Acting
August Wittgenstein
Born
1981-01-22 (45)
Place of birth
Siegen, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
50 titles
Prince August Fredrik zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, known professionally as August Wittgenstein (born 22 January 1981), is a German-Swedish actor and member of the princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. Wittgenstein has appeared in English, German, and Swedish language films, starring in the 2013 German television movie Desert Heart - The Trip of My Life. He is known for his portrayals of Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse in The Crown and Count Alfred Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin in Ludwig II as well as his roles as Karl Tennstedt in Das Boot and Andreas Wolf in Deadwind.
Known for
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Volle Kanne
1999
6.2Tatort 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
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Leute heute
1997
8.2The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The Crown
2016
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Kölner Treff
1976
5.9SOKO 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
Film credits
2020s · 5 titles
7.1On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future – and the future of his country.
Number 24
2024
6.7Claire and Jeanne are twin sisters, united by the same passion: the piano. Coached by their father like athletes, they join the prestigious Karlsruhe Conservatory. They are now competing to be soloists and training for a concert that will make or break their careers. But Claire and then Jeanne discover they are suffering from a serious illness and are slowly losing the use of their hands. With the support of their family and their undying love of music, they will find a unique way to change their fate. An inspiring and moving tale, based on a true story.
Prodigies
2024
8.3Twenty-five years after an elusive first love, an Argentinian filmmaker returns to the memories that shaped him. As life begins to mirror his unfinished film, he confronts his unresolved memories, the true meaning of love, and the possibility that it's never too late to rewrite an ending.
Before We Forget
2025
5.6In the German comedy Jagdsaison, a wellness weekend for three friends is in danger of derailing: Marlene is in a serious midlife crisis and is looking for a sex date. She accompanies the divorced Eva and her ex-husband's new wife to protect them from stupid things. Unfortunately, the three seem to attract chaos almost magically.
Hunting Season
2022
7.0She is the toughest officer in the Vienna police force. He would be the smartest heir to the throne Austria has ever had. But this double murder pushes the unusual investigative duo to their limits and beyond. After the double murder of high-ranking civil servants Ehrlacher and März in the Vienna Woods, Lieutenant Colonel Nassau and Major Malzer are tasked with discreetly investigating whether the victims were involved in criminal activities. During a search of Ehrlacher's apartment, Nassau shoots one of the attackers. The attacker bears the tattoo of a mafia organization that has been considered dismantled for years. The same tattoos are also discovered during the autopsies of the victims.
Mord in Wien - Der letzte Bissen
2025
2010s · 10 titles
6.4An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
The Congress
2013
5.7The ladies' man Edgar dates stewardesses and frequent flyers. The system behind it: While one is away, there is plenty of time for flings with the others. Edgar doesn't want to commit to one woman until he meets his childhood sweetheart Hannah again. But frequent flyer Hannah has also perfected the system for herself in matters of love and meets up with several admirers.
Dating Alarm
2016
5.3Alex and Selma are a couple in love on a trip to the heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Suddenly, Selma feels a mysterious force is chasing them.
The Maus
2017
4.2Lucie is desperate: ever since she met Ben, the damn good-looking adventurer, no stone has been left unturned in her life. Not only did she immediately fall in love with the guy, but now she's fighting for her life in the hot desert sun: Because the little adventure she dreamed of is becoming a brutal reality. When their jeep gets stuck in quicksand, they have to continue on foot. But the scorching sun is merciless and their water supply is finite. The supposedly saving road seems close enough to touch, but then a huge canyon opens up in front of them ... In the meantime, Lucie's fiancé David, who as usual has no time to look after Lucie because of all his appointments, has organized a jeep to look for his girlfriend. He sets off into the desert with two locals - and there a fight to the death breaks out...
Open Desert
2013
5.6A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and to his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world, an epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur.
Ludwig II
2012
5.3Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent, is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that is engulfing the world today. In this game of deception, beliefs are questioned, choices are made, and their fate takes a surprising turn.
Shelter
2017
6.0December in Hamburg: The city shines in the lights, the people meet at the Christmas markets. Jule has her law exam at last in her pocket and a plan for her life. It should be a job in a non-governmental organization, then someday the man and also children. On the nightly journey home from her birthday and graduation party organized by her friend Lexa, she meets Santa Claus at the Elbe. It will take four years of ups and downs before they both understand, accept and feel it at the same time: that life will never feel right without each other.
Ein Lächeln nachts um vier
2017
NRInspired by the accounts of Erwin Buchholz, 'Grave Dawn' is the story of a young German soldier during the waning months of WWII. Outspoken against the war, Erwin is banished to the Eastern front where he is ordered to stand guard over Russian prisoners.
Grave Dawn
2010
NRCharlotte is in her mid 20's but still acts like a little child sometimes. A dark secret burdens on her soul about which she does not want to speak - in fear to remember, in fear to open up.
