
Acting
Günther Kaufmann
Born — Died
1947-06-16 — 2012-05-10
Place of birth
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
82 titles
Günther Kaufmann (16 June 1947 – 10 May 2012) was a German film actor best known for his association with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Known for
4.7Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
DAS!
1991
No synopsis available yet.
Volle Kanne
1999
No synopsis available yet.
ZIBB
2003
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
No synopsis available yet.
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
Film credits
2010s · 5 titles
5.6When the mighty Viking Halvar suddenly disappears, his clever but timid son Wickie must lead the Vikings on a dangerous journey to rescue his father from the evil Sven and go in search of the legendary treasure of the gods.
Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods
2011
6.1During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris and Metin Öztürk to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.
Turkish for Beginners
2012
5.9Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.
Jerry Cotton
2010
2.2Marvin (18) comes from a well-off background and lives in a chic suburban villa. His mother, a successful real estate agent, has already planned his future. But Marvin has a completely different idea of life: his great passion is music - this is where he wants to prove himself and show what he can do, without any money from his mother. After meeting the legendary rapper D W Court, he decides to take his life into his own hands for good. When he meets the clique around the cool Osman and the pretty Stella, his dream seems to come true. For the first time, he feels truly respected and taken seriously. He also falls head over heels in love with Stella. But all this comes at a price: in order to be accepted, he conceals his true origins. When Osman discovers the secret, the deception threatens to be exposed. Now Marvin has to put all his eggs in one basket...
HipHop Express
2011
NRHe's not interested in horror films, instead he listens to classical music, quotes Latin idioms - and is on trial for murder. Did 13-year-old Martin, son of a prominent judge, actually kill a little boy? And what role does his best friend, the mysterious taxi driver Viktor Gumm, play in the case?
Little Murders
2012
2000s · 6 titles
5.8One morning our little Viking village of Flake is raided by frightening looking spooky demons who kidnap all the children… except for Wickie, who was stuck in a tree trying to use a kite to learn to fly.
Wickie the Mighty Viking
2009
6.7A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.
Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009
1.0After her husband’s fatal accident, Marie is forced to leave her cozy home with her three children, move to a high-crime neighborhood, and, to make matters worse, work as a prostitute—because that seems to be her only way to make any money at all. In the end, her son’s single—and outrageously handsome—teacher becomes her savior in her time of need.
Für meine Kinder tu' ich alles
2009
4.4At some point in the not-so-distant future, an unnamed European city has evolved into a bizarre dystopian metropolis, whose residents inhabit towering utopian high-rises and work, collectively, in a single compound.
Silent Resident
2008
5.5A gently humorous look at otherness and xenophobia in modern day German with this tale of a black Berlin teen named Leroy who rediscovers his roots after falling for a pretty white girl and meeting her racist family.
Leroy
2007
The family of crooks around Jonathan Harris has once again reached the end of its financial reserves and therefore plans to hijack a tanker in Dubai and sell the captured cargo on the black market. However, as it soon turns out, the plan is much more complicated than expected.
Mayday! Überfall auf hoher See
2001
1990s · 2 titles
3.4Philipp Meinhold, smart and womanizing architect, is in a dilemma between well-behaved wife Susanne and furious girlfriend Birgit. He secretly goes on vacation to Thailand with his friend Fritz. But he can't enjoy the palm trees and sunshine in his vacation paradise for long, because the storm is already approaching in the form of a feminine double hit: wife and lover arrive in the sunny Thai state. And soon the ex-crush is seen wandering the beaches, lonely and jealous ...
Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise
1995
No synopsis available yet.
Wie stark muß eine Liebe sein
1998
1980s · 10 titles
6.9Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Lola
1981
6.6French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane. Here, you can play dice with Nono, Lysiane's husband: if you win, you are allowed to make love with Lysiane; if you lose, you have to make love with Nono... Querelle loses on purpose.
Querelle
1982
7.2In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer Robert Krohn, Veronika begins to dream of a return to stardom. As the couple's relationship escalates in intensity, Veronika begins seriously planning her return to the screen -- only to realize how debilitated she has become through her drug habit.
Veronika Voss
1982
6.5East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
Otto - The Movie
1985
5.4In a futuristic, totalitarian society wherein the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings and uncovers more than he bargained for.
Kamikaze '89
1982
3.7The Second World War is over and now begins in post-war Germany, the reconstruction. Jakob Formann sees his chance here and begins a rapid rise as an entrepreneur.
The Roaring Fifties
1983
3.4No synopsis available yet.
Beim nächsten Mann wird alles anders
1989
7.5The young son of a sports journalist helps his out-of-town father out of a jam by getting into the hotel room of a famous boxer and conducting a sensational star interview with him.
