Wolfgang Menge

Writing

Wolfgang Menge

Born — Died

1924-04-10 — 2012-10-17

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

Wolfgang Menge was a German writer, primarily a screenwriter, and journalist.

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

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NDR Talk Show

1979

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NR

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Alpha Forum

1998

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7.2

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3 nach 9

1974

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio poster
6.0

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alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

1994

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

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NR

Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.

Grimme Award

1964

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NR

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Nachtstudio

1997

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NR

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Wortwechsel

1982

Deutscher Fernsehpreis poster
8.0

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Deutscher Fernsehpreis

1999

Zur Person poster
NR

A German television format in which Günter Gaus interviewed prominent members of German society, particularly politicians. More than 200 interviews were conducted over the course of 40 years.

Zur Person

1963

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8.0

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Leute

1983

Behind the camera

The Red Circle poster
6.1

A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation thereafter bears the same sign, which in turn leads to blackmail and murder.

The Red Circle

1960

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

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7.0

Three 1950s city stories: In Hamburg, Sergeant Siegel tackles St. Pauli’s crime, from prostitution to deadly domestic fights. In Munich, teenager Helga Barufka teeters on the edge of nightlife’s dangers. In Düsseldorf, escort “Fräulein Doktor” outsmarts her boss by poaching his VIP clients.

For Love and Others

1959

I’m an Elephant, Madame poster
5.0

The pupil Rull rehearses the uprising at a grammar school in Bremen and tries to break through the authoritarian structures of his school. The result is a humorous protest movement that demands a democratic school form.

I’m an Elephant, Madame

1969

Das Traumhaus poster
10.0

Four young people dream of a simple life. In the middle of Berlin, they retreat to an idyllic villa with a garden, where they want to provide for themselves and lead an alternative lifestyle. But then an unscrupulous property developer wants to demolish the villa to build a modern residential complex.

Das Traumhaus

1980

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

Mann im Schatten poster
6.7

Crime Thriller with Helmut Qualtinger as Chief Inspector who investigates a Murder in 1961 Vienna. The murder is based on a real murder, the "bathub murder", which gained quite some media attraction in austria in the 1940's.

Mann im Schatten

1961

Four Against the Bank poster
6.3

One evening, the once successful architect Helmut is tired of the recession giving no jobs, he gets the idea of robbing a bank. He recruits members of his golf club that are not paying their fees.

Four Against the Bank

1976

The Molesters poster
4.0

In exploring sex offenses, particularly against children, this film reveals the inner workings of the Zurich police and INTERPOL as they pursue persons accused of voyeurism, rape, fetishism, sadism, and masochism. After the criminals are arrested and given psychological tests, they may be sentenced to an institution or undergo brain surgery (with their consent) in order to be rehabilitated.

The Molesters

1963

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8.0

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Negerküsse

1992

The Million Game poster
6.8

A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the show is watching the transmissions of twenty camera teams filming the hunt. The showmaster appeals to the TV-viewers to help either the candidate or the hunters, whomever they want.

The Million Game

1970

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9.0

A fictionalized version of a military training fight.

Planübung

1977

Der Partyphotograph poster
4.8

A television technician who is mistaken for a star photographer can hardly save himself from girls who are addicted to fame. A simple-minded story of mistaken identity as a hook for striptease acts and cheap jokes.

Der Partyphotograph

1968

Polizeirevier Davidswache poster
4.7

A drama that illustrates a few days at a busy Hamburg police station.

Polizeirevier Davidswache

1964

Rebellion der Verlorenen poster
8.0

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Rebellion der Verlorenen

1969

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NR

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Ein Tag in Berlin

1965

Die Dubrow Krise poster
10.0

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Die Dubrow Krise

1969

Verhör am Nachmittag poster
8.5

An elderly gentleman lies dead in bed. For the employees of the Cologne funeral home, this is nothing unusual. Apparently, Mr. Dressler died of tuberculosis. But then bloodstains are found on the headrest, and one of the undertakers discovers a bullet. So it was no ordinary death after all!

Verhör am Nachmittag

1965

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4.2

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Eines schönen Tages

1964