Josef Hader

Josef Hader

Born: February 14, 1962
in Waldhausen im Strudengau, Austria
Josef Hader was born on February 14, 1962 in Waldhausen, Austria. After attending grammar school in Melk (Lower Austria) he started studying Germany and History in 1981, but actually he focused on his talent as a comedian. In 1982 he wrote his first cabaret play called "Fort Geschritten". For his second play "Der Witzableiter und das Feuer" (1985) he won the Austrian "Salzburger Stier"-Award. After aborting his study and writing "Biagn und Brechen" (1988) and "Bunter Abend" (1990) he celebrated his breakthrough with the tragicomic play "Indien", which was filmed by Paul Harather in 1993 with Josef Hader himself in the leading role. With Indien (1993) and his following plays "Im Keller" (1993) and "Privat" (1994) he became one of the most successful and most respected comedians in Austria. In the Austrian thriller Komm, süsser Tod (2000) ("Come sweet death") Josef Hader came back to the cinemas in a leading role a second time after "Indien". He also wrote the screenplay for this movie.

Movies for Josef Hader...

Andrea Gets a Divorce
Title: Andrea Gets a Divorce
Character: Franz
Released: February 23, 2024
Type: Movie
Rural policewoman Andrea wants to end her marriage and become a detective inspector in the city. After a birthday party, her drunken soon-to-be ex-husband runs out in front of her car. In a state of shock, Andrea commits a hit-and-run.
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Halbmännerwelt
Title: Halbmännerwelt
Character: Lois
Released: March 9, 2023
Type: Movie
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Once Were Rebels
Title: Once Were Rebels
Character: Volker's Father
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
Two urban, liberal couples in their 30s decide to help a Russian friend escape to Austria. Though initially thrilled by this adventure, the Austrians soon find the very foundations of their friendships and relationships are threatened.
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The Story of My Wife
Title: The Story of My Wife
Character: Herr Blume (Landlord)
Released: August 12, 2021
Type: Movie
A sea captain makes a bet in a cafe with a friend that he will marry the first woman who walks in.
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Title: Heroes - Aus dem Leben von Comedians
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2019
Type: TV
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Nevrland
Title: Nevrland
Character: Father
Released: September 23, 2019
Type: Movie
17-year-old Jakob wants nothing more than to feel alive. Uncontrollable anxiety attacks prevent him from doing so and force him to escape into virtual worlds. One night, he meets 26-year-old Kristjan in a cam chat. Their encounter marks the beginning of a transpersonal journey to the wounds of their souls.
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Der Tote im See
Title: Der Tote im See
Character: Sepp Ahorner
Released: June 2, 2018
Type: Movie
A male body is found in the Steyr breakthrough reservoir. The police officers of the LKA Linz do not think about suicide. Shortly afterwards it turns out that the dead man is the man who killed Sepp Ahorner's wife and daughter in an accident and who Sepp had been looking for for years.
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Arthur & Claire
Title: Arthur & Claire
Character: Arthur
Released: February 16, 2018
Type: Movie
The chance meeting of two people at the darkest moments of their lives leads to a bright new beginning : Arthur (around 50) and Claire (around 30) pull each other from the abyss – by trying to save the other they see the worth of their own life.
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Die Notlüge
Title: Die Notlüge
Character: Hubert
Released: November 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Hubert and Helga are separated. Hubert has not yet told her about it in order to spare his heart-broken mother. On her 80th birthday he finally wants to tell the truth. The feast takes its course, until at the end all are exhausted, hurt, drunk and desperate and even do not know exactly what they really want. And then, at the right moment, Hubert takes the floor and - lies.
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The Migrumpies
Title: The Migrumpies
Character: Regisseur
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
For a TV documentary, the two unemployed friends Benny and Marko pretend to be petty criminals with immigrant background until the coin flips and reality turns against them.
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Wild Mouse
Title: Wild Mouse
Character: Georg
Released: February 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Kings should be treated courteously! At least, that's what famous music critic Georg thinks. But he finds himself counting pennies when his chief editor suddenly fires him from the Viennese newspaper for which he has been writing for decades. While keeping his dismissal a secret from his psychotherapist wife Johanna, whose mind is occupied solely by getting pregnant, Georg begins to plot his revenge.
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Title: Ringlstetter
Character: self
Released: December 1, 2016
Type: TV
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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Title: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Character: Stefan Zweig
Released: June 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.
