Heinz Weiss

Heinz Weiss

Born: June 12, 1921
Died: November 20, 2010
in Stuttgart; Germany
Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010) was a German film actor.

Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in Das Traumschiff. He also played the character "Kramer" in the iconic World War II film The Great Escape (1963). He himself had served in German military, the Wehrmacht, during World War II.

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Rosamunde Pilcher: Rückkehr ins Paradies
Title: Rosamunde Pilcher: Rückkehr ins Paradies
Character: Ned Goldman
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: Movie
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Title: Immenhof
Character: Peter 'PS' Stahl
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: TV
Immenhof is a German television series.
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Title: Immenhof
Character: Peter Stahl
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: TV
Immenhof is a German television series.
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Title: Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel
Character: Hauptkommissar Rolf Taller
Released: January 28, 1993
Type: TV
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Wallenstein
Title: Wallenstein
Character: Kommandant Gordon
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: Peter the Great
Character: Austrian Doctor
Released: February 2, 1986
Type: TV
Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.
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Title: The Black Forest Clinic
Character: Baden-Württembergs Ministerpräsident
Released: October 22, 1985
Type: TV
The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, The Black Forest Clinic became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing.
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Der Stadtbrand
Title: Der Stadtbrand
Released: March 19, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Christopher Columbus
Character: Noscomb
Released: March 7, 1985
Type: TV
After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
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The Little Drummer Girl
Title: The Little Drummer Girl
Character: Red Cross
Released: October 19, 1984
Type: Movie
An American Actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mosad, the Israeli intelligence agency to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
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Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Title: Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Character: Kalinin
Released: September 19, 1983
Type: Movie
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Doctor Faustus
Title: Doctor Faustus
Character: Jonathan Leverkühn
Released: September 17, 1982
Type: Movie
A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan
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The Roaring Forties
Title: The Roaring Forties
Character: Joss
Released: August 11, 1982
Type: Movie
Julien is an electronics professional who is down on his luck when he decides to enter an international sailboat race. He is led astray from his original good intentions by a low-life press agent who convinces him it would be well worth his while to win the race by illegal maneuvering. As he sets off, flashbacks tell how he came to be on the sailboat; later he has long monologues -- several of them, and in-between he occasionally battles to stay afloat on an uncooperative sea.
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Title: Das Traumschiff
Character: Mr. Hansen
Released: November 22, 1981
Type: TV
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
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Title: Das Traumschiff
Character: Heinz Hansen
Released: November 22, 1981
Type: TV
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
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Confused Feelings
Title: Confused Feelings
Character: M. Keller
Released: June 10, 1981
Type: Movie
It is the story of a middle age professor who falls deaply in love with a young student in his English literature class. The student is a boarder in the teacher's house. The teacher is married and his wife knows he is mostly attracted to young men. She loves him nevertheless. The whole story revolves around a book the professor will write, dictating to his young pupil... he will only declare his love at the end of the writing ...and, it is too late.
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Title: Der Fuchs von Ovelgönne
Character: Kapitän Schülke
Released: May 11, 1981
Type: TV
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Berlin Tunnel 21
Title: Berlin Tunnel 21
Character: Herr Heptner
Released: March 25, 1981
Type: Movie
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
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Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Title: Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
Character: Menk-Frickenheim
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Ritter's Cove
Released: September 19, 1980
Type: TV
Ritter's Cove is an adventure television series which aired on CBC Television from 1980 to 1981, co-produced by Canadian, West German and British companies.
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Title: Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren
Character: Self
Released: November 29, 1979
Type: TV
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Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Title: Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
Character: Dr. Haussmann - Verteidiger
Released: February 5, 1979
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Protokolle des Herrn M
Character: Schröder
Released: January 8, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Die Kur
Character: Wagner
Released: September 11, 1978
Type: TV
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Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
Title: Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
Character: Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
Released: April 28, 1977
Type: Movie
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.
