Acting
Almut Zilcher
Born
1954-09-21 (72)
Place of birth
Graz, Austria
Known for
Acting
Credits
17 titles
Known for
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
6.0Derrick 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
6.3First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective, attempts to balance her professional and private life.
Die Chefin
2012
NRMarie races along the highway at 240 km/h. On this August night, she doesn't want to be anywhere else. She stops at a gas station for one last cigarette and one last Capri Sun. A quiet but final farewell. But suddenly Gerlinde is standing in front of her car, and two lost souls find each other. Together they make their way south to Albania, to the childhood home of Gerlinde's deceased partner Marieta. At rest stops, in hostels and at sunsets, they meet people who want to break free - and the dissimilar women begin to question their decisions and quietly dare to hope for a new beginning.
Callas, Darling
2025
4.9Martin leaves his protective parents’ home and comes to Berlin as a law student with high hopes. He finds a tiny, run-down flat in a strange, dark apartment block, from which the previous tenant has disappeared without a trace. Having no luck with social contacts at the university, Martin quickly falls for his mysterious landlady Simone, who lives just next door behind a thin wall. Hoping to find trust and intimacy, Martin loses himself in the house’s disturbing world of sex and violence. Deep in the walls, Martin discovers the true horror of his first love.
Whispers Behind the Wall
2013
7.0Two-year-old Paulina is suddenly no longer in her crib, and everything points to an abduction. But the hijacker does not answer.
Der Kommissar und das Kind
2017
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
NRMarie races along the highway at 240 km/h. On this August night, she doesn't want to be anywhere else. She stops at a gas station for one last cigarette and one last Capri Sun. A quiet but final farewell. But suddenly Gerlinde is standing in front of her car, and two lost souls find each other. Together they make their way south to Albania, to the childhood home of Gerlinde's deceased partner Marieta. At rest stops, in hostels and at sunsets, they meet people who want to break free - and the dissimilar women begin to question their decisions and quietly dare to hope for a new beginning.
Callas, Darling
2025
NRMarga is a forty-two-year-old actress who seems to have already passed the peak of her career. After starting her career in theater on the country's major stages (Volksbühne Berlin, Berliner Ensemble, Maxim Gorki Theater), it is becoming increasingly difficult for her to find work. Not only in theater, but also in film, it seems to be getting harder to get roles as she gets older and as a woman, especially a woman with a migrant background.
Geschlechterkampf – Das Ende des Patriarchats
2023
2010s · 6 titles
4.9Martin leaves his protective parents’ home and comes to Berlin as a law student with high hopes. He finds a tiny, run-down flat in a strange, dark apartment block, from which the previous tenant has disappeared without a trace. Having no luck with social contacts at the university, Martin quickly falls for his mysterious landlady Simone, who lives just next door behind a thin wall. Hoping to find trust and intimacy, Martin loses himself in the house’s disturbing world of sex and violence. Deep in the walls, Martin discovers the true horror of his first love.
Whispers Behind the Wall
2013
7.0Two-year-old Paulina is suddenly no longer in her crib, and everything points to an abduction. But the hijacker does not answer.
Der Kommissar und das Kind
2017
5.5Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. In her film, Elfi Mikesch, who photographed a number of Schroeter’s films and who collaborated closely with him to create his vision, provides us with an intimate insight into Schroeter’s artistic output during the remaining four years of his life.
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
4.6The personal journey of young Sita is not only an expedition into her family's burdened past during World War 2. It is also a journey to the abyss of modern European society, a trip which takes her from Berlin to Romania via Vienna and Warsaw - about losing one's homeland and discovering oneself, about hope and responsibility.
The Dead and the Living
2012
Elfi Mikesch accompanies Werner Schroeter in staging a tribute to Lautréamont in Berlin.
Eine Hommage an Lautréamont
2011
Kate is a young manic-depressive actress. One day, mentally drained and desperate, she checks into a suicide hotel. The hotel offers customers a variety of suicide options and promises total privacy. Here, she meets Viktor, a hotel employee who comes to new clients to explain the hotel’s “menu”.
Willkommen im Klub
2014
2000s · 2 titles
Series credits
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
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
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
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
6.0Derrick 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
6.3First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective, attempts to balance her professional and private life.
Die Chefin
2012