Thomas KretschmannFilmography

Valkyrie

Actors: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten

Synopsis: At the absolute height of World War II, German generals hatch a daring plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and effectively render the German war machine impotent. Directed by Bryan Singer, Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the real-life mastermind behind the elaborate plot Read More

Transsiberian

Actors: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega

Synopsis: When an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) traveling from China to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway meets an outwardly friendly couple (Eduardo Noriega and Kate Mara) traveling the same route, deception soon gives way to murder in The Machinist director Brad Anderson's tense Read More

Wanted

Actors: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common

Synopsis: Night Watch director Timur Bekmambetov helms his first English-language feature film with this big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's action-packed graphic novel. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is a cube-dwelling hypochondriac whose uneventful life has become a mundane blur of terminal boredom. Read More

Mogadishu Welcome

Actors: Nadja Uhl, Saïd Taghmaoui, Thomas Kretschmann

Next

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Thomas Kretschmann, Tory Kittles

Synopsis: A man with the ability to see the future and change the outcome of events before they occur is forced to choose between saving himself and saving the world in this supernatural thriller starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day, The Edge). Cris Johnson (Cage) is a Las Read More

Die Wilden huhner und Die Liebe

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

The Celestine Prophecy

Actors: Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, Sarah Wayne Callies, Annabeth Gish, Hector Elizondo, Joaquim de Almeida

Synopsis: The prophecy of a worldwide spiritual awakening gradually begins to come into focus in director Armand Mastroianni and screenwriters James Redfield, Barnet Bain, and Dan Gordon's sweeping adaptation of James Redfield's best-selling novel. John Woodson (Matthew Settle) was a high-school history Read More

In Tranzit

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Vera Farmiga, Daniel Brühl, Natalie Press, Ingeborga Dapkunaite

Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Keri Russell, Thomas Huber

Synopsis: A young woman finds herself becoming obsessed with a violently disturbed man in this gruesome thriller inspired by actual events. Katie Armstrong (Keri Russell) is an American college student who is majoring in criminal psychology while studying abroad in Germany. Needing to explore a notorious Read More

King Kong

Actors: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis

Synopsis: One of the greatest adventure stories in Hollywood history gets a new interpretation in this action drama from Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson. In the early 1930's, Carl Denham (Jack Black) is a daring filmmaker and adventurer who has gained a reputation for his pictures documenting Read More

Downfall

Actors: Bruno Ganz, Juliane Köhler, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes

Synopsis: The last ten days of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime are seen through the eyes of a young woman in his employ in this historical drama from Germany. Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) was 22 years old when, in the fall of 1942, she was hired to be personal secretary to Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz). Read More

Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Bruno Ganz, Joaquim de Almeida, John Albasiny, Paulius Ignatavicius

Synopsis: The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne is explored as actor Thomas Kretschmann takes on the role of Pope John Paul II in director Jeff Bleckner's Read More

Head in the Clouds

Actors: Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Thomas Kretschmann

Synopsis: Australian filmmaker John Duigan directs the romantic war drama Head in the Clouds. Charlize Theron stars as ambitious photographer Gilda Bessé, who lives in France during the 1930s. She shares her stylish luxury apartment in Paris with Cambridge student Guy (Stuart Townsend) from Ireland and Read More

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Actors: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Sophie Vavasseur

Synopsis: One of the only survivors of a man-made plague joins forces with a team of private warriors in a bid to save what's left of the Earth in this sequel to Resident Evil, the big-screen adaptation of the popular video game. Picking up where the first film left off, Resident Evil: Apocalypse finds Read More

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2

Actors: Jon Voight, Scott Baio, Vanessa Angel

Synopsis: Directed by Bob Clark, Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2 follows a new generation of ultra-smart talking toddlers who have landed in the center of a dastardly scheme perpetrated by media mogul Bill Biscane (Jon Voight). With the help of Kahuna (Leo, Myles, and Gerry Fitzgerald); part spy, part Read More

Immortel Ad Vitam

Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Thomas Kretschmann, Linda Hardy, Frederic Pierrot, Thomas M. Pollard

Synopsis: The year is 2095 and the ancient Egyptian gods have returned to Earth to cast judgment on the falcon-headed god Horus in this epic fantasy from comic-book creator Enki Bilal. Given only one week by the gods to preserve his immortality, Horus must search New York City and find both a human host Read More

Frankenstein

Actors: Parker Posey, Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Adam Goldberg

Synopsis: This made-for-cable Frankenstein was originally intended as the pilot for a weekly series based on Frankenstein: The Prodigal Son, a novel by Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson. The story is set in modern-day New Orleans, the home of demented scientist Dr. Victor Helios (Thomas Kretschmann). Helios Read More

Papa Rua Alguem 5555

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Charlton Heston, F. Murray Abraham, Thomas Heinze, Alberto Bevilacqua

Karate Dog

Actors: Chevy Chase, Jon Voight, Simon Rex, Jaime Pressly, Thomas Kretschmann

Synopsis: When his Zen master is mysteriously murdered and a biochemical maniac sets into motion a devious plan to control the entire world, it's up to one karate-chopping canine to leap into action in a hilarious tale of man versus man's best friend from A Christmas Story director Bob Clark. His master may Read More

Snowland

Actors: Thomas Kretschmann, Julia Jentsch, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Mühe, Oliver Stokowski

Synopsis: Following in the footsteps of The Weight of Water and other recent films, Hans W. Geissendorfer's arthouse drama Snowland (AKA Schneeland, 2004) juxtaposes stories set in two different time frames. In contemporary Sweden, Elisabeth (Maria Schrader), a young wife and mother, learns that her husband Read More

In Enemy Hands

Actors: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Thomas Kretschmann, Lauren Holly

