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Mario Adorf
Born: 8th Sep 1930 Zürich, Switzerland - Died 8th Apr 2026
Dept: Acting
Mario Adorf (born 8 September 1930) was an Italian-German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum and The Italian Connection.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 292
Film: 198 (68%)
Television: 94 (32%)
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Filmography
Original title: Die Erfindung eines Mörders – Der Fall Bruno Lüdke
2021
The incredible story of Bruno Lüdke (1908-44), the alleged worst mass murderer in German criminal history; or actually, a story of forged files and f ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: Die Hardy Krüger-Story
2019
With his blue eyes, blond hair and boyish laugh, he conquered German cinema audiences in the 1950s and 60s: Berlin-born Hardy Krüger made it all the ... view
Character:
Self
2019
Boxer is the king of the prison. Nothing happens without him in "his" prison, and if he has to, he will even knock out a much younger inmate - at over ... view
Character:
Boxer
Original title: Es hätte schlimmer kommen können - Mario Adorf
2019
Portrays the film star Mario Adorf and his passion for acting, the stage, the cinema, singing and writing. Together with the director Dominik Wessely, ... view
Character:
Self
2018
Harald eagerly anticipates the wedding of his only daughter. His biggest problem is his belief that his deceased wife lives on in a mannequin, which h ... view
Character:
Harald
2018
On the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, the docu-drama paints a multifaceted portrait of the most influential German thinker of modern times. T ... view
Character:
Karl Marx
2018
Lilo Maertens has been the editor of a women's magazine for several years. Now the women's rights activist is close to her 80th birthday and has to ad ... view
Character:
Roland Hartwig
Original title: Du sollst nicht langweilen: Billy Wilder
2017
A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mi ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: 100 Jahre UFA - Maschinenraum des deutschen Films
2017
The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and t ... view
Character:
Self - Actor
2017
The history of Germany's oldest independent family-owned film studio, now run by Brauner's daughter, Dr. Alice Brauner. The film traces the life of Br ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: Offene Wunde deutscher Film
2017
A documentary about German cinema from 1960 to 1990. It follows "Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film." ... view
Character:
Original title: Winnetou: Der letzte Kampf
2016
In Part Three, entitled "The Last Fight," gangster Santer Jr. attempts to seize an oil well on Indian territory. To prevent this, Winnetou and Old Sha ... view
Character:
Frederick Louis Santer Sr.
2016
Olaf tries to make his dreams reality and thereby always gets into trouble with his surroundings. He meets his biggest obstacle yet when his father pr ... view
Character:
Olafs Vater
Original title: Verfluchte Liebe Deutscher Film
2016
An alternative history of the not-so-well-known West German genre cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. ... view
Character:
himself
2015
The famous Hamburg psychiatrist Dr. Magnus Sorel is in a deep crisis. Not only that his Serbo-Croatian patient Masha has reported him for sexual assau ... view
Character:
Sorel sen.
2014
13 people between the end of 60 and the middle 80: they have already experienced many things in their lives. Everyone has their own hopes, desires, co ... view
Character:
Johann Schäfer
2014
In retracing the making of FEDORA, Robert Fischer’s documentary SWAN SONG: THE STORY OF BILLY WILDERʼS FEDORA adds yet another layer of comment and ... view
Character:
Self
2014
As a 15-year-old, Marcus survived several concentration camps, changed his name after liberation, and settled in Germany. From then on, he suppressed ... view
Character:
Marcus Schwarz / Menachem Teitelbaum
Dec 2013 (first aired)
When a piece of pine-wood falls into the hands of the poor old toy maker, Geppetto, he carves it into a puppet which he names Pinocchio. To Geppetto's ... view
Character:
Geppetto (2 ep.)