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Title: Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
Character: Herzog von Württemberg
Released: August 31, 1976
Type: TV
Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck is a German television series.
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Title: Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
Character: Zullewitz
Released: November 19, 1975
Type: TV
The boy Simplizissimus grows up with simple farmers in the Spessart region. But the idyll is abruptly destroyed by the Thirty Years' War. Simplizissimus is sent to the besieged fortress of Hanau. When the lansquenets there play crude jokes on him, he flees with his friend Herzbruder to the Croats. But even here he does not fare much better.
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Die Brücke von Zupanja
Title: Die Brücke von Zupanja
Character: Major
Released: October 31, 1975
Type: Movie
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Der tödliche Schlag
Title: Der tödliche Schlag
Character: Timon
Released: March 25, 1975
Type: Movie
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Title: Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski
Character: Crustiew
Released: January 4, 1975
Type: TV
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Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
Title: Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
Character: Vater
Released: November 26, 1974
Type: Movie
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Der Vorgang
Title: Der Vorgang
Released: March 7, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Graf Luckner
Character: Kapitän Luckner
Released: February 20, 1973
Type: TV
Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.
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Jugend einer Studienrätin
Title: Jugend einer Studienrätin
Character: Dr. Dietrich Lewejohann
Released: December 12, 1972
Type: Movie
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Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück
Title: Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück
Character: Polizeimajor Folte
Released: July 11, 1972
Type: Movie
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Der Fall Eleni Voulgari
Title: Der Fall Eleni Voulgari
Character: Stevens
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: Movie
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Annemarie Lesser
Title: Annemarie Lesser
Character: Carl von Wynanki
Released: October 14, 1971
Type: Movie
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Preußen über alles
Title: Preußen über alles
Character: Kronprinz
Released: January 13, 1971
Type: Movie
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Dr. Münzer
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: Georg Kastrup
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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Claus Graf Stauffenberg
Title: Claus Graf Stauffenberg
Character: Marineoberstabsrichter Dr. Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
Released: July 16, 1970
Type: Movie
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Friedrich III. '...gestorben als Kaiser'
Title: Friedrich III. '...gestorben als Kaiser'
Character: Friedrich III
Released: April 10, 1970
Type: Movie
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Immer bei Vollmond
Title: Immer bei Vollmond
Character: Commissioner Mallet
Released: March 13, 1970
Type: Movie
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Wie eine Träne im Ozean
Title: Wie eine Träne im Ozean
Character: Karel
Released: January 4, 1970
Type: Movie
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Marinemeuterei 1917
Title: Marinemeuterei 1917
Character: Kapitän zur See Roden
Released: October 2, 1969
Type: Movie
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Das Vermächtnis
Title: Das Vermächtnis
Character: Monclair
Released: September 29, 1969
Type: Movie
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Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes
Title: Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes
Character: Venizelos
Released: September 25, 1969
Type: Movie
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Nennen Sie mich Alex
Title: Nennen Sie mich Alex
Character: Oberst Penkowskij
Released: September 4, 1969
Type: Movie
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Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik
Title: Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik
Character: Zweites SPD-Fraktionsmitglied
Released: August 7, 1969
Type: Movie
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Title: Der Staudamm
Character: Inspektor
Released: July 1, 1969
Type: TV
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Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland
Title: Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland
Character: Giskes
Released: May 22, 1969
Type: Movie
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Deadly Shots on Broadway
Title: Deadly Shots on Broadway
Character: Phil Decker
Released: March 26, 1969
Type: Movie
An FBI agent is killed by the mob after making off with five million in gold bars in a robbery gone bad. Agent Jerry Cotton is called in to bring the gang to justice and find out where his dead pal hid the missing gold.
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Anna Böckler
Title: Anna Böckler
Character: Wilhelm Böckler
Released: October 19, 1968
Type: Movie
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Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
Title: Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
Character: Lüderitz
Released: September 9, 1968
Type: Movie
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Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar
Title: Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar
Character: Phil Decker
Released: August 14, 1968
Type: Movie
Part Seven in Jerry Cotton Series. The FBI agent tackles an organisation of assassins who kill to order.
