
Acting
Balduin Baas
Born — Died
1922-06-09 — 2006-05-22
Place of birth
Gdańsk, Poland
Known for
Acting
Credits
86 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
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
6.0Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974
6.0Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Großstadtrevier
1986
5.7The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.
Unser Charly
1995
6.2No synopsis available yet.
The Country Doctor
1987
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
5.0A madman wearing a hood escapes from the Wondermore asylum. Shortly thereafter, Sir Douglas, who owns the estate, falls into a coma. This is certainly no coincidence, especially since the line of heirs is dwindling. Scotland Yard Chief John sends Inspector Higgins and Nelson to solve the case…
Das Schloss des Grauens
2002
Drama about an old lady who begins to suffer from dementia.
Die blauen und die grauen Tage
2000
1990s · 3 titles
7.6Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40 years just to get discount. Heinrich's boss decides it’s time for him to retire early. Heinrich suddenly finds himself with nothing to do—except micromanage his household, much to the dismay of his wife Renate and their son Dieter
Pappa ante Portas
1991
5.0The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their snobbish visitors, which all want to reside in their little house without doing any work to earn their living.
Willi und die Windzors
1996
6.0Marivaudages of a privileged group embarked on the "Narcissus" for a musical cruise in company of the famous diva La Doria.
La Femme fardée
1990
1980s · 5 titles
4.8A musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan
Doctor Faustus
1982
10.0A detective with the highest clearance rate in the country, gets involved in a case with a young woman arrested for having killed her child. The detective falls under the spell of the young woman.
Frevel
1984
No synopsis available yet.
Spätes Glück nicht ausgeschlossen
1988
No synopsis available yet.
Der Heuler
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung
1980
1970s · 14 titles
6.7An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.
Orchestra Rehearsal
1979
5.0Principal Gottlieb Taft's twin brother Gotthold Taft partakes in the most recent prank by faking his death and promising a large inheritance to the Mommsen-Gymnasium and the principal. Of course, the inheritance is tied to many embarrassing conditions.
Wir hau'n die Pauker in die Pfanne
1970
4.7Things may not be fast at the German post office, but they're a lot of fun: postal supervisor Max Sparwein knows a thing or two about it, because he really can't complain about boring and monotonous service on his tour through the city. This is also the experience of journalist Mara Schönwetter, who accompanies him on his walks up and down the stairs to write a report.
Wer einmal in das Posthorn stößt
1973
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Willi wird das Kind schon schaukeln
1972
4.215 years ago Paul Jordan was a star in Hollywood musicals. But then he retired from showbiz and married the rich Joan. Now, after being dependent on his wife's money for many years, he's sick of it and wants to work again. A romantic affair with his stepdaughter, Shirley, gives him the guts to ask for a role. His former agent gets him one but it's with a small company in Vienna, Austria. The stress worsens his alcoholism; the tablets he takes to hide the effects lead him to hallucinations. When his wife and girlfriend appear at the same time, he's no longer capable of handling the situation.
To the Bitter End
1975
5.2Pepe Nietnagel's father has a valuable stamp collection stolen in Amsterdam. Street musician Pit recovers it. To show his gratitude, Pit is invited to Baden Baden and enters the Mommsen Gymnasium. There, he joins Pepe in his pranks.
Morgen fällt die Schule aus
1971
9.0Dressed only with a muff, Eva - naked as God created her - reaches the conference room of the big bank to expose Terbanks' capitalists and bankers and to protest against capitalism and exploitation. But the naked woman from the "Red October" community slapped the wrong man and pursued tangible own interests in the form of inherited shares ...
Slap in the Face
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Mein Onkel Benjamin
1973
In a fictitious European city known as Padukgrad, where a government arises following the rise of a philosophy known as "Ekwilism", which discourages the idea of anyone being different from anyone else, and promotes the state as the prominent good in society.
