
Acting
Heinz Weiss
Born — Died
1921-06-12 — 2010-11-20
Place of birth
Stuttgart; Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
92 titles
Heinz Weiss (12 June 1921 – 20 November 2010) was a German film actor. Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in Das Traumschiff. He also played the character "Kramer" in the iconic World War II film The Great Escape (1963). He himself had served in German military, the Wehrmacht, during World War II. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
5.0The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
Das Traumschiff
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
6.6The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, The Black Forest Clinic became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing.
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
1985
7.9The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
The Great Escape
1963
8.0Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
Film credits
1980s · 9 titles
5.6An American actress with a penchant for lying is forceably recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.
The Little Drummer Girl
1984
4.8A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan
Doctor Faustus
1982
6.7In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
4.9It is the story of a middle age professor who falls deaply in love with a young student in his English literature class. The student is a boarder in the teacher's house. The teacher is married and his wife knows he is mostly attracted to young men. She loves him nevertheless. The whole story revolves around a book the professor will write, dictating to his young pupil... he will only declare his love at the end of the writing ...and, it is too late.
Confused Feelings
1981
6.6Julien is an electronics professional who is down on his luck when he decides to enter an international sailboat race. He is led astray from his original good intentions by a low-life press agent who convinces him it would be well worth his while to win the race by illegal maneuvering. As he sets off, flashbacks tell how he came to be on the sailboat; later he has long monologues -- several of them, and in-between he occasionally battles to stay afloat on an uncooperative sea.
The Roaring Forties
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
1983
NRWallenstein is adaptation of the drama by Friedrich Schiller. Set midway through the religious conflicts that ravaged war-torn Europe in the 17th century, the 18th-century German dramatist Friedrich Schiller wrote 3 plays that chronicle the final year and downfall of the celebrated Bohemian leader Albrecht Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (1583-1634), and explores the factors contributing to his demise.
Wallenstein
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil
1986
1970s · 10 titles
9.0At nine, Miroslav flees the Eastern Front alone after his mother’s disappearance. In postwar Germany, the Czech boy drifts between zones, lands in reform schools and prisons, and suffers a crippling accident. Rejected by society and facing deportation, he joins Berlin’s underworld, is arrested for murder, and confronts whether society or he is to blame.
Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Jugend einer Studienrätin
1972
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne
1979
The film deals with the revolutionary actions of Max Hölz during the March battles in central Germany in 1921.
Max Hölz. Ein deutsches Lehrstück
1972
7.7No synopsis available yet.
Der Vorgang
1973
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Brücke von Zupanja
1975
The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.
Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Der Fall Eleni Voulgari
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Immer bei Vollmond
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Der tödliche Schlag
1975
1960s · 38 titles
7.9The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
The Great Escape
1963
6.0A 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
6.4The country estate of American emigre Abel Bellamy is haunted by the ghost of the Green Archer, a 14th century Robin Hood type figure who terrorised the former lords of the manor. Now, with the gangster coming home on vaguely defined business and his niece Valerie arriving with her adoptive father to take up residence in the adjacent mansion, much to Bellamy's annoyance, the archer has returned. Who is he and what does he want?
The Green Archer
1961
6.0Part Seven in Jerry Cotton Series. The FBI agent tackles an organisation of assassins who kill to order.
Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Das Vermächtnis
1969
8.0Sixth part of Jerry Cotton movies. Agent Jerry Cotton infiltrates a big crime syndicate that is planning a major diamond heist.
Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds
1968
7.3An FBI agent is killed by the mob after making off with five million in gold bars in a robbery gone bad. Agent Jerry Cotton is called in to bring the gang to justice and find out where his dead pal hid the missing gold.
Deadly Shots on Broadway
1969
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Auf Wiedersehen
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Der Traum des Eroberers
1964
8.8Fifth Jerry Cotton Movie. A rich capitalist is blackmailed and threatened with the murder of his daughter.
Murderers Club of Brooklyn
1967
8.3An elaborate bank robbery takes place and the gangsters succeed although the FBI had been warned. Jerry Cotton, who is considered accountable for this major failure, loses his badge over this. Being the man he is, Cotton doesn't let the evil-doers forget that he has unfinished business with them.
Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included
1966
7.0The first film adaptation of Jerry Cotton. FBI agents Jerry Cotton and Phil Decker are tracing a group of six murderers. Disguised as a vagabond Jerry Cotton infiltrates the gang. Kitty, the leader's girlfriend, soon becomes Jerry's most important helper. With her help, he's able to prevent a bomb's explosion in a school. The deadly attack on a rich collector he can not prevent. The gangsters flee with the loot and a hunt to the death begins ...
The Violin Case Murders
1965
6.0The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of avoiding military service, an officer who retreated against orders, and common criminals. It shows their life in the camp, clearing mines, living in trenches on the front line.