2013
The world's most loved fairy tale is back in a whole new fantastic imagining in Pinocchio. When a piece of pine-wood falls into the hands of the poor ... view
Character:
Geppetto
Original title: Die Erfindung der Liebe
2013
A young woman has the idea of setting up her boyfriend with a very wealthy but sickly lady to claim her inheritance. ... view
Character:
Hermann von Kirsch
2012
Ada Hänselmann presents her debut novel. However, the numerous guests are only interested in the 82-year-old legendary actor Nino Winter and his auto ... view
Character:
Nino Winter
2012
In a luxurious cruise a woman recognizes the voice of the man who killed her husband 50 years ago during World War II. The reunion brings bitter memor ... view
Character:
Martin Burian
Jun 2011 (first aired)
Klein gegen Groß – Das unglaubliche Duell is a family game show that has been broadcast on the first channel since 2011, on ORF 1 since March 2017 ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2011
It is FC St. Pauli's most important match and the fans flock to Hamburg's Millerntor Stadium in droves to support their heroes for ninety minutes. Fin ... view
Character:
Baldu
Original title: Das Geheimnis der Wale
2010
In New Zealand, a scientist, his family and down-on-his-luck investigator are trying to prove that the beaching of the local whale population is cause ... view
Character:
Prof. Johannes Waldmann
2009
Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Pen ... view
Character:
Herr Behr
Jun 2008 (first aired)
TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four gues ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: Die rote Zora
2008
In this sun soaked adventure for the entire family, a group of five orphaned children form their own makeshift family while attempting to operate outs ... view
Character:
Gorian
Original title: Botero – Geboren in Medellín
2008
To mark the artist Fernando Botero's 75th birthday, Peter Schamoni made a documentary film about his moving life. Fernando Botero is immediately recog ... view
Character:
Narrator
2007
He is a living legend in Germany, but never became known to a wider audience in France: Winnetou actor Pierre Brice. Director Oliver Schwehm sensitive ... view
Character:
Himself
2007
Documentary about the history of German television. ... view
Character:
Self
2007
The celebration of Joachim 'Blacky' Fuchsberger's 80th birthday. A biographical documentary. ... view
Character:
Self
Original title: Es ist ein Elch entsprungen
2005
A bullied young boy befriends a flying, talking moose that crashed through his ceiling after a test-flight with Santa went terribly awry in this holid ... view
Character:
Weihnachtsmann
Mar 2005 (first aired)
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 fictiona ... view
Character:
Friedrich Stern (1 ep.)
2005
Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other direct ... view
Character:
Self
2003
Coming from a modest background, little Nemecsek faces a tough test in life at an early age: his mother has to leave home after his father discovers h ... view
Character:
Janó
Original title: Till Eulenspiegel
2003
One of Europe's most beloved folk tale hero, Jester Till is the ultimate prankster embodying the simple wisdom and earthy humor of medieval European p ... view
Character:
Mayor (voice)
2003
The history of a family, in the film business now for three generations, behind and in front of the camera. The film is not only a foray through the h ... view
Character:
Himself
2002
Jochen Epstein is released from prison after serving 15 years for murder. He is determined to emigrate from Germany and leave the past behind him fore ... view
Character:
Jochen Epstein
Character:
Hagen
Apr 2002 (first aired)
"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" - an overview of the world of theater - illuminates the i ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2002 (first aired)
Die Affäre Semmeling was a 2002 German teleplay, broadcast on ZDF. It starred Mario Adorf as Walter 'Beton-Walter' Wegener, Robert Atzorn as Dr. Klau ... view
Character:
Walter „Beton-Walter“ Wegener (6 ep.)
2000
In war-torn Puglia, mute homeless but childlike in spirit fifty-year-old Sciusciù witnesses three Allied paratroopers landing one night and resolves ... view
Character:
Original title: Klaus Kinski - Ich bin kein Schauspieler
2000
Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines. And disappeared behind them. Kinski lived his par ... view
Character:
Self
2000
As every year, German brewery tycoon Karl Schneibel spends the summer holiday on an Italian island with his beloved grandson Christian, near the child ... view
Character:
Karl Schneibel
1999
A documentary about Germany's last emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II. ... view
Character:
Narrator
Character:
Self (4 ep.)
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Two brothers fell in love with the same woman, who was nearly killed by one of them in an accident. After the two men parted in anger, they meet years ... view
Character:
Coda / Teufelskralle (4 ep.)
