Götz GeorgeFilmography

Du Sollst Nicht Toeten

Crew: Co-producer

Actors: Kai Wiesinger, Götz George, Karoline Eichhorn, Doris Schade, Peter Roggisch

Synopsis: While a number of American and European films have examined the horrible legacy of the Third Reich and the Holocaust, Du Sollst Nicht Toeten is one of the first dramatic films from Germany to examine the crimes of the Nazi era and their impact on the German psyche. Peter Rohm (Kai Wiesinger) is a Read More

Solo Fur Klarinette

Actors: Götz George, Corinna Harfouch, Tim Bergmann, Barbara Auer, Tobias Schenke

Synopsis: A burnt-out Berlin cop investigating his 652nd case slowly loses the ability to discern the differences between the grim realities of the job and a decaying personal life as his mental instability grows progressively worse. His latest case is particularly nasty and puzzling, but Detective Bernie Read More

Das Trio

Actors: Götz George, Christian Redl, Jeanette Hain, Felix Eitner, Angelika Bartsch

Synopsis: Hermine Huntgeburth wrote and directed this German comedy-drama about a trio of travelers who veer their caravan toward pockets they can pick. Before Zobel (Gotz George) linked up with Karl (Christan Redl), he had a hetero lifestyle that brought him a daughter, Lizzi (Jeanette Hain). After Karl Read More

Rossini

Synopsis: Densely plotted and featuring a large ensemble cast, this German drama offers a smorgasbord of lush visuals, intrigue, sex, egos run amok, and raw emotion. Set in Bavaria, within a posh Italian restaurant owned by Pierrot, much of the story centers on a filmmaker and his producers as they try to Read More

Der Sandmann

Synopsis: This taut, well-wrought German drama was originally made for television in 1995 but was such a critical success that it was released in theaters the following year. It is the gripping story of a young journalist who begins reporting on a series of prostitute murders. Ina Littmann's prime suspect Read More

The Deathmaker

Synopsis: Writer-director Romuald Karmaker made a stunning impact with this riveting and gruesome historical drama based on the case of a 1920s German serial killer. Fritz Haarmann (Gotz George) has finally been caught after years of preying on boys and young men. His methods included sodomizing his Read More

Schtonk!

Actors: Götz George, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Christiane Horbiger, Rolf Hoppe, Dagmar Manzel

Synopsis: In this slapstick satire, Fritz is a life-long forger of Nazi memorabilia. He got his start as a boy, selling items of clothing as something Hitler wore. His current income-generating scam is to sell "original" portraits by Hitler of his mistress Eva Braun to connoisseurs of Nazi art. He runs into Read More

Blauaugig

Actors: Götz George, Miguel Ángel Solá, Julio de Grazia, Emilia Mazer

Synopsis: In this suspense story, the main character, Johann Neudorff (Gotz George), immigrated to Argentina from Germany after World War Two, and has become a successful businessman there. He is unconcerned with the nature of the government there, which at the time of this film (1978) is a military Read More

Der Bruch

Actors: Götz George, Rolf Hoppe, Otto Sander, Hermann Beyer

Synopsis: Evoking the complexities of life in 1946 postwar Berlin, this detective drama focuses on the efforts of a small group of bank robbers to bring off their heist and avoid punishment for it. Due to the need throughout society to replace active Nazis with politically untainted officials, a large part Read More

Die Katze

Actors: Götz George, Gudrun Landgrebe, Heinz Hoenig, Joachim Kemmer, Ralf Richter

Synopsis: Most American filmmakers would be praised to the skies for setting their films in exotic locales like Bavaria, Munich, Dusseldorf and the North Rhine. For the makers of the German thriller Die Katze, however, it was simply a matter of shooting in one's own backyard, more or less. Adapted from a Read More

Zabou

Actors: Götz George, Claudia Messner, Eberhard Feik, Wolfram Berger, Hannes Jaenicke

