Günther Kaufmann

Günther Kaufmann

Born: June 16, 1947
Died: May 10, 2012
in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Günther Kaufmann (16 June 1947 – 10 May 2012) was a German film actor best known for his association with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Movies for Günther Kaufmann...

Little Murders
Title: Little Murders
Character: Josef Gossmann
Released: September 20, 2012
Type: Movie
He's not interested in horror films, instead he listens to classical music, quotes Latin idioms - and is on trial for murder. Did 13-year-old Martin, son of a prominent judge, actually kill a little boy? And what role does his best friend, the mysterious taxi driver Viktor Gumm, play in the case?
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Turkish for Beginners
Title: Turkish for Beginners
Character: Tongo
Released: March 14, 2012
Type: Movie
During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris and Metin Öztürk to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.
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Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods
Title: Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods
Character: Der schreckliche Sven
Released: September 28, 2011
Type: Movie
When the mighty Viking Halvar suddenly disappears, his clever but timid son Wickie must lead the Vikings on a dangerous journey to rescue his father from the evil Sven and go in search of the legendary treasure of the gods.
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HipHop Express
Title: HipHop Express
Character: DW Court
Released: August 18, 2011
Type: Movie
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Jerry Cotton
Title: Jerry Cotton
Character: Joe Brandenburg
Released: March 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.
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Wickie the Mighty Viking
Title: Wickie the Mighty Viking
Character: Der schreckliche Sven
Released: September 9, 2009
Type: Movie
One morning our little Viking village of Flake is raided by frightening looking spooky demons who kidnap all the children… except for Wickie, who was stuck in a tree trying to use a kite to learn to fly.
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Killing Is My Business, Honey
Title: Killing Is My Business, Honey
Character: Salvatore Marino
Released: February 26, 2009
Type: Movie
A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.
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Für meine Kinder tu' ich alles
Title: Für meine Kinder tu' ich alles
Character: Mammut
Released: February 16, 2009
Type: Movie
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Silent Resident
Title: Silent Resident
Character: Mark
Released: September 11, 2008
Type: Movie
At some point in the not-so-distant future, an unnamed European city has evolved into a bizarre dystopian metropolis, whose residents inhabit towering utopian high-rises and work, collectively, in a single compound.
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Title: Bully sucht die starken Männer!
Released: April 15, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Die Kocharena
Character: Self
Released: November 8, 2007
Type: TV
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Leroy
Title: Leroy
Character: Leroys Vater
Released: September 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.
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Title: Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
Character: Morgan Jenkins
Released: January 14, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
Character: Self
Released: January 9, 2004
Type: TV
A batch of more or less known celebrities, ready to expose themselves to a large amount of viewers, have to spend about two weeks in an Australian jungle camp. Each day, the viewers vote for the celebrity they would like to face a difficult task and later vote for their favorite to become the “Queen” or “King of the Jungle”. Based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
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Title: Menschen bei Maischberger
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: TV
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Mayday! Überfall auf hoher See
Title: Mayday! Überfall auf hoher See
Character: 1. Offizier
Released: August 9, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: SOKO Leipzig
Character: Antonio
Released: January 31, 2001
Type: TV
SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
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Title: Menschen der Woche
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Volle Kanne
Character: Self
Released: August 30, 1999
Type: TV
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Wie stark muß eine Liebe sein
Title: Wie stark muß eine Liebe sein
Character: Samuel
Released: December 29, 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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Title: Tierarzt Dr. Engel
Character: Benno Schopf
Released: January 20, 1998
Type: TV
Tierarzt Dr. Engel is a German television series.
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Title: Coast Guard
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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Title: Der Kapitän
Character: Fred
Released: January 4, 1997
Type: TV
Der Kapitän is a German television series.
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Römisches Intermezzo
Title: Römisches Intermezzo
Character: Bodyguard
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Straßen von Berlin
Character: Dr. Kimba
Released: December 13, 1995
Type: TV
Die Straßen von Berlin is a German television series.
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Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise
Title: Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise
Character: Fitnesstrainer
Released: May 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Philipp Meinhold, smart and womanizing architect, is in a dilemma between well-behaved wife Susanne and furious girlfriend Birgit. He secretly goes on vacation to Thailand with his friend Fritz. But he can't enjoy the palm trees and sunshine in his vacation paradise for long, because the storm is already approaching in the form of a feminine double hit: wife and lover arrive in the sunny Thai state. And soon the ex-crush is seen wandering the beaches, lonely and jealous ...
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Title: Der König
Character: Herr Kellway
Released: October 23, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Unsere Schule ist die Beste
Character: Pater Clemens
Released: October 17, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Fliege
Character: Self
Released: February 28, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Schwarz greift ein
Character: Killer
Released: February 10, 1994
Type: TV
Schwarz greift ein is a German television series.
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Title: Harry & Sunny
Character: Felix
Released: March 2, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Glückliche Reise
Character: Lorensons Aufseher
Released: January 6, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: DAS!
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
Character: Mafioso
Released: October 17, 1990
Type: TV
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.
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Title: Café Meineid
Character: Fredi McGregor
Released: October 6, 1990
Type: TV
Café Meineid is a German courtroom comedy television series based on actual cases. The series aired 147 episodes from 1990 to 2003 and ended with the death of lead actor Erich Hallhuber.
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Beim nächsten Mann wird alles anders
Title: Beim nächsten Mann wird alles anders
Character: Gastwirt
Released: January 12, 1989
Type: Movie
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Title: Nachtcafé
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Solaris TV – Der freundliche Sender im All
Character: Hummel
Released: December 7, 1986
Type: TV
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Whopper Punch 777
Title: Whopper Punch 777
Character: Billy Baxter
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The young son of a sports journalist helps his out-of-town father out of a jam by getting into the hotel room of a famous boxer and conducting a sensational star interview with him.
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Otto - The Movie
Title: Otto - The Movie