1998
Italy gives sponsors the choice between banishment and prison. Mario Adorf decides to go into exile. ... view
Character:
Don Michele
Original title: Die furchtlosen Vier
1997
Four aging animals, a dog, a cat, a donkey and a rooster escape from their former homes because they weren't as productive and useful for their owners ... view
Character:
Fred (voice)
1997
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla unco ... view
Character:
Capt. Sigmund Lukas
Original title: Rossini, oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief
1997
Zigeuner is on the hunt for the woman of his dreams, a woman who should also play the main role in the film. Meanwhile, ruthless producer Oskar Reiter ... view
Character:
Paolo Rossini
1996
Journalist Katrin Tresko is on the trail of a criminal gang that is laundering money on a grand scale. But then she is murdered by their masterminds. ... view
Character:
Joachim Tresko
1996
In order to track down the Russian mafia, Joachim Tresko goes undercover in the Berlin art scene. Meanwhile, his wife Katrin seems to have disappeared ... view
Character:
Joachim Tresko
1996
Federal intelligence officer and art expert Jo Tresko is in trouble: he is alleged to have leaked insider information about arms deals to his wife, jo ... view
Character:
Joachim Tresko
1996
After trying to smuggle a package into prison for his father Willi, Harry and his girlfriend Marlies also end up in jail. While Harry is billeted with ... view
Character:
Willi Butzbach
Dec 1995 (first aired)
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 19 ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1995
Franz Hofnagel has been a prisoner in a psychiatric institution for 22 years, where he was sent by his own lawyer. The fact that he has become fat dur ... view
Character:
Franz Hofnagel
1995
11-year-old Christian lives with his Italian mother Gioia in poverty on the island of Ischia. His German father died in a rescue mission before Christ ... view
Character:
Carl Schneibel
Character:
Waffenhändler Willem van Kleve (1 ep.)
1994
A domestic house cat named Francis investigates the grisly feline murders taking place in his new neighborhood. ... view
Character:
Blaubart (voice)
1994
A young father takes his son on a journey away from Buenos Aires and through the strange and wondrous world of rural South America. The man is unemplo ... view
Character:
Avô
Nov 1993 (first aired)
In 1534, the legendary Jan van Leyden, an Anabaptist, preaches in Münster, causing Catholics and Protestants alike to defect in droves—especially w ... view
Character:
Franz Graf Waldeck (2 ep.)
1993
Sicilia, a chauffeur for a prominent figure in mafia circles, finds himself in the midst of a mafia war in which his boss and other friends are killed ... view
Character:
1993
Antonio (Enrico Salimbeni) may not have been the most energetic waiter in the most popular restaurant in this unfashionable Adriatic tourist town, but ... view
Character:
Enzo Pagnini
Jan 1993 (first aired)
When the long-established family business is threatened with bankruptcy, the former head of the department store chain leaves his retirement home and ... view
Character:
Peter Bellheim (4 ep.)
Original title: Fantaghirò 2
1992
Fantaghiro and Romualdo are preparing their marriage when the Black Queen disgusted by their deep love captures Fantaghiro's father. Romualdo and his ... view
Character:
The King
Original title: Fantaghirò
1991
After a queen's tragic death, the king abandons his newborn daughter in a cave, but a witch saves her. Years later, the tomboy princess must confront ... view
Character:
The King
Dec 1991 (first aired)
The king desires nothing more than a male heir. But his wife gives birth to a girl Fantaghirò. When she refuses to marry years later, she is sent in ... view
Character:
the king (4 ep.)
1991
Italian Francesco ( Mario Adorf ) runs a restaurant in Cologne , partnership is the brewer Zach ( Willy Millowitsch ) . Francesco has problems : a " G ... view
Character:
Francesco Serboli
1991
A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial cente ... view
Character:
The Turk
Mar 1991 (first aired)
Three nuclear warheads, the ultimate weapon for terror, blackmailing and mass destruction, are on their way to their final destination in North Africa ... view
Character:
Istvan Kaltenbach (2 ep.)
1991
The brewery manager Heinrich Hartholz does not shy away from driving independent beer publishers into ruin in order to take over their property. Marku ... view
Character:
Heinrich Hartholz
Character:
Oliver Sondheim (1 ep.)
