
Acting
Erik Ode
Born — Died
1910-11-06 — 1983-07-19
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
116 titles
Known for
9.0The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Bambi
1948
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
9.3No synopsis available yet.
Dalli Dalli
1971
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
10.0Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
Polizeiinspektion 1
1977
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
1970s · 2 titles
1960s · 7 titles
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Der schwarze Freitag
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Spätsommer
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Der Kaiser vom Alexanderplatz
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Mrs. Cheney's End
1965
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.
Die Flucht nach Holland
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Wachet und singet
1964
1950s · 3 titles
1940s · 8 titles
Actors Liselotte Schaak and Erik Ode travel from Weimar to Karlsbad in an early version of the Volkswagen Beetle (KdF-Wagen der Nullserie).
Karlsbader Reise
1940
5.4It’s 1910 and we’re in the duchy of Lauffenburg. Everybody is celebrating the 600th birthday of the local hero, Otto the Ironman, who in his time saved the duchy from annexation and beat the enemy so badly, that he fled ... well, that’s what it says in the history books, at least. Local gossip asserts, however, that Otto wasn’t even part of the battle and was spending his time having fun with a pretty girl. When one day a piece is introduced at the court theatre, which tells the heroic story of Otto, the director rejects the mediocre story.
The Little Residence
1942
7.4Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.
The Berliner
1948
No synopsis available yet.
Eine kleine Sommermelodie
1944
Landowner Kurt Redwitz lost his wife early and has to raise his two sons Lutz and Lütte, who always like to paint, alone. When Redwitz hires the young pretty Bettina as an educator, everyone is enthusiastic about her. Especially the two boys love them hotly and intimately and from now on even show impeccable behavior. Only the strict housekeeper Mrs. Suhrmöller is jealous and tells Redwitz about the gossip in the village, which says that Bettina only planned to become Redwitz's wife. Redwitz then dismisses Mrs. Suhrmöller. But when Bettina finds out about it, she leaves the property and accepts a job as a social lady in the recreation home "Schloss Sorgenfrei". Now Redwitz slowly realizes what he feels for Bettina, and his sons try everything to bring the father and the educator together.
Meine Herren Söhne
1945
No synopsis available yet.
Wir sehn uns wieder
1945
Film production supported by the British occupation forces as part of the Re-Orientation Program. Set in post-war Germany, the film tells the story of the Stadtmeier couple, who are on their way to visit their relatives in the countryside to "hoard" food.
Stadtmeier und Landmeier
1948
Circus performer Tonio Tonelli discovers his wife Maja having an affair with his colleague Tino. Tonio goes away, and slowly rebuilds his career before meeting tightrope walker Nelly. The two become a popular sensation, which leads his estranged wife to try and force him back into a partnership with her through blackmail. When she is found dead, Tonio is the obvious suspect for her murder.
Tonelli
1943
1930s · 38 titles
10.0Princess Stauffenstein has arranged a marriage for her grandnephew Poldi and orders him to meet his unknown bride Steffi. But he falls for alluring dancer Ilonka while his uncle Leopold, sent to reason with him, is enchanted by Steffi.
Gypsy Blood
1934
10.0Romantic exploits in Germany's White Mountains.
The High Tourist
1931
9.0After her Prime Minister Lord Melbourne arranges a marriage for her with the German Prince Albert, the young Queen Victoria decides to leave London and spend some time in Kent. While there she meets a handsome young German and falls in love, unaware that he is her intended husband Albert.
Victoria in Dover
1936
The sensitive, music-loving son of a German general reluctantly attends a military academy and after warning a fellow officer to stay away from the cadet's attractive young stepmother, lands up being charged for murder.
Cadets
1931
7.5Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
Charley's Aunt
1934
6.5F.P.1 is a huge airplane landing dock in the Atlantic where pilots making the transatlantic flight can stop. Yet a saboteur tries to sink the technical wonder in this classic German science fiction film from 1932. The film was also created with English and French speaking actors at the same time.
F.P.1 Doesn't Answer
1932
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Abenteurer von Paris
1936
7.7Three friends who are broke decide to found a film production company. When they start shooting their first film chaos arises...
The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari
1930
6.0A film actress falls for an extra on her set, he turns out to be a prince.
The Castle in the South
1933
10.0A small banking family is put to the test: Brigitte, the wife of the banker Sparrenberg, has a secret: she was once the lover of the fraudster Baron Gaffris, who once used her to get close to well-off businessmen. Now Gaffris is trying to use her to trick her husband. After a fight between Brigitte and Gaffris, Brigitte’s daughter Ina seeks out the baron in an attempt to help her mother. Afterwards, the baron’s suddenly found dead on the floor. Brigitte takes all the blame, goes to the cops and admits to having stabbed Gaffris.
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1937
6.3No synopsis available yet.
We're Dancing Around the World
1939
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ja, treu ist die Soldatenliebe
1932
8.0A cheerful film about the Cologne carnival.
Drei tolle Tage
1936
5.2The wintry mountainscapes of Bavaria provide the backdrop for this airy German comedy. The story is set in motion when young clerk Boenecke (Richard Romanowsky) accidentally delivers a check to the wrong bank. Boenecke's boss Schumann (Walter Steinbeck) suspects the clerk of embezzlement -- especially since our hero has taken off on an extended Alpine vacation with his sweetheart Hilde (Magda Schneider). Before this comic chain reaction can be straightened out, hero and heroine have become entangled with a gang of female pickpockets. Essentially a "moonlight and strudel" confection, Winterachtstraum was perfect escapist entertainment for Magda Schneider's legions of fans.