Synopsis: Gotz George portrays the unscrupulous police commissioner Schimanski in this grim crime drama. With his partner Thanner (Eberhard Feik), the two shake down patrons of a techno dance club in the drug-drenched Ruhr district, and there Schimanski recognizes a drugged-out dancer as Conny (Claudia Messner Read More

Zahn Um Zahn

Actors: Götz George, Renan Demirken, Rufus, Charles Brauer

Synopsis: Adapted from his successful German TV series about a cop named Schimanski (Gotz George), director Hajo Gies has this Polish policeman going after the killers in a vile multiple homicide. When Schimanski discovers that a young friend and his family have been brutally murdered, his investigation Read More

Abwärts

Actors: Götz George, Renée Soutendijk, Wolfgang Kieling, Hannes Jaenicke, Klaus Wennemann

Synopsis: A stuck elevator is used as an allegory for modern German society in this provocative drama. Within the motionless box are four very different people. One is a light-fingered young courier, and another is an embezzler, while the other two are an unhappy couple on the verge of a breakup. Making it Read More

Der König und Sein Narr

Actors: Wolfgang Kieling, Götz George, Martin Brandt, Georges Claisse

Synopsis: This historical drama is the story of Jacob Paul von Grundling (Wolfgang Kieling) and his fluctuating, turbulent relationship with King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (1713-1740). This period was one of wars and of intellectual debate and literary accomplishments. It is that setting that is Read More

Die Flucht

Actors: Guenther Ungeheuer, Götz George, Alexander Allerson

Synopsis: This is a fast-paced, well-acted, gripping drama about a man (Goetz George) especially singled out for physical abuse in a Nazi prison camp. The reason for the abuse soon becomes apparent. Flashbacks reveal that his own brother is in charge of the camp -- the family has obviously split over the Read More

Aus einem deutschen Leben

Actors: Kai Taschner, Sigurd Fitzek

Synopsis: Franz Lang (Gotz George) was one of the commandants of the Auschwitz concentration camps. He was also a man whose honor consisted of following the orders given to him by his superiors as perfectly as possible, whatever those orders might be. This German-made movie chronicles his career beginning Read More

Vent d'Est

Actors: Gian Maria Volontè, Anne Wiazemsky, Allen Midgette

Synopsis: Noted French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard makes another foray into Marxist film in this poorly-wrought attempt at a political film. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Commandos

Actors: Lee Van Cleef

Synopsis: A combined force of Italian and American commandos are ordered to attack and take over an air base in North Africa with only two days to do it. The Italian film, dubbed into English, is also known as Sullivan's Marauders. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Blood of Fu Manchu

Actors: Richard Greene, Christopher Lee

Synopsis: The first of several collaborations between cult director Jesus Franco and British producer Harry Alan Towers, this horror-tinged adventure is full of jungle action, creative murders, and violent sexual sadism. Christopher Lee portrays the mysterious Asian madman Fu Manchu, plotting world Read More

Hypnosis

Synopsis: Hypnosis is a psychological thriller reminiscent of themes found in Magic and Dead of Night. Erik (Jean Sorel) is the assistant in a ventriloquist/hypnotist act starring Magda (Elenora Rossi-Drago) and her fiancé Georg (Massimo Serato) Because of his secret love for Magna, Erik kills off anyone Read More

Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi

Actors: Pierre Brice, Lex Barker

The Man Called Gringo

Synopsis: The Man Called Gringo (Sie Nannten ihn Gringo) is a German western, with the Alps standing in for the Rockies. Crooked lawyer Helmut Schmidt makes it his mission in life to destroy an old rancher. Schmidt hires Gringo (Dan Martin), a rootless soldier of fortune, to either drive the rancher off his Read More

Man or Beast

Synopsis: A Nazi man chases his brother, a German pacifist, who escaped from a concentration camp. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Ferien Mit Piroschka

Unter Geiern

Actors: Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer, Götz George, Walter Barnes

