William Berger Filmography

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I'm Dangerous Tonight

Actors: Mädchen Amick, Anthony Perkins

Synopsis: A made-for-TV effort from horror director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), this supernatural thriller is ostensibly based on the novella of the same name by Cornell Woolrich -- but the title is pretty much where the similarity ends. The plot involves a possessed Aztec ceremonial cloak Read More

Docteur M.

Actors: Alan Bates, Jennifer Beals, Jan Niklas, Hanns Zischler, Benoit Regent

Synopsis: Noted French director Claude Chabrol helmed this oddity, a remake of German director Fritz Lang's 1922 classic Dr. Mabuse. The film features an all-star international cast as it tells the futuristic horror story of a bizarre epidemic which has swept West Berlin leaving a grim trail of grisly Read More

Ragno gelido

Actors: Charlotte Lewis, William Berger, Marcello Modugno, Mattia Sbragia, Carola Stagnaro

Synopsis: This Italian production is the story of a young model who fears for her life after a series of prank phone calls. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Il Nido Del Ragno

Synopsis: The English-language title of this Italian thriller is The Spider's Nest. Ronald Wybenga plays an American scientist, who travels to Budapest to confer with a famous colleague. Upon arriving in Hungary, Wybenga discovers that the man he was to meet has died under mysterious circumstances. It seems Read More

Appuntamento a Trieste

Blue elettrico

Actors: Claudia Cardinale, Sara Triulzi, Matteo Mobilia, Athina Cenci, William Berger

Synopsis: This children's drama centers around a funeral, questions of life after death, and the meaning of love. It tells the tale of two wealthy children, who have every thing but their parents' love, and their nanny. The nanny is instructed to take the kids to their uncle's funeral. There they ask Read More

Luci Lontane

Django Strikes Again

Actors: Franco Nero, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Connelly, William Berger

Synopsis: Django was a successful and highly influential "spaghetti western," spawning over 30 pseudo-sequels that borrowed the name and the main character's bloodthirsty ways, but Django 2: Il Grande Ritorno (aka Django Strikes Again) was the first follow-up to feature Franco Nero reprising the title role Read More

Control

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Kate Nelligan, Ben Gazzara, Kate Reid

Synopsis: Fifteen strangers who have volunteered for an experiment in isolation are forced to deal with an even larger problem in this film from Italian director Giuliano Montaldo. A research group in Germany wants to study the effects of isolation in a nuclear shelter on human subjects and assembles a Read More

Distant Lights

Actors: Tomas Milian, Laura Morante, William Berger, Giacomo Piperno

Synopsis: In this English-dubbed version of an Italian sci-fi film, a group of aliens lands on the planet in spirit form and take over the bodies of the recently dead. Trouble begins when a toddler tells his dad that he sees his deceased mother walking around every day. When the father investigates, he sees Read More

Hell Hunters

Actors: Stewart Granger, George Lazenby, Maud Adams, William Berger, Eduardo Conde

Synopsis: Stewart Granger plays a Joseph Mengele type in the grim Hell Hunters. Hiding out in jungles of South America, Granger plans to poison the population of Los Angeles as revenge for the toppling of the Third Reich. Nazi hunters Maud Adams and George Lazenby race against time to foil the old Nazi's Read More

Tarot

Actors: Vera Tschechowa, Hanns Zischler, Rüdiger Vogler, Katharina Bohm, William Berger

Synopsis: Set in a country estate beside the river Alz, the focus on this intellectual German drama, an adaptation of a text by Goethe, is on the complex interaction and conversations between four people involved with the film industry. Edouard is a restless filmmaker who is planning to make a film out of Read More

Tex E Il Signore Degli Abissi

Actors: Giuliano Gemma, Carlo Mucari, William Berger, Isabel Russinova, Flavio Bucci

Synopsis: Based on a Texas Ranger comic-book hero who first rode into sight in 1948, this routine western is an Italian version of the adventures of Tex Willer (Giuliano Gemma), his sidekick Kit Carson (William Berger), and his Native American buddy Tiger Jack (Carlo Mucari). Predictably, Tiger Jack is Read More