Character: American Soldier
Released: July 19, 1985
Type: Movie
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
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Title: The Ice Road
Character: Bimbo
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The young farmhand Veit Kolb from Hausberg in Bavaria loses his job at the farmer Kriele, who emigrates to America with his family.
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Krieg und Frieden
Title: Krieg und Frieden
Character: Mac
Released: September 30, 1982
Type: Movie
The third episodical film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German film makers reflect on the state of their country.
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Querelle
Title: Querelle
Character: Nono
Released: August 5, 1982
Type: Movie
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
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Kamikaze 1989
Title: Kamikaze 1989
Character: Anton
Released: July 16, 1982
Type: Movie
In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.
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Veronika Voss
Title: Veronika Voss
Character: G.I. / Dealer (as Günter Kaufmann)
Released: May 13, 1982
Type: Movie
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
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Today We're Playing Boss
Title: Today We're Playing Boss
Released: November 27, 1981
Type: Movie
Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.
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Lola
Title: Lola
Character: GI
Released: August 20, 1981
Type: Movie
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
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Title: Berlin Alexanderplatz
Character: Theo
Released: October 12, 1980
Type: TV
In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.
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The Third Generation
Title: The Third Generation
Character: Franz Walsch
Released: May 30, 1979
Type: Movie
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun
Title: The Marriage of Maria Braun
Character: American on Train
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
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In a Year with 13 Moons
Title: In a Year with 13 Moons
Character: Chauffeur
Released: November 17, 1978
Type: Movie
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
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Title: Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
Character: Ali
Released: May 11, 1977
Type: TV
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein is a TV adaption of a novel of the same name by Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel. Directed by Thomas Engel Siegfried Rauch walks in the footsteps of O. W. Fischer who played the protagonist "Thomas Lieven" already in 1961, just one year after the bestseller had been released. The series is unique for providing a little cooking show at the end of each episode. The book also includes recipes because "Thomas Lieven" is an accomplished amateur cook.
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Title: The Old Fox
Character: Roland Brückner
Released: April 11, 1977
Type: TV
A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
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Mulligans Rückkehr
Title: Mulligans Rückkehr
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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Depressionen
Title: Depressionen
Released: July 24, 1975
Type: Movie
Diary of a Disease - prophesied that all psychiatric experience speaks against the described spontaneous healing. The next depression is determined.
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Title: III nach neun
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Derrick
Released: October 20, 1974
Type: TV
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Title: Derrick
Character: Bubal
Released: October 20, 1974
Type: TV
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Title: Derrick
Character: Festredner
Released: October 20, 1974
Type: TV
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Title: Derrick
Character: Kellner
Released: October 20, 1974
Type: TV
Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
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Title: Der kleine Doktor
Character: Georges Marchand
Released: April 7, 1974
Type: TV
Der kleine Doktor is a German television series.
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Der Tod der Schneevögel
Title: Der Tod der Schneevögel
Character: Sid Petterson
Released: March 4, 1974
Type: Movie
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1 Berlin-Harlem
Title: 1 Berlin-Harlem
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his (white) girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man. After an argument with her family, she deserts him as well. Despite finding a job and a new place to live, he keeps running into racism, which also manifests itself in sexual intimidation.
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Title: Okay S.I.R.
Character: Finanzminister Lombias
Released: October 26, 1973
Type: TV
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Title: Okay S.I.R.
Character: Erster Gangster
Released: October 26, 1973
Type: TV
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Der Sieger von Tambo
Title: Der Sieger von Tambo
Character: Zweiter Freund
Released: January 3, 1973
Type: Movie
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Title: Im Auftrag von Madame
Released: December 6, 1972
Type: TV
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Adele Spitzeder
Title: Adele Spitzeder
Released: September 18, 1972
Type: Movie
The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.
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Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Title: Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Character: Graf Holnstein
Released: June 22, 1972
Type: Movie
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
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Whity
Title: Whity
Character: Whity
Released: June 2, 1971
Type: Movie
"Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank, and the retarded Davy. Whity tries to carry out all their orders, however demeaning, until various of the family members ask him to kill some of the others.
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Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Title: Pioneers in Ingolstadt
Character: Max
Released: May 19, 1971
Type: Movie
Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.
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Rio das Mortes
Title: Rio das Mortes
Character: Günther
Released: February 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.
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Fassbinder produces: Film No. 8
Title: Fassbinder produces: Film No. 8
Character: Self
Released: January 27, 1971
Type: Movie
About the making of "Der amerikanische Soldat/The American Soldier" in 1970.
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The Niklashausen Journey
Title: The Niklashausen Journey
Character: Bauernführer
Released: October 26, 1970
Type: Movie
Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the landowners. The "Black Monk" suggests that he would have more success if he dressed up Johanna and had her appear as the Virgin Mary.
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Gods of the Plague
Title: Gods of the Plague
Character: Günter
Released: July 24, 1970
Type: Movie
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Title: Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 28, 1970
Type: Movie
The life of a married Munich technical draftsman with a son.
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The Coffee House
Title: The Coffee House
Character: Leander
Released: May 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Avant-garde adaptation of a Carlo Goldoni play. Well-to-do Venetians congregate in a coffee house and discuss their problems.
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Baal
Title: Baal
Character: Kutscher Orgauer
Released: January 7, 1970
Type: Movie
Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
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Title: Der Kommissar
Character: Passant
Released: January 3, 1969
Type: TV
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
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Title: Jörg Preda berichtet
Character: Handlanger
Released: January 10, 1966
Type: TV