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Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds
Title: Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds
Character: Phil Decker
Released: February 23, 1968
Type: Movie
Sixth part of Jerry Cotton movies. Agent Jerry Cotton infiltrates a big crime syndicate that is planning a major diamond heist.
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Sir Roger Casement
Title: Sir Roger Casement
Character: Sir Roger Casement
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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Der Tod des Sokrates
Title: Der Tod des Sokrates
Character: Simmias
Released: November 26, 1967
Type: Movie
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In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich
Title: In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich
Character: Karl Helfferich
Released: September 21, 1967
Type: Movie
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Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Title: Murderers Club of Brooklyn
Character: Phil Decker
Released: March 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Fifth Jerry Cotton Movie. A rich capitalist is blackmailed and threatened with the murder of his daughter.
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Die Affäre Eulenburg
Title: Die Affäre Eulenburg
Character: General von Kessel
Released: January 20, 1967
Type: Movie
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Begründung eines Urteils
Title: Begründung eines Urteils
Character: Oberleutnant Schlüter
Released: September 28, 1966
Type: Movie
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Der Fall der Generale
Title: Der Fall der Generale
Character: Oberst Hoßbach
Released: September 22, 1966
Type: Movie
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Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
Title: Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
Character: Phil Decker
Released: August 24, 1966
Type: Movie
An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget that he has unfinished business with them.
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Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte
Title: Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte
Character: Major Howard
Released: June 3, 1966
Type: Movie
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Die venezianische Tür
Title: Die venezianische Tür
Character: Nigel Chester
Released: April 4, 1966
Type: Movie
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Title: Intercontinental-Express
Character: Robert
Released: April 4, 1966
Type: TV
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Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight
Title: Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight
Character: Phil Decker
Released: March 4, 1966
Type: Movie
Third Jerry Cotton Adaption. A big shipment of Nitroglycerine, enough to make a shambles of New York, mysteriously vanishes! It's a race between agent Jerry Cotton and the underworld to see who can find the deadly explosive first. To complicate things further, the nitro must be found before a torrid heat wave causes it to blow much of the city sky high.
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Manhattan Night of Murder
Title: Manhattan Night of Murder
Character: Phil Decker
Released: November 24, 1965
Type: Movie
Second Jerry Cotton movie. A ring of gangsters has been terrorizing New York City. Special agent Jerry Cotton is summoned by the FBI to help crack down on the Criminals and put them out of business. He doesnt pull any punches either.
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The Violin Case Murders
Title: The Violin Case Murders
Character: Phil Decker
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
The first film adaptation of Jerry Cotton. FBI agents Jerry Cotton and Phil Decker are tracing a group of six murderers. Disguised as a vagabond Jerry Cotton infiltrates the gang. Kitty, the leader's girlfriend, soon becomes Jerry's most important helper. With her help, he's able to prevent a bomb's explosion in a school. The deadly attack on a rich collector he can not prevent. The gangsters flee with the loot and a hunt to the death begins ...
