Helmuth Schneider

Acting

Helmuth Schneider

Born — Died

1920-12-18 — 1972-03-17

Place of birth

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

51 titles

Helmuth Schneider (18 December 1920 – 17 March 1972) was a German actor. Schneider portrayed the role of Uncle Dimitri in The White Horses. He died in a traffic accident in Rio de Janeiro in 1972. Source: Article "Helmuth Schneider" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 4 titles

The Fifth Day of Peace poster
5.5

Based on a true story. Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied POW camp. When a rigid and militaristic German colonel learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war is over. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two men face the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace".

The Fifth Day of Peace

1970

The Unholy Four poster
6.4

A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.

The Unholy Four

1970

For Love Or Murder poster
3.6

A wealthy, eccentric chemical company owner sends his woman to get an American writer to take a mind control drug, Kemek, to verify its potential. She accomplishes her mission, but falls totally in love with the writer. The chemical magnate, satisfied with the results of the test, rewards her with murder, just as she is about to flee to Naples with her new lover. Her ex-husband and a private detective track the killer behind it all to a remote hideaway to unravel the solution.

For Love Or Murder

1970

War Is War poster
8.0

Summer 1914, Vienna. Franz, a handsome young hussar lieutenant, falls in love with Sissi, daughter of the Austrian Generalissimo. Shortly afterwards, the First World War breaks out. It provides Franz with the perfect opportunity to earn his stripes and claim the girl's hand in marriage.

War Is War

1972

1960s · 18 titles

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! poster
7.9

During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

1966

Is Paris Burning? poster
7.2

Near the end of World War II, General Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if he's unable to maintain control of the city. After much contemplation, Choltitz ignores orders, enraging the Germans and giving hope to various resistance factions that the city will be liberated. Choltitz, alongside Swedish diplomat Raoul Nordling, helps a leader organise his forces.

Is Paris Burning?

1966

Angelique and the Sultan poster
6.4

Angélique is in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. She refuses to be bedded as her captors try to beat sense into her. She finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.

Angelique and the Sultan

1968

Untamable Angelique poster
6.5

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.

Untamable Angelique

1967

The Secret Invasion poster
5.8

During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.

The Secret Invasion

1964

Battle of the Commandos poster
5.9

A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his next mission, he takes along a platoon a convicted criminals - to prepare the Normandy beaches for the D-Day landings.

Battle of the Commandos

1969

Captain Sindbad poster
4.9

After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political.

Captain Sindbad

1963

Joseph and His Brethren poster
6.2

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.

Joseph and His Brethren

1961

Assignment K poster
6.3

Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.

Assignment K

1968

Dirty Heroes poster
5.6

Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans

Dirty Heroes

1967

Franciscan of Bourges poster
6.4

Albert is a Franciscan monk and a medical orderly at a monastery in France. Although he is German, the kindly monk helps hide French resistance members. Albert tries to maintain the delicate balance between the warring factions by helping out the afflicted and not getting involved in political ideology.

Franciscan of Bourges

1968

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Spleen des George Riley

1965

Danger Has Two Faces poster
7.0

A U.S. spy and East German police duke it out in a battle of wits, fisticuffs and killing. The spy assumes the ID of a wealthy look-alike that the commies kill. But will his wife spill the beans in this Cold War espionage thriller?

Danger Has Two Faces

1968

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Strafverteidiger

1961

$100,000 reward poster
6.0

Breaking into the vault of Midlandbank! One of the night watchmen is shot, the unknown perpetrator can escape with the loot - around two and a half million. A $100,000 reward is being offered for the capture of the murderer. Meanwhile, two detectives are shadowing the luxury villa of Franklin Aldin and Sissi Hendersen, who seem suspicious to them, especially since they are not unknown to the police. Their staff, who have only been with them for about a month, are also highly suspect. There is the pretty maid Lila, who until recently worked as a lawyer, the house servant Andy, who has more skills than he would need as a servant, and the cook Fil, a motherly lady who also has multiple criminal records. For the police, there is no question

$100,000 reward

1961

Drei weiße Birken poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Drei weiße Birken

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker

1963

The Postman Goes to War poster
5.3

The unsuspecting Parisian postman Thibon accepts a transfer as army mailman in Indochina. In the hospital, after his mail van is blown up by a mine, he falls in love with his Indochinese nurse Vang.