Whopper Punch 777
1986
4.5The third episodic film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German filmmakers reflect on the state of their country. A collage of documentary and dramatised sequences dealing with such topics as overkill, peace demonstrations, NATO arms policy, and life after the next war.
War and Peace
1982
Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.
Today We're Playing Boss
1981
1970s · 19 titles
7.4Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.
The Marriage of Maria Braun
1979
6.0A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
The Third Generation
1979
5.5An exploration of the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
Baal
1970
6.6Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978
5.8Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket? The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the landowners. The "Black Monk" suggests that he would have more success if he dressed up Johanna and had her appear as the Virgin Mary.
The Niklashausen Journey
1970
5.5Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972
5.6After his release from prison, ex-convict Franz Walsch finds his way back into the Munich criminal underworld. His attentions focus upon two women, Joanna and Margarethe, as well as upon Günther, his friend who earlier shot his brother.
Gods of the Plague
1970
6.5People meet and chat at Ridolfo's Coffeehouse; the conversations are mostly about money, but also about feelings, ideals, friendship, love, fidelity and respectability.
The Coffee House
1970
7.3Technical draftsman Herr R. is a dependable guy. He gets along with his colleagues although his boss wants him to go beyond technical cleanliness to problem solving. He's a dutiful husband; his wife's a social climber and pressures him to seek a promotion, but they also share sweet moments. He's a caring father, helping his son with homework. His parents visit; his mother criticizes his wife. Old schoolmates drop by, as do neighbours. Some comment on his wife's expensive tastes. His promotion may be a long shot, especially after he gives a dull and tipsy toast at an office dinner. But why would Herr R. run amok?
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
5.4"Whity" is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the American Southwest in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage: the homosexual Frank and the feeble-minded Davy. Whity tries to carry out all their orders, however demeaning, until various family members ask him to kill some of the others.
Whity
1971
5.3Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.
Rio das Mortes
1971
5.5Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.
Pioneers in Ingolstadt
1971
10.0The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.
Adele Spitzeder
1972
3.0An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his white girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man. After an argument with her family, she deserts him as well. Despite finding a job and a new place to live, he keeps running into racism, which also manifests itself in sexual intimidation.
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
About the making of "Der amerikanische Soldat/The American Soldier" in 1970.
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Mulligans Rückkehr
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Der Sieger von Tambo
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Der Tod der Schneevögel
1974
Diary of a Disease - prophesied that all psychiatric experience speaks against the described spontaneous healing. The next depression is determined.
Depressionen
1975
Series credits
4.7Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
DAS!
1991
No synopsis available yet.
Volle Kanne
1999
No synopsis available yet.
ZIBB
2003
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
6.0Derrick 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
No synopsis available yet.
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
5.9SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Leipzig Homicide
2001
5.8Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
Küstenwache
1997
No synopsis available yet.
3 nach 9
1974
4.7No synopsis available yet.
Nachtcafé
1987
No synopsis available yet.
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
No synopsis available yet.
Menschen der Woche
2000
No synopsis available yet.
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
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
8.0Café Meineid is a German courtroom comedy television series based on actual cases. The series aired 147 episodes from 1990 to 2003 and ended with the death of lead actor Erich Hallhuber.
Café Meineid
1990
7.5In late 1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city’s criminal underworld.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
No synopsis available yet.
Die Kocharena
2007
6.4Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.
Ein Schloß am Wörthersee
1990
NRTierarzt Dr. Engel is a German television series.
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
1998
9.0Schwarz greift ein is a German television series.
Schwarz greift ein
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Der König
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Glückliche Reise
1992
8.0Die Straßen von Berlin is a German television series.
Die Straßen von Berlin
1995
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Elefant: Mord verjährt nie
2004
7.8Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein is a TV adaption of a novel of the same name by Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel. Directed by Thomas Engel Siegfried Rauch walks in the footsteps of O. W. Fischer who played the protagonist "Thomas Lieven" already in 1961, just one year after the bestseller had been released. The series is unique for providing a little cooking show at the end of each episode. The book also includes recipes because "Thomas Lieven" is an accomplished amateur cook.
Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Okay S.I.R.
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Okay S.I.R.
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Fliege
1994
3.8A batch of more or less known celebrities, ready to expose themselves to a large amount of viewers, have to spend about two weeks in an Australian jungle camp. Each day, the viewers vote for the celebrity they would like to face a difficult task and later vote for their favorite to become the “Queen” or “King of the Jungle”. Based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
2004
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Im Auftrag von Madame
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Jörg Preda berichtet
1966
4.5Der Kapitän is a German television series.
Der Kapitän
1997
Der kleine Doktor is a German television series.
Der kleine Doktor
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Bully sucht die starken Männer!
2008
No synopsis available yet.
Harry & Sunny
1993
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Unsere Schule ist die Beste
1994
No synopsis available yet.
Solaris TV – Der freundliche Sender im All
1986
