Acting
Heinz Schimmelpfennig
Born — Died
1919-04-06 — 2010-12-31
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
49 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
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
1978
9.0Schwarz greift ein is a German television series.
Schwarz greift ein
1994
Film credits
1980s · 5 titles
No synopsis available yet.
Tante Maria
1981
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.
Am Morgen meines Todes
1986
In 1923, Ludwig Bodmer, a young man returning from the war, works in the gravestone company of his comrade Georg Kroll during the period of inflation. Business is going well, but inflation robs them of their profits and people suffer under the circumstances of the time. The "lost generation" in particular, the survivors of the First World War, of which Ludwig is one, struggles to find a place in society.
Der schwarze Obelisk
1988
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Don Carlos
1984
1970s · 6 titles
One night, a letter carrier appears in the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Blaha, who don't know what hit them. Mr. Blaha is told to acknowledge receipt. The contents of the letter tell him to go home and await further instructions. Suddenly, the doctor appears in Blaha's apartment on the third floor, claiming that he has also been called up for an "exercise". Blaha's confusion grows. He gradually learns that his apartment is to be "conquered" by the wine merchant Müller, who thinks Blaha wants to murder him. The absurdity reaches its climax when Müller turns up heavily armed in Blaha's apartment - an attack that Blaha doesn't understand until his last breath...
Krieg im dritten Stock
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Kleine Geschichten mit großen Tieren
1978
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Die geheimen Papiere des Pentagon
1973
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Das höfliche Alptraumkrokodil
1977
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Gesundheit
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Mordanschlag
1971
1960s · 10 titles
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Betty Blue
1966
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The Mistress
1967
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Kollege Crampton
1967
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Schichtwechsel
1968
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Nun singen sie wieder
1965
Film about a working-class boy who fails at secondary school.
Hürdenlauf
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Die Verspätung
1969
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Der Sog
1968
No synopsis available yet.
In Lemgo 89
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Mohrenwäsche
1966
1950s · 3 titles
Bandits force a cotton farmer to treat a young man who has been shot. Though the farmer has only basic medical experience he saves the boy's life. The bandits declare the farmer their doctor and he even teaches them to read and write.
Der Banditendoktor
1957
6.4Attempted murder told from three perspectives: that of the offender, the (prospective) victim and the investigating officer.
Many Passed By
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Geschwader Fledermaus
1956
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
5.7Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
A Case For Two
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
1978
9.0Schwarz greift ein is a German television series.
Schwarz greift ein
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Mit Leib und Seele
1989
No synopsis available yet.
Hecht & Haie
1993
8.0Die Fernfahrer is a German television series.
Die Fernfahrer
1963
Karl Maiwald, a Dortmund auto mechanic, struggles amid neighbor disputes and family tension. Discovering his company’s clandestine bugging, he exposes management, expecting union backing. Yet the union’s hidden ownership of the firm stuns him, as he realizes the very workers leading protests are its members.
Stellenweise Glatteis
1975
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Staudamm
1969
7.0Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.
Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy
1986
6.0This is a 7-part German crime series by Peter A. Horn. In self-contained and unconnected episodes, the great detectives of crime literature solve various cases. Sherlock Holmes (Ernst Fritz Fürbringer) and Dr. Watson (Harald Mannl) start things off, followed by Auguste Dupin, David Wilson, Father Brown, Inspector Bucket, Sergeant Cuff and Hercule Poirot. Every episode of this early crime series in the early days of television was still broadcast live. It could hardly have been more irregular: it was broadcast in loose succession on different days at different start times in prime time, and the length of the broadcast varied between 25 and 50 minutes.
The Gallery of the Great Detectives
1954
No synopsis available yet.
Die Gerichtsreporterin
1994
Lugtal, a town nestled between hills, where the citizens feel at home in their half-timbered houses. A dominant figure: Count Brosch, brewery owner and entrepreneur. He is planning a large-scale housing project in the nearby city forest. Some politicians and many committed citizens are opposed to this, striving instead for the renovation of the old town. Against this backdrop, the story of two contrasting brothers unfolds—the conformist Fridolin and the rebellious Max Fantl.
Die Stadt im Tal
1975
Golden Soak is a 1979 Australian mini series about an English mining engineer who travels to Australia.
Golden Soak
1979
NRThe country estate of Count Claudieuse is located near Paris. One night in 1871, it goes up in flames. Two shots are fired, the count is critically injured, and the countess and her children escape the flames with the help of the feeble-minded Cocoleu. Cocoleu accuses Jacques von Beaucoran from the neighboring estate of being the perpetrator. Jacques protests his innocence.
Der Strick um den Hals
1975
8.5The stern and reserved Gustav Hartmann, known as "Iron Gustav", is the last Berlin cab driver. At the end of the 1920s, his time is over as horse-drawn cabs are replaced by automobile cabs. He is threatened with impoverishment. His family wants to have him incapacitated. So he sets off on one last great journey that takes him from Berlin to Paris and back. A reporter with a nose for a big story accompanies him, Gustav becomes famous, returns to Berlin in triumph and, having become a gentle and approachable person, reconciles with his family.
Der eiserne Gustav
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Bier und Spiele
1977