Punishment Battalion
1960
8.0Second Jerry Cotton movie. A ring of gangsters has been terrorizing New York City. Special agent Jerry Cotton is summoned by the FBI to help crack down on the Criminals and put them out of business. He doesnt pull any punches either.
Manhattan Night of Murder
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Marinemeuterei 1917
1969
7.4Third Jerry Cotton Adaption. A big shipment of Nitroglycerine, enough to make a shambles of New York, mysteriously vanishes! It's a race between agent Jerry Cotton and the underworld to see who can find the deadly explosive first. To complicate things further, the nitro must be found before a torrid heat wave causes it to blow much of the city sky high.
Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Anna Böckler
1968
TV-Movie from Rainer Erler
Sonderurlaub
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Die Abrechnung
1963
6.9No synopsis available yet.
Flight in Danger
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Die Journalisten
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Die Schlacht bei Lobositz
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Freundschaftsspiel
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes
1969
8.0A sentimental musical film about a star conductor and his motherless daughter, orphaned children, choirboys, and a pretty governess.
Das große Wunschkonzert
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Der Fall der Generale
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik
1969
No synopsis available yet.
In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Nennen Sie mich Alex
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Der Mann, der Donnerstag war
1960
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Die Truhe
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Prinz Friedrich von Homburg
1961
7.0The famous-notorious Division Brandenburg was (in wartime) under command of Admiral Canaris. But, the death brave division, joined by men, who where not really quite volunteering, received a command: Sulina, a harbour at black sea, where urgently needed oil is turner over, should be prevented from an attack. The plan is worked out and some more men need to volunteer, to let it become real.
Brandenburg Division
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Der Traum des Mr. Borton
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Der Mann nebenan
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Die Affäre Eulenburg
1967
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
5.0The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
Das Traumschiff
1981
5.0The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
Das Traumschiff
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
6.6The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, The Black Forest Clinic became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing.
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
1985
8.0Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
8.0Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
7.3Against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor 'Pug' Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous times in the late 1930s.
The Winds of War
1983
10.0Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.
Graf Luckner
1971
8.0Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
Die fünfte Kolonne
1963
8.0Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
Die fünfte Kolonne
1963
8.5Immenhof is a German television series.
Immenhof
1994
8.5Immenhof is a German television series.
Immenhof
1994
7.9Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian emperor Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries.
Peter the Great
1986
6.2After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
Christopher Columbus
1985
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Protokolle des Herrn M
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Intercontinental-Express
1966
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Staudamm
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Der Fuchs von Ovelgönne
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Die Kur
1978
5.0Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck is a German television series.
Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
1976
3.5Ritter's Cove is an adventure television series which aired on CBC Television from 1980 to 1981, co-produced by Canadian, West German and British companies. Ritter's Cove heads into a 26-week run, is about a coastal pilot named Karl Ritter, played by German actor Hans Caninenberg. An airplane piloted by his son has disappeared so he is left alone caring for both his airline company and two grandchildren.
Ritter's Cove
1980
7.0A prisoner of war is sentenced to 25 years in the Soviet Union. His escape from the Soviet gulag takes him through the intense and hopeless terrain of Siberia.
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
1959
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski
1975
6.8The boy Simplizissimus grows up with simple farmers in the Spessart region. But the idyll is abruptly destroyed by the Thirty Years' War. Simplizissimus is sent to the besieged fortress of Hanau. When the lansquenets there play crude jokes on him, he flees with his friend Herzbruder to the Croats. But even here he does not fare much better.
Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus
1975
10.0In November 1775, an officer of the Hessian army deserts from Ziegenhayn fortress. Captain Claus von Haynau is keen on capturing the man, but his plans are foiled by his half-brother, Robert. The deserter turns out to be one Soermann, a former friend of Robert's father who disappeared 20 years ago and is presumed dead. Now, Robert finally learns what really happened: His father did not die but went to America. Robert decides to follow, but has not counted on Claus - and on the Landgrave of Hesse's need for soldiers to sell to the British for the fight against the rebellious American colonists.
Der Winter, der ein Sommer war
1976
No synopsis available yet.
Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel
1993
NRA three-part film version of the novel by Manès Sperber, Concentrated on the years 1931 to 1934, with which the latter processed his experiences as a once-convinced young communist.
Wie eine Träne im Ozean
1970
With the defeat of the revolution of 1848, the attempt to unite the German states had also failed. An agreement in the spirit of a Greater Germany, as demanded by Emperor Franz Joseph, was out of the question for Bismarck, who had been Prussian Prime Minister since 1862. For him, unity was only conceivable under Prussian leadership and without Austria. The two great powers still fought together in the war against Denmark (1864). Two years later, the separation from Austria was completed in the German War.
Preußen über alles
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Sir Roger Casement
1968