Zielscheiben

Actors: Bernard Fresson, Oliver Stritzel, William Berger

Synopsis: This entertaining thriller, set along Germany's northern seacoast in the deserted off-season, is garnished with a dash of comedy and easily carried by its two main protagonists: Flutterer, a police detective (Bernard Fresson) and Zorro (Oliver Stritzel) a petty criminal who has to be escorted to a Read More

Christopher Columbus

Actors: Gabriel Byrne, Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow

Synopsis: Leading man Gabriel Byrne adds a "Harlequin Romance" dash to the two-part, six-hour TV movie Christopher Columbus. Seeking out a swifter route to the lucrative Indies, Genoa-born Columbus begs King John of Portugal (Max Von Sydow) to finance a westbound expedition. Failing this, he turns to Read More

The Berlin Affair

Actors: Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki, Hanns Zischler, Andrea Prodan, Philippe Leroy, Massimo Girotti

Synopsis: In 1938 Berlin, Gudrun Landgrebe, wife of Nazi functionary Kevin McNally, begins taking art lessons. She makes the acquaintance of another student, Japanese ambassador's daughter Mio Takaki. Soon afterwards, the two women begin a passionate lesbian affair. This leads to a chain reaction of Read More

Monster Shark

Actors: Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Gianni Garko, William Berger, Iris Peynard

Synopsis: In this moronic genre hybrid, at least seven credited writers -- including Luigi Cozzi, Sergio Martino, and Dardano Sacchetti -- throw Jaws, Piranha, and anything else they can find into a hopeless amalgam of hackneyed story, dull subplots, and terrible effects. Michael Sopkiw and Valentine Monnier Read More

Heimat

Actors: Marita Breuer, Dieter Schaad, Michael Lesch, Eva Maria Bayerwaltes, Rüdiger Weigang

Synopsis: Unlike other feature-length versions of European TV miniseries, Heimat loses nothing in its translation to the big screen. It was 15 1/2 hours on TV, and remained 15 1/2 hours in theatres! Produced for German television over a 5-year period, Heimat details the turbulent years between 1919 and 1982 Read More

The Adventures of Hercules

Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani, William Berger, Carlotta Green

Synopsis: Mighty Hercules (played by muscleman Lou Ferrigno) returns in this sequel. This papa Zeus sends Herc from Olympus to Earth to find seven stolen thunderbolts. Basically the film is Saturday afternoon kiddy matinee fodder, good for passing the time, but little else. The film is also known as Read More

Un Caso Di Incoscienza

Actors: Erland Josephson, Brigitte Fossey, Rüdiger Vogler, John Steiner, Claudio Cassinelli

Synopsis: In this made-for-television detective story set in the early 1930s, a missing Swedish millionaire is the target of a journalist who sets out to discover exactly what happened to the man and whether or not he is still alive. The biggest lead he has is the millionaire's attractive mistress, and the Read More

Hercules

Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Mirella D'Angelo, Sybil Danning, Ingrid Anderson, William Berger, Brad Harris

Synopsis: The 12 labors of Hercules were not the objective of this film starring Lou Ferrigno as the semi-divine son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene. Hercules must rescue Princess Cassiopea from her kidnappers, fight off grotesque laser-breathing monsters and in one case, jettison a giant bear up into space Read More

Il Momento Dell' Avventura

Actors: Peter Chatel, Laura Morante, William Berger

Synopsis: As the discovery of an ancient map leads to the archaeological search for a long-lost sculptor's studio, the outcome hardly seems as though it will be victorious for anyone, right from the beginning. Two Italian art forgers are in competition with an American dealer to lay claim to the ancient Read More

La Guerra del Ferro

Actors: Sam Pasco, Elvire Audray, George Eastman, Pamela Field, Jacques Herlin

Synopsis: George Eastman and Pamela Field star in Ironmaster. Seldom there has then been a more predictable 98 minutes' worth of Sword and Sorcery, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable. Eastman plays a primitive tribesman, exiled by his own people. In disgrace, Eastman is sent to live out his life on a Read More

Hanna K.

