Acting
Willy Semmelrogge
Born — Died
1923-03-15 — 1984-09-10
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
81 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
8.0Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
The Commissioner
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
8.0Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
1970s · 15 titles
7.3The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
6.6Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.
Woyzeck
1979
9.0On his wanderings, Tom meets young Lizzi and accompanies her to the vacation resort "Im Sonnengrund". The residents there are threatened by a huge garbage dump that will bury them all.
Die Halde
1975
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Sanfter Schrecken
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Unter Kuratel
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Mord im Pfarrhaus
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Flucht - Der Fall Münzenberg
1971
7.3A gang of middle class teen kids stumbles upon a crime in their neighborhood. Remarkably one of the gang members is in a wheelchair, he is somewhat the leader of the group.
The Suburban Crocodiles
1977
5.0Aguirre, a Spanish father, left his family to work as a sewer worker in Germany. His son joined and he does hire. One day, the boy dies in an accident as well as German sewer worker who tries to save him. Aguirre tries to reach out to his widow and children who turn away. He understands that it is because he is a foreign worker and they reproach him as a foreigner, to be the cause of death of the German sewage worker. The universe Aguirre then collapses.
Der Übergang über den Ebro
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Ein für allemal
1973
No synopsis available yet.
..es ist die Liebe
1979
No synopsis available yet.
Eine kleine Liebe
1976
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Die Affäre Lerouge
1976
Based on motifs from the novel "Pornografia" by Witold Gombrowicz. The action takes place during the hot summer of 1970 in Cicero, a suburb of Chicago. An aging crime boss tries to compensate for his guilt by making a young couple guilty.
Die Sonne angreifen
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Eisenwichser
1972
1960s · 24 titles
8.0Second Jerry Cotton movie. A ring of gangsters has been terrorizing New York City. Special agent Jerry Cotton is summoned by the FBI to help crack down on the Criminals and put them out of business. He doesnt pull any punches either.
Manhattan Night of Murder
1965
"Der Griller" tells the story of hedonist Franz Kaffer, who is working at a grill restaurant in Munich and as a drug dealer alongside. The film paints an atmospheric picture of the so-called "Jet Generation" in "Swinging Munich" that takes a very close look on the late sixties in West Germany – with some peculiar psychedelic elements on top.
The Griller
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Siedlung Arkadien
1967
7.0Even thieves have a lobby! And they defend their clientele, especially since their very existence is at risk. The safety precautions in safes and in banks are becoming ever stricter, making the working conditions for burglars and thieving magpies more and more difficult. Therefore, the interest group of property reducers - VDEI for short - made representations to the responsible minister and confronted him with a warning strike, which is intended to make it clear what economic function thieves and burglars have in society. The strike calls everyone involved in property security onto the scene: burglars and interest groups for guns, guard dog breeders and tank crackers gather. After heated discussions, an agreement can finally be reached - but the consumer has to pay for it.
10 Percent
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Die Söhne
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Den Tod in der Hand
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Der Schlagbaum
1960
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
1960
9.0A retirement home. An elderly gentleman is conversing with a paralyzed countess. When she asks him why he was awarded the title of advisor and an order, Ziegler modestly replies, "For services to the fatherland and the people." The scene changes, and we see Ziegler no longer in the retirement home, but behind bars. After serving his sentence for defrauding gullible women seeking to get married, the marriage swindler Ziegler accidentally finds himself at the award ceremony. Realizing how attractive the order is to wealthy individuals who have not yet taken their place among the elite, Ziegler decides to end his dangerous and not-so-lucrative "business." He searches his address book for the names of wealthy fellow citizens and, using forged forms, informs them that they will soon be awarded an order and that they must pay 750 marks to cover the costs of the ceremony...
Orden für die Wunderkinder
1963
6.9No synopsis available yet.
Flight in Danger
1964
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Dantons Tod
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Zwei Herren aus Verona
1964
Pavel is sent to Germany to spy.
Bericht eines Feiglings
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Alle Macht der Erde
1962
In 1828 a man called Kaspar Hauser appears in Nuremberg, barely able to speak and walk. He is admitted to the house of a professor, who among other things explores Kaspar's unusual characteristics and deals with his education.
Der Spielverderber - Das kurze, verstörte Leben des Kaspar Hauser
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Winterquartier
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Das Bild
1967
10.0Munich, 1968: a period of liberation, student revolts, state repression. Amidst the restlessness, chemistry student Robbie meets the Irish cello player Nancy. They feel compelled to pursue a passion in spite of their careers. But does romantic love have a place in such convoluted, contesting times?
Love and So Forth
1968
7.0A private psychiatric clinic: three physicists are staying here. Two of them claim to be Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, respectively. The third is named Johann Wilhelm Möbius. The scientist has discovered the world formula, which poses a great danger: whoever possesses it holds the key to the destruction of all humanity. By presenting a false story, Möbius has managed to take refuge in the asylum, but he could not have known that two agents posing as Einstein and Newton are there with him, intent on stealing the formula from him...
