Karl Kranzkowski

Acting

Karl Kranzkowski

Born 1953-01-01 · Drieberg, Germany

Acting credits

Downfall poster
7.9

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.

Downfall

2004

Forbidden Love poster
5.8

18-year old Georg and 13-year old Barbara have been playing together as children. Play becomes love later, which leads to a catastrophe , as their parents are hostile leading to file a report to the court, as Barbara is still under age.

Forbidden Love

1990

Die Entführung poster
2.0

On his birthday, Tobias goes shopping to the city with his mother. While waiting in the car for her to remove money from an ATM, he disappears without a trace. His mother, distraught, desperately seeks him. When she returns home, a phone call confirms her fears: Tobias has been kidnapped. Meanwhile the guests begin to arrive to the party.

Die Entführung

2007

No artwork available
8.0

Bruno, a bus driver in his mid-50s who was a surgeon in the GDR, has lost his job.

Ein Schiff wird kommen

2003

Der Kronzeuge poster
6.0

Edeltraud Rabitzer's movie deals with a man, whose life is completely turned upside down due to a mysterious woman. Achim Weber, a happy husband and father, and his partner Sven get to know Denise, an attractive young woman, during a business trip. After talking to her about her failed marriage, he wakes up the next morning - confused and without his wedding ring.

Der Kronzeuge

2007

White Tiger poster
5.7

WWII, 1945. After barely surviving a battle with a mysterious, ghostly-white German Tiger tank, Red Army Sergeant Ivan Naydenov becomes obsessed with its destruction.

White Tiger

2012

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mordgeständnis

2008

The Cloud poster
6.3

DIE WOLKE (The Cloud) is about a breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany and the story of two teenager-lovers Hannah and Elmar who take refuge. 38.000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.

The Cloud

2006

Saviors in the Night poster
5.4

Drama, based on the book "Retter in der Nacht", in which Marga Spiegel tells her memories: In Westfalia of 1943 Marga Spiegel, her husband and her daughter are about to be deported. Yet westfalian farmers help the jewish family, grant Marga and her daughter refuge under false names and hide her husband.

Saviors in the Night

2009

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Apokalypso

1999

Secret of the Midwife poster
6.7

Marthe is a girl with a special gift: she can cure illnesses. But the time she lives in is marked by superstition and godliness. When Marthe can not help the burgrave's wife from her village, the girl has to flee. Your path crosses that of Ritter Christian, who moves eastward into the Mark Meissen with a group of Frankish settlers. In the Middle Ages an unimaginably long and arduous way. Christian has a hard time avoiding the fascination of Marthe, but their diverse backgrounds make a relationship impossible and the settlers are afraid of the weird girl.

Secret of the Midwife

2016

Mörderisches Wespennest poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mörderisches Wespennest

2011

Der Aufstand poster
9.0

June 17, 1953 - the day on which workers in the former Soviet Union took a stand against their government for the first time to protest against excessive labor standards. The protests escalated into a political uprising, which was only ended by the Soviet army using tanks. 50 years later, the docudrama "The Uprising" captivatingly depicts the historical events of those days that threatened to unhinge the SED system.

Der Aufstand

2003

Letters from the Beyond poster
5.3

A 30-year-old missing persons case lands on Thiel's desk: after the disappearance of 15-year-old Sven, his parents received letters from an unknown Chris, who was supposedly travelling with their son. Now, new letters arrive from Chris.

Letters from the Beyond

2023

No artwork available
7.0

The security guard at a pawn shop in a small port town, the seasick scion of a family of sailors, falls in love with the mistress of one of his best customers, a man who is constantly in debt. Under pressure from the mafia, the customer persuades his girlfriend to meet with the security guard and distract him while he commits a robbery.

Liebe Lügen

1997

Heroes Like Us poster
5.8

A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his son's relationship with the girl, but he arranges for his son, after finishing school, to become a Stasi spy himself.

Heroes Like Us

1999

The Last Hope: U-Boat 864 poster
5.9

Germany, 1945: The 25-year-old Ellen is active in the resistance movement against the Nazis. When she meets Robert, a charismatic English secret agent, the two begin to have an affair. Ellen is ordered to spy on the German naval officer Hans. He is scheduled to serve as Chief Officer aboard the submarine U 864, which has been given a secret mission. Against her will, Ellen falls for Hans. Although he is engaged to another woman, Hans is strongly attracted to her as well. Eventually, Ellen succeeds in delivering critical information the submarines precise route to Japan. The English had suspected that Hitler planned to deliver his ominous wonder weapon to the weakened Japanese. The U 864 leaves its port. Because the war has been going badly for the Germans, the mood onboard is grim.

The Last Hope: U-Boat 864

2011

Pommery und Leichenschmaus poster
8.0

Just as Mom is pondering the whereabouts of his urn, Dad, who was declared dead, stands at the door! He just wanted to check that everything was okay... The way Dad's unexpected return reopens old wounds in the family that has grown up without him is beautifully true to life.

Pommery und Leichenschmaus

2006

Tollpension poster
3.7

The Mahlström family has been traveling to Södenhagen on the Baltic Sea for 15 years. But this year everything is getting out of hand: Kurt is about to become unemployed and can no longer afford to go on vacation. His marriage to Marga is in crisis and Kurt doesn't dare tell his wife about his difficulties. Pubescent Kati is also in a bad mood because she would rather have gone to France with her friends, and she falls in love with the chaperone Dominik.

Tollpension

2006

No artwork available
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Hunger auf Leben

2004

Das Glück kommt unverhofft poster
5.8

Lotte has two children, an ex who doesn't pay and a job that is shaky. Meanwhile, investment banker Matthias sits alone in his luxury mansion. It takes a while for the mismatched couple to find each other. And then Matthias jeopardizes his happiness by concealing the fact that his bank is in the process of destroying Lotte's company.

Das Glück kommt unverhofft

2010

Pommery und Putenbrust poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pommery und Putenbrust

2002

Beloved Berlin Wall poster
6.3

Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of chivalry and the two fall in love. But soon the Stasi believes they are witnessing the start of a revolt. This is the time of mass protests and East Germans taking refuge in the West German embassy in Prague after all. Franzi and Sascha have to find their ways to stand up for their love and strive for the impossible; to bring down the wall.

Beloved Berlin Wall

2009

Royal News poster
5.8

A princess falls in love with a paparazzo who is using her to become famous.

Royal News

2004