Gunther Malzacher

Acting

Gunther Malzacher

Born 1929-03-05 · Berlin, Germany

Gunther Malzacher was a German actor, director and author.

Acting credits

The Serpent's Egg poster
6.2

In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while facing unemployment, depression, alcoholism, and the social decay of Germany during the Weimar Republic.

The Serpent's Egg

1977

Rheingold poster
7.0

A mature, rich and bored woman called Elisabeth is taking a ride with the “Rheingold”, a first-class high-speed train of the seventies along the river Rhine. In the train she is meeting her old school mate and lover who is working as a waiter and falls in love with him again. Her husband, a busy politician, realizes what’s going on and tries to catch the train to face his wife and her lover in a fatal showdown.

Rheingold

1978

The Lite Trap poster
4.7

Germany, 1981. State Security Service agent Harald Love is sent on a secret mission from the GDR to the Federal Republic, to verify an informant with the code name "Heinz" who is suspected to be a double agent. A job that may change his life forever...

The Lite Trap

1982

The First Circle poster
6.5

The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The First Circle

1973

As the Sea Rages poster
8.0

After five years of war, Clements, a professional seaman, has no ambitions other than to live in peace and carry out his activity. Having settled down in the archipelago of the Aegean Sea, he has founded a small sponge fishing company in an idyllic place and foresees an optimistic future. Unfortunately, he soon finds himself caught in a crossfire...

As the Sea Rages

1959

Night on Fire poster
4.7

Enquiries into the murder of a young woman take the private investigator Peter Keller to the idyllic village of Schwant in Emmental. But, the more entangled Keller gets in the treads of the apparently clearcut case of sex murder, the more obvious the flaws in the village idyll become. Keller's quest turns into a deadly mission.

Night on Fire

1992

Der scharfe Heinrich - Die bumsfidelen Abenteuer einer jungen Ehe poster
6.5

Heinrich and his wife Sabine are happily married, until Heinrich suggests trying something new in the bedroom - the plan to meet with two other couples for a night of erotic adventures turns into total chaos.

Der scharfe Heinrich - Die bumsfidelen Abenteuer einer jungen Ehe

1971

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die geheimen Papiere des Pentagon

1973

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Exil

1965

Grabbe's Last Summer poster
5.0

Depiction of the short life of the influential, troubled playwright Christian Dietrich Grabbe. Impoverished and suffering from illness, Grabbe returns to his hometown of Detmold in 1823 seeking peace and reconciliation. His final days are marked by rapidly deteriorating health, an intense struggle with alcohol, and complex, strained relationships with his sister and friends who attempt to care for him.

Grabbe's Last Summer

1980

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris

1973

No artwork available
9.0

Munich cab driver Herbert Sponer picks up American businessman Jack Mortimer at the train station. Suddenly Mortimer is shot while driving and Sponer has to try to avoid being suspected as the perpetrator.

Jack Mortimer

1961

No artwork available
9.0

Ann, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the sole heir of millions from her grandmother. Ann's parents, who are short of money and have lost all hope of a bright future try to manipulate Ann's imagination in such a way that she loses her mind.

Die Eltern

1974

The Blood of the Walsungs poster
8.0

The siblings Sieglinde and Siegmund von Arnstatt are inseparable. Their arrogant manner is particularly felt by Sieglinde's fiancé, Lieutenant Justus von Beckerath. Siegmund jealously watches over his sister, with whom he falls into a frenzy of emotion during a performance of Richard Wagner's opera "Die Walküre." Beckerath realizes that he will never be able to break into the incestuous intimacy of the twins. Finally, Siegmund and Sieglinde give themselves over completely to their sensual intoxication...

The Blood of the Walsungs

1965

Rendezvous in Paris poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Rendezvous in Paris

1982

No artwork available
9.0

This time it is not the king who dies, but the people. Individuals, couples and entire crowds die. All twenty or so scenes are fatal. Doctors accuse politicians of guilt and vice versa. The cause of the great dying is unknown. It is generally assumed to be a disease.

Triumph des Todes oder Das große Massakerspiel

1970

Behind the camera