Marianne Koch

Acting

Marianne Koch

Born

1931-08-19 (95)

Place of birth

München, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

100 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marianne Koch (born August 19, 1931 in Munich) is a retired German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in spaghetti westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician. Between 1950 and 1971, Koch appeared in more than 65 films. In the haunting 1954 espionage thriller Night People she starred alongside Gregory Peck. Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars showcased her alongside Clint Eastwood as a civilian tormented by ruthless local gangsters, torn between her husband and child and the villains. In Germany she was probably best-loved for her many years of particip…

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 25 titles

A Fistful of Dollars poster
7.8

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

A Fistful of Dollars

1964

Blind Justice poster
6.0

A man is accused of murdering his wife. The state prosecutor assumes he did the deed to spend more time with his lover. But the woman in question says that his wife committed suicide in her presence and that the accused is innocent. Despite the objections of the prosecutor, the accused is set free and is found dead shortly thereafter. The prosecutor decides to pursue the case and comes upon a band of criminals, who sell German state secrets. Shortly before the investigation comes to a close, a woman is murdered. When a witness asserts to have seen him near the woman's dead body, the prosecutor himself ends up in court and must now prove his innocence.

Blind Justice

1961

Clint the Stranger poster
6.0

Clint Harrison is a gunfighter who has been on the run from a vengeful family for years. He returns to his home town to discover that his wife has taken his son and fled north to escape his unsavory reputations. Following her in an attempt to make amends, he rides into the middle of a land-grab war between a group of desperate farmers and an unscrupulous rancher named Shannon and his brutal foreman. Promising his wife that he won't use this gun, Clint must stand by as Shannon's men eliminate the farmer's in a series of well-staged set pieces calculated to make the audience anticipate the inevitable moment when Clint is forced to turn his guns and settle accounts.

Clint the Stranger

1967

Napoléon II, the Eagle poster
7.8

The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries, before being separated from his father and taken in and raised by his grandfather, Emperor Francis, who made him an Austrian prince.

Napoléon II, the Eagle

1961

Coast of Skeletons poster
5.8

A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy double crossing each other until they are blown up having found bullion.

Coast of Skeletons

1965

The Devil's Agent poster
6.7

Droste, a mild-mannered businessman, was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub, the two rekindle a friendship that was interrupted by the war. However, when Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a friend in West Germany, the befuddled Droste is set up for a series of complicated spy games.

The Devil's Agent

1962

The Monster of London City poster
5.4

Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series of brutal slayings by the Monster of London City has Scotland Yard baffled. In a macabre coincidence, a new play about the famous murderer is about to become a major West End hit... and the leading man is rapidly becoming the prime suspect!

The Monster of London City

1964

Spotlight on a Murderer poster
6.5

An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.

Spotlight on a Murderer

1961

The Unnaturals poster
6.1

During a thunderstorm, a group of members of London's high society seek refuge in a remote mansion in the countryside. They are received by Uriat and his mother, who appears to be able to communicate with the dead. The guests engage in a séance, but it will reveal each and everyone's darkest secrets.

The Unnaturals

1969

Who Killed Johnny R.? poster
7.7

An assumed-dead gangster wants to implicate a completely innocent man to pay for his crimes so he can give the slip to his avengers and persecutors.

Who Killed Johnny R.?

1966

Frozen Alive poster
4.6

A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect.

Frozen Alive

1964

A Place Called Glory poster
6.1

Two celebrated gunfighters are separately hired to come to a small Canadian town in Manitoba named "Glory" for a showdown at high noon. But before they can do that, they join forces and take on a bandit gang that dominates the area.

A Place Called Glory

1965

Death Drums Along the River poster
5.3

A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

Death Drums Along the River

1963

Sunscorched poster
8.0

A group of four outlaws led by Abel Dragna Fraserville decide to settle in a small, civilized and peaceful town of 1,200 inhabitants in which even the sheriff, does not carry weapons. Soon the gunmen begin to make all kinds of misdeeds against the impassive gaze of the sheriff whose attitude is misunderstood by their neighbors.

Sunscorched

1965

Hong Kong Hot Harbor poster
8.0

German journalist Peter Holberg arrives in Hong Kong and, by accident, he is carrying a microfilm that was destined to local gang lord, Marek. Peter is helped by another German journalist, Joan Kent, and falls in love with a night-club dancer, Colette. Colette is actually working for Marek, but betrays the gang for love - at the ultimate cost to her. The HK Police will intervene just in time to prevent Peter from further losses.

Hong Kong Hot Harbor

1962

Trunk to Cairo poster
6.3

Audie plays a James Bond-type action hero assigned to destroy a Neo-Nazy weapons factory headed by nemesis George Sanders.

Trunk to Cairo

1966

Die Fledermaus poster
6.5

Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...