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Me and Kaminski
Title: Me and Kaminski
Character: Conductor
Released: September 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.
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Death on Ice
Title: Death on Ice
Character: Sepp Ahorner
Released: August 28, 2015
Type: Movie
A body is found on a frozen village pond in the Waldviertel. Ironically, the former police officer Sepp Ahorner finds the dead man. When the Linz Commissioner Grete Öller and her young colleague Lisa Nemeth arrive in the sleepy village, the case seems clear at first. But then new evidence points to a different track...
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Life Eternal
Title: Life Eternal
Character: Brenner
Released: March 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Brenner returns to Graz, the city where he grew up. When confronted with his old friends, his former girlfriend and the major sin he committed when he was young, murders and a fateful gunshot to the head result. After Brenner comes out of a coma, he begins to search for the person who tried to kill him - however, everybody claims that he himself is responsible. In the beginning Brenner was at the end of his rope, but he could face a new beginning in the end.
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The Burrow
Title: The Burrow
Character: Hausmeister
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: Movie
KAFKA'S THE BURROW tells the story of a man's "metamorphosis" (as Kafka would put it) in a rapidly changing and increasingly isolated world. A man (Axel Prahl), who has seemingly achieved everything, ensconces himself in his burrow, a fortress-like apartment complex. But no matter how hard he tries to keep the outside world at a distance, he gets more and more entangled in his own web of fear and paranoia: those outside know he is there, they want him, they want his wealth, and they are inevitably going to get him ...
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D.U.D.A! Werner Pirchner
Title: D.U.D.A! Werner Pirchner
Character: Himself
Released: March 26, 2014
Type: Movie
He's known as "Tyrol's Zappa" and a "real anarchist." Whether folk music, jazz or what's known as serious music, Werner "Preisegott" Pirchner has in a creative way greatly expanded upon the limited acoustic range of his homeland, enriching it with some unfamiliar sounds from around the globe. Whoever comes into contact with him, such as Josef Hader and Tobias Moretti, can sense the power of his music, lets it carry them away, and embraces it wholeheartedly.
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Title: Neo Magazin Royale
Character: Guest
Released: October 31, 2013
Type: TV
Neo Magazin Royale is a satirical late night show hosted by Jan Böhmermann.
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Diamantenfieber
Title: Diamantenfieber
Character: Onkel Fritz
Released: May 23, 2013
Type: Movie
After the death of his parents Hans, 16, provides for his four brothers and his grandmother. He works as a courier for his uncle, who sells counterfeit diamonds to wealthy clients with plenty of illicit funds. Hans fights like Robin Hood against the establishment and the greed of the rich, and for justice for the poor.
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Title: Stöckl
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 2013
Type: TV
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Tribute To Lukas Resetarits - Das Beste aus 35 Bühnenjahren
Title: Tribute To Lukas Resetarits - Das Beste aus 35 Bühnenjahren
Character: Schauspieler, Kabarettist
Released: December 7, 2012
Type: Movie
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Quartett für einen Abend
Title: Quartett für einen Abend
Released: October 30, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Pufpaffs Happy Hour
Character: self
Released: October 28, 2012
Type: TV
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How to Live Your Life
Title: How to Live Your Life
Character: Leo
Released: August 11, 2011
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age movie about how hard life is and how great it can be...It's the story about Karl "Charlie" Kolostrum, a young guy who tries to get along with his life but hasn't learned to live as an adult yet.
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Hader spielt Hader
Title: Hader spielt Hader
Released: March 18, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: Spätschicht - Die Comedy Bühne
Character: self
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Aufschneider
Character: Dr. Fuhrmann
Released: April 13, 2010
Type: TV
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Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock
Title: Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock
Character: Fremdenpolizist
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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Half a Life
Title: Half a Life
Character: Ulrich Lenz
Released: April 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis becomes a factor in forensic medicine, new perspectives open.
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The Bone Man
Title: The Bone Man
Character: Brenner
Released: February 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Set in a sleepy Austrian mountain village, ex-detective Simon Brenner has grown weary of his job repossessing cars and embarks on an extended getaway to the countryside. But before long he becomes embroiled in the convoluted world of the locals of a supposedly quiet town.
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The Pearl Color
Title: The Pearl Color
Character: Herr Ametsbichler
Released: January 8, 2009
Type: Movie
A story about friendship, lie and truth...