Jan 1991 (first aired)
Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: Мать
1990
The social ferment in late 19th century Russia which led to the 1917 Russian Revolution is movingly portrayed in this lengthy historical drama, which ... view
Character:
1990
A pair of mismatched cops stumble onto a major protection racket involving a seedy restaurant. ... view
Character:
Wirt Mikis
Original title: Jours tranquilles à Clichy
1990
Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish himself as a serious writer in Paris. ... view
Character:
Ernest Regentag
Original title: Présumé dangereux
1990
Having developed a revolutionary device that puts water in the mouth of all secret services in the world, professor Forrester is about to go on a conf ... view
Character:
Radnitz
Original title: La luna negra
1990
After experiencing a series of traumatic, seemingly unrelated, accidents, Eva begins to notice that her daughter Luna is behaving in increasingly stra ... view
Character:
Priest
Original title: Mio caro dottor Gräsler
1990
In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry. ... view
Character:
Bohlinger
1990
Berlin at the beginning of the 1930s, economic crisis, chaos: Bruno, Franz and Emil, three unemployed young men, are looking for a way out of their mi ... view
Character:
Levin Austerlitz
1990
In Villa San Giovanni, a young couple, in the midst of a marital crisis, live in total mutual contempt. ... view
Character:
Spano
1989
Genial and deceptively tentative insurance company detective Tom Lepski sets out to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, stolen by master thie ... view
Character:
Radnitz
1989
Having always lived in solitude, working the land (his only company being a cat), one day Alceo meets Ester, a girl much younger than him. ... view
Character:
Alceo Brancicalori
1989
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a priv ... view
Character:
Cardinal Ugolino
Original title: I ragazzi di via Panisperna
1989
The enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of boys fond of physics and mathematics, ... view
Character:
Corbino
Character:
Alfons Rogalla (3 ep.)
1987
Otello Morsiani, a north-eastern-italian lawyer, takes the job of estimating land holdings on the Po Delta, which are intended to be expropriated to m ... view
Character:
Alvise Tornova
1987
After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to kill British Occupation Forces personnel, promptin ... view
Character:
Dr. Sepp Kunzli
Original title: Des Teufels Paradies
1987
At the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland, he saves a young woman from some nasty folk and takes ... view
Character:
Schomberg
Dec 1986 (first aired)
Mino was the eighth ZDF-Weihnachtsserie, and aired in 1986. The series was broadcast in Germany on ZDF, and consisted of 6 episodes. Broadcasting in G ... view
Character:
Maggiore Lupo (6 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
A six-part television series, a parody of the Munich newspaper, its gossip reporter Michael Graeter, and its publisher Anneliese Friedmann. The series ... view
Character:
Generaldirektor Heinrich 'Heini' Haffenloher (1 ep.)
1986
An honest and idealistic archaeologist, to find the legendary burial of an Etruscan king, collides with the interests of a group of "grave robbers". ... view
Character:
Albert
1986
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a pow ... view
Character:
Nicola
Dec 1985 (first aired)
War veteran Franz Tunda tells his life story. ... view
Character:
Wormser (4 ep.)
Fabrikant Wormser (4 ep.)
Oct 1985 (first aired)
Olga, recently widowed, has two children. She works at the general store and does everything possible to stay close to her children, especially Michel ... view
Character:
Berto (4 ep.)
1985
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past—but his son has to search the world to find it. ... view
Character:
Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass
Sep 1985 (first aired)
A family who lives in the Swiss Alpes at the end of the 1920s is abused by a tyrannical drunkard. ... view
Character:
Jonas Lauretz (3 ep.)
1985
The story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout, aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family who lived between 1585 and 1645 and moved to St. Omer ... view
Character:
Papst Urbano VIII
1985
Grein, a truck driver, works for Sienmann, an undesirable man, dedicated to fraud. ... view
Character:
Siemann
Original title: Klassenverhältnisse
1984
A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control. ... view
Character:
Der Onkel
1983
The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Jean Egen. Written with a sense of humor, he quickly sold out in France within a few weeks it sold ... view
Character:
Oncle Fouchs
1983
Around the year 1500, the Italian priest Don Filippo Neri helps street kids and orphans in his poor little chapel. ... view
Character:
Sisto V
Dec 1982 (first aired)
The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade. ... view
Character:
Giovanni (6 ep.)
Sep 1982 (first aired)
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations ... view
Character:
Claus Kretzschmar (2 ep.)
