
Acting
Erik Schumann
Born — Died
1925-02-15 — 2007-02-09
Place of birth
Grechwitz, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
90 titles
Erik Schumann was a German actor and voice actor.
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
6.0Derrick 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
5.9SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
SOKO München
1978
5.7Ein 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
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
8.0Das 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 · 7 titles
6.5The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
Lili Marleen
1981
6.9A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
The Inquiry
1986
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
No synopsis available yet.
François Villon
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Mann ist soeben erschossen worden
1985
Only when a 12-year-old boy dies as a result of his alcohol addiction do parents and educators take action. His mother, herself an alcoholic, tries to help two other sick children together with a social worker and pulls out all the stops when they suddenly disappear.
Sprit für Spatzen
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Wer raucht die Letzte?
1983
1970s · 14 titles
4.0A colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancee.
Albino
1976
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Die Kuba-Krise 1962
1971
10.0An adventure directed by Rolf Olsen.
Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ay, ay, Sheriff
1974
4.0A story about slave hunting, colonialism, revenge and love.
Slavers
1978
8.0A rock band moves into a farmhouse in a little village. They are eyed suspiciously by the citizens of the village.
Notwehr
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Olifant
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Hut von ganz spezieller Art
1978
No synopsis available yet.
Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris
1973
No synopsis available yet.
Ich träume von Millionen
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Kleine Geschichten mit großen Tieren
1978
No synopsis available yet.
Kennwort: Fasanenjagd München 1945
1975
No synopsis available yet.
Ludwig van Beethoven: '...in allem streng die Wahrheit'
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Die Villa der Madame Vidac
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Einfach sterben
1971
1960s · 25 titles
6.2Old Surehand and his faithful old friend Old Wabble are on the trail of a cold-blooded killer with the nickname 'The General'. The brother of Old Surehand was murdered by him. On the way Old Surehand and Old Wabble are involved in the running conflict between settlers and Comanches who are likely to go on the war path. Old Surehand can count on the support of his friend and blood brother Winnetou, the amiable chief of the Apaches. Written by Robert
Flaming Frontier
1965
5.8In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
Miracle of the White Stallions
1963
6.5Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
8.3Seafarer Hannes Teversen helps his friend Pit to get his pub on the Reeperbahn going again...
On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight
1969
5.0Ignaz Hirnbeißer has won the lottery. Now he has the money to travel to where the smartest playboys and the hottest girls can be found. However, he is told adventurous stories about this place at the travel agency.
Paradies der flotten Sünder
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Der Flüchtling
1961
5.7After the brutal murder of the prostitute Vera Paterny, Inspector Reinisch hardly makes any progress with the investigation. Vera's colleague Sonja reports on wild sex parties of the murdered and mentions names, prominent names.
Call Girls of Frankfurt
1966
8.0On the Faroe Islands in the North Sea lives the seductive and mysterious Barbara, who plunges men into misfortune. She is married to the island doctor, but is hopelessly unfaithful. When her husband dies and his successor Dr. Aggersoe arrives on the island, she turns his head too.
Barbara - Wild wie das Meer
1961
5.9Suspenseful story of a boy and his father, each forced to decide his future on his willingness to stand up for what he believes.
Question 7
1961
9.0An army war school during the WWII: first Lieutenant Krafft has a strong sense of justice. This has often brought him into disrepute with his previous superiors and he has been transferred several times as a result. With his new position in an officer's school, he hopes to survive the war and tries to avoid further conflicts. However, Krafft is entrusted with an investigation by his general - a supervising officer has been blown to pieces by an explosive charge during an engineer exercise. Although the chief field judge rules the man's death an accident, Krafft reconstructs the events and proves that it was a case of murder. Ensign Hochbauer, who was in the party's favor, is said to have deliberately shortened the fuse during the explosive exercise, as a result of which the supervising officer was unable to get to safety in time.
