Bruno F. Apitz

Acting

Bruno F. Apitz

Born

1957-01-01 (69)

Place of birth

Dresden, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Never Look Away poster
7.7

German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regime.

Never Look Away

2018

Jerry Cotton poster
5.9

Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.

Jerry Cotton

2010

Pigeons on the Roof poster
6.6

Youssef's falafel are the bestseller. Unfortunately, his small snack bar on Berliner Sonnenallee lacks the required splash guard. The meticulous Peggy of the Public Order Office knows no mercy: The desperate Lebanese has to close the shop, but then the unlikely happens: The shy official falls in love with the spirited Orientals. In this episodic big city comedy, the elementary particles of love collide. Katja Riemann and Olli Dittrich prove their incredible versatility in ten different roles

Pigeons on the Roof

2011

The Secret of the Whales poster
2.5

In New Zealand, a scientist, his family and down-on-his-luck investigator are trying to prove that the beaching of the local whale population is caused by activities of a corporation which is searching for natural gas in the area.

The Secret of the Whales

2010

Mörder kennen keine Grenzen poster
6.0

While searching for a serial killer in Berlin's tunnel system, investigator Maik Brunner is hit by a subway train. He wakes up in hospital - in the GDR, in 1984! Lieutenant Kempe is already waiting for him - she is working with him on a series of murders very similar to the one in 2009. Here, too, the perpetrator has poisoned his victims. And here, too, he knows his way around the underground. If Brunner catches the perpetrator in 1984, he could save his girlfriend. In 2009, she is in the hands of the madman...

Mörder kennen keine Grenzen

2010

Toni Costa: Kommissar auf Ibiza - Der rote Regen poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Toni Costa: Kommissar auf Ibiza - Der rote Regen

2011

Trau’ niemals deinem Chef poster
NR

On his birthday of all days: Oskar Moedebeck, a long-serving sales manager, is demoted and put in front of a boss half his age. And this Raphael Bluhm also turns out to be the new neighbor with whom the staid Oskar had a run-in first thing in the morning. Oskar can't believe it, but Raphael is already making out with the single mother next door - Oskar's daughter!

Trau’ niemals deinem Chef

2010

No artwork available
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Im Dschungel

2010

Willkommen in Kölleda poster
3.9

Jens Lehnert sends his grumpy consultancy partner and key employee Carla Schneider to audit the old-fashioned mint farming of a collective in Saxony. In an attempt to coax a probably negative report, unwitting the assessor is female, she's lodged with its director Simon Vorberg and his charming family, but it alas starts on a frightening tone. Gradually, she's charmed by the village and especially the Vorbergs, alas unlike the enterprise, yet is inspired by the inventive villagers' fair stalls.

Willkommen in Kölleda

2012

2000s · 23 titles

Liebes Spiel poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

Liebes Spiel

2005

Der zweite Frühling poster
6.3

Hanne and Barbara, girlfriends in their prime, go to Bad Elster for a cure, where they really let it crack - much to the delight of entrepreneur Edzard and globetrotter Georg. But the way to the second spring is not without thorns: The strict head nurse displeases the behavior of Hanne and Barbara very much. In addition, the two girlfriends dizzy their new admirers to secure their chances in the opposite sex. Unfortunately, these lies have short legs and the new love luck has to pass so much more than a test.

Der zweite Frühling

2003

Herzdamen poster
4.5

Three seasoned women, successful and in the prime of their years, have had enough of the masters of creation. Maria finally leaves her husband Josef, to whom she led the common starred restaurant in Vienna in spite of his affairs during the marriage. The family judge Steffi wants to find a new beginning after their early retirement, and the pharmacist Carola is tired of being the eternal lover of her married friend. The trio travel from Vienna to Saxony, where Maria inherited a small castle-like estate.

Herzdamen

2006

Engel sucht Liebe poster
7.9

Before Christmas, the angels have the mission to make happier 70% of the people. The story is based on angel Uriel and two new angels helping him.

Engel sucht Liebe

2009

Heimweh nach drüben poster
NR

This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to attend his brother Hubert's fiftieth birthday. At the same time, his son Martin and his daughter-in-law Bettina flee their communist home country in a balloon, what Stephan didn't know. As the East Germans believe he helped them to escape, he isn't allowed to return, so Martin writes a letter to the country's leader Erich Honecker. However, now the West Germans think that Stephan is a spy.

Heimweh nach drüben

2007

The Moon and Other Lovers poster
5.0

The story of Hanna, a woman who will not take life’s setbacks and knock-downs sitting down. Instead, she takes them in her stride, picks herself up and marches onward. This is a woman who continually draws new courage from her inexhaustible will to live. Whatever losses and uncertainties come her way, she remains true to herself.

The Moon and Other Lovers

2008

No artwork available
7.0

The family happiness of young mother and wife Jenny is suddenly shattered when she finds her neighbor's seven-year-old daughter Luzi dead in the woods. Everything points to her son Tim being partly responsible for Luzi's death.

