
Acting
Heinz Drache
Born — Died
1923-02-09 — 2002-04-03
Place of birth
Essen, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
59 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
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
5.9SOKO 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
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
7.8B 501, a newly developed controller for missiles, has disappeared despite the strict surveillance. Phillippe Tissout is sent by his boss to Paris to take over the case.
Shots in 3/4 Time
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
1964
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
3.5The up-and-coming designer Marie Haller falls in love with Max, the noble heirs of Wartenborg's well-known Kristallschleiferei - without knowing that he is her half-brother. When Marie learns the truth about her ancestry and shortly thereafter Max is killed in a tragic accident, she turns away in dismay from the noble family.
Die Kristallprinzessin
2002
7.8To the dismay of his tradition-conscious father, the young Count Carl von Wildberg-Reutlingen has become engaged to a commoner. When his older brother Alexander dies in a hunting accident, Carl finds himself in the role of heir to the house. In order to prevent the family estate from falling to the state, Carl has to sacrifice his great love, as he must now continue the family line by marrying a noblewoman.
Jenseits des Regenbogens
2001
1960s · 26 titles
7.8B 501, a newly developed controller for missiles, has disappeared despite the strict surveillance. Phillippe Tissout is sent by his boss to Paris to take over the case.
Shots in 3/4 Time
1965
5.9This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.
The Brides of Fu Manchu
1966
5.5A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Circus of Fear
1966
5.7Erik, in love with Magda, the fiancée of Georg, his boss, secretly sends her roses every night.
Hypnosis
1962
6.5Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.
The Horror of Blackwood Castle
1968
5.8A 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
6.5A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
The Door with Seven Locks
1962
6.7A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.
The Avenger
1960
6.2Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.
Again the Ringer
1965
6.7The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named "The Hexer" is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that "The Hexer" will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if "The Hexer" may get away yet again.
The Mysterious Magician
1964
6.8When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf.
The Indian Scarf
1963
6.5Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
The Squeaker
1963
7.0Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years later, German war crimes prosecutors hope she will be their star witness. But can she stand up to the shame, the publicity, and the reliving of those experiences?
Witness Out of Hell
1967
5.8A private detective finds the limp body of a young Chinese beauty in his office, shot with his own gun.
Coffin from Hong Kong
1964
10.0Horst, the 18-year-old son of a factory owner, and 17-year-old Karin dream up their future together in the most beautiful colors. Newly married, however, they don't float on cloud nine as they had hoped, but sink into the dreary everyday life of marriage. While Horst ends his school career prematurely, Karin seeks help from her father-in-law.
Mit 17 weint man nicht
1960
5.9A private detective tries to find out how and why some convicts have mysteriously disappeared from the prison of Dartmoor.
The Inn on Dartmoor
1964
5.8When 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
7.0Murder mystery following the revenge for the theft of a sapphire from a Buddha in a Thailand temple.
The Black Panther of Ratana
1963
5.3Judoka Marc Saint-Clair tries to save the world from nuclear disaster fighting Chinese and Russians.
Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Die Frau am dunklen Fenster
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Die erste Legion
1964
9.0Stories about tenants of a house.
Im sechsten Stock
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Unseliger Sommer
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Der Snob
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Entscheidung
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Unerwartet verschied...
1961
1950s · 17 titles
7.0To supplement their pension, the eccentric couple August and Ida Bodendiek rent a room to young Klaus. His father wants to remarry, so Klaus moved out of his parents’ house and now works the night shift as a truck driver. This gives the Bodendieks the opportunity to double their income: at night, they rent the room to Lisa Franzen, who works as a secretary during the day. When Klaus loses his job, he inevitably runs into Lisa in their shared apartment. He also tells a white lie, pretending to be Lisa’s husband, which leads the two to fall in love without knowing that they are step-siblings—because Lisa’s mother is Klaus’s father’s new wife.
Kein Auskommen mit dem Einkommen
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Die letzte Nacht der Titanic
1955
6.0While working as an accountant in his uncle's factory, talented young pianist Peter dreams of becoming a famous composer. When he shows his work to a producer, he manages to convince him to give him a chance. From time to time he gets bigger contracts that keep him more and more away from home and his young wife Elisa. When he "discovers" and supports a pretty ballerina in Munich, a rumor starts that he's having an affair. He fails to realize that his marriage is threatened.
It Was Always So Nice with You
1954
6.6An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.
On Call...Murder!
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Encountered in the Balkan Express
1955
4.7Karin is a brilliant student whose good looks give her an added advantage in assuming the role of a prostitute and exploring Berlin's thriving sex industry. Hired posthaste by nefarious Madame Clavius, the pretty blonde sets about gathering information for her thesis when she discovers that her old friend Madeline has been financing her luxurious lifestyle by working as a call girl in the very same brothel. The situation turns sinister when Madeline reveals to Karin that she has fallen in love and longs to start a new life, but any girl who tries to leave Madame Clavius soon turns up dead. When Madeline admits to considering suicide, Karin hatches a plan for both of them to make a clean break from the brothel and avoid Madame Clavius' deadly wrath.
Naked in the Night
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Der öffentliche Ankläger
1955
10.0A millionaire returns from the United States to his native Dubrovnik.
Once I Will Return
1953
A fairground in a small town in northern Germany: a young woman named Margret Winter enjoys herself there with a friend. She has 900 D-Mark in her pocket, which she should pay in for her superior. Paul Lohmann, one of three clowns, addresses the two ladies and invites them together with his colleagues Heino and Kallweit to visit the show. While Margret's girlfriend refuses, the later murder victim joins them. Afterwards there is no trace of her. The police interrogate Kallweit, who saw her last. One day later Margret is found dead in the forest, the money has disappeared without a trace together with a piece of jewellery. Is one of three clowns from the circus the murderer? Commissioner Bergmann investigates and scrutinises the three men...
Der Tod auf dem Rummelplatz
1958
6.0The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.
Spy for Germany
1956
6.0A "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare original abound, right down to the re-enactment of the crime for the benefit of the Uncle and the periodic appearances of the ghost of the hero's father.'
The Rest Is Silence
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Die Beklagte
1958
8.0At a beauty contest, a saleswoman falls into the hands of brutal traffickers. A policewoman poses as a barmaid to infiltrate the gang.
Gefährdete Mädchen
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Der Weg ist dunkel
1956
10.0The story of a woman who is unwittingly drawn into a life of vice.
Die Straße
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Heimkehr des Helden
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Minna von Barnhelm
1957
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
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
5.9SOKO 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
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
No synopsis available yet.
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Intercontinental-Express
1966
8.1A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of a young model strangled with a necktie, uncovering a complex jewel heist ring in the process.
The Necktie
1962
8.0“Otto – The Series” is an unusual comedy format from the early 1990s centred on Otto Waalkes, blending classic crime entertainment with Otto’s distinctive brand of humour. Rather than telling a continuous story, the series combines newly shot sketches featuring Otto with scenes from old Edgar Wallace films. These original sequences were re-dubbed, completely transforming their content. Dialogue that was once serious turns into absurd wordplay, and the originally suspenseful plots are deliberately played for laughs. In this way, Otto effectively “smuggles” himself into the dark world of the Wallace films, turning it into a parody driven by nonsense, running gags, and his characteristic humour. The result is an idiosyncratic mix of crime and comedy, whose particular charm lies above all in its playful use of the original material.
Otto – The Series
1995
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sturmzeit
1999