Fabrik der Offiziere
1960
5.7The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in the coldest of winter. While the Russians invaded Ostpreussen hundred of thousands of civilians were evacuated by ships. Gotenhafen was the last open port and ships left the town almost by the minute, overloaded by refugees. One of the last ships to leave Gotenhafen was the 'Wilhelm Gustloff', a former 'Kraft durch Freude' pleasure cruiser designed for 1000 passengers. Until today it is unknown how many people were on board but it is said to be around 10.000. The ship sunk without a trace and only a handful of people survived this hellish nightmare.
Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen
1960
Three men plot to assassinate the dictator of their country, but their plan fails and one of them is captured and imprisoned. Even after considerable torture and interrogation, the revolutionary maintains his silence as to the names of his accomplices. Soon he is killed, though no one seems to know who is responsible for his death. Four years later another regime has been established, and a former inmate of the dead revolutionary finds himself in a position of power. He now intends to find out who was responsible for the man's death. After this German tale first took the form of a radio play and then a stage production, character actor Peter Carsten decided to produce this film version.
Die Zeit der Schuldlosen
1964
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Muß i denn zum Städtele hinaus
1962
5.0A crime reporter uncovers a lurid plot by a Hamburg gang to dose impressionable young girls with LSD in order to enslave them into prostitution. Featuring mad killers, psychedelic acid trips and ladies mud wrestling!
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Das Strafquartett: Ein Knastical
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Der Raub der Sabinerinnen
1966
4.0Dark alleys, rain-soaked streets, wisps of fog—Harry Benson, a man of good character, is on his way home at night. Suddenly, shadows appear everywhere, strangers follow him, and eerie footsteps send shivers down his spine. He moves faster and faster through the city's alleys, but his pursuers remain close behind. Fearfully, Harry asks himself: What do they want from him, a harmless, inconspicuous citizen?
Schritte in der Nacht
1961
No synopsis available yet.
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung
1969
10.0No synopsis available yet.
So angelt man keinen Mann
1961
9.5No synopsis available yet.
Sixty Nine Games of Love
1968
7.5An East German machinist, disenchanted by the building of the Wall, plans to use a train to cross the border with family members and other disaffected citizens.
The Breakthrough
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
1967
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His nun-in-training sister Isabella is very persuasive at pleader, but when she goes to Angelo, instead of freeing her brother, he offers to save his life if she sleeps with him. Isabella's only sympathetic friend is a priest who is actually the Duke in disguise, and he has a plan.
Zweierlei Maß
1964
6.5During the Third Reich, Macke played the drums for the Hitler Youth, but also had a "dangerous" penchant for jazz. After the war, he came under ideological fire in the Soviet zone. Finally in West Germany, he ends up in an institution.
Wir Kellerkinder
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Im weißen Rößl
1967
1950s · 13 titles
6.9Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West. Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl, who helps her cross the border, and they fall in love.
Sky Without Stars
1955
5.0In the middle of the 19th-century, when the social structure of Europe is about to be reshaped, the world of music is shaken by one man: Richard Wagner.
Magic Fire
1955
6.3Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
The Two-Headed Spy
1958
6.4Friedrich Schiller, a respected baker in Einbeck, enjoys a seemingly idyllic life with his wife and nine children. As he approaches his silver wedding anniversary, he nearly succumbs to a fleeting liaison with a spirited woman named Lollo. Though the episode ends harmlessly, it awakens a crisis of conscience in Friedrich, threatening the harmony of his devoted family.
Vater, Mutter und neun Kinder
1958
6.51958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad, which the soldiers know means certain death. The priest leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancée one last time. He himself remains in Baranowski's cell and struggles with his conscience and his emotion - even more so when he learns that the young doomed man committed desertion out of love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the soldier's fate.
The Restless Night
1958
6.2In the middle of the 19th century, almost one in three women who gave birth died of puerperal fever. The Hungarian doctor Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis also observed these terrible occurrences in his clinic in Vienna. He came to the conclusion that it was primarily the unhygienic conditions in the clinic itself that led to this disease, as his colleagues were constantly shuttling back and forth between the anatomy department and the delivery room. He tries to convince the doctors of the absolute necessity of thorough disinfection by washing their hands with chlorinated lime. He meets with fierce resistance from his colleagues until he himself sets up an exemplary clinic in Budapest.
Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter
1950
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Heiße Ernte
1956
6.8Willi, who works at a gas station, put in a personal ad for his friend Peter so the student wouldn't have to spend his vacation in Upper Bavaria alone. At first, Peter isn't too thrilled about this. But then he meets the attractive Christine, who seems to have responded to the ad. The two spend some wonderful days together. But then it turns out that Christine is already engaged. Disappointed, Peter turns away from her. But the two cannot forget each other.
A Piece of Heaven
1958
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Reaching for the Stars
1955
10.0Student Helene moves to Berlin to write her doctoral thesis. In the laboratory of her doctoral supervisor, the renowned Professor Matthias, she meets the charming Dr. Stefan Rainer. Helene falls in love with him, unaware that Stefan is already having an affair with Matthias′ wife Yvonne.
Studentin Helene Willfüer
1956
9.5Daisy, the daughter of Hellmann, a millionaire toy inventor, is a reporter for Damenwelt, a women’s magazine. In a series of reports, she sets out to prove what men are really like. Above all, Daisy’s aunt is thrilled by her niece’s journalistic zeal, while her father reacts with less enthusiasm, especially since Daisy’s methods keep drawing warnings from the police for causing a public nuisance.
Wenn Frauen schwindeln
1957
Martin Lundt, heir to his family's industrial business, falls for and, against his family's wishes, weds the family maid, Régine. Soon thereafter, rumors begin to circulate about Régine's faithfulness and being to haunt Martin.
Regine
1956
6.2Eberhard Dobermann is a widower and a policeman who loves to control the roads and let people pay fines. Even with his neighbour and friend Jutta Schmalbach he has no pity. Thus he cannot understand why his daughter Karin just falls in love with a racing pilot called Walter. But it gets even worse when Eberhard wins a VW-Kaefer at the annual police party. So he has to learn to drive and thus even brings his teacher close to a heart attack.
Natürlich die Autofahrer
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
6.0Derrick 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
5.9SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
SOKO München
1978
5.7Ein 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
5.7Ein 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
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
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
8.0Das 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
No synopsis available yet.
Krimistunde
1982
10.0Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.
Graf Luckner
1971
5.4Hotel Paradies is a German television series.
Hotel Paradies
1990
No synopsis available yet.
Sonderdezernat K1
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Gestern gelesen
1969
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.
Der Anwalt
1976
No synopsis available yet.
Sie schreiben mit
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Es muß nicht immer Mord sein
1982
6.2After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
Christopher Columbus
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Erlesene Verbrechen und makellose Morde
1979
NRSolo für Sudmann is a German television series.
Solo für Sudmann
1997
Tex Ritter, a bank employee from New York, arrives in a small Western town to take over as manager of the bank. On his very first day, he gets into a dispute with the railroad manager.
Stadt ohne Sheriff
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Medienklinik
1978
10.0For years, Chief Superintendent Hooper has been hunting down the leader of the legendary gang of mail robbers.
Hoopers letzte Jagd
1971
9.0Three-part TV crime drama based on Francis Durbridge's novel.
Melissa
1966
7.0Mexico in 1910: the aged President Porfirio Diaz has ruled the country for more than thirty years. Foreign investment has made the country flourish and turned its capital Mexico City into a modern cosmopolitan city. Few people know what life is like in the interior of the country: The misery of the indigenous serfs is indescribable. Francisco Madero, a member of a millionaire family, ignites the spark of rebellion. With his pamphlet against Diaz's re-election, he, who abhors violence, initiates one of the bloodiest revolutions in history ...
Mexikanische Revolution
1968
No synopsis available yet.
Ein Park für alle
1980
No synopsis available yet.
Exil
1981
No synopsis available yet.
So ein süßes kleines Biest
1964

