterben ist gesünder
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: SK-Babies
Character: Frank
Released: May 14, 1996
Type: TV
SK-Babies is a German television series.
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Title: Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Character: Wolfgang Stiller
Released: March 12, 1996
Type: TV
A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Title: Zwischen Tag und Nacht
Character: Andreas von Thamm
Released: October 16, 1995
Type: TV
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Drei Tage im April
Title: Drei Tage im April
Released: April 7, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Balko
Character: Heiner Lamprecht
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: TV
Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards.
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Title: Wilsberg
Character: Pfarrer Albers
Released: February 20, 1995
Type: TV
Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.
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Title: Zwei Brüder
Character: Leonhard Keller
Released: December 17, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Die Kommissarin
Released: October 6, 1994
Type: TV
Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.
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Die letzte Entscheidung
Title: Die letzte Entscheidung
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
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Title: DAS!
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: Fort Boyard (Deutschland)
Character: himself
Released: December 20, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Der Fahnder
Character: Jürgen Bauer
Released: September 21, 1984
Type: TV
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
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Title: Auf Achse
Character: Eddi
Released: October 28, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: SOKO 5113
Character: Sascha Eich
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: TV
SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
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Title: Polizeiruf 110
Character: Dr. Lothar Winter
Released: June 27, 1971
Type: TV
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
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Title: Polizeiruf 110
Character: Siggi Schmidtmüller
Released: June 27, 1971
Type: TV
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Axel Nehls
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Till Bornemann
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.