Klaus Münster

Acting

Klaus Münster

Born

1935-09-03 (91)

Place of birth

Bad Köstritz, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

100 titles

Klaus Münster (born September 3, 1935, in Bad Köstritz, Germany) is a German actor and voice actor. Trained in Berlin, he began his career on stage in the former East Germany before continuing his theatre work in West Germany, Austria, and on international tours. Since the early 1960s, Münster has appeared in more than 200 film and television productions, typically in supporting roles, ranging from popular genre films to works by acclaimed directors such as Wolfgang Staudte and Michael Verhoeven. In addition to his screen work, he has been active as a voice actor and as a writer and presenter for German television and radio.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 3 titles

1990s · 5 titles

Shining Through poster
6.5

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.

Shining Through

1992

Pappa ante Portas poster
7.6

Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40 years just to get discount. Heinrich's boss decides it’s time for him to retire early. Heinrich suddenly finds himself with nothing to do—except micromanage his household, much to the dismay of his wife Renate and their son Dieter

Pappa ante Portas

1991

A Fairy for Dessert poster
4.0

Julchen is the "feminine" (transvestite) and definitely motherly half of a couple of homosexual men, the "co-fathers" of a pleasant part-Moroccan girl. The girl has been told that her mother is dead, but Julchen knows this is not true.

A Fairy for Dessert

1992

Der Sandmann poster
5.6

The ambitious young Ina Littmann is an investigative journalist for the TV talk show "Eye in Eye". Her current subject is Henry Kupfer, who wrote a bestseller about a psychopathic killer after he was himself in prison for 8 years for manslaughter. As an entry for the show Ina plans to use a current series of brutal murders among prostitutes. When Ina meets Kupfer, she is despised and fascinated at the same time. Soon she's convinced that Kupfer not only writes about murders, but commits them himself. She smells a smash hit and prepares to prove him guilty on the show.

Der Sandmann

1995

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Glück im Grünen

1994

1980s · 19 titles

The Fan poster
6.6

The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.

The Fan

1982

The White Rose poster
6.1

During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decisions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell which they name the "White Rose" after a newsletter that is secretly distributed to the student body. At first small in numbers and fearful of discovery, the White Rose begins to gain massive support after a Nazi Gauleiter nearly incites a student riot after a provokative speech. At this point, the matter is taken over by the German Gestapo, who pledge to hunt down and destroy the members of the White Rose.

The White Rose

1982

Happy Weekend poster
4.2

To save an old hotel in Tyrol from demolition, three lively girls and their friends come up with the idea of converting it into a disco. However, the conservative mayor forbids such an "immoral noise hall" in his town. With unusual ideas and the use of "feminine" arguments, the young people try to convince the mayor and police chief to allow such an establishment. A gang of rockers and two sheikhs with their harem, who are searching for new oil wells, also cause quite a stir in the sleepy little town.

Happy Weekend

1983

No artwork available
9.5

A short directed by Monika Zinnenberg.

Hilfe

1986

Melody of Passion poster
6.5

A student from Munich, Sonja Martin, inherits a castle in Mallorca from her aunt. What she doesn't know is that the lawyer of her deceased aunt has turned the castle into a luxury brothel.

Melody of Passion

1986

Schwarzfahrer poster
4.7

Chris, Alois and Harry keep their heads above water in West Berlin with small robberies and odd jobs. When they manage to rob an armored car coming from East Berlin, it's a dream come true for them...

Schwarzfahrer

1983

The Lite Trap poster
4.7

Germany, 1981. State Security Service agent Harald Love is sent on a secret mission from the GDR to the Federal Republic, to verify an informant with the code name "Heinz" who is suspected to be a double agent. A job that may change his life forever...

The Lite Trap

1982

No artwork available
4.5

Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.

Today We're Playing Boss

1981

Ödipussi poster
7.0

Paul Winkelmann is the CEO of a successful business in Hamburg that he took over after the death of his father eight years ago. But he is still strongly dominated by his 78 year old mother who cares for him as a child, and who cannot understand why he took an apartment on his own after all these years. The real "problem" starts when Paul gets to know psychologist Margarethe Tietze whose relationship to her parents is also not so easy after all.

Ödipussi

1988

Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie poster
9.0

The story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout, aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family who lived between 1585 and 1645 and moved to St. Omer in Walloon France, where she joined the Order of St. Clare, later returning to England to found her own order and devote her life to helping others.

Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

1985

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Grenze

1981

Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen poster
7.5

A biologist has succeeded in growing a particularly energy-rich lettuce and now the whole world wants to get hold of the product.

Warum die UFOs unseren Salat klauen

1980

Mit mir nicht, du Knallkopp poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mit mir nicht, du Knallkopp

1983

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Spätes Glück nicht ausgeschlossen

1988

The Man on the Wall poster
9.3

An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.

The Man on the Wall

1982

Manuel poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Manuel

1986

Für 'n Groschen Brause poster
7.5

Tomas and his friends are happy in their town and school but must face the fact that some of the adults around are preparing to leave GDR and move to West Germany.

