Karl Michael Vogler

Acting

Karl Michael Vogler

Born — Died

1928-08-28 — 2009-06-09

Place of birth

Remscheid, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

100 titles

Known for

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

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick 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

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der 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

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 10 titles

The Ring poster
7.0

Andrei is now a truck driver, but in one of his travels to Germany, he must become once again a boxer just for one night at the middleweight category.

The Ring

1984

No artwork available
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Landläufiger Tod

1980

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ab in den Süden

1982

No artwork available
7.0

30 years old Gregor is traveling with his ten years old daughter to his childhood town where he meets old friends.

Years Passed

1980

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zwei Liebesgeschichten

1980

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Im Schlaraffenland. Ein Roman unter feinen Leuten

1981

Mord am Pool poster
9.0

Jack Radford and his wife Sarah no longer love each other, but money keeps their marriage together. Jack runs the Donnington real estate agency, which Sarah and her brother Edward inherited from their father. Edward, a failed concert pianist, has not been involved in the business for years, but now a real estate scandal threatens to ruin the family business. An apartment building in Spain has collapsed due to structural defects, killing several people in the rubble. The company was heavily involved in the construction and sale. When a dead body is found in the Radfords' pool, Cliff Jordan, nearing the end of his career, gets back to work. At first, all he has is a bloody kitchen knife in his mailbox.

Mord am Pool

1986

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Unbekannten im eigenen Haus

1985

No artwork available
4.3

No synopsis available yet.

Ein ungleiches Paar

1988

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Segeln macht frei

1986

1970s · 15 titles

Patton poster
7.4

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

Patton

1970

The Old Gun poster
7.5

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decides to meet them for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.

The Old Gun

1975

Shout at the Devil poster
6.0

During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.

Shout at the Devil

1976

Deep End poster
7.0

London, England. Mike, a fifteen-year-old boy, gets a job in a bathhouse, where he meets Susan, an attractive young woman who works there as an attendant.

Deep End

1971

Shattered Dreams poster
7.5

A young Viennese policeman can not free himself from his mistress and is also extorted over his illegal arms business.

Shattered Dreams

1976

Michael, the Dog That Sang poster
7.1

The adventures of the Irish terrier Michael began the moment he ran to the shore during a walk. Here he was picked up by the steward of the schooner McCambo, Dag Daughtry. Dag decided to sell the purebred dog at the nearest port, secretly brought Michael onto the schooner and hid him in his cabin. Michael was given another name. He became very attached to his new owner, with whom he would have to go through many happy and sad days, break up after a series of dramatic events and meet again.

Michael, the Dog That Sang

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Heirat

1970

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wir pfeifen auf den Gurkenkönig

1976

Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas poster
10.0

Christopher Columbus's crazy idea of traveling to India can only be realized because the Spanish treasury is empty and Queen Isabella, who rules the country, is charmed by the charming, profit-seeking son of a poor weaver. With the ulterior motive of becoming the ruler of new lands and at the same time being able to polish up the ailing finances a little, Isabella commissions the navigator Columbus to set sail for the Spanish crown.

Christoph Kolumbus oder Die Entdeckung Amerikas

1970

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Monsieur Chasse

1972

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Trauer muß Elektra tragen

1970

No artwork available
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kennwort: Fasanenjagd München 1945

1975

Seventeen and Anxious poster
5.0

Anna, a 17-year-old girl from Munich, is searching for answers about her sexuality and identity. While living in her affluent world, she feels neglected by her distant parents and her reserved boyfriend, Robert. Her curiosity leads her to unexpected experiences, including a night in a hippie commune and her first night of sex with Robert. Despite these experiences, Anna remains uncertain about her future as she tries to reconcile her family's expectations with her own desires.

Seventeen and Anxious

1970

No artwork available
8.0

The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.

Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

1977

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Nacht ist nicht allein zum Schlafen da

1972

1960s · 25 titles

Downhill Racer poster
6.0

An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.

