Benno Fürmann Filmography

Born:: January 17, 1972 in Berlin-Kreuzberg, West Germany
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: German leading man and heartthrob Benno Fürmann was born Benjamin Fürmann in Berlin. After studying at the Lee Strasburg Institute in New York, he started acting in German features and made-for-TV movies. In 1995, he joined the cast of the German sitcom Und Tschuss! and played in several crime...Read More

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Speed Racer

Actors: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, John Goodman

Synopsis: The Matrix masterminds Andy and Larry Wachowski usher anime icon Tatsuo Yoshida's classic 1960s-era hit into the new millennium with this family-friendly story of a young racecar driver who takes on the mysterious Racer X in a custom-made, gadget-loaded speed machine named the Mach 5. Speed Read More

5/9/08
The Mutant Chronicles

Actors: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Benno Fürmann, Sean Pertwee, John Malkovich

Synopsis: Steampunk aesthetics inform this story of a dystopic future in which humankind wages an explosive last stand against the demonic NecroMutants, who would see the entire human race brutally annihilated. Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, and John Malkovich star in this effects-heavy sci-fi action Read More

1/1/08
Jerichow

Actors: Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann, Hilmi Sozer, André Hennicke, Claudia Geisler

Synopsis: The Turkish diaspora in Germany proves the catalyst for this noir-flavored drama concerning the unlikely friendship between a veteran of the Afghan-Soviet war and a middle-aged Turk in need of a helping hand. Returning home for his mother's funeral when he happens across a business associate to Read More

2008
Warum Manner Nicht Zuhoren und Frauen Schlecht ein Parken

Actors: Benno Fürmann, Jessica Schwarz, Matthais Matschke, Annika Kuhl, Uwe Ochsenknecht

Synopsis: A few skirmishes from the ongoing battle between men and women are documented in this romantic comedy from Germany. Jan (Benno Fuermann) and Katrin (Jessica Schwarz) are a couple who literally met by accident -- attorney Jan was on a date with a woman he'd just met, Melanie (Annika Kuhl), when Read More

2007
Crusade: A March Through Time

Actors: Stephanie Leonidas, Joe Flynn, Emily Watson, Michael Culkin

Synopsis: A disgraced European football (read: soccer) player inadvertently winds up in the 13th Century after breaking into his mother's advanced physicals laboratory and using her experimental time machine to try and correct the mistake that got his team knocked clean out of the competition. It was the Read More

2007
Die Wilden huhner und Die Liebe

2007
Merry Christmas

Actors: Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Guillaume Canet, Gary Lewis, Dany Boon, Daniel Brühl

Synopsis: The year is 1914, and as World War I continues to rage across the European countryside, four individuals stuck on the front lines find themselves faced with the unthinkable in director Christian Carion's Academy Award-nominated account of the true-life wartime event that would offer hope for peace Read More

3/3/06
Ghosts

Actors: Julia Hummer, Sabine Timoteo, Marianne Basler, Aurélien Recoing, Benno Fürmann

2005
Wild Chicks

2005
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King

Actors: Julian Sands, Max von Sydow, Samuel West, Robert Pattinson, Kristanna Loken, Benno Fürmann, Alicia Witt

Synopsis: After witnessing the brutal murder of his powerful father King Solomon of the Netherlands, a young heir to the throne begins preparation for his ultimate revenge in director Uli Edel's medivel tale of might and magic. An allied royal court has granted refuge to young Siegfried following the tragic Read More

2004
The Order

Actors: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Benno Fürmann, Mark Addy, Peter Weller

Synopsis: Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland writes and directs the religious thriller The Order. Heath Ledger portrays a priest from a secret religious order called The Carolingians. He's sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of the head of the Carolingians, whose body was found with Read More

9/5/03
Jeans

Actors: Oskar Melzer, Marc Hosemann, Angie Ojciec, Nicolette Krebitz, Jana Pallaske