Synopsis: As Hitler's grip of fear continues to tighten during World War II, the capture of the U.S.S. Swordfish by a German U-boat leads to a brutal struggle for survival between axis and allies deep beneath the ocean surface. Following the capture of the U.S.S. Swordfish, the German crew soon begins to Read More

The Pianist

Actors: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox

Synopsis: Filmmaker Roman Polanski, who as a boy growing up in Poland watched while the Nazis devastated his country during World War II, directed this downbeat drama based on the true story of a privileged musician who spent five years struggling against the Nazi occupation of Warsaw. Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody Read More

Blade II

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela

Synopsis: Four years after scoring a box-office touchdown with Blade (1998), actor Wesley Snipes returns to portray the Marvel Comics character again in this sequel that teams him with Mexican horror director Guillermo del Toro. A half-vampire, half-human hybrid, Blade (Snipes) is a merciless vampire hunter Read More

I Cavalieri che fecero l'impresa

Actors: Edward Furlong, Raoul Bova, Marco Leonardi, Thomas Kretschmann, Stanislas Merhar

Synopsis: A handful of young knights are given the grave responsibility of rescuing one of the most sacred relics in Christianity in this lavish historical epic. In the year 1272, the bloody swath of the Crusades has swept much of Europe, and King Louis IX of France dies after a battle in Tunisia. After the Read More

U-571

Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber

Synopsis: In this World War II action thriller, American reconnaissance agents learn that a German submarine is sinking. The doomed ship carries an Enigma Machine, a special coding device that allows high-level Axis forces to send messages that can't be read without a similar encryption mechanism. Obtaining Read More

Green Sails

Actors: Marcus Graham, Alexandra Paul, Michael Ontkean, Thomas Kretschmann

Synopsis: An upwardly mobile CCT executive finds his life and career suddenly spinning out of control after he uncovers a vast corporate conspiracy in this thriller starring Marcus Graham, Thomas Kretschmann, and Alexandra Paul. Will Patterson (Graham) was set to become a powerful executive at the time he Read More

Esther

Actors: Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham, Jürgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Ornella Muti

Synopsis: The tenth in a series of made-for-TV movies based on stories from the Bible, this drama stars Louise Lombard as Esther, a common Jewish woman who rose to wealth and power when she captured the heart of the King of Persia. Eventually, Esther opted to use her influence to win freedom and a better Read More

Total Recall 2070

Actors: Michael Easton, Karl Pruner, Cynthia Preston, Michael Anthony Rawlins, Judith Krant

Synopsis: This series for the Showtime premium cable network was based on the hit 1990 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone. In the year 2070, David Hume (played by Michael Easton) is a futuristic law enforcement officer who discovers that the death of his partner was not accident -- that it Read More

Tease

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Jürgen Prochnow, Thomas Kretschmann, Mandy Schaffer

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV suspense story, Dana Lazlo (Rosanna Arquette) is an actress who is struggling to put her life back together after a near fatal accident. Hoping to follow a new path, Dana and her partner Carl Kreiger (Jurgen Prochnow) decide to start a new business, and Dana sees this as an Read More

Total Reality

Actors: David Bradley, Thomas Kretschmann, Ely Pouget

Synopsis: A soldier must confront the past to save the future in this sci-fi adventure. In the year 2128, the Earth has become a battleground, where the forces of fascist leader Gen. Tunis (Thomas Kretschmann) have been beaten into submission. However, the victory of the anti-fascist Alliance has come at Read More

Coppia Omicida

Actors: Raoul Bova, Francesca Schiavo, Laura Morante, Thomas Kretschmann, Raz Degan

Synopsis: Claudio Fragasso directed this Italian thriller in which a former French secret service agent (top Israeli male model Raz Degan) recruits newlyweds to become assassins. After Carla (Laura Morante), married to Domenico (Thomas Kretschmann), kills several people, neighbor Dario (TV-star Raoul Bova) Read More

The Stendhal Syndrome

Synopsis: The title affliction causes sufferers to react to paintings in extreme and bizarre ways. In the case of police detective Anna Manni, she swoons and feels herself entering hallucinatory versions of the artwork she sees. This Italian psychothriller contains dark elements of horror as Manni tries to Read More

Ainsi Soient-Elles

Actors: Marine Delterme, Florence Thomassin, Amira Casar, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey

Synopsis: Three French women in their 20s wrestle with their feelings about the nature of romance in this drama that chronicles their love lives over a 6 month period. The film opens with scenes that not only introduce the women, they also tell the viewer what is to become of two of them. Marie, who likes Read More

Marciando Nel Buio

Synopsis: A young soldier is brutally raped and attempts to bring the culprit to justice in this Italian drama. The victim is 20-year-old Saro, a naïve young man who has left his tiny mountain village to join the Airborne Assault force. His first real friend is sergeant Tricarico who shows Saro around the Read More

Queen Margot

Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez, Virna Lisi

Synopsis: The historical novel by Alexandre Dumas was adapted for the screen with this lavish French epic, winner of 5 Césars and a pair of awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marguerite de Valois, better known as Margot, daughter of scheming Catholic power player Catherine de Read More

Shining Through

Actors: Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud

Synopsis: Kewpie-doll voiced Melanie Griffith does a sexed-up Nancy Drew turn in David Seltzer's adaptation of Susan Issacs' novel Shining Through. Set during World war II, Griffith plays Linda Voss, a spunky New York girl who applies for a job with international lawyer Ed Leland (Michael Douglas). Ed hires Read More

Stalingrad

Actors: Dominique Horwitz, Thomas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Dana Vávrová

Synopsis: This German battlefield drama, released on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the climactic 1943 defeat of the Nazi forces at Stalingrad in Russia, does not paint a pretty picture either of war itself or of the Germans fighting in that war. Out of hundreds of thousands of previously Read More