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Die Silberflöte
Title: Die Silberflöte
Character: Mr. Watson
Released: April 4, 1965
Type: Movie
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Ein Abschiedsgeschenk
Title: Ein Abschiedsgeschenk
Released: January 10, 1965
Type: Movie
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Die Truhe
Title: Die Truhe
Character: Paul Emerson
Released: April 29, 1964
Type: Movie
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Der Traum des Eroberers
Title: Der Traum des Eroberers
Released: March 27, 1964
Type: Movie
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Der Mann nebenan
Title: Der Mann nebenan
Character: Mark Westby
Released: January 14, 1964
Type: Movie
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Flight in Danger
Title: Flight in Danger
Character: Pilot
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
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The Great Escape
Title: The Great Escape
Character: Kramer
Released: July 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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Freundschaftsspiel
Title: Freundschaftsspiel
Character: Reitmayer
Released: June 19, 1963
Type: Movie
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Sonderurlaub
Title: Sonderurlaub
Character: Lehrer Zinner
Released: June 16, 1963
Type: Movie
TV-Movie from Rainer Erler
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Title: Die fünfte Kolonne
Character: Lehmann
Released: June 6, 1963
Type: TV
Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
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Title: Die fünfte Kolonne
Character: Dr. Bucher
Released: June 6, 1963
Type: TV
Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
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Das Unbrauchbare an Anna Winters
Title: Das Unbrauchbare an Anna Winters
Character: Keller
Released: May 21, 1963
Type: Movie
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Dumala
Title: Dumala
Character: Pastor Erwin Werner
Released: May 20, 1963
Type: Movie
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Die Abrechnung
Title: Die Abrechnung
Character: General Diebitsch
Released: May 11, 1963
Type: Movie
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Title: Das Kriminalmuseum
Character: Kommissar Widmann
Released: April 4, 1963
Type: TV
Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
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Title: Das Kriminalmuseum
Character: Polizeiinspektor Grabert
Released: April 4, 1963
Type: TV
Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
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Der Belagerungszustand
Title: Der Belagerungszustand
Character: Der Pfarrer
Released: March 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A comet drops from the sky and causes a stir in Cadiz, Spain. A nihilistic drunk called Nada announces that very bad things are imminent. A herald gives orders that it is punishable to mention the comet.
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Auf Wiedersehen
Title: Auf Wiedersehen
Character: Steve O'Hara
Released: December 22, 1961
Type: Movie
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Blind Justice
Title: Blind Justice
Character: Staatsanwalt
Released: October 5, 1961
Type: Movie
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Nur der Wind
Title: Nur der Wind
Character: Jack Johnston
Released: September 28, 1961
Type: Movie
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Die Journalisten
Title: Die Journalisten
Character: Prof. Oldendorf
Released: September 8, 1961
Type: Movie
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Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Title: Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
Character: Siegfried von Mörner
Released: April 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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The Green Archer
Title: The Green Archer
Character: John Bellamy
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
The country estate of American emigre Abel Bellamy is haunted by the ghost of the Green Archer, a 14th century Robin Hood type figure who terrorised the former lords of the manor. Now, with the gangster coming home on vaguely defined business and his niece Valerie arriving with her adoptive father to take up residence in the adjacent mansion, much to Bellamy's annoyance, the archer has returned. Who is he and what does he want?
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Das große Wunschkonzert
Title: Das große Wunschkonzert
Character: Stefan
Released: December 19, 1960
Type: Movie
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Brandenburg Division
Title: Brandenburg Division
Character: Dörner
Released: September 14, 1960
Type: Movie
The famous-notorious Division Brandenburg was (in wartime) under command of Admiral Canaris. But, the death brave division, joined by men, who where not really quite volunteering, received a command: Sulina, a harbour at black sea, where urgently needed oil is turner over, should be prevented from an attack. The plan is worked out and some more men need to volunteer, to let it become real.
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Der Traum des Mr. Borton
Title: Der Traum des Mr. Borton
Character: Oliver Handersweet
Released: July 6, 1960
Type: Movie
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Punishment Battalion
Title: Punishment Battalion
Character: Oberleutnant Barth
Released: February 11, 1960
Type: Movie
The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of avoiding military service, an officer who retreated against orders, and common criminals. It shows their life in the camp, clearing mines, living in trenches on the front line.
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Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
Title: Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
Character: Donnerstag
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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Title: So weit die Füße tragen
Character: Clemens Forell
Released: February 12, 1959
Type: TV
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So weit die Füße tragen
Title: So weit die Füße tragen
Character: Clemens Forell
Released: February 12, 1959
Type: Movie
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Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter
Title: Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter
Character: Turnlehrer Schmidt
Released: December 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Musical comedy set in a high school.
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Title: Zum blauen Bock
Character: Self
Released: August 3, 1957
Type: TV