Rainer Penkert

Acting

Rainer Penkert

Born 1921-06-23 · Berlin, Germany

Acting credits

The Longest Day poster
7.6

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

The Longest Day

1962

Morituri poster
6.8

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

Morituri

1965

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wie starb Dag Hammerskjöld?

1975

Unser Fräulein Doktor poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Unser Fräulein Doktor

1940

What Have You Done to Solange? poster
6.7

After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

What Have You Done to Solange?

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Claudia

1960

Madame and Her Niece poster
4.7

Michelle De Winter lives the good life, wining and dining with only the richest men who are fortunate to cross her path. Her daughter Yvette, whom Michelle insists on introducing as her 'niece', is a fashion model. She is saving herself for the right man, despite the fact that she is part of the free love generation and lives with a group of promiscuous creative types. While Michelle is searching for a new millionaire playboy, Yvette falls for the handsome Peter Von Hallstein. She asks the fatherly Dr. Fink to help her come up with a scheme to get Peter to propose to he

Madame and Her Niece

1969

Er kann's nicht lassen poster
6.9

Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but somehow Father Brown seems to be attracted to crime: Soon a gang of thieves is up to no good on the island. So Brown makes the headlines again, and is punitively transferred once more. This time he finds himself in a quiet Irish millionaire community.

Er kann's nicht lassen

1962

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtasyl

1959

The Rest Is Silence poster
6.0

A "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare original abound, right down to the re-enactment of the crime for the benefit of the Uncle and the periodic appearances of the ghost of the hero's father.'

The Rest Is Silence

1959

Menschen in Gottes Hand poster
6.8

Film by Rolf Meyer.

Menschen in Gottes Hand

1948

Spider's Web poster
6.2

Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.

Spider's Web

1989

Jungle Girl and the Slaver poster
4.0

The sequel to 1956's "Liane, Jungle Goddess" finds the title character still a jungle goddess, but captured by slave traders.

Jungle Girl and the Slaver

1957

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Amerikaner in Salzburg

1958

Paper Tiger poster
6.2

A somewhat prim and proper Englishman is hired as the tutor to the son of the Japanese ambassador. His life changes when he and the boy are kidnapped by terrorists for political purposes.

Paper Tiger

1975

The Fallen Star poster
9.0

A woman with a troubled past connects with two refugees while working at a homeless camp after World War II.

The Fallen Star

1950

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beer under palm trees

1955

The Heathens of Kummerow poster
5.5

Kummerow, a village in North East Germany, around 1900: Mean-spirited miller Düker wants to drive cowherd Krischan out of the village. Being popular with the local children, Krischan can rely on the help of schoolboys Martin and Johannes and their friends, who try to prevent the miller's plans by playing pranks on him.

The Heathens of Kummerow

1967

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

The Avenger poster
6.7

A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.

The Avenger

1960

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Casinoabend mit Damen

1967

Embajadores en el infierno poster
7.0

Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.

Embajadores en el infierno

1956

Aren't We Wonderful poster
6.9

Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 20th century tells the story of two schoolmates - Hans and Bruno. They could not be more different. While Hans is ambitious and must always work hard for his career, it seems that the happy go lucky Bruno is carefree.

Aren't We Wonderful

1958

08/15 poster
7.3

Life in the barracks, drill, harassment, and private Asch′s pranks are the ingredients of Hans Hellmut Kirst′s successful novel "08/15" (the number of an Army regulation). Shortly before the outbreak of World War II: Private Asch and gunner Vierbein belong to the same unit but could not be more contrary. The instructors use every opportunity to bully the clumsy Vierbein with erratic corporal Platzek leading the way. The harassment starts with minor extra duties but soon the methods become more and more brutal. Finally, Asch comes to Vierbein′s help and takes on his superiors. Joachim Fuchsberger stars in his first major role.

08/15

1954