Original title: Invitation au voyage
1982
After his twin sister is killed in an accident, her distraught brother jams her corpse in a cello case and hits the road. ... view
Character:
Timour
1981
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 mo ... view
Character:
Schuckert
Original title: La disubbidienza
1981
Luca Manzi is a fourteen year old boy when the Northern Italy Republic of Salò is governed by the Fascists. He becomes a partisan but when the war en ... view
Character:
Padre di Luca
1981
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and ... view
Character:
(uncredited)
Feb 1981 (first aired)
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?. ... view
Character:
Self (6 ep.)
Jan 1981 (first aired)
In a small village in the Po Valley a permanent state of feud exists between the parish priest Don Camillo and the Communist mayor Peppone.
They figh ... view
Character:
Don Camillo (13 ep.)
Original title: L'Empreinte des géants
1980
The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965. ... view
Character:
Meru
1979
Set in the greek island Milos, this action comedy follows a group of people searching for the actual Venus de Milo ... view
Character:
Thanasis
Original title: Die Blechtrommel
1979
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II b ... view
Character:
Alfred Matzerath
1978
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to d ... view
Character:
Corfu Hotel Manager
Original title: Deutschland im Herbst
1978
Nine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidna ... view
Character:
TV committee member (uncredited)
Original title: Circuito chiuso
1978
At the local cinema, an audience watches a Spaghetti Western matinee. During the film's on-screen climactic duel, a bullet is fired into a patron. Wit ... view
Character:
Harry (archive footage)
Original title: Taugenichts
1978
A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he ... view
Character:
Original title: Der Hauptdarsteller
1977
Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives ... view
Character:
Schikowski
Original title: Io ho paura
1977
During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally uprig ... view
Character:
Judge Moser
Original title: Gefundenes Fressen
1977
Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he meets the policeman Erwin. ... view
Character:
Erwin
1976
The story follows two simple as well as incorrigible petty crooks, who always fail spectacularly in search of the big coup. ... view
Character:
Bomber
1976
Edgar Burgman, after collaborating to assassinate the elder senator husband of Alice Young, the wife remarried. The woman, after a short period, doubt ... view
Character:
Edgar
Original title: Cuore di cane
1976
Professor Preobrazhensky puts courageous experiences, trying to turn a dog in equal to in all of the person. As a result somebody turns out Doggies. U ... view
Character:
Bormenthàl
Jan 1975 (first aired)
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
1975
After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action. ... view
Character:
Kommissar Beizmenne
Original title: La Faille
1975
During the brutal era of the military government, an innocent tourist manager is accused of being a member of the illegal resistance movement. ... view
Character:
Le Manager
Original title: La polizia chiede aiuto
1974
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. ... view
Character:
Insp. Valentini
Original title: Processo per direttissima
1974
After a terrorist attack against a train, the police arrest the young laborer Stefano Baldini, member of a group of militant leftists. Entrusted for i ... view
Character:
Procuratore Benedikter
1974
Insatiable playboy Marco Donati decides to marry his latest flame, the beautiful Francesca. When the news gets into local newspapers, many of his form ... view
Character:
Il commissario Marzoli
Original title: Die Reise nach Wien
1973
Two women during WW2 living in a Hunsrück village embark on a trip to Vienna. ... view
Character:
Fred Scheuermann
Original title: Il delitto Matteotti
1973
How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into th ... view
Character:
Benito Mussolini
Original title: Sans sommation
1973
A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Rev ... view
Character:
L'ex-commandant Pierre Capra
Original title: Le avventure di Pinocchio
1972
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro ... view
Character:
Original title: La mala ordina
1972
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispa ... view
Character:
Luca Canali
1972
Based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, this English-language satirical drama details the experiences of Frank (John Moulder Brown), a young orphan who ... view
Character:
Prof. Ritter
Apr 1972 (first aired)
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero ... view
Character:
Direttore del circo (5 ep.)