Until We Bleed
2014
Verging on Alzheimer’s, an aging actress (played by Hanna Schygulla) finds that the power of memory is stronger than ever.
Ophelia
2014
2000s · 2 titles
6.7Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Angels & Demons
2009
2.0In ancient Italy, a young servant is offered wealth and freedom... if he will but murder his kindly master.
Thorns
2009
Series credits
No synopsis available yet.
Volle Kanne
1999
6.2Tatort 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
5.2No synopsis available yet.
Leute heute
1997
8.2The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
The Crown
2016
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Kölner Treff
1976
5.9SOKO 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
5.9SOKO 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
7.4No synopsis available yet.
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
7.4No synopsis available yet.
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
6.4The 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
5.8Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
Hamburg Dockland
2007
7.0An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.
Das Boot
2018
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Vet Jacobs: Agent on Occasion
2014
6.9When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again.
Deadwind
2018
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara
2012
6.1After their advanced medical satellite explodes on deployment, billionaire futurist Peter Swann, and his fiancée, medical visionary Dr. Graciela "Grace" Davila, turn to a hardened former counterintelligence officer.
Professionals
2020
6.1During an investigation into the murder of a high-ranking official at the Swedish Migration Agency, the main suspect is also found dead, and Jana immediately recognizes something on his scarred body.
Jana - Marked For Life
2024
6.2In the twilight of his life, a filmmaker reunites with a woman who was once his best friend's partner and confronts the story of their affair.
Faithless
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Jenny: Echt gerecht
2018
8.0Together with Commissioner Max Steiner, Inspector Felix Burger, and their boss Major Evelyn Leitner, German Shepherd Rex investigates cases in the Vienna homicide division, supported by pathologist Dr. Tom Wippler. For Max, Rex is more than just a four-legged colleague. He also shares his home with the German Shepherd. The experienced investigator is single and still suffering from his separation from his ex-wife Sarah. But things are about to get lively again when Max's adult daughter Anna returns from South America. And where the daughter is, the mother is never far away.
Rex - Vienna Calling
2026
7.5Middle-aged Hugo encounters his childhood loves' daughter, sending him back to when his younger self begins college. His memories offer a glimpse into a deeply entwined and emotionally complex story of yearning, as a love triangle becomes increasingly complicated. Tracing the emotional journeys of lead characters Hugo, Thora, and August.
The Trio
2026
6.7No synopsis available yet.
The Net – Prometheus
2022
5.9Jonas's life is turned upside down after a difficult accident. He begins to explore his true self, unaware that someone, or something, is looking for him. Slowly he is drawn into a tangle of mystery and ritual murder against the captivating backdrop of modern day Stockholm.
Hidden: First Born
2019
7.1In the summer of 1989, the sister of Hamburg's LKA chief Thomas Bethge disappears without a trace. For almost three decades, he investigates the mysterious criminal case, before he gets on the trail of a serial killer.
Dark Woods
2020
6.5Set in the Friedrichstadt-Palast music hall in the late 1980s, follows twin sisters as they search for their roots.
The Palace
2022
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Josephine Klick
2014
6.0A Black Forest village seems like an idyll - until the popular local GP dies. The village cop thinks it’s murder. And one murder leads to more...
Hellground
2022
7.5At the Berlin dance school "Galant," worlds collide and the struggle between prudishness and emancipation is carried out. The proprietor of the dance school, Caterina Schöllack, has three daughters whom she orders to integrate into this hierarchically structured society. Two of her daughters seem to abide by their mother's wish. Only Monika, the middle daughter, rejects the given path and discovers rock 'n' roll for herself.
Ku'damm 56 – Rebel with a Cause
2016
6.7The single mother Caterina Schöllack takes over the management of the Galant dance school on Kurfürstendamm ("Ku'damm") in Berlin after the end of the Second World War. The father of their three daughters did not return to the family after the war, he is officially missing.
Ku'damm 63
2021
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Ku'damm 77
2025
NRPhoebe Waller-Bridge's adaptation of video game Tomb Raider, which follows the adventures of archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft.
Tomb Raider
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7.4The further life of the protagonist Caterina Schöllack and her three daughters will be traced, who fight in the restrictive period of the 1950s for emancipation and the realization of their own dreams. Monika, Helga and Eva have grown up and each seeks their way to find their way in the rigid society of the late 1950s. Monika and Freddy have a career in show business, and mother Caterina acts as a manager. Meanwhile, Helga works hard to be the perfect housewife and mother for Monika's daughter Dorli. Eva, however, quarrels with her life as a professor's wife.
Ku'damm 59
2018
4.3Journalist Nina Wedén gets the political scoop century and finds herself fast-tracked to becoming the Press Secretary for Sweden's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Jacob Weiss.
Doktrinen
2024