Unter dem Eis

2005

Tango im Schnee poster
3.5

Ella Talbach lives a settled, middle-class life alongside her husband Manfred, who is currently campaigning for re-election as mayor. On her 60th birthday, her granddaughter Lili arranges a surprise visit from the Viennese musician Franz, of whom she only knows that he recorded a tango record with Ella 40 years ago. Lili has no idea that Franz was Ella's great love. Disappointed by a breach of trust, she had left him with a heavy heart. At the birthday party, Ella and Franz dance together - and their touch causes old feelings to flare up. Without further ado, she travels to Vienna to see Franz. The old dream of touring South America together suddenly seems close at hand. But Ella wants to support her husband in the election campaign and asks Franz to postpone the trip...

Tango im Schnee

2009

Baby frei Haus poster
5.0

Star photographer Christoph Baumgartner and his neighbor Kurt Schollwer, a former record-breaking swimmer, are intimate enemies. The two fight each other tooth and nail. Their petty war is abruptly interrupted when the two discover an abandoned baby on their doorstep. At first, each suspects the other of being the raven father. A genetic test is due...

Baby frei Haus

2009

No artwork available
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

Hunger auf Leben

2004

Die Frau am Ende der Straße poster
1.0

Maren Eggert and Matthias Brandt star in this drama about a family, trying to start a new life, which fails because of the mother's mental disease. After a difficult time, Martina and Stefan Schneider move into their new house. Although the couple and their son Daniel seem to be happy, Martina suffers from a mental disease. When Evelin and Klaus Garbers become their new neighbors, they soon make friends with the Schneiders. However, Martina thinks that Evelin and Stefan have an affair, so she gets into a panic when Evelin announces her pregnancy. Martina believes that her husband is the baby's father...

Die Frau am Ende der Straße

2007

Die Frau des Heimkehrers poster
6.0

The elaborately staged and lovingly furnished melodrama tells the moving story of a wife and mother after the Second World War. In the title role Christine Neubauer shows another facet of her versatility. Timothy Peach and Martin Feifel play at their side. Other main roles include Eva-Maria Hagen and Peter Sodann. Gaby Kubach directed a book by the renowned author Felix Huby.

Die Frau des Heimkehrers

2006

1:0 für das Glück poster
6.0

Petra Winter, the notorious headmistress of Berlin's Fröbel-Gymnasium, is known for her strictness and harsh treatment of the school administration. Even the friendly janitor Christian Brenner has a hard time with the principal's uptight manner. To get one over on the hated Ms. Winter, her colleagues arrange for her to stand in for the PE teacher. Now the principal, who is feared by the pupils, has to look after the school's flagging soccer team. But what nobody knows is that Petra Winter is a passionate soccer fan. The janitor, who has his eye on the principal, helps her train the team for a crucial match. Over the course of this time, the headmistress softens more and more and realizes that friendship is more important than discipline.

1:0 für das Glück

2008

Charlotte Link – Der fremde Gast poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Charlotte Link – Der fremde Gast

2007

Tage des Sturms poster
3.8

On June 17, 1953, there was an outrageous action between the Elbe and the Oder: the people in the GDR refused obedience to their political leadership. The story takes place in Bitterfeld and tells the story of a family involved in the political events around 17 June.

Tage des Sturms

2003

Einspruch für die Liebe poster
6.3

The Munich business lawyer Marc is not happy: Instead of going to New York as planned, he has to travel to the province of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania at short notice to represent his sick grandfather as a pub owner for four weeks. The lawyer juggles millions of dollars every day - it should be easy for him to get grandpa's ailing tavern going with Western know-how. But the down-to-earth Ossis are not in the mood for tapas and Thai food. Marc only realizes this when he gets to know and love the young, single parent Carmen. When Marc's fiancée Lisa shows up, decisions are pending.

Einspruch für die Liebe

2002

No artwork available
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der fremde Gast

2007

Eschede Zug 884 poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eschede Zug 884

2008

No artwork available
8.0

A reporter has only one purpose after the death of his daughter: find the fugitive driver responsible for the accident.

Die Abrechnung

2006

Liebe ist die halbe Miete poster
7.3

Franziska Naumann happily greets her allegedly new neighbor Dr. Gottfried Naumann. She is very surprised when he wants to move into the same apartment in which just the movers carry their furniture. Even Gottfried is surprised - Franziska has not only the same name as he, but apparently also rented the same apartment. Without compromising, the quarreled estate agents Beate and Werner Wüstholtz has rented the apartment twice. There is only one solution: until the circumstances are clarified, the unequal couple must live together in the apartment. The fight burns.

