Heinz Weiss

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

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Zum blauen Bock

1957

Die Schwarzwaldklinik poster
6.6

The 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

The Great Escape poster
7.9

The 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

Das Kriminalmuseum poster
8.0

Das 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

The Little Drummer Girl poster
5.6

An 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

Doctor Faustus poster
4.8

A 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

Berlin Tunnel 21 poster
6.7

In 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

Confused Feelings poster
4.9

It 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

The Roaring Forties poster
6.6

Julien 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Matrosen von Kronstadt

1983

Wallenstein poster
NR

Wallenstein 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

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten

1981

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Zukunft hat Geburtstag - 100 Jahre Automobil

1986

1970s · 10 titles

Im Vorhof der Wahrheit poster
9.0

At 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 artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jugend einer Studienrätin

1972

Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne

1979

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NR

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

Der Vorgang poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

Der Vorgang

1973

Die Brücke von Zupanja poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Brücke von Zupanja

1975

No artwork available
8.0

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

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fall Eleni Voulgari

1971

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Immer bei Vollmond

1970

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der tödliche Schlag

1975

1960s · 38 titles

The Great Escape poster
7.9

The 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

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

The Green Archer poster
6.4

The 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

Jerry Cotton: Death in the Red Jaguar poster
6.0

Part 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Vermächtnis

1969

Jerry Cotton: Death and Diamonds poster
8.0

Sixth 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

Deadly Shots on Broadway poster
7.3

An 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

Auf Wiedersehen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Auf Wiedersehen

1961

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Traum des Eroberers

1964

Murderers Club of Brooklyn poster
8.8

Fifth Jerry Cotton Movie. A rich capitalist is blackmailed and threatened with the murder of his daughter.

Murderers Club of Brooklyn

1967

Jerry Cotton: Tip Not Included poster
8.3

An 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

The Violin Case Murders poster
7.0

The 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

Punishment Battalion poster
6.0

The 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

Manhattan Night of Murder poster
8.0

Second 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 artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Marinemeuterei 1917

1969

Jerry Cotton: The Trap Snaps Shut at Midnight poster
7.4

Third 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anna Böckler

1968

No artwork available
10.0

TV-Movie from Rainer Erler

Sonderurlaub

1963

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Abrechnung

1963

Flight in Danger poster
6.9

No synopsis available yet.

Flight in Danger

1964

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Journalisten

1961

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Schlacht bei Lobositz

1968

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Freundschaftsspiel

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes

1969

Das große Wunschkonzert poster
8.0

A sentimental musical film about a star conductor and his motherless daughter, orphaned children, choirboys, and a pretty governess.

Das große Wunschkonzert

1960

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fall der Generale

1966

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nennen Sie mich Alex

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann, der Donnerstag war

1960

Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Truhe

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

1961

Brandenburg Division poster
7.0

The 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Verratener Widerstand - Das Funkspiel der deutschen Abwehr in Holland

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Traum des Mr. Borton

1960

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Mann nebenan

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Affäre Eulenburg

1967

Series credits

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Zum blauen Bock

1957

Die Schwarzwaldklinik poster
6.6

The 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

Das Kriminalmuseum poster
8.0

Das 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

Das Kriminalmuseum poster
8.0

Das 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

The Winds of War poster
7.3

Against 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

Graf Luckner poster
10.0

Between 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

Die fünfte Kolonne poster
8.0

Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.

Die fünfte Kolonne

1963

Die fünfte Kolonne poster
8.0

Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.

Die fünfte Kolonne

1963

Immenhof poster
8.5

Immenhof is a German television series.

Immenhof

1994

Immenhof poster
8.5

Immenhof is a German television series.

Immenhof

1994

Peter the Great poster
7.9

Peter 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

Christopher Columbus poster
6.2

After 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

Die Protokolle des Herrn M poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Protokolle des Herrn M

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Peter Alexander: Wir gratulieren

1979

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Intercontinental-Express

1966

Der Staudamm poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Staudamm

1969

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fuchs von Ovelgönne

1981

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Kur

1978

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck poster
5.0

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck is a German television series.

Die merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck

1976

Ritter's Cove poster
3.5

Ritter'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

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me poster
7.0

A 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

Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski

1975

Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus poster
6.8

The 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

Der Winter, der ein Sommer war poster
10.0

In 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 artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel

1993

Wie eine Träne im Ozean poster
NR

A 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

No artwork available
NR

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

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sir Roger Casement

1968