The Postman Goes to War

1966

1950s · 18 titles

Strange World poster
5.5

During an archeological expedition in the Amazon, a group of explorers -- including a father and a son -- finds a beautiful golden statue. The party is attacked by remnants of a lost civilization, and the son is rescued by Indians. Years later, living in the city, he discovers in a magazine article photographic evidence of the golden god in the jungle. Willing to find his father, he quits his job and travels to the Amazon.

Strange World

1950

Meu Destino é Pecar poster
10.0

The story of Leninha, a young Brazilian woman whose life become a turbulent tragedy in the midst of trades involving lust and power.

Meu Destino é Pecar

1952

Der Löwe von Babylon poster
6.5

In the ruins of Nim Bis Rub, in Babylon, is a band of smugglers den. There goes Nemsi Kara Ben and his faithful friend. One night, while camping, they surprise three smugglers and, after a hard-fought struggle, manage to reduce them and take possession of the rings that are their trademark. Then they go to Baghdad and there, a character who wears a ring of smugglers, which has seen Kara's, confuses him with one of the band.

Der Löwe von Babylon

1959

Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald

1956

Zwei Matrosen auf der Alm poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zwei Matrosen auf der Alm

1958

Der König der Bernina poster
7.0

Markus Paltram returns to his home village after ten years. There, he is shunned because his father is believed to be a murderer. Markus falls in love with Cilgia, the pastor's daughter. However, Pia, a Roma girl, wants to win Markus for herself at any cost.

Der König der Bernina

1957

Der Fischer vom Heiligensee poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fischer vom Heiligensee

1955

Ein Herz schlägt für Erika poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Herz schlägt für Erika

1956

Under the Stars of Capri poster
7.0

A comedy about a white yacht and four attractive young women who want to impress a sailing club with their seaworthiness. A fifth "girl" turns out to be a photo reporter in disguise, who joins the voyage instead of his sister in order to get ahead professionally. Two of the women eventually get hitched.

Under the Stars of Capri

1953

No artwork available
10.0

A German film comedy

Frauen sind für die Liebe da

1957

Hunter’s Blood poster
10.0

Young forester Sixt is wounded one night. Smuggling in the mountains is the reason. By day, the brothers Benno and Simon Schaidler are respectable citizens - by night, they are smugglers and poachers. They daredevilly pursue their nocturnal "craft". However, a number of people in Aurach have no idea of the smugglers' activities. For example Barbara, the landlady of the "Gamsbock", and her sister Gretl. One night Sixt, the young forester, is wounded by a pistol shot. Suspicion falls on forester Aiblinger, since it is his lost service pistol that is found near the wounded man.

Hunter’s Blood

1957

Das Forsthaus in Tirol poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Forsthaus in Tirol

1955

Drei Birken auf der Heide poster
6.2

After 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

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Schützenliesel

1954

Tausend Melodien poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Tausend Melodien

1956

Cavalcade poster
9.0

Set on the Argentine coast in 1870, a man pretends to be an outlaw to catch an army deserter.

Cavalcade

1959

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Minna von Barnhelm

1957

Ännchen von Tharau poster
8.0

After fleeing from East Prussia, waitress Ännchen has found a new home in a West German wine town. She looks after a young war orphan. One day his missing father turns up. He falls in love with Ännchen.

Ännchen von Tharau

1954

Series credits

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Stahlnetz poster
7.5

Stahlnetz is a German television series.

Stahlnetz

1958

Stahlnetz poster
7.5

Stahlnetz is a German television series.

Stahlnetz

1958

Dem Täter auf der Spur poster
10.0

Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.

Dem Täter auf der Spur

1967

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O poster
10.0

L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

1968

Kommissar Freytag poster
10.0

Kommissar Freytag is a German television series.

Kommissar Freytag

1963

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Intercontinental-Express

1966

The Leatherstocking Tales poster
6.9

German miniseries based upon the novel, The Last of the Mohicans.

The Leatherstocking Tales

1969

The White Horses poster
8.3

The White Horses is a 1965 television series co-produced by RTV Ljubljana of Yugoslavia and German TV. Young teenage horse fan Julka spends her holidays at the Lipizza Stud Farm run by her Uncle Dimitrij.

The White Horses

1966