Die Physiker
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Der Hund des Generals
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Kleider machen Leute
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Hochzeitsnacht
1967
The examining magistrate Hopek goes to a lonely manor house to settle a property matter with the lord of the manor. When he arrives, he learns that the lord of the manor has died of a heart attack during the night. Although everything suggests that the lord died of natural causes, the strange behavior of the lord's family and servants arouses the suspicion of the examining magistrate, and he begins to investigate. The very first results strengthen his doubts. He finally succeeds in unmasking the landowner's son. The film is based on a short novella by Witold Gombrowicz, who was awarded the International Literature Prize in 1967.
Verbrechen mit Vorbedacht
1967
1950s · 6 titles
8.2This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and his accomplices, the castle steward and the mayor, set fire to a forest mill that the farmers used for processing their grain. Without their mill, the farmers must now rely on the millman's services. When the farmhand Anna uncovers the millman’s crimes, he swiftly detains her and a young miller, Jörg. The forest spirits have a different plan, however, and they free the young couple with the charge to rebuild the ruined forest mill and turn things around for the villagers.
The Devil from Mill Mountain
1955
6.5The old and sick detective superintendent Bärlach has to investigate the murder of his colleague Ulrich Schmied, who was murdered in the middle of the country road.
Der Richter und sein Henker
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Schmutzige Hände
1956
7.0Germany, end of the 1950s. After his business partner Kleinschmidt fled to the West, Mr. Reichert managed the company they had once founded together in East Germany alone. The company's export hit is a new type of synthetic fiber. But now the West German company, where Kleinschmidt now works, wants to cancel all orders. Kleinschmidt fears that this could be a welcome opportunity for the East German authorities to order the compulsory expropriation of his company. He wants to save the order on a trip to the West. The reunion with his old friend Kleinschmidt is overshadowed by existential fears.
Besuch aus der Zone
1958
8.0Espionage thriller about a married couple caught in the middle of dueling spy organisations.
People in the Net
1959
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Konto ausgeglichen
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
6.2Tatort 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
8.0Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
The Commissioner
1969
8.0Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
The Commissioner
1969
No synopsis available yet.
Einer wird gewinnen
1964
8.0Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
8.0Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963
6.5The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.
Auf Achse
1980
9.0Ein Heim für Tiere is a German television series.
Ein Heim für Tiere
1985
8.0Hamburg Transit was a German crime television series that first aired in 1970. It ran for 52 episodes over four series until 1974. It depicts the officers of the Hamburg CID. It was a successor to the show Polizeifunk ruft which ran between 1966 and 1970.
Hamburg Transit
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Krimistunde
1982
8.0Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger is a German television series.
Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
1965
9.4Crime series about Hamburg customs investigator Hans Zaluskowski, who joins forces with his colleagues to take on smugglers and fraudsters. In doing so, he not only has to contend with opaque EU customs regulations, but also solve tricky cases with international implications.
Schwarz Rot Gold
1982
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Am laufenden Band
1974
Detektivbüro Roth is a German television series.
Detektivbüro Roth
1986
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pater Brown
1966
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Andro-Jäger
1982
No synopsis available yet.
Turf
1984
No synopsis available yet.
Es muß nicht immer Mord sein
1982
10.0Der Nachtkurier meldet… is a German bi-weekly television series that aired 42 episodes on SDR from October 31, 1964 to July 23, 1966.
Der Nachtkurier meldet…
1964
8.0Die Fernfahrer is a German television series.
Die Fernfahrer
1963
NRKara Ben Nemsi Effendi is a German television series broadcast from 1973 through 1975 in 26 parts and two seasons. It featured an adventurer probably inspired by British explorers Richard Francis Burton and T. E. Lawrence. The scripts were faithful to Karl May's Orient novels and the score is from Martin Böttcher who previously had composed the music for ten very successful Karl May films in cinema and in 1998 also for the two parts of Winnetous Rückkehr, also being aired by the German station ZDF.
Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
1973
10.0Kommissar Freytag is a German television series.
Kommissar Freytag
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Wagen 106
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Fünf Tage hat die Woche
1971
Tegtmeier klärt auf! is a German television series.
Tegtmeier klärt auf!
1981
Tegtmeier klärt auf! is a German television series.
Tegtmeier klärt auf!
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Komische Geschichten mit Georg Thomalla
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Abenteuer Bundesrepublik
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Toni und Veronika
1971
NRAfter spending six years in Australia, young Englishman George Talboy returns as a successful gold prospector. He wants to start a happy life with his beautiful wife Helen and their son Charles. So the news from his father-in-law that Helen has died comes as a crushing blow. An old friend, Robert Audley, takes George to the mansion of his uncle, Sir Michael Audley, and his wife, Lady Audley. During this visit, George disappears without a trace.
Lady Audleys Geheimnis
1978
NRFrance, 1860: In Bougival, a small town near Paris, the widow Lerouge is found stabbed to death. No one knows who the murderer is yet, but investigations reveal that 30 years ago, Madame Lerouge, as a wet nurse, swapped the illegitimate son of Count Commarin for the legitimate heir. This means that Noel Gerdy, a lawyer who grew up in poverty, is the count's legitimate son—and now the prime suspect in the murder.
Die Affäre Lerouge
1976