Ursula Karven

Acting

Ursula Karven

Born 1964-09-17 · Ulm, Germany

Ursula Karven (born Ursula Ganzenmüller, 17 September 1964) is a German actress, writer, model and yoga instructor. In 2001, she made international headlines when her four year-old son, Daniel, drowned at a birthday party in the swimming pool of American musician Tommy Lee in Santa Monica.

Acting credits

Die Schokoladenschnüffler poster
6.3

A crime comedy directed by Jirí Menzel, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

Die Schokoladenschnüffler

1986

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3.7

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Der Club der grünen Witwen

2001

Die Küken kommen poster
9.0

Six young men are disturbed by their girlfriends while looking for adventures in Munich after their discharge from the Bundeswehr.

Die Küken kommen

1985

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3.7

As an architect Robert Cortin is self-confident, but his private life is shaky. His wife Vera, a gynecologist, cannot have children. They have tried to get adopt a child for some time. Now Robert learns that his lover Stefanie is pregnant.

Tödliches Leben

1995

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6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Autsch, du Fröhliche!

2000

Before I Say Goodbye poster
6.0

Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.

Before I Say Goodbye

2003

Volcano poster
7.2

When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.

Volcano

2009

Hattinger und die kalte Hand poster
5.5

A summer's day on Lake Chiemsee: children discover the body of a man on a sailing boat. Inspector Hattinger and his colleagues from the Prien police start investigating. Shortly afterwards, a second body is found: The author Annette Kaufmann has been murdered in her vacation apartment. It is a serial murder, the perpetrator seems to know Inspector Hattinger personally and provokes him with bloody clues. There has been a fateful connection between the two murder victims for decades: Both are partly to blame for the death of a young girl who lost her life due to a doctor's blunder.

Hattinger und die kalte Hand

2013

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season poster
6.6

One of the final entries in the series of romantic suspense adventures takes Jennifer and Jonathan Hart off to Sydney, Australia, where they plan to purchase a wildlife reserve from Jennifer’s old flame, the handsome and mysterious Elliott Manning.Manning challenges Jonathan, and their old rivalry is rekindled, with Hart besting Manning every time. When Manning begins to behave strangely toward Jennifer, a series of disturbing events reveals that this rivalry is no longer so good-natured, and the Harts find themselves bait in a trap.

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season

1996

Fire, Ice and Dynamite poster
4.6

Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!

Fire, Ice and Dynamite

1990

Familie XXL poster
6.8

Simone, head of a catering company and mother of Timo and Nelly, separates from her unfaithful husband Stefan.

Familie XXL

2002

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3.0

A woman and her son make a trip to Morocco alone, as her husband has had an emergency. There she is attracted by a tour guide who begins a passionate affair. One night, returning to the hotel, is waiting her husband.

Holiday Affair

2001

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

With Murder in Mind

1992

Mein Herz in Malaysia poster
6.2

Art dealer Juliane Wenzel specializes in Asian antiques. But without her husband, who went missing after a boating accident, business is going badly. Now she has to fly to Malacca because of a strange break-in at her Asian branch. She comes across evidence that her husband was involved in illegal business. Juliane soon finds herself in great danger.

Mein Herz in Malaysia

2011

Harold and the Ghosts poster
7.0

Harold Mortimer is the last of his clan. The old dilapidated castle is all he has left and he urgently needs money for renovation. Until now, he earned his living from tourists. But the ghosts, once helpful in scaring the numerous clientele, are staying away, because the whisky cellar is empty. Without ghosts, there are no tourists, no money, no renovation, no whishy, no ghosts.... a vicious circle. Enraged, he decides to get rid of the ghosts once and for all and chases them back to the graveyard where they once came from. There he meets the cemetery gardener Paolo. The two quickly become friends and decide to go to Spain together. Paaolo even owns a boat... But how will he make it to the sea? Can the enchanted fairy help them?