Actors: Jill Clayburgh, Jean Yanne, Gabriel Byrne, Mohammad Bakri, David Clennon

Synopsis: In this political drama, Hannah Kaufman, a Jewish-American attorney, must defend Selim Bakri, a young Palestinian suing Israel for the right to live on his Left Bank ancestral land. The government's lawyer, a cocky Israeli attorney, is Hannah's lover and the father of her unborn child. Conflict Read More

La Ragazza di Trieste

Actors: Mimsy Farmer, Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti

Synopsis: This ineffably bizarre drama stars Ben Gazzara as an American cartoonist who sees a beautiful woman named Nicole (Ornella Muti) being saved from drowning while he draws on the beach. He offers her a blanket, beginning a strange relationship with the obviously unbalanced woman which ends when she Read More

La Vela Incantata

Actors: Massimo Ranieri, Monica Guerritore, Lina Sastri, Remo Remotti, William Berger

Synopsis: The time is the late 1920s, and Angelo (Massimo Ranieri) and Tonino (Paolo Ricci) are two brothers traveling around the country in a rattle-trap truck, showing moving pictures to any group of people willing to pay. When they arrive in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Angelo strikes up a relationship Read More

Bosco D'Amore

Actors: Monica Guerritore, Rodolfo Bigotti, Stanko Molnar, Enzo Robutti, Chris Avram

Synopsis: The time is the mid-14th century --- the Pope is now residing at Avignon, the Black Death is killing millions across Europe, and civil wars are adding to the turmoil and chaos. In this story adapted from Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron, a young teenage couple is sent to live in a nearby town by the Read More

Il Giorno del Cobra

Actors: Franco Nero, Sybil Danning, William Berger, Carlo Gabriel Sparanero, Mario Maranzana

Synopsis: In this well-paced crime thriller, Larry Stanciani (Franco Nero) is a hard-boiled private investigator in San Francisco, an ex-cop kicked off the police force and thrown in prison for a time because of a frame-up by a Mafioso named Kandinsky. One day, he is called to the office of Goldsmith (William Berger Read More

La Noche de Los Asesinos

Actors: William Berger, Lina Romay

Synopsis: Cult director Jesus Franco's adaptation of John Willard's oft-filmed The Cat and the Canary is a fairly routine mystery about the residents of a Louisiana castle being murdered by a masked killer. Alberto Dalbes appears in a dual role as Maj. Brooks and the castle's doomed owner, Lord Marion, the Read More

Oil

Synopsis: In this made-for-television action adventure, brave firefighters attempt to quell a cataclysmic oil fire out in the Sahara. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mogliamante

Actors: Laura Antonelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Leonard Mann, Olga Karlatos

Synopsis: A comeback film of sorts for director Marco Vicario, Mogliamante stars Laura Antonelli as the wife of political activist Marcello Mastrioanni. When her husband has to go into hiding from the authorities, Laura consoles herself by going through his private papers. Curiously, discovering the length Read More

California Addio

Slaughterday

Synopsis: In this crime drama, an ingenious, unseen thief recruits ex-cons to join his gang via short-wave radio in hopes of pulling off a huge caper. Unfortunately, a woman inadvertently stands in his way, and violence ensues as he tries to move her and carry on with his plans. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More

Keoma

Synopsis: Half-breed Keoma (Franco Nero) returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell (Donald O'Brien), an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell Read More

Three Tough Guys

Actors: Lino Ventura, Isaac Hayes, Fred Williamson, Paula Kelly

Synopsis: This Italian film was made for the blaxploitation action niche, but sloppy dubbing and unintentionally funny dialogue kept it from packing the kind of action punch needed for box-office success. Father Charlie (Lino Venturi) is an ex-con who has been granted an exemption from canon law to become a Read More

Superfly T.N.T.