Synopsis: Frontier Hellcat was the fourth in a series of 1960s European westerns based on Karl May's "Winnetou" character. Stewart Granger takes over from Lex Barker in the leading "Anglo"-role of the mysterious maverick who wanders from town to town doing the "Lone Ranger" bit. The hellcat of the title is Elke Sommer Read More

Sie Nannten Ihn Gringo

Death Party

Mark of the Tortoise

Wartezimmer Zum Jenseits

Actors: Götz George, Carl Lange, Heinz Reincke

Synopsis: German director Alfred Vohrer often based his films on popular novels written by the likes of Edgar Wallace and Johannes Mario Simmel. British novelist James Hadley Chase's book Pay or Die was adapted to the screen for this Vohrer action feature. After denying a crime syndicate 100,000 pounds on Read More

Herrenpartie

Actors: Hans Nielsen, Götz George

Synopsis: While on tour in Yugoslavia, members of a German men's choir find themselves stranded when their bus runs out of petroleum. In the small village nearby live only women, all of whom are dressed in black. The women lost all the men in their village when, during the war, they were taken as prisoners Read More

Liebe Will Gelernt Sein

Mensch und Bestie

Actors: Götz George

Synopsis: This implausible story has two German brothers on opposite sides of the Nazi cause. One is a Nazi guard at a concentration camp, and the other a prisoner. The prisoner brother escapes, and after a debate among the officers, it is decided the Nazi brother is more loyal to the cause and Nazi Read More

Nur Tote Zeugen Schweigen

Die Fastnachtsbeichte

Synopsis: In this murder mystery, a man is killed during the carnival before Ash Wednesday right in front of a cathedral. Now a detective must solve the case. Initially, there are four suspects, the carnival prince, the dead man's father, and two women. A second murder occurs on Ash Wednesday. This leads Read More

Morderspiel

Actors: Magali Noël, Harry Meyen, Götz George, Hanne Wieder, Wolfgang Reichmann

Synopsis: A cold-blooded serial killer who murders only blonde women captures dramatic interest right at the beginning of this top-notch thriller, and reves up the interest to all-out suspense from that point onward. Harry Meyen is Andreas, the killer who has just murdered again when he is spotted by Read More

Ihr Schoenster Tag

Actors: Inge Meysel, Rudolf Platte, Sonja Ziemann, Brigitte Grothum

Synopsis: Adapted from a successful stage play, ~Window to the Hall~, this standard comedy centers on the gradual disillusionment of Annie Wiesner (Inge Meysel) who works in a Berlin rooming house as a cross between a door guardian and a receptionist. She has great hopes for her two daughters and one son Read More

Der Schatz im Silbersee

Actors: Pierre Brice, Götz George, Lex Barker, Herbert Lom, Karin Dor, Eddie Arent

Synopsis: Although filmed by a joint German-Yugoslav crew, this European western is set in the Southern United States and involves an oddly-named hero, Old Shatterhand (Lex Barker of Tarzan fame). O.S. has a sidekick, Winnetou, an Apache chief played by a rather understated Pierre Brice. The fuel behind the Read More

Der Teufel Spielte Balalaika

Actors: Charles Millot, Götz George, Rudolf Forster

Synopsis: Apparently based on real people, this story of Germans in a Russian POW camp still makes the altruistic, tolerant attitudes of the main protagonists seem less than convincing. The characters of the people involved in the camp are developed through dialogue and minimal action, without any visible Read More

Unser Haus in Kamerun

Kirmes

Actors: Juliette Mayniel, Götz George, Wolfgang Reichmann

Synopsis: A gripping, evocative wartime story set in Germany with anti-Nazi sentiments, this compelling drama is based on an actual incident. Everything starts when the skeleton of a long-dead soldier is found at a local fair. Flashbacks reveal that the skeleton is that of a young man who deserted the Read More

Until Hell Is Frozen

Synopsis: This drama chronicles the heroic endeavors of POWs trapped within a Russian prison camp in 1950 and their attempts to escape. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Jacqueline

Alter Kahn und Junge Liebe