Harold and the Ghosts

1994

Yoga Everyday poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yoga Everyday

2010

So einfach stirbt man nicht poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

So einfach stirbt man nicht

2019

No artwork available
6.0

Andrea is a teacher at a gymnasium in Lübeck. She prefers to convince her students with arguments rather than punishments. But it can also be very specific: For example, when it comes to averting the advances of her problem student Niklas. He has fallen in love with her, much to the grief of his girlfriend and classmate Lisa. On a school trip, the situation comes to a head, Andrea feels increasingly pressurized by Niklas. Her husband Michael is not much help in this situation - the dentist has just started a new job and only his research in mind. Jealous Lisa tells in school that they do have a relationship, which makes their marriage very much tested.

Stille Post

2008

Con Express poster
3.9

A hotheaded Alaskan customs agent (Sean Patrick Flannery) unwillingly teams up with a coldhearted but beautiful Soviet agent (Ursula Karven) to capture a rogue Russian general (Arnold Vosloo), selling a shipment of deadly nerve gas. Tensions and passions spin out of control after two agents are left for dead and they must combine forces to survive. They have one chance laft to take out the General and destroy the "Apocalypse in a can" nerve agent, both speeding toward freedom on a runaway mountain train. Unexpected twists and terrifying turns along the way put everyone on a collision course for explosive action, pulse-pounding thrill and a devastating betrayal of trust.

Con Express

2002

Eine unbeliebte Frau poster
6.0

Little Marie Kerstner has disappeared after a daycare outing in the woods. Chief Inspector Oliver von Bodenstein and his colleague Pia Kirchhoff investigate and unexpectedly come across two bodies. First, senior public prosecutor Hardenbach is found dead, apparently shot with a load of buckshot from his own hunting rifle. Shortly afterwards, a dead young woman is discovered at the foot of a lookout tower. It turns out that the dead woman is Isabel Kerstner, the mother of the missing girl. Isabel had made many enemies in her short life and the suspects for her murder are queuing up. But what did the dead prosecutor have to do with Isabel and where is her daughter? Only gradually do von Bodenstein and Kirchhoff realize the true dimension of the case.

Eine unbeliebte Frau

2013

Katie Fforde - An deiner Seite poster
6.8

New York lawyer Alicia Charles faces a challenge: to help penniless globetrotter Will in a custody battle over his godchild Linus. The nine-year-old Linus lost his parents in a car accident. Will wants custody of his godchild, although as a poor globetrotter he has little chance. He is not even related to the boy. He cannot present more than a snippet from a family video that identifies him as a godfather.

Katie Fforde - An deiner Seite

2014

What Matters Most poster
5.8

The lawyer Ella Wolf and her childhood friend Florian come from the same place but live in different worlds. He stayed in idyllic Bad Friedlingen and continues to run the organic farm of his deceased parents. For him, the modern milking machine means maximum change. Ella, on the other hand, is about to take the next step in her career in a renowned Munich law firm: one more test and she will become the youngest junior partner of all time! At her best friend's hilarious wedding party, the two meet and get closer than ever! When Ella returns to her home village six weeks later, she has two serious issues in her luggage: Firstly, she is pregnant by "Flo", which nobody but her knows yet, and secondly, she is supposed to push through a destructive construction project for an important client, which of all things is fought by Florian as the leader of a citizens' initiative.

What Matters Most

2022

Nicht mit mir, Liebling poster
5.7

Nina is married to the conservative mayor Robert von der Heyden. The lawyer finally wants to step out of Robert's shadow. Now she learns from the television that her husband is once again running as a top candidate against all agreements. Nina's disappointment is compounded when she catches her husband with his French PR consultant Jacqueline. Her old party friend Philipp awakens the ambition of the once active local politician. She challenges her husband.

Nicht mit mir, Liebling

2012

Wie treu ist Nik? poster
9.0

Female fans are flocking to pop star Nik's feet. But when he announces that he is madly in love with Sarah and wants to marry her, there is an outcry from his fans. In view of Nik's popularity rating, the record company fears a slump in sales. So they stage a "meet your star" contest in which three ladies want to do everything they can to get the superstar away from Sarah. Can Nik remain faithful...?

Wie treu ist Nik?

1986

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