Für 'n Groschen Brause

1983

After Midnight poster
4.5

The Political drama shows the denunciation and persecution of the 19-year-old Sanne in the Nazi state. After she falls in love with her cousin, Sanne is betrayed by her jealous aunt to the Gestapo.

After Midnight

1981

Die Frau ohne Körper und der Projektionist poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Frau ohne Körper und der Projektionist

1984

1970s · 25 titles

Campus Pussycats poster
4.1

After two students are caught doing “extra-curricular” activities in an abandoned school classroom, they plead their case to the student council. To the headmaster’s surprise, the teen lovers expose what’s really going on in their school behind closed doors....

Campus Pussycats

1973

2069: A Sex Odyssey poster
4.2

Five vixens from Venus are sent to Earth to bring back sperm samples to their planet, which is dying out because there are no men left on it. After they land, they find that it's not all that difficult persuading Earthmen to help them in their quest.

2069: A Sex Odyssey

1974

The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried poster
3.8

An "adults only" retelling of the legend of Siegfried.

The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried

1971

Teenage Playmates poster
4.5

In Part 7, the filmmakers explore what’s lacking in modern German schoolgirls.

Teenage Playmates

1974

Bohr weiter, Kumpel! poster
3.4

Egon Kappes has a problem. For years, the honest and righteous mountain man has played the lottery with his buddies, and for once he has a winning ticket! But Egon can't find the ticket, and his buddies only have a few days before they have to pay back the usurious "butcher of loans" Noppeney. As the financial situation becomes more dire, Egon forgets about the search for the ticket, and pimps out his wife Erna (Alena Penz) in a brothel of women (run by Elisabeth Volkmann). They go on a shopping spree while completely forgetting about the loan. After a mental breakdown and being committed to a psychiatric clinic, Egon "comes across" two self-sacrificing nurses Monika and Veronica (Uschi Karnat), who help him remember where the winning lottery ticket was placed...

Bohr weiter, Kumpel!

1974

Hey Marie, ich brauch mehr Schlaf - Auf ins blaukarierte Himmelbett poster
2.8

About a village gone mad about a suspected treasure and about antagonistic neighbours and their decidely less antagonistic offspring.

Hey Marie, ich brauch mehr Schlaf - Auf ins blaukarierte Himmelbett

1974

Swap Meet at the Love Shack poster
4.0

When you're as pretty as Iris, choose an analysis of the love market as your doctoral thesis and also want to gain practical experience, you have to expect to get involved in delicate and not always entirely safe, but at least amusing situations. And since Iris can't manage all these love adventures alone, she enlists her circle of friends to help her with her research...

Swap Meet at the Love Shack

1973

Wide Open Marriage poster
3.1

The fourth part of the series about permanently neglected and frustrated wives focuses on women in Budapest, London, New York, Paris and Barcelona.

Wide Open Marriage

1973

Sex Clinic '74 poster
5.8

A bunch of high school graduates practice love with their classmates who have a lot of experience, because they spend their free time as escort ladies and therefore earn a lot of money.

Sex Clinic '74

1973

Girls and the Love Games poster
4.2

Five vignettes around the theme of what can happen when teenagers' parents are away from home ... and then return unexpectedly.

Girls and the Love Games

1972

Grüß Gott, ich komm von drüben poster
7.0

A Swabian shoe factory comes into the possession of the GDR as an inheritance. The new managing director "from over there" tries to reorganize production methods and working conditions from a socialist point of view. The idea is an appealing satirical "comparison of systems" that suffers from somewhat uninspired direction.

Grüß Gott, ich komm von drüben

1978

News from Robber Hotzenplotz poster
7.0

Cunning Hotzenplotz has managed to escape from the village prison with a trick. Kasperl and Seppl immediately set off to recapture the escaped villain. They finally find him in his secret hiding place in the middle of the deep forest. But not only is he at large again - he is also threatening the grandmother with his pepper pistol. He will only release her for a high ransom of five hundred and fifty marks. Together with the courageous constable Dimpflmoser, the two devise a plan. Will they be able to free the grandmother and catch the rascal?

News from Robber Hotzenplotz

1979

Tod oder Freiheit poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tod oder Freiheit

1977

Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies poster
4.7

Part satire, part drama, this movie tells the story of Anton Paulisch (Herb Andress), who has been living and working as an actor in Rome. When he hears that his mother is mortally ill, he returns to Munich to be at her bedside, but doesn't quite make it. He and sister Astrid (Elke Haltaufderheide) rediscover their friendship, though, as they go through a number of crises. Meanwhile, Anton makes an effort to find work in Munich, and runs headlong into the silliness and pretensions of the "New German Cinema" movement.

Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies

1977

The Glass Cell poster
6.9

A man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed adventures outside of their marriage and becomes increasingly jealous.

The Glass Cell

1978

Unterm Röckchen stösst das Böckchen poster
4.0

When a young mannequin manufacturer finds that he is no longer capable of making love, his wife hires a young mistress.

Unterm Röckchen stösst das Böckchen

1974

Death Is My Trade poster
7.7

A biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.

Death Is My Trade

1977

50/50 poster
10.0

Two men lose their jobs and have to start from scratch. They go their separate ways about it, but their paths sometimes cross.

