Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German TV and film character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.

  • Title: Günter Meisner
  • Popularity: 4.792
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1926-04-18
  • Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany
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Günter Meisner Movies

  • 1971
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    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    7.486 1971 HD

    When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie...

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  • 1985
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    Drei gegen drei

    Drei gegen drei

    4.2 1985 HD

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  • 1980
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    The American Success Company

    The American Success Company

    5.3 1980 HD

    A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and...

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  • 1966
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    Funeral in Berlin

    Funeral in Berlin

    6.4 1966 HD

    Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory....

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  • 1974
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    Borsalino and Co.

    Borsalino and Co.

    6.6 1974 HD

    Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."

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  • 1986
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    In a Glass Cage

    In a Glass Cage

    6.9 1986 HD

    A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapped in an iron lung.

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  • 1971
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    Ludwig L

    Ludwig L

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1982
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    Ace of Aces

    Ace of Aces

    7.089 1982 HD

    In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon...

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  • 1990
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    The Saint: The Big Bang

    The Saint: The Big Bang

    4 1990 HD

    Simon Templar and a newswoman track down the front man for a deadly corporate takeover.

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  • 1975
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    Inside Out

    Inside Out

    6.2 1975 HD

    An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp. Together they spring a...

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  • 1979
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    Ticket of No Return

    Ticket of No Return

    6 1979 HD

    A sartorially resplendent woman of few words arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of her days as a drunkard.

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  • 1992
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    Moon Child

    Moon Child

    5.8 1992 HD

    Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal...

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  • 1961
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    Operation Caviar

    Operation Caviar

    5.1 1961 HD

    Bank accountant Thomas Lieven is forced to work as a triple agent for the British, the French and the Nazis.

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  • 1992
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    Ruby Cairo

    Ruby Cairo

    4.843 1992 HD

    Baseball cards and a food-aid worker help a woman follow her shady husband's money trail around the world.

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  • 1974
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    Between Wars

    Between Wars

    1 1974 HD

    This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up...

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  • 1988
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    Magdalene

    Magdalene

    4.5 1988 HD

    Father Joseph Mohr, a newly appointed priest in the town of Oberndorf (near Salzburg), meets the beautiful prostitute Magdalene. He struggles to...

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  • 1984
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    Under the Volcano

    Under the Volcano

    6.5 1984 HD

    Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin,...

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  • 1993
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    Faraway, So Close!

    Faraway, So Close!

    6.9 1993 HD

    Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more...

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  • 1991
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    Te Rua

    Te Rua

    6 1991 HD

    A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient...

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  • 1973
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    Werwölfe

    Werwölfe

    1 1973 HD

    Film about a group of young nazi terrorists commiting crimes after the end of World War 2.

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  • 1979
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    Breakthrough

    Breakthrough

    5.8 1979 HD

    Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton)...

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  • 1982
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    The Man on the Wall

    The Man on the Wall

    10 1982 HD

    An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are...

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  • 1966
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    Is Paris Burning?

    Is Paris Burning?

    7.2 1966 HD

    Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if...

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  • 1974
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    The Odessa File

    The Odessa File

    6.6 1974 HD

    Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration...

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  • 1970
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    Hauser's Memory

    Hauser's Memory

    6.7 1970 HD

    A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleague in order to preserve missile-defense secrets....

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  • 1978
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    The Boys from Brazil

    The Boys from Brazil

    6.7 1978 HD

    Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

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  • 1979
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    Avalanche Express

    Avalanche Express

    4.7 1979 HD

    CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel...

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  • 1982
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    Night Crossing

    Night Crossing

    6.1 1982 HD

    Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true...

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  • 1966
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    The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum

    5.7 1966 HD

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller...

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  • 1969
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    The Bridge at Remagen

    The Bridge at Remagen

    6.7 1969 HD

    In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead...

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  • 1973
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    The Battle of Sutjeska

    The Battle of Sutjeska

    6.4 1973 HD

    The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the...

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  • 1976
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    Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned

    5.9 1976 HD

    A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

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  • 1977
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    The Serpent's Egg

    The Serpent's Egg

    6.2 1977 HD

    Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg attempts to survive while facing unemployment, depression,...

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  • 1959
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    Babette Goes to War

    Babette Goes to War

    5.5 1959 HD

    Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important...

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  • 1962
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    The Counterfeit Traitor

    The Counterfeit Traitor

    6.5 1962 HD

    Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

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  • 1986
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    Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle

    Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1982
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    Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl

    Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1983
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    Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt

    Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt

    6.5 1983 HD

    The Prinz-Eugen-Gymnasium is in a crisis, which is not least due to the insolent students who lack any respect for the staff and the chaotic...

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  • 1980
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    Gibbi - Westgermany

    Gibbi - Westgermany

    6 1980 HD

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  • 1975
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    Depressionen

    Depressionen

    1 1975 HD

    Diary of a Disease - prophesied that all psychiatric experience speaks against the described spontaneous healing. The next depression is determined.

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  • 1988
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    The Case of Mr. Spalt

    The Case of Mr. Spalt

    9.3 1988 HD

    The filmmaker René Perraudin made five comedic short films with Otto Sander in the leading role and knits them into a feature film.

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  • 1986
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    Gestatten, Bestatter

    Gestatten, Bestatter

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1978
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    Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl

    Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl

    1 1978 HD

    Anna is a Jewish girl in Germany. When the Nazis come to power in the 1930s, her family has to flee the country without being able to bring any of...

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  • 1994
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    Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn

    Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1980
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    Meister Timpe

    Meister Timpe

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Brothers

    The Brothers

    1 1977 HD

    Sex, violence, and family secrets in the German countryside.