Original title: La polizia ringrazia
1972
Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begu ... view
Character:
sostituto procuratore Ricciuti
Original title: Quando le donne persero la coda
1972
Filli and the cavemen from "When Women Had Tails" are living a carefree life inside a dinosaur skeleton. But when conman Ham introduces them to the co ... view
Character:
Pap
Original title: Milano Calibro 9
1972
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangster ... view
Character:
Rocco Musco
Original title: La violenza: Quinto potere
1972
Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organised crime into the business an ... view
Character:
Amedeo Barrese
Original title: La corta notte delle bambole di vetro
1971
An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared. ... view
Character:
Jacques Versain
Original title: Un'anguilla da 300 milioni
1971
An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is help ... view
Character:
Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca
Original title: L'arciere di fuoco
1971
John Lackland seizes the English throne, believing the rightful ruler, his brother Richard the Lionheart, to be dead. When he learns that Richard is b ... view
Character:
Brother Tuck
1970
After pulling off a bank robbery two bandits meet in a deserted mining town to divide their loot but an old miner tries to steal it from them. ... view
Character:
Charles Dump, the Rat
Original title: Die Herren mit der weißen Weste
1970
Bruno Stiegler, a boxing promoter with a disreputable past, returns from America to Berlin to make some big things again with his friends. Fatally, he ... view
Character:
Bruno 'Dandy' Stiegler
Original title: L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo
1970
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investi ... view
Character:
Berto Consalvi
Original title: Cran d'arrêt
1970
A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed since the suicide of his partner. But in the dead woma ... view
Character:
The Long-Haired Sadist
Original title: Красная палатка
1969
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia. ... view
Character:
Giuseppe Biagi
Original title: Gli specialisti
1969
Hud Dixon returns to his hometown when his brother is killed by a lynch mob. ... view
Character:
El Diablo
Original title: Maßnahmen gegen Fanatiker
1969
The film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted by an older man ... view
Character:
Original title: ...e per tetto un cielo di stelle
1968
The bandit Pratt, looking for Tim, who is responsible for the death of his two sons, attacks a caravan killing all the passengers. Harry, the vagabond ... view
Character:
Harry
1968
Gustl has married the beautiful Helene. They have a harmonious marriage, the love games are daring, and the Kamasutra is always lying next to the bed. ... view
Character:
Gustl
Original title: Questi fantasmi
1967
Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he ... view
Character:
Alfredo Mariano
Original title: Le dolci signore
1967
In this delightful romantic comedy, four beautiful women attempt to deal with their sexual frustrations in fashionable Rome society. ... view
Character:
Traffic cop
Original title: Zärtliche Haie
1967
While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship. ... view
Character:
Spion SB 3
Original title: Una rosa per tutti
1967
A vivacious woman tries to please all of her lovers but finds she can't handle the jealousy that erupts among them. ... view
Character:
Paolo
Original title: Operazione San Gennaro
1966
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Gennaro, in Napoli. ... view
Character:
Sciascillo
1966
In the crazy twenties, safecracker Orje is released from prison and, through the mediation of his friend Nelly, finds a job at the "Sparverein Biene". ... view
Character:
Georg Posanke, genannt Artisten-Orje
Original title: Io la conoscevo bene
1965
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star. ... view
Character:
Emilio Ricci, aka Bietolone
Original title: Tierra de fuego
1965
A group of four outlaws led by Abel Dragna Fraserville decide to settle in a small, civilized and peaceful town of 1,200 inhabitants in which even the ... view
Character:
Abel Dragna
Original title: Estambul 65
1965
An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a nuclear scientist, but ultimately be ... view
Character:
Bill
1965
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one. ... view
Character:
Joseph Grohmann
Original title: Le soldatesse
1965
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers ... view
Character:
Castagnoli
1965
A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies. ... view
Character:
Callaghan
1965
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on a ... view
Character:
Sergeant Gomez
Original title: Die Goldsucher von Arkansas
1964
Based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film, set entirely in the state of Arkansas, tells of the conflict of interests between the local tow ... view
Character:
Matt Ellis
Original title: Der letzte Ritt nach Santa Cruz
1964
A former sheriff begins to persecute the gang led by Pedro Ortiz, after his wife is taken away. ... view
Character:
Pedro Ortiz
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Original title: La visita
1963
Certain that "the right man" is crucial to her escaping the confines of the Italian village where she lives, Pina places an ad in the newspaper. She g ... view
Character:
Cucaracha
Original title: Winnetou 1. Teil
1963
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang ... view
Character:
Frederic Santer
Original title: Die zwölf Geschworenen
1963
Did an 18-year-old immigrant from the slums murder his father in cold blood? The twelve jurors must find a unanimous verdict. ... view
Character:
Siebenter Geschworener
Original title: Moral 63
1963
The young Marion is arrested by the police for pimping, prostitution and indecent exposure. Reporter Axel Rottmann sense a lucrative story for his new ... view
Character:
Axel Rottmann, Reporter
Original title: Die endlose Nacht
1963
Anthology film about a night at airport Berlin-Tempelhof. Due to fog passengers can't leave Berlin by plane and struggle to find other ways out of Ber ... view
Character:
Juanitas Friend
1963
A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring. ... view
Character:
Santos
1962
Adventure about the life of legendary bandi Fra Diavolo (played by Tony Russel). ... view
Character:
Nadorne
1962
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom ... view
Character:
Rodrigo
Original title: A cavallo della tigre
1961
Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous mu ... view
Character:
Tagliabue
Original title: Le Goût de la violence
1961
Perez kidnaps the President's daughter to trade her for imprisoned revolutionaries. ... view
Character:
Chamaco
Original title: Qui êtes-vous, Monsieur Sorge?