Synopsis: Popular German actress Nicolette Krebitz makes her directorial debut with the largely improvised feature Jeans. Set in Berlin during the summertime, the story concerns Oskar Melzer looking for a girlfriend and Marc Hosemann looking for a place to stay. They encounter many other attractive young Read More

2003
Wolfsburg

Actors: Benno Fürmann, Nina Hoss, Antje Westermann, Astrid Meyerfeldt, Matthais Matschke

Synopsis: Writer/director Christian Petzold's drama Wolfsburg details how one decision can destroy a life. One day while on a drive, Philipp (Benno Fürmann) becomes involved in a fight with his fiancée, Katja (Antje Westermann). While he is distracted, he runs into a boy. Instead of stopping, he continues Read More

2003
Naked

Actors: Heike Makatsch, Benno Fürmann, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jürgen Vogel, Nina Hoss

Synopsis: Three couples with varying degrees of success in both financial and romantic matters find they know relatively little about themselves or their respective partners in director Doris Dorrie's 2002 film Naked. Successful stockbroker Dylan (Mehmet Kurtulus) and his gorgeous wife, Charlotte (Nina Read More

2002
The Princess and the Warrior

Actors: Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Joachim Krol, Marita Breuer, Jürgen Tarrach, Lars Rudolph

Synopsis: Director Tom Tykwer followed up his international hit Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) with this drama, which also examines young people living on the edges of the law. Sisi (Franka Potente) is an attractive but withdrawn woman who works in a psychiatric clinic, while Bodo (Benno Fürmann) is looking to Read More

6/22/01
Freunde

Actors: Benno Fürmann, Erdal Yildiz, Christiane Paul, Michael Gwisdek

Synopsis: Opening with a brief glimpse of the childhood friendship between Nils and Turkish-German Tayfun, Freunde quickly cuts to the present day, when the Berlin cafe Tayfun (Erdal Yildiz owns is raided by the police. One of the cops, Nils (Benno Fuermann), does a favor for his old friend by disposing of Read More

2000
Kanak Attack

Actors: Tyron Ricketts

Synopsis: Self-conscious German-Turkish hipsters and petty crime rule the day in this gangland piece, the main focus of which is Ertan (Luke Piyes), a young punk who wants to be a bigtime player in his town's drug scene. "Kanak" is a derogatory term for immigrants. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide Read More

2000
Anatomy

Actors: Herbert Knaup, Heike Makatsch, August Diehl, Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg, Holger Speckhahn

Synopsis: A determined medical student uncovers shady goings on during a prestigious summer anatomy course in this German thriller. When Paula Henning (Run Lola Run's Franka Potente) learns that she's been accepted to a highly competitive internship at a Heidelberg research institution, she's ecstatic. The Read More

2000
Puenktchen und Anton

Actors: Elea Geissler, Max Felder, Juliane Köhler, August Zirner, Meret Becker

Synopsis: This German family film was based on a book by Erich Kaestner, whose work was previously adapted for the screen in the films Emil and the Detectives and The Parent Trap. Ten-year-old Annaluise (Elea Geissler), nicknamed "Puenktchen," is best friends with Anton (Max Felder) despite the difference Read More

1999
St. Pauli Nacht

Actors: Benno Fürmann, Kathleen Gallego Zapata, Armin Rohde, Maruschka Detmers, Axel Milberg

Synopsis: Acclaimed German director Soenke Wortmann spins this cleverly constructed, sumptuously shot crime drama set in St. Pauli, Hamburg's notorious red light district. The film opens with a gang of thugs dumping someone's ashes in the harbor. One of the group, brash punk Johnny (Benno Fuermann) crosses Read More

1999
Das Erste Mal

Actors: Lavinia Wilson, Benno Fürmann, Eva Hassmann, Hannes Jaenicke, Andreas Herder

Synopsis: German Film & Television Academy grad Connie Walther made her feature directorial debut with this German film about 15-year-old Berliner Fili (Lavinia Wilson). Fili's divorced mother goes with an abusive guy who refuses to leave his wife. Fili has lost interest in school and spends much time Read More

1996