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  • 1975
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    Flesh of the Orchid

    Flesh of the Orchid

    5.5 1975 HD

    A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper, her guardian, tries to rape her but she escapes. In...

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  • 1991
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    Leporella

    Leporella

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1989
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    Bride of the Orient

    Bride of the Orient

    7.7 1989 HD

    After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a family of his own. Eventually he pays for a bride...

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  • 1980
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    Die Paulskirche

    Die Paulskirche

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Man Inside

    The Man Inside

    2 1990 HD

    Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper....

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  • 1975
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    A Happy Family Life

    A Happy Family Life

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1990
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    The Little People

    The Little People

    8 1990 HD

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  • 1981
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    Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne

    Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1970
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    Schlagzeilen über einen Mord

    Schlagzeilen über einen Mord

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1979
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    Wie Rauch und Staub

    Wie Rauch und Staub

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1984
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    Der Mord mit der Schere

    Der Mord mit der Schere

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    Ein Mord am Lietzensee

    Ein Mord am Lietzensee

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Brutalization of Franz Blum

    The Brutalization of Franz Blum

    5.5 1974 HD

    Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police....

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  • 1965
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    Ein Tag - Bericht aus einem deutschen Konzentrationslager 1939

    Ein Tag - Bericht aus einem deutschen Konzentrationslager 1939

    5.5 1965 HD

    Germany, January 1939: a day in a concentration camp. Subjected to harsh military discipline the hungry prisoners are digging a huge hole and filling...

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  • 1959
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    Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary

    Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary

    1 1959 HD

    After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The men become abusive. Erika rushes out of the car and...

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  • 1966
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    Großer Ring mit Außenschleife

    Großer Ring mit Außenschleife

    10 1966 HD

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  • 1961
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    Question 7

    Question 7

    5.8 1961 HD

    Suspenseful story of a boy and his father, each forced to decide his future on his willingness to stand up for what he believes.

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  • 1960
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    Abendstunde im Spätherbst

    Abendstunde im Spätherbst

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1967
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    Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre

    Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1963
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    Die Wölfe

    Die Wölfe

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Miracle of Father Malachia

    The Miracle of Father Malachia

    5.4 1961 HD

    "Wunderbar" takes on a new meaning in this routine satire by Bernhard Wicki about a bar that is miraculously transported by God Himself to a nearby,...

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  • 1962
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    Der Kronanwalt

    Der Kronanwalt

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Foggy Night Murderer

    The Foggy Night Murderer

    7 1964 HD

    The Foggy Night Murderer

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  • 1959
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    The Black Chapel

    The Black Chapel

    7.5 1959 HD

    1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities would reserve to their country, organize an...

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  • 1961
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    Ein wahrer Held

    Ein wahrer Held

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1964
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    Schaufensterpuppen

    Schaufensterpuppen

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1959
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    Der König ist tot

    Der König ist tot

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Ship of the Dead

    Ship of the Dead

    6.5 1959 HD

    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....

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  • 1957
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    Kopf oder Zahl

    Kopf oder Zahl

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1967
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    The College Girl Murders

    The College Girl Murders

    6.2 1967 HD

    Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas

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  • 1963
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    The Black Cobra

    The Black Cobra

    8 1963 HD

    After a truck carrying a cargo of narcotics is held up by rival smugglers, the driver sets out to prove his innocence.

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  • 1990
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    Estación Central

    Estación Central

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1968
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    Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken

    Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

    The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

    5.7 1962 HD

    Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to...

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  • 1988
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    Roselyne and the Lions

    Roselyne and the Lions

    5.8 1988 HD

    Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who shares his passion. They fall in love and when he...

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  • 1977
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    Heinrich

    Heinrich

    5 1977 HD

    The life and struggles of the German writer Heinrich von Kleist.

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  • 1983
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    The Winds of War

    The Winds of War

    7.3 1983 HD

    Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor "Pug" Henry is a career naval officer who,...

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  • 1987
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    Hals über Kopf

    Hals über Kopf

    5 1987 HD

    Hals über Kopf is a German television series.

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  • 1986
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    Liebling Kreuzberg

    Liebling Kreuzberg

    5.3 1986 HD

    Liebling Kreuzberg was a television series on ARD, which was sent in five seasons with a total of 58 episodes the first time from 1986 to 1998. The...

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  • 1994
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    Zwei alte Hasen

    Zwei alte Hasen

    9 1994 HD

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  • 1961
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    Das Fernsehgericht tagt

    Das Fernsehgericht tagt

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1973
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    Lokaltermin

    Lokaltermin

    1 1973 HD

    Lokaltermin is a German television series.

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  • 1980
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    I.O.B. Spezialauftrag

    I.O.B. Spezialauftrag

    1 1980 HD

    I.O.B. Spezialauftrag' was a German crime television series after Percy Stuart and Sergeant Berry that featured an American hero.

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  • 1970
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.1 1970 HD

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...

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  • 1987
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    Praxis Bülowbogen

    Praxis Bülowbogen

    3.7 1987 HD

    Praxis Bülowbogen is a German television series.

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  • 1970
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.1 1970 HD

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...

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  • 1981
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    Silas

    Silas

    7.2 1981 HD

    Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who...

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  • 1963
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    Das Kriminalmuseum

    Das Kriminalmuseum

    8.5 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    Großstadtrevier

    Großstadtrevier

    6 1986 HD

    Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

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  • 1972
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    Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen

    Das Jahrhundert der Chirurgen

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1976
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    Direktion City

    Direktion City

    3 1976 HD

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  • 1977
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    Ein Mann kam im August

    Ein Mann kam im August

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1975
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    Jo Gaillard

    Jo Gaillard

    1 1975 HD

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