Downhill Racer

1969

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes poster
6.8

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

1965

The Blue Max poster
6.8

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.

The Blue Max

1966

House of Pleasure poster
4.6

Susanna travels to Paris with her small group of actors. There she saves Emperor Napoleon from rather painful predicaments, uncovers a number of nasty court intrigues and finds, with much skill and ability, the man of her choice.

House of Pleasure

1969

How I Won the War poster
5.7

An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.

How I Won the War

1967

Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn poster
7.0

Munich-based graphic artist Lukas is an artist with no fixed abode and no desire for commitment, who never stays in the same place for long. His only possessions are his duck, his clothes and a few everyday objects with which he moves from apartment to apartment as a lodger. There he prefers to devote himself entirely to his amorous adventures. With his unconventional manner, he drives philistines, aristocrats and the nouveau riche up the wall.

Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn

1963

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark poster
2.8

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

1961

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Zimmerwirtin

1967

The Dance of Death poster
7.0

An adaptation of the play by August Strindberg. An egocentric artillery Captain and his venomous wife battle on their isolated island fortress. Alice, a former actress, reveals their marriage’s hell on their 25th anniversary. Edgar, an aging schizophrenic, struggles with his illness and arrogance. Fearing Alice and her cousin Kurt may ally against him, he retaliates. Alice lures Kurt into a plot to destroy Edgar.

The Dance of Death

1969

No artwork available
9.0

Beate Dehn and Klaus Hartmann are two ambitious young architects locked in a fierce professional rivalry. When both enter the same high-stakes design competition, their battle of wits turns personal—and seductive. Charming and manipulative, Klaus has a reputation for winning clients with charm, whiskey, and a well-placed sofa, but Beate proves to be a match for his every move.

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Don Carlos - Infant von Spanien

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Geschichte des Rittmeisters Schach von Wuthenow

1966

The Journey to Tilsit poster
7.0

A villager is tempted by a sophisticated city woman and almost kills his wife in a boating accident.

The Journey to Tilsit

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zeit der halben Herzen

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Spiel mit dem Tode

1967

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Jeanne oder Die Lerche

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sir Basil Zaharoff - Makler des Todes

1969

Charleys Onkel poster
5.0

Driving instructor Carola "Charley" can no longer stand the constant advances of her pupils and quits her job without further ado. To gain some distance, she takes the opportunity to look after her friend Lilo's dog, the two parrots and her apartment while Lilo is on vacation. But even here she has to fend off unloved admirers, as Lilo earns her living as a playgirl. However, "Charley" has received a good tip from her friend: As soon as a man becomes too pushy, janitor Pinkus pretends to be "Captain Tressblekken" on cue and quickly chases the visitors away. But when the real Uncle Tressblekken turns up at "Charley's" house, chaos can no longer be averted...

Charleys Onkel

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fall Rouger

1966

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Fall Wera Sassulitsch

1968

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter poster
4.0

Richard Mertens, a successful magazine editor with a cold, empty marriage to Lucy, seeks excitement through an affair with younger colleague Eva. Yet his need for status traps him in superficiality, undermining genuine connection. A legal battle with old friend Ferrow, won through perjury, reveals Mertens’s moral emptiness, shattering his relationship with Eva. Alone, he finds solace only in listening to bartender Brigitte.

Ein Mann im schönsten Alter

1964

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Erzähl mir nichts

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg

1961

Ein Toter braucht kein Alibi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Toter braucht kein Alibi

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Karl Sand

1964

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

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

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

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick 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

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick 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

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

Das Traumschiff poster
5.0

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

Das Traumschiff

1981

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der 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

Weißblaue Geschichten poster
9.5

No synopsis available yet.

Weißblaue Geschichten

1984

Hamburg Transit poster
8.0

Hamburg 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 artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Krimistunde

1982

Hotel Paradies poster
5.4

Hotel Paradies is a German television series.