Die Fledermaus

1962

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz poster
7.0

A former sheriff begins to persecute the gang led by Pedro Ortiz, after his wife is taken away.

The Last Ride to Santa Cruz

1964

The Magnificent Rogue poster
8.0

A slightly ironic comedy about the rise of a celebrated factory owner who began his swindles while a prisoner of war and ends up as a cheated fraudster.

The Magnificent Rogue

1960

The Black Panther of Ratana poster
7.0

Murder mystery following the revenge for the theft of a sapphire from a Buddha in a Thailand temple.

The Black Panther of Ratana

1963

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Frau am dunklen Fenster

1960

Heldinnen poster
8.8

A music comedy directed by Dietrich Haugk based on the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Heldinnen

1960

Sandy the Seal poster
5.8

When a lighthouse keeper takes in a seal in need and gives to his children to look after, the whole family is drawn into the shadowy world of illegal seal poaching. The family then finds themselves leading the fight to rid their coastal town of the criminals and save the seals.

Sandy the Seal

1968

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen

1962

Spain Again poster
6.5

David is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Now a member of a medical convention, he looks up old friends and finds his former lover, now a married woman with a flamenco-dancing daughter. He and the daughter have an immediate and mutual attraction to each other. He considers running away with the exotic beauty before asking his wife to join him for an extended vacation after the convention .

Spain Again

1969

1950s · 29 titles

Interlude poster
6.6

A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back home.

Interlude

1957

Night People poster
6.1

A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.

Night People

1954

The Devil's General poster
6.9

The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.

The Devil's General

1955

Four Girls in Town poster
2.8

Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace Universal's glamour star in an upcoming Biblical epic?

Four Girls in Town

1957

Dr. Holl poster
9.0

A doctor marries his seemingly incurable patient to fulfill her last wish. A serum he develops saves her, and the union born of compassion develops into a loving marriage.

Dr. Holl

1951

Ludwig II poster
7.1

Life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Ludwig II

1955

The Star of Africa poster
6.7

Biographic movie of the German fighter ace, who was killed in a plane crash after over 150 kills in North Africa.

The Star of Africa

1957

...und nichts als die Wahrheit poster
6.0

Dr. Stefan Donat, a doctor from Frankfurt, unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to his wife Agnes' estate after she dies of a terminal illness, even though they had been divorced for years. The change in the will in Stefan's favor was made on the day Agnes died in her apartment between 4 and 6 pm. The original heiress, Mingo Fabian, contested the will. She is 23 years old, Agnes' cousin and was also friends with Stefan Donat. She finds this step very difficult, but her lawyer, Dr. Bernburger, persuades her to take it, as he wants to marry her. The body is exhumed and shortly afterwards Dr. Donat is arrested on suspicion of murder...

...und nichts als die Wahrheit

1958

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die große Schuld

1953

Vater sein dagegen sehr poster
7.5

Margot is looking forward to moving into the old defense tower with her fiancé Lutz, a writer. Then the writer receives the news of his sister's death. Lutz is supposed to take in their children Traudl and Rudi and the dog Leo. Margot did not expect so much attachment...

Vater sein dagegen sehr

1957

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz poster
7.0

Dr. Danwitz is a dedicated physician. The assistant doctor works practically day and night on a research project, but without pay. His wife Edith earns the necessary extra money as a model. That's why her pregnancy is a financial disaster for the young couple. Then a wealthy woman asks Dr. Danwitz to perform an illegal abortion, for which she would pay well. The doctor has to make a difficult decision.

Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

1956

The Fox of Paris poster
8.1

Paris, 1944. With France under Nazi occupation, General Quade entrusts an important mission to Furstenwerth, the commander of the Wermacht: to secretly transmit secret documents to the Allies. While carrying out this mission, the commander falls under the spell of a young French resistance fighter, Yvonne. He is discovered and arrested by the Gestapo. Yvonne and her group of resistance fighters will do everything to free him.

The Fox of Paris

1957

Der Klosterjäger poster
7.0

The huntsman of a Bavarian monastery falls in love with a beautiful girl and convinces the provost to make his steward delay her brother's feudal due arrears.

Der Klosterjäger

1953

Der Schmied von St. Bartholomä poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Der Schmied von St. Bartholomä

1955

Und der Himmel lacht dazu poster
6.0

Brother Martin is a creative, unusual, and understanding member of the order. He loves using unusual methods to raise money for the poor. But not everyone likes this. Finally, his opponents manage to have him placed under house arrest, but that's precisely when everyone needs his help. He tries to escape in order to offer advice and support to little Lena, the pretty Rosl, and the tailor Würmerl. But escaping isn't so easy, as he's trying to make two marriages and mend one...