Bend Sinister
1970
4.8Due to a plot by the teaching staff, headmaster Taft is forced into early retirement and Knörz is appointed headmaster. However, they didn't count on class 13a, and especially not on their spokesperson Pepe Nietnagel. They are anything but happy about losing Taft, their favorite enemy. Without further ado, Pepe and his friends join forces with Taft and hatch a series of daring pranks to get back at Knörz.
Betragen ungenügend!
1972
6.3On the last day of school, teachers and students have only one thing on their minds: finally, vacation. Corinna, the daughter of a prefabricated house manufacturer, has failed to pass her exams despite all her father's attempts to bribe her. With a little trick, her classmates want to fulfill the greatest dream of Corinna's teacher, Dr. Markus. A quick spin of the wheel of fortune and he has won a prefabricated house in a competition. Everything seems to be going well, but suddenly the deception is revealed.
Hauptsache Ferien
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf
1971
Insurance clerk Paul Montag is assigned to investigate the death of Magdalene Gard. The 28-year-old sportswoman died in the middle of a tennis tournament under unclear circumstances - allegedly of heart failure. Shortly before her death, she had taken out a disproportionately high life insurance policy worth DM 100,000, which was not paid to her mother but to a mysterious organization called “Cumulus”...
Unendlich tief unten
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Moral
1979
1960s · 21 titles
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Lausbubengeschichten
1964
7.5Somehow it doesn't work out with marriage, so the charming and extremely pretty fashion designer Barbara Schönfelder, in her late 20s, entrusts herself to a marriage planning institute - and experiences many an amusing adventure on her 'blind dates', but everything goes wrong. Only when the right man, her boss who is secretly in love with her, takes the initiative do the wedding bells finally ring.
Ich suche einen Mann
1966
3.3An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so she simulates sleep-walking to visit her neighbor across the street every night; when his bathtub runs over, shy Peter gets to meet his sensuous neighbor Lolita; at a high-school reunion his former students pull a prank on Prof. Hellberg and make him believe he cheated on his wife while being drunk; Sybill has a good time during a break at the opera with the famous conductor Cramer.
Das Liebeskarussell
1965
6.1Pepe Nietnagel and his fellow students of the Mommsen school come up with all kinds of ideas to get out of doing any actual school work. This includes simulating suicides, setting off the air-raid sirens and abusing the school director's new broadcasting system. They succeed in sending their teacher to a sanatorium and get a replacement that turns out to not be so bad after all.
Zur Hölle mit den Paukern
1968
5.5Pepe Notnagel (who inexplicably had his name changed from the first movie's Nietnagel) and his classmates scheme to get around doing any actual school work by cheating or sending their teachers to the sanatorium. A Swiss documentary film maker disguises himself as his brother in law, who got a position as an exchange teacher, to aid his project of making a movie about the current youth.
Zum Teufel mit der Penne
1968
4.8Three crooks come out of jail on probation and, taking advantage of the economic boom in Germany, they continue their shady business quite legally this time.
They're Too Much
1965
6.2When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.
The Liar
1961
9.0Klaus murders women. After killing another girl, Klaus is spotted by his friend Kersten as he leaves his latest victim's house. Kersten gives him a ride and Klaus begins to plot the man's death. He's a witness, after all. Nobody else can say Klaus was there except Kersten. They decide to head to a party. Klaus' unhappy wife is there. So are a bunch of other people. Killing Kersten will be difficult. Then they all play a game called... Murder Party!
Murder Party
1961
7.0An extravagant comedy with Heinz Rühmann.
Once a Greek
1966
3.8The town leaders of an Austrian mountain village conspire to attract tourists by touting a mythical "fountain of love" that runs nearby the village. When the minister of tourism discovers this, she immediately sends her agents to check out the veracity of the potentially scandalous water. After the village mayor declares a 3-day ban on sexual activity, he then plugs up the fountain. When the agents come, they find nothing. One of the agents wants to have his boss come and check it out personally, but changes his mind after he drinks some of the water. It really is an aphrodisiac! Soon tourists are arriving by the hundreds to sample the mysterious water. Unfortunately, the minister finds out and claims the water for the state.