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Title: Sat.1 Comedy on Stage
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2008
Type: TV
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Randgestalten
Title: Randgestalten
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Die Pierre M. Krause Show
Character: himself
Released: November 10, 2007
Type: TV
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Hounds
Title: Hounds
Character: Henrik
Released: October 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Despite having lived in the East German countryside for several months, teenager Lars and his dad, Henrik, are still treated as unwelcome guests. Henrik is building a “marriage barn,” a proposed bed-and-breakfast for newlywed Berliners.
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Title: Nachtlinie
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Willkommen Österreich
Character: Self
Released: May 31, 2007
Type: TV
Austrian Talk Show with Gags Gags Gags and two fantastic guests.
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Title: Neues aus der Anstalt
Character: Himself
Released: January 23, 2007
Type: TV
Neues aus der Anstalt is a political cabaret program on German television station ZDF, hosted by Urban Priol and Frank-Markus Barwasser, who replaced Georg Schramm. Broadcast monthly since 2007, it usually features three guest cabaret artists in addition to the hosts.
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Attwenger Adventure
Title: Attwenger Adventure
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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Hader muss weg!
Title: Hader muss weg!
Character: Himself
Released: November 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Warum muss Hader weg? Weil keine Zeit für die Revolution bleibt? Weil man Liebe kaufen kann? Oder weil Feinrippunterhosen so viel aufsaugen? "In diesem Programm kommen vor: eine nachtschwarze Vorstadtstraße voller Gebrauchtwagenhändler, eine heruntergekommene Tankstelle, ein versifftes Lokal, ein Kuvert mit 10.000 Euro, eine Schusswaffe und zirka sieben verpfuschte Leben. Das ist Pulp Fiction in Österreich. Eigentlich eine Mischung aus Film und Theaterstück. Kabarettprogramm ist leider gar keines", so Josef Hader selbst über "Hader muss weg". Ganz klar: Dieser Mann muss bleiben!
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Title: 8 x 45
Character: Hermann
Released: January 12, 2006
Type: TV
8 x 45 is an Austrian television series.
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Title: Thadeusz
Character: self
Released: December 5, 2005
Type: TV
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Von Haider zu Hader
Title: Von Haider zu Hader
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: Movie
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C(r)ook
Title: C(r)ook
Character: Inspektor Nowak
Released: November 11, 2004
Type: Movie
A killer for the Russian Mafia in Vienna wants to retire and write a book about his passion - cooking. The mafia godfather suspects treason.
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Silentium
Title: Silentium
Character: Simon Brenner
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.
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Title: Gipfeltreffen
Character: self
Released: April 21, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Grünwald - Freitagscomedy
Character: self
Released: March 7, 2003
Type: TV
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Weihnachten
Title: Weihnachten
Character: Mr. Wächter
Released: December 12, 2002
Type: Movie
Several episodes set on Christmas Eve.
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Blue Moon
Title: Blue Moon
Character: Johnny Pichler
Released: October 31, 2002
Type: Movie
After screwing up a money exchange a Viennese small-time crook accompanied by a Russian hostess hits the road to the East.
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Title: Sendung ohne Namen
Character: himself
Released: October 17, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Through the Night with...
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2002
Type: TV
Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator.
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Come, Sweet Death
Title: Come, Sweet Death
Character: Simon Brenner
Released: December 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Former detective Brenner has become an ambulance driver and finds himself, much to his dismay, caught up in a war between two rival first aid organizations.
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White Cherries
Title: White Cherries
Character: Otto Bucek
Released: October 23, 2000
Type: Movie
Honest cop Rudi is a new member of a police unit commanded by his brother-in-law Otto which deals with foreigners. Rudi falls in love with Alena, a young Czech living illegally in Austria
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Der Überfall
Title: Der Überfall
Character: Werner Kopper, Kunde
Released: August 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor's shop. What was supposed to last only a few minutes ends up being a bizarre afternoon for three men: the tragicomic of the less-than-expert robber, the cranky tailor and a customer - a know-it-all who drives the other two crazy. The mood constantly shifts, and the tables keep turning among the threesome. A black comedy with a twist.
