Ellen Schwiers

Acting

Ellen Schwiers

Born 1930-06-11 · Szczecin, Poland

Ellen Schwiers was born on June 11, 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Arms and the Man (1958), Doktor Martin (2007) and The Last Witness (1960). he died on April 26, 2019 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.

Acting credits

3096 Days poster
7.4

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

3096 Days

2013

1900 poster
7.8

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

1900

1976

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre

1967

Fedora poster
6.7

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

Fedora

1978

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Intermezzo für fünf Hände

1976

The Cow and I poster
6.7

In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.

The Cow and I

1959

Arms and the Man poster
6.6

1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.

Arms and the Man

1958

The Last Witness poster
6.4

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to another woman. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer has to overcome the unaccountably biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defence lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.

The Last Witness

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das schwedische Zündholz

1967

Case 33: Antwerp poster
8.5

British detective Tim Frazer hunts a myserious murderer who kills smugglers in the city of Antwerpen.

Case 33: Antwerp

1964

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Scarmour

1998

The Brain poster
5.8

After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private plane, scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate via telepathy.

The Brain

1962

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter poster
6.5

In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any questions, they soon assign them to the insane asylum Dallendorf. A co-patient believes she recognizes the Czar's daughter Anastasia Romanowa - who apparently was the only one who survived the murder of the tsar's family in 1918.

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

1956

Mord am Meer poster
6.5

Hans Wolgast is executed with a shot in the head in the idyllic town of Husum to Mozart's Magic Flute. His half-brother, Inspector Anton Glauberg, immediately suspects that the shadows of the family past have caught up with him because Hans was a member of the RAF. Without initially disclosing that he not only knew the dead man but was even related to him, Glauberg begins to investigate, supported by the young, attractive but inexperienced BKA officer Paula Reinhardt. The traces lead to Berlin to the scattered remnants of the RAF and its still functioning cable groups. Wolgast lived there in a shared apartment before he, like so many former terrorists, fled to the GDR in the 1980s. A former roommate of Hans Veith Seewald points out the parallel to Glauberg to a murder case from 1978.

Mord am Meer

2004

The Invisible Terror poster
5.7

A scientist creates an invisibility formula, but it is stolen by a master criminal who uses it to commit even bigger crimes.

The Invisible Terror

1963

Ballad of a Gunman poster
5.9

Instead of fighting over newly gained money from a coach-robbery, two gangster-brothers (El Bedoja and Chiuchi) decide to rob a bank together. But Martinez, a gangster-coward, is successfully questioned by Nigros (a clad-in-black gangster-killer who collects the money) and Rocco (a righteous ex-sheriff who doesn't and shows off even more skill in using his pistol) on their plans.

Ballad of a Gunman

1967

In den besten Jahren poster
10.0

40 years after her husband is shot and killed by a terrorist while on duty as a police officer during a routine traffic check, Erika Welves (Senta Berger), aided by a journalist (Felix Eitner) finds evidence leading to the murderer. For the killer has vanished. Is living in freedom. Because the state is protecting him, keeping him safe. He in turn has supplied information concerning other terrorists. Erika Welves considers this blatant injustice. But now, finally, there is a chance at revenge...

In den besten Jahren

2011

08/15 Part 2 poster
6.0

Winter 1942: Like thousands of other German soldiers, Asch and Vierbein have ended up at the Eastern front. Although Vierbein finds a new friend in Kowalski, the squadron commander captain Witterer, a true army veteran, gives them a really hard time. Witterer’s pointless orders reflect the bad habits of many former superiors. And again, Vierbein has to bear the brunt.

08/15 Part 2

1955

God's Thunder poster
6.3

Veterinarian Léandre Brassac lives with his wife Marie on a remote estate. One day, he decides to shelter a young woman with no bearings.

God's Thunder

1965

Bandits of the Highway poster
8.7

The film is based on a true story, concerning a series of robberies on the highways of Germany. At the time of the actual events, there was a controversy over whether or not highway patrolmen should be given permission to use firearms against perpetrators.

Bandits of the Highway

1955

GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

2007

Strangler of the Tower poster
6.5

Five people have stolen a priceless, legendary emerald from a religious temple. One of them is slain by an unknown killer.

Strangler of the Tower

1966

Polikuschka poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Polikuschka

1958

Wasted Youth poster
6.4

The year is 1981, the German New Wave is at the peak. Harry, otherwise Sparkasse trainee, wants to make it big as a manager of the band of his friends, Apollo Schwabing. He has booked the band as the opening act for a concert where the group DAF are the headliners.

Wasted Youth

2003