The Fountain of Love
1966
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Ente klingelt um halb acht
1968
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Jacques Offenbach – Ein Lebensbild
1969
10.0The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named The Hexer is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that The Hexer will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if The Hexer may get away yet again.
The Mysterious Magician
1963
German telling of the Igor Gouzenko story
Der Verrat von Ottawa
1966
8.0Betty is in jail after a failed raid on a jewelry store while her accomplice Bob escaped. But by chance she finds Bob's hiding place and towers with four other girls. *English title is "The Devil's Girls" not "Devil's Girls"
Devil's Girls
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Die Herren
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Die grüne Nacht von Ziegenberg
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean Paul Marats
1967
8.5In his film attempt, Berlin cabaret artist Wolfgang Neuss strings together various sketches to create a story that deals with the division of Germany based on motifs from the Münchhausen legend. A farmer from the western occupation zone crashes as a reconnaissance pilot over the Soviet Union. He returns to the West via the island of Sylt by miraculous means and finally on the back of a rocket. But he finds his future farmland in the East, on the other side of the fence.
Genosse Münchhausen
1962
1950s · 15 titles
6.9The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.
The Devil's General
1955
7.3A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...
The Captain from Kopenick
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Das Geld liegt auf der Straße
1958
6.0A "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare original abound, right down to the re-enactment of the crime for the benefit of the Uncle and the periodic appearances of the ghost of the hero's father.'
The Rest Is Silence
1959
9.0A man takes in three a dog and three runaway girls.
Der Mann, der nicht nein sagen konnte
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Die Dreigroschenoper
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Perichole
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Biedermann and the firestarters
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Die sechste Frau
1959
3.8No synopsis available yet.
Die verpfuschte Hochzeitsnacht
1957
6.2After a long absence, forest ranger Hans Freese returns to the heathland village of Undeloh, where he spent his childhood. Here he meets his childhood sweetheart Rose again. A sophisticated publisher from Hamburg and a group of gypsies cause all sorts of complications, but thanks to these, Hans and Rose are finally able to be together.
Drei Birken auf der Heide
1956
7.0The young veterinarian Dr. Vlimmen settles in a small town on the North Sea coast. When he reports the conditions in the local slaughterhouse as cruelty to animals, he makes an enemy of the influential butcher van Heusden, who launches a smear campaign against him. Vlimmen is only supported by his sister Truus and his friend, lawyer Dacka, who loves Truus. In the end, Vlimmen succeeds in clearing his name. Through a daring operation, he regains his reputation and also finds Nel, the daughter of councillor van der Kalk.
Tierarzt Dr. Vlimmen
1956
6.4No synopsis available yet.
Der müde Theodor
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Prozeß in Dur
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Walzertraum
1959
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
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
6.0Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974
6.0Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974
6.0Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Großstadtrevier
1986
6.0Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Großstadtrevier
1986
5.7The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.
Unser Charly
1995
6.2No synopsis available yet.
The Country Doctor
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
3.4Doppelter Einsatz is a German television series about the cases of two female detectives of the Hamburg police.
Doppelter Einsatz
1994
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Eurocops
1988
4.9The life of the German noble family von Guldenburg.
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
1987
10.0Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.
Dem Täter auf der Spur
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Sonderdezernat K1
1972
No synopsis available yet.
The German Bronx
1997
No synopsis available yet.
Zwischenmahlzeit
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Kommissariat 9
1975
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Hafendetektiv
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Krimi-Quiz - Amateure als Kriminalisten
1964
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Ein Fall für Titus Bunge
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Das wissen die Götter
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Miss Molly Mill
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Der rasende Lokalreporter
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Schusters Gespenster
1978