50/50

1978

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand poster
6.0

During the time of the Peasants' Wars, the free knight Götz von Berlichingen gets into all kinds of private and political entanglements when he defends the Bishop of Bamberg. He is declared an enemy of the empire and ostracized as a robber. Insurgent peasants, of whom he becomes the leader, also betray him by attacking a town against the condition that no violence be used.

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand

1979

Urlaubsgrüße aus dem Unterhöschen poster
3.2

The mayor of the small Bavarian village of Hirnkirchen runs a poorly performing inn with his two good-looking and very busy daughters. When advertising experts Bob and Bert Vogel arrive in the village, they promise the mayor that they will replace the dusty regulars with wealthy visitors from all over Germany. What follows is a turbulent vacation season which, thanks to the inn's attractive daughters, involves a lot of physical activity.

Urlaubsgrüße aus dem Unterhöschen

1973

No artwork available
6.2

Birgit tries to be a good housewife, but she and her boyfriend are threatened by a group of gangsters.

Yearning for Love

1970

Matratzen-Tango poster
3.4

Ugo Domani has landed as a guest worker in Germany and works in municipal waste collection. As a constantly sharp-edged Papagallo, he is sexually constantly under power and craves for German women.

Matratzen-Tango

1973

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Night Miracle

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Vogel bin ich nicht

1971

Eierdiebe poster
10.0

The story of two small-time crooks in the Frankfurt underworld who would like to make it big, but fail time and again.

Eierdiebe

1977

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

The Old Fox poster
6.3

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

The Old Fox

1977

The Old Fox poster
6.3

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

The Old Fox

1977

The Old Fox poster
6.3

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

The Old Fox

1977

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 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

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

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

Großstadtrevier poster
6.0

Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

Großstadtrevier

1986

No artwork available
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Wache

1994

Forsthaus Falkenau poster
5.9

Forsthaus Falkenau is a German television series.

Forsthaus Falkenau

1989

Hubert ohne Staller poster
6.4

A show about two Bavarian police officers, Franz Hubert and Johannes Staller, who sometimes work a bit differently. Where Franz wants to follow regulations, Johannes likes to do things his own way.

Hubert ohne Staller

2011

The Country Doctor poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

The Country Doctor

1987

Polizeiinspektion 1 poster
10.0

Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.

Polizeiinspektion 1

1977

Frühling poster
6.2

Everyone in the Bavarian village of Frühling knows her: village volunteer Katja Baumann. Whether it’s milking cows or lending a helping hand to someone in need… Katja is always there.

Frühling

2011

München 7 poster
7.5

München 7 is a German police drama series from Franz Xaver Bogner. The show is set in Munich, Germany and features the fictive police station "München 7" or "Munich 7". The main characters are the "Sheriff from Marienplatz" Xaver Bartl and his new colleague Felix Kandler. München 7 is part of a series of commonly branded shows with similar themes called "Heiter bis tödlich".

München 7

2004

Kommissarin Lucas poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kommissarin Lucas

2003

Under Suspicion poster
6.4

Detective Dr. Eva Maria Prohacek and her colleague Langner investigate cases of civil servant crime and internal disciplinary matters. From the little patrol officer in uniform to the public prosecutor or the government director - anyone can become a suspect.

Under Suspicion

2002

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Krimistunde

1982

Zwei Münchner in Hamburg poster
7.8

No synopsis available yet.

Zwei Münchner in Hamburg

1989

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kommissariat 9

1975

Pettersson and Findus poster
7.0

Old Petterson lives on the edge of a small village somewhere in Sweden. Together with his cat Findus and his ten white hens he always experiences wonderfully funny and exciting adventures. The stories are about friendship, travel and the crazy and loving everyday life of Pettersson and Findus.

Pettersson and Findus

2000

The Century of Surgeons poster
10.0

A special insight into medicine presented on film: sterile operations, hospitals used to be built by the wind, anaesthesia, surgical gloves, similar to the films Sauerbruch or Kneip.

The Century of Surgeons

1972

No artwork available
NR

Elbflorenz is a German television series.

Elbflorenz

1994

Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein poster
7.8

Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein is a TV adaption of a novel of the same name by Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel. Directed by Thomas Engel Siegfried Rauch walks in the footsteps of O. W. Fischer who played the protagonist "Thomas Lieven" already in 1961, just one year after the bestseller had been released. The series is unique for providing a little cooking show at the end of each episode. The book also includes recipes because "Thomas Lieven" is an accomplished amateur cook.

Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein

1977

Der Andro-Jäger poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Andro-Jäger

1982

Landarzt Dr. Brock poster
NR

Landarzt Dr. Brock is a German television series.

Landarzt Dr. Brock

1967

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau

1996

Mandara poster
8.0

Mandara is a German television series.

Mandara

1983

Doppelgänger poster
10.0

Two young boys meet on the supermarket stairs and suddenly understand that they look exactly the same.

Doppelgänger

1971

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Magere Zeiten

1978

Floris von Rosemund poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Floris von Rosemund

1975

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Laurents

1981