Liebe ist die halbe Miete

2002

Vaterherz poster
6.3

Everything seems to be going according to plan for graduate engineer Oliver Berger. He has only just landed a lucrative contract for his employer when he is already entrusted with the next major project. He willingly puts up with constant trips abroad and working through weekends. Meanwhile, his wife Lena and his ten-year-old son Moritz wait for him at his apartment in Erfurt or at the weekend house. Berger has never worried that his marriage might suffer as a result of his job. So he is all the more stunned when Lena leaves him at the drop of a hat. Suddenly, Berger is a single father.

Vaterherz

2007

Werther poster
6.0

Charts the emotional journey of a young man who falls in love with Lotte, engaged to another man. As he realizes that his passion is doomed to failure and constant pain, Werther contemplates taking the most drastic measures.

Werther

2008

Jena Paradies poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jena Paradies

2005

Series credits

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

Leute heute poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Leute heute

1997

Die Rosenheim-Cops poster
6.2

A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.

Die Rosenheim-Cops

2002

SOKO München poster
5.9

SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.

SOKO München

1978

SOKO Köln poster
6.4

The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.

SOKO Köln

2003

SOKO Köln poster
6.4

The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.

SOKO Köln

2003

Leipzig Homicide poster
5.9

SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.

Leipzig Homicide

2001

Leipzig Homicide poster
5.9

SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.

Leipzig Homicide

2001

SOKO Wismar poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

SOKO Wismar

2004

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

SOKO Stuttgart poster
6.0

The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.

SOKO Stuttgart

2009

Hamburg Dockland poster
5.8

Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.

Hamburg Dockland

2007

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Im Namen des Gesetzes

1994

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP poster
6.0

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP was a German hospital drama television series which aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district.

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

1997

Unser Charly poster
5.7

The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.

Unser Charly

1995

Inga Lindström poster
4.9

Series written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström" and her family. Characterized by impressive landscapes, all of which are shot on location in Sweden. Series has no continuous storyline, and each episode is filled with new characters.

Inga Lindström

2004

Wilsberg poster
7.8

Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.

Wilsberg

1995

Letzte Spur Berlin poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Letzte Spur Berlin

2012

Der letzte Zeuge poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der letzte Zeuge

1998

SOKO Hamburg poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

SOKO Hamburg

2018

Danni Lowinski poster
5.6

Danni Lowinski is a former hairdresser who has graduated in law. When she does not get a job at a law firm, she starts to give legal advice from the basement of a shopping mall.

Danni Lowinski

2010

Kleo poster
7.1

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former East German spy resolves to find out who betrayed her and why — and use her lethal skills to exact revenge.

Kleo

2022

Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara

2012

Kreuzfahrt ins Glück poster
3.7

A picturesque journey on the waves of love and life. Each episode embarks on a tantalizing cruise, intertwining the stories of newlyweds beginning their matrimonial journey and the ship's crew navigating their own personal tribulations. As breathtaking locations unfurl in the backdrop, heartwarming encounters and serendipitous moments greet the passengers. However, it's not all smooth sailing—each voyage confronts its fair share of tempests, from past heartbreaks resurfacing to unexpected on-board mishaps. Yet, amidst the ebb and flow of emotions, the series consistently delivers an uplifting message: love and understanding can steer any ship to safe harbor. A truly heartwarming watch.

Kreuzfahrt ins Glück

2007

Zoo Doctor: My Mon the Vet poster
4.9

Tierärztin Dr. Mertens is a German television series.

Zoo Doctor: My Mon the Vet

2006

Dr. Nice poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Dr. Nice

2023

Abschnitt 40 poster
6.5

Abschnitt 40 was a German police television series broadcast between May 21 2001 and 2006. It was aired on RTL Television.

Abschnitt 40

2001

GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben poster
6.4

GSG 9 is a German TV-series about the special unit GSG 9 der Bundespolizei of the German Federal Police. It premièred in the Spring of 2007. Its original title, GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben, is a pun on the word Einsatz. Einsatz can be translated as "mission, stake, bet, dedication", depending on the context. Thus, it can be translated as, GSG 9 - Their Mission Is Their Life or GSG 9 - They Put Their Lives at Stake.

GSG 9 - Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben

2007

Heiter bis tödlich - Akte Ex poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Heiter bis tödlich - Akte Ex

2012

No artwork available
NR

R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten is a German television series broadcast by Sat.1 since 2007. The R. I. S. in the title is an acronym for Rechtsmedizinische Investigative Sonderkommission, referring to the fictional police investigation unit that is the focus of the series. The series, a crime drama, is a remake of an Italian television series entitled RIS Delitti Imperfetti. The first season ended on 10 June 2007. The second and final season with another 13 episodes began airing 15 November 2007.

R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten

2007

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Klinik am Alex

2009

Kanzleramt poster
7.0

Kanzleramt is a German television series based on the template of the American tv series The West Wing. It is primarily set in the office of fictional Chancellor of Germany Andreas Weyher, telling stories about the German head of government's political career and private life as a widower and father of a teenage daughter. It was neither a critical nor ratings success, and was cancelled after twelve episodes.

Kanzleramt

2005