Hotel Paradies

1990

Auf eigene Gefahr poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Auf eigene Gefahr

1993

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Glückliche Reise

1992

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sonderdezernat K1

1972

Amico mio poster
8.0

Amico mio is a 1993 Italian-German television series set in a children's hospital and stars Massimo Dapporto. The series, which focuses on the stories of Dr. Magri and his colleagues in the department of pediatrics of San Carlo di Nancy hospital in Rome, aired for two seasons on Rai 2 and then Canale 5, as well as on ZDF in Germany.

Amico mio

1993

Insel der Träume poster
NR

Insel der Träume is a German television series.

Insel der Träume

1991

The Century of Surgeons poster
10.0

A special insight into medicine presented on film: sterile operations, hospitals used to be built by the wind, anaesthesia, surgical gloves, similar to the films Sauerbruch or Kneip.

The Century of Surgeons

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Katrin ist die Beste

1997

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Es muß nicht immer Mord sein

1982

Ein Fall für TKKG poster
7.0

Ein Fall für TKKG is a German television series.

Ein Fall für TKKG

1985

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kurklinik Rosenau

1996

Alpha Alpha poster
7.8

Alpha Alpha was a 1972 German science fiction fantasy television series which aired on ZDF. It starred Karl Michael Vogler, Lilith Ungerer, Arthur Brauss and Horst Sachtleben. Each episode was only 25 minutes long, the series lasted only one season. Karl Michael Vogler played agent alpha of an unnamed secret organization, investigating mysteries, technical and psychic phenomena and even alien encounters. Alpha Alpha's tenor is comparable to the later X-Files drama television series.

Alpha Alpha

1972

No artwork available
NR

Elbflorenz is a German television series.

Elbflorenz

1994

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Goldene Zeiten - Bittere Zeiten

1981

Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi poster
NR

Kara 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

Ein Mann will nach oben poster
7.7

In 1909, Karl Siebrecht, who has just become an orphan, arrives in Berlin. The 16-year-old is eager to conquer the city for himself in just a few weeks. On the train ride there, he meets Rieke Busch, a girl from the working-class district of Wedding. She accompanies Karl from then on. But he soon realizes that he will have to start at the bottom. His path is characterized by small successes and setbacks. Only later does he make his breakthrough by founding a luggage transportation company. But once again, his success was short-lived as his business partner booted him out. Karl Siebrecht is faced with the ruins of his company. But he does not give up, finds new ways and seems to have achieved another breakthrough. But then the First World War breaks out...

Ein Mann will nach oben

1978

Wallenstein poster
7.0

The rise of Albrecht von Wallenstein from minor Moravian nobleman to imperialist generalissimo in the Thirty Years-War, and his fall once the emperor begins to doubt his loyalty.

Wallenstein

1978

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der Geisterwald oder Des Raben Rache

1988

Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eine Frau bleibt eine Frau

1972

Das Schwein - Eine deutsche Karriere poster
NR

The three-part miniseries portrays the rise of the unscrupulous Stefan Stolze. Stefan Stolze gets through life with the motto "smarter than the others." Even as a schoolboy, he supplements his pocket money with tricks and scams. In the 1970s, he initially works as a pimp, but then manages to break into the Berlin real estate business—the first step on his way to the top, on which rich, influential women always play a role, but whom he drops at the right moment.

Das Schwein - Eine deutsche Karriere

1995

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Donauprinzessin

1993

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Verräter

1967

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alte Gauner

1985

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Haus am See

1992

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Detektiv Harvey

1978

Affäre Dreyfuss poster
9.0

The disaster began in the late summer of 1894, when a French staff officer appeared at the military attaché of the German embassy in Paris. He offers important military information at very high prices. A cover letter for this case ends up in the attaché's wastepaper basket. It is stolen. Investigations by the French Ministry of War incriminate Captain Dreyfus.

Affäre Dreyfuss

1968

Les Roses de Dublin poster
9.0

TV mini series

Les Roses de Dublin

1981