1961
French docu-drama which chronicles the chain of events that lead to the hanging of German-journalist Richard Sorge, who was executed in 1944 after he ... view
Character:
Max Christiansen-Clausen
1961
Car racing, speed, the spectators’ fascination, the signs of an era made of machines and competition. But “victory” is not the real meaning of i ... view
Character:
Original title: Schachnovelle
1960
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenan ... view
Character:
Mirko Centowic
1960
In the midst of World War II, postman Ludwig Fuchs writes a letter to his former school friend Field Marshal Hermann Göring, urging him to work for p ... view
Character:
Niedermoser
1960
The paths of three men cross for a short time in post-war Berlin. Robert and Willy are unattached and unemployed, Georg has joined them from Hamburg, ... view
Character:
Georg Kugler
Original title: Am Tag, als der Regen kam
1959
A motorcycle gang in post-war Germany wreaks havok on a town, until one of their members begins to have second thoughts after a run-in with the police ... view
Character:
Bandenboss Werner Maurer
Original title: Das Totenschiff
1959
After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still ... view
Character:
Lawski, Polnischer Kohlenschlepper
1959
The bizarre story of a play's development at Munich's Kammerspiele theatre. ... view
Character:
Apr 1959 (first aired)
Every year there was a Gala of the Stars at the Zirkus Krone in Munich. ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Original title: Eine Stadt feiert Geburtstag
1958
A documentary short film by Ferdinand Khittl on Munich's 800th anniversary. ... view
Character:
Original title: Das Mädchen Rosemarie
1958
West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortu ... view
Character:
Horst
1958
Inspector Welling, the warden Miss Pierce and the convicted murderess Sarat Carn are on their way back to Norwich from London. They are returning from ... view
Character:
Willy Pentridge
Original title: Der Arzt von Stalingrad
1958
Dr. Fritz Böhler is a prisoner of war doctor in the Soviet POW camp 5110/47 near Stalingrad. Despite the harshest conditions, he tries to help his fe ... view
Character:
Pelz, Sanitäter
Original title: Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
1957
Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, f ... view
Character:
Bruno Lüdke
Original title: La ragazza della salina
1957
Love story between a fisherman of the Adriatic coast and a young girl of the village. ... view
Character:
Coco
Original title: Robinson soll nicht sterben
1957
London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island ... view
Character:
Bertie
Original title: 08/15 - In der Heimat
1955
The third part of Paul May′s "08/15" trilogy based on the novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst takes place shortly before the end of World War II: In the spr ... view
Character:
Unteroffizier Stamm
Original title: 08/15 - Zweiter Teil
1955
Winter 1942: Like thousands of other German soldiers, Asch and Vierbein have ended up at the Eastern front. Although Vierbein finds a new friend in Ko ... view
Character:
Gefreiter Wagner
1954
Life in the barracks, drill, harassment, and private Asch′s pranks are the ingredients of Hans Hellmut Kirst′s successful novel "08/15" (the numbe ... view
Character:
Wagner
Jan 1948 (first aired)
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in i ... view
Character:
Self (5 ep.)