Und der Himmel lacht dazu

1954

The Italians They Are Crazy poster
7.0

In a German prison camp, some Italian prisoners bet with the commander that they will be able to build a church in two hours.

The Italians They Are Crazy

1958

Wenn wir alle Engel wären poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Wenn wir alle Engel wären

1956

No artwork available
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Frau im besten Mannesalter

1959

Mein Freund, der Dieb poster
10.0

Germany in the post-war period. Due to the circumstances of the time and his lack of prospects, the young Bimbo has become a hoodlum who keeps his head above water with petty crime. One night he robs the writer Percy, but is picked up by the police shortly afterwards in a drunken state. As he has Percy's wallet with him, the police think he is the robber and take him to his address. Percy can hardly believe his eyes when he sees the robber again. But instead of handing him over to the police, he takes Bimbo under his wing and tries to make a better person out of him - not an easy task.

Mein Freund, der Dieb

1951

Geheimnis einer Ehe poster
10.0

Tina Camphausen has three children, Christian, Schwänchen and Musi, who has grown up for 15 years without a father. The family leads a peaceful life together with Paul, the woman's partner whom the children have accepted. Cohabitation is tested when Felix makes his appearance, Tina's childhood friend and Christian's probable biological father.

Geheimnis einer Ehe

1951

Salzburg Stories poster
7.0

A wealthy citizen of Salzburg wants to write a play about ordinary people.

Salzburg Stories

1957

Liebe und Trompetenblasen poster
9.0

In a small residential town, the two soldiers Peter and Nicky try to win the affections of the artist Ninon from the court theater. Their admiration clashes with their duties as soldiers and they are grounded. Nevertheless, they look at their Ninon in the theater, get caught and flee, with Peter losing his helmet in a girls' boarding school.

Liebe und Trompetenblasen

1954

Skandal im Mädchenpensionat poster
7.0

Three guardsmen who accidentally end up in a girls' boarding school after a merry night out have to disguise themselves in women's clothes to avoid detection.

Skandal im Mädchenpensionat

1953

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann, der zweimal leben wollte

1950

Waltz King poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Waltz King

1955

Wetterleuchten am Dachstein poster
8.0

Hannes Kähls von Kählsberg has hired himself out as a head farmhand on the estate out of love for Jutta, the beautiful young lady of the Salzerhof. Since she was widowed, Jutta has developed into a proud, domineering person who does not show Hannes the unconfessed feelings she has for him. She fights doggedly for the land of the salt mountain, which is the state salt works authority wants to dispute. Hannes urges her to give up because he thinks large parts of the underground tunnel are in danger of collapsing.

Wetterleuchten am Dachstein

1953

Hubertus Castle poster
6.0

The count Egge is barely a visitor in his Alpine family castle Hubertus, being preoccupied with hunting. He's furious when his young adult sons miss an annual municipal hunting concession auction, being both in love with local commoner girls, deemed undesirable although their mother was an actress herself, as is their sister's lover, painter Forbeck. So comital heir Tassilo marries in secret, spare heir Willy courts 'discretely'. Then tragedy strikes, with further consequences for the whole comital family.

Hubertus Castle

1954

As Long as You Live poster
9.0

Amidst the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, a nurse tends to a wounded pilot.

As Long as You Live

1955

Lady Country Doctor poster
8.0

A German village gets a new doctor, but the conservative folk have trouble accepting a female for the job.

Lady Country Doctor

1958

Series credits

DAS! poster
4.7

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

DAS!

1991

No artwork available
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Volle Kanne

1999

Markus Lanz poster
5.5

TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.

Markus Lanz

2008

MDR um 4 poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

MDR um 4

2014

Abendschau poster
4.3

The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

Abendschau

2000

Abendschau poster
4.3

The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

Abendschau

2000

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998

maybrit illner poster
9.0

Political talk show on current topics presented by Maybrit Illner.

maybrit illner

1999

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Alpha Forum

1998

Riverboat poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Riverboat

1992

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

3 nach 9

1974

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

3 nach 9

1974

Beckmann poster
4.5

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

Beckmann

1999

Nachtcafé poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtcafé

1987

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen bei Maischberger

2003

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

1989

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen der Woche

2000

Hart aber fair poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Hart aber fair

2001

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Sonntags-Stammtisch

2007

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Zum blauen Bock

1957

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sabine Christiansen

1998

Wir in Bayern poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wir in Bayern

2003

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Was bin ich?

1955

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Münchner Runde

2000

Heut' abend poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Heut' abend

1980

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtstudio

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stöckl

2013

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Wortwechsel

1982

Stars in der Manege poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Stars in der Manege

1959

Lebenslinien poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lebenslinien

2014

No artwork available
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Club 2

1976

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

WissenschaftsFORUM Petersberg

2005