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Title: Ottis Schlachthof
Character: himself
Released: November 26, 1999
Type: TV
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Born in Absurdistan
Title: Born in Absurdistan
Character: LKW-Fahrer
Released: November 12, 1999
Type: Movie
It all begins with a mistake, an error with serious consequences: in a hospital the new-born babies of an Austrian couple and a Turkish family of immigrant workers are mixed up and go home with the wrong parents. By the time the mistake comes to light, it emerges that the Turkish family, including the baby, has been deported. The despairing Austrian couple begins a confusing odyssey through Turkey in order to track down the unsuspecting family to their native village. But they are not at all convinced that the babies have been mixed up. It is decided that the only way to know for sure is to have a blood test done. It is decided that the blood work is done in Vienna due to the better medical resources, but that will be far from simple. It will involve an illegal smuggling of the Turks across the Austrian border.
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Title: German Television Award
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Alpha Forum
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 1998
Type: TV
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Josef Hader - Privat
Title: Josef Hader - Privat
Character: Josef Hader
Released: August 18, 1997
Type: Movie
Aufgezeichnet in der Burgarena Finkenstein Grossartig, die Szenerie der Burgarena Finkenstein. Josef Hader, der Solist, weiß entsprechend damit umzugehen. Die unsichere Gewissheit, dass der Mensch nur einmal lebt, hat viele Gesichter. Josef Hader vertont diese Gesichter in "privat" und macht uns wieder mit ihnen vertraut. "Privat" ist gleichzeitig eine Verweigerung gegen und eine Verteidigung für alle, die dieses autonomste Rollenspiel des Menschenrechts als nicht normal abgestempelt wissen wollen. Beruhigend ist das nicht, nur befreiend.
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Title: Quatsch Comedy Club
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Kreuz & Quer
Character: himself
Released: March 5, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Herman & Tietjen
Character: Self
Released: February 23, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 1995
Type: TV
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
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Josef Hader - Im Keller
Title: Josef Hader - Im Keller
Character: Himself
Released: November 9, 1994
Type: Movie
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India
Title: India
Character: Heinz Bösel
Released: October 7, 1993
Type: Movie
Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a beautiful friendship evolves between the odd couple who couldn't stand each other initially; a friendship that even overcomes the boundaries of great tragedy.
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Cappuccino Melange
Title: Cappuccino Melange
Character: Manfred Seidl
Released: December 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Shortly before his wedding, Manfred, a young farmer, travels to Vienna to look for a friend who owes him 80,000 shillings. During the course of a most unusual and succinctly comic odyssey he meets Gina, a girl from Italy. An Austrian road movie containing a Babel of languages.
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Duett
Title: Duett
Character: Mallingers Neffe
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Hader fürs Heim
Title: Hader fürs Heim
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Josef Hader's first television broadcast, a mix of absurd scenes with Maria Hofstätter and Alfred Dorfer and a recording from the Vindobona cabaret from 1990.
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Title: Romy Award
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Mitternachtsspitzen
Character: self
Released: September 17, 1988
Type: TV
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Sternberg - Shooting Star
Title: Sternberg - Shooting Star
Character: Meier
Released: February 26, 1988
Type: Movie
Sternberg lands with his parachute in the bed of a stewardess, in the car of an airport employee and finally on a freeway service area. There he meets Harry. Harry is blind and he joins Sternberg who is looking for his Hedi. Together they land in the flat of the model married couple, Alf and Evy. With his appearance he upsets the day-to-day life of the couple.
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Title: Seitenblicke
Character: self
Released: October 5, 1987
Type: TV
An Austrian magazine-TV show.
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Title: Kölner Treff
Character: Self
Released: January 25, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: III nach neun
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1964
Type: TV
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Body Farm
Title: Body Farm
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The forester Johann only wants to warn his ex-wife Sophia: in the village, people are hostile to their "body farm", a forensic research facility in the neighboring forest, to say the least. In the midsummer heat, the smell of decay from the corpses lying around is a nuisance throughout the area. But as soon as he arrives at the site, Johann realizes that the villagers are probably the least of his problems: a fast-growing slime mould has infested the corpses - and is apparently able to breathe new life into the dead. For Sophia, the chance of a scientific breakthrough; for Johann, the last thing he had hoped for in a reunion with Sophia...
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Altweibersommer
Title: Altweibersommer
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Astrid, Elli and Isabella go camping together as they used to. However, not only because Elli has breast cancer, nothing is like it used to be. Only when Astrid steals the savings of a man who has died in an accident the three leave old habits to renew their friendship in Italy.