Acting
Wilfried Baasner
Born 1940-05-28 · Mohrungen, Germany
Wilfried Baasner (born May 28, 1940, in Mohrungen; died March 28, 2006, in Athens) was a German actor. Baasner grew up in Lauenburg and Hamburg. At the age of 17, he left secondary school and began his acting training at the Hamburger Kammerspiele under Ida Ehre. This was followed by theater engagements at various venues, including the Stadttheater Bremerhaven, the Wiener Volkstheater, the Wiener Schauspielhaus, the Hamburger Kammerspiele, the Landesbühne Hannover, and the Renaissance-Theater in Berlin. In 1982, Baasner received the prestigious Kainz Medal for his portrayal of John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance's *The Elephant Man* at the Schauspielhaus Wien. He also garnered significant acclaim for his role in the television drama *Hautnah* (1985), which was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize. Baasner achieved nationwide fame through his role as the unscrupulous Achim Lauritzen in the ZDF television series *Das Erbe der Guldenburgs*. His bald head—originally shaved for a production of Bertolt Brecht's *The Threepenny Opera*, in which he played Mackie Messer—later became his trademark. During the final years of his life, Baasner lived primarily in Greece. He died in 2006 in a hospital in Athens.
Acting credits
7.0Four-part german limited serial about the baden revolution in 1848 and 1849.
The Lenz Papers
1986
8.0A reporter becomes embroiled in a deadly game when researching a series of murders on a South American island.
Der schwarze Fluch
1995
Kathrin Bischoff has a great chance of becoming world champion in figure skating. But not everyone is happy for her. After a vicious attack on Kathrin, her mother and coach Maria hires bodyguard Alex. The threat seems to be over. In top form, Kathrin wins the world championship. Then scandal strikes: cocaine is found in her rival Sabine's locker. Sabine accuses Alex of planting the drugs on her. Kathrin doubts her bodyguard and fires him. The devious assassin has been waiting for just this moment...
Mit verbundenen Augen
1995
5.5A legendary blue diamond draws five friends on an arduous expedition to the jungles of Thailand. Things go wrong after a murder, with one friend going to prison. The friends are reunited after seven years when one is kidnapped.
Der blaue Diamant
1993
No synopsis available yet.
Die Frosch-Intrige
1991
5.6The four young snoopers Tim, Karl, Kloesschen and Gaby by chance discover a hidden cave near an old castle. In it there's a board that seems to describe the way to a legendary sword. They ask their history teacher Schindler about it. He forbids them further actions, but secretly continues investigations with help of two ruthless criminals. But our young heros don't give up on an adventure so fast...
Four Junior Detectives
1992
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Tod eines Schaustellers
1984
5.5Judit is up to her neck in art studies and the elitist art community but chucks it all to pursue a successful career as a billiard professional -- not exactly a likely alternative in real life, but certainly more lucrative. Just as she is finally at the apex of her chosen second field, Judit encounters male jealously and/or aggression in the form of intentional snubs from this different class of snobs, or in the worse instances, rape. Director Kitty Kino portrays many of the male figures in this film as weak, or drunk, or simply offensive, and because of the emphasis on those traits, the film will raise objections from some viewers. On the other hand, many women might see this film and feel that at least it brings up the difficulties women can face in getting ahead in a male-dominated arena, instead of side-stepping or ignoring the role of male prejudice.
Karambolage
1983
9.0Private eye Dold, a specialist in surveillance tasks, is sent to investigate a Frankfurt bordello boss. He's a pain in the butt for many in the red-light district and is to be overthrown to pave the way for financially strong speculators to lucratively redevelop the area. Dold, who always saw his work as morally justified, comes to doubt the rightness of his actions far too late.
Hautnah
1985
2.5Grein, a truck driver, works for Sienmann, an undesirable man, dedicated to fraud.
Coconuts
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Bezaubernde Mama
1964