Actors: Rik Boyd, Silvio Nardo

Synopsis: This sequel to Superfly has former drug dealer Youngblood Priest living in Rome with his lover. His life has become peaceful and he is utterly bored, so when a gun-smuggling African revolutionary shows up, he decides to help him overthrow the tyrant who is running the rebel's country. ~ Sandra Read More

Verflucht Dies Amerika

Una Colt in Mano Al Diavolo

Lo Chiamavano Recuiescat Fasthand

Synopsis: Mario Bianchi directed this brutal spaghetti western under the pseudonym "Frank Bronston." William Berger plays a sadistic Confederate officer who bears a grudge against the Union. Taking a Union fort, Berger and his thuggish gang slaughter everyone in sight, torturing Captain Jeff Madison (Sergio Ciani Read More

Beyond Control

Sartana Nella Valle Degli Avvoltoi

Actors: William Berger, Jolanda Modio

Synopsis: One of seventeen sequels to Gianfranco Parolini's 1968 spaghetti western Sartana, this slow-moving entry has very little, if anything, to do with the series. The story concerns gunman Lee Calloway (William Berger), who agrees to help three outlaws break out of jail in exchange for half of their Read More

What a Way to Die

Synopsis: This crime drama is based on a true story from the 1930s and chronicles the adventurous exploits of two German men who went on a bloody crime spree. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Sabata

Actors: Lee Van Cleef, William Berger, Pedro Sanchez, Nick Jordan, Linda Véras, Franco Ressel

Synopsis: Spaghetti Western fans used to the likes of Django and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly might be taken by surprise when watching Sabata. True, the film does star spaghetti Western star Lee Van Cleef as the tight-lipped hero of the title, but it has a very different feel from the genre's traditional, Sergio Leone Read More

Sommersprossen

Actors: William Berger, Helmut Foernbacher, Helga Anders, Giorgia Moll, Grit Boettcher

Synopsis: This erotic and violent story begins with a Nazi official celebrating his birthday in a small town. He freely espouses the virtues of the youth of Germany while one such young man seduces his daughter in the next room. Another youth notifies the Nazi, who witnesses the debauchery. Both the young Read More

Una Lunga Fila di Croci

Synopsis: In this spaghetti western, an evangelical bounty hunter teams up with another to bring an outlaw gang that has been sneaking illegal immigrants over the border to sell as slaves to justice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Five Dolls for an August Moon

Synopsis: Legendary horror director Mario Bava did not want to make this standard thriller, and it certainly bears the lackadaisical mark of a contractual-obligation film. The plot is yet another variant on the Ten Little Indians story, with an inventor taking a group of investors to an island, where they Read More

Se Incontri Sartana Prega Per la Tua Morte

Actors: John Garko, William Berger, Sydney Chaplin, Klaus Kinski

Synopsis: In this western, an engimatic stranger stops a stage from being robbed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die!

Synopsis: After a rancher serves his prison sentence for a crime he did not commit, he contracts a gang of killers to hunt down the man who framed him. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

L'Uomo dei Cinque Palloni

Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak

Synopsis: Mario (Marcello Mastroianni) is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting. His principle romantic interest in this feature is played by Catherine Spaak. The majority of the film seems to come from previous efforts from 1964 and 1965 Read More

Every Bastard a King

Actors: Anna Maria Pier Angeli, William Berger, Oded Kotler, Yehoram Gaon, Ori Levy

Synopsis: This Israeli-made feature was originally titled Kol Mamzer Melech. Dramatizing an actual event that occurred during the Six-Day War of 1967, the film top-bills Italian actress Pier Angeli, but the central character is a pilot named Ralphi Cohen (played by Oded Kotler). Hoping to bring peace to his Read More

Faccia a Faccia

Synopsis: This Italian western contains subtle political undertones as it chronicles the exploits of a tubercular history professor who journeys to the American Southwest to recuperate. There he becomes fascinated by an outlaw who befriends him. The intelligent prof uses his brains to assist the outlaw. Read More

The Day the Fish Came Out

Actors: Tom Courtenay, Colin Blakely, Candice Bergen, Ian Ogilvy

Synopsis: Life on a remote Greek resort island is forever changed when two atomic bombs are accidentally dropped there when a NATO plane flies overhead. This comedy chronicles those changes. When the pilots realize they've lost their load, they bail out of their plane and head for the island to get help. Read More

The Murder Clinic

Actors: William Berger, Max Dean, Anne Field, William Gold

Synopsis: This spooky Italian thriller is set in a remote medical clinic for the deaf-mute in a town terrorized by a mysterious hooded slasher. Many suspect that the doctor himself has been killing lovely young women. The rumors say that he does the grisly deeds to help reconstruct the quick-lime burned Read More