Winter Night's Dream
1935
6.2The story is one of the classic operetta stories with a young princess destined to marry a king whom her mother tries to enforce while the young woman tries to escape her fate.
Land of Love
1937
7.0A fisherman's daughter assumes the blame, to save the honor of a battalion one of whose officers is obsessed with poaching, in this rural melodrama.
The Sporck Battalion
1934
No synopsis available yet.
Modell Lu, der Lebensweg eines Hutes
1939
8.2In this pre-WWII German mystery-comedy, a lovely kleptomaniac with a taste for fine jewelry is unable to resist temptation. Strangely, every time she steals something, a mysterious man pays for it. A clumsy detective begins investigating and finds a crucial clue: a strongly scented woman's glove. The perfume is an expensive scent and the detective's pal realizes that it belongs to a popular nightclub singer. The friend quickly becomes enamored of the girl, but then so does her mystery man, a notorious international criminal. Eventually he gets arrested, leaving the detective's pal to move in on the singer.
What Women Dream
1933
No synopsis available yet.
Der kühne Schwimmer
1934
6.7The tailor Florian Kerzl is immersed in the Middle Ages. When he spoils the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the founding of the town of Zdislavice, he is banished from the town. So he moves in his armor to the nearby ruins of a medieval castle. Where Florian has several interesting adventures and even falls in love with the film extra Hanni. Eventually he finds a treasure in the cellars of the old castle, containing the will of the former castle lord.
Hero for a Night
1935
Nora, the wife of the architect Heinz Ottendorf, feels neglected by her husband. He is getting more and more engrossed in his work, but Nora, apparently a stranger to hard work, suspects that the real reason for her husband's diverted attention must naturally be another woman. Robert, the cousin of Nora's friend Marianne, has long been in love with Nora and sees an opportunity to win her hand. Heinz, for all his distractions in his work and the phantom lover he doesn't have, isn't quite ready to let Nora go. While he may be married to his work, his work is a fickle mistress: he makes a career error and this leads to near financial ruin. He begs Nora to be patient with him. Marianne, who for her part is in love with Heinz, spins a web of deceit and intrigue, which leads to Robert taking a potshot at Heinz and then eventually causing Robert to kill himself.
I Refuse to Testify
1939
10.0Comedy with an Egyptian backdrop: Businessman Tobby and the Countess Stafanie wish to take all the fun away from their single parents and make them marry each other. Their parents have the same plan, too ... but with regards to their nosy kids. And so it happens, that Tobby wants to surprise the parents with the announcement of their -- the parents' -- engagement at a party (so nice to let them know), but is one-upped by Stefanie's father, the old Count, who announces the engagement of the kids. To avoid a scandal, they have to get married, but will divorce later.
Cairo Season
1933
7.0Baroness Marika von Korossy dresses up as a man, in order to compete in a horse race. Her victorious horse, Satan, will only allow her to ride him and throws everyone else off of him. That includes the dandy lieutenant Tibor von Denes, who immediately recognizes that Marika isn't a man. It isn't long before he makes friends with her and even gets her to dance with him. It's then that Marika takes off her hat and shows she's a woman, which causes jealous Ilonka von Peredy to go into a rage. When Marika is forced to sell her estate to raise money, Ilonka is able to get Marika's beloved Satan.
Hot Blood
1936
6.6A long time ago, John Miller emigrated from Germany to America. Now he wants his daughter Elinor to get to know his old homeland and sends her off to Heidelberg, where she is to study for a year. Pretty soon, the pretty young girl is in demand among the young men in town. Especially the students Dahlberg and Bornemann try to win Elinor's heart.
A Student's Song of Heidelberg
1930
10.0In this blood and soil melodrama, the daughter of the chief forester is torn between love for a reprobate painter and the duty to wed the assistant forester, a widower with a boy.
Stärker als die Liebe
1938
5.8During the Prohibition the US government has been just as successful at stopping drinking as they have been in the War on Drugs. Customs Officer Arne Kolk is determined to stop the alcohol smugglers at any price.
Alarm at Station III
1939
A man on the run from a bully ends up on a movie set.
Ritter wider Willen
1934
The young marriage of the insurance agent Hannes and his wife Nora is being worn down by financial difficulties and overcrowded living conditions. Hannes is unable to sell enough policies and life becomes ever worse for the two. Nora attempts to earn some extra money, but even that proves to be a burden on their relationship, not the least because her boss is hitting up on her. She's expecting Hannes' child, too, but he is starting to turn further and further away from her.
Das Leben kann so schön sein
1938
5.2A French musical comedy film, one of the many operetta films made in the 1930s. Rejected for the law after cheating with his fellow students, a frivolous youth gets a job as a notary in the provinces where he hires his girlfriend and they have a fine musical time.
He Is Charming
1932
7.0Comedy about the love life of the Russian emperor.
The Empress's Favourite
1936
10.0No synopsis available yet.
A Hopeless Case
1939
6.6Rich American Dina Morris and her New York friends sail through the Indian Ocean on a yacht. When the ship suffers a machine damage near the coast, it is decided to go ashore.
Der Dschungel ruft
1936
8.0Mutz Hagedorn has just graduated from grammar school, much to the delight of her aunt Jenny, who cares for her like a mother. Then she learns from notary Strohbein that she has inherited the hotel “Zur Jungfrau” from her uncle, it is located on Lake Constance in Üttlisborn. On the way there, she meets the winsome Konrad on the train. Both have the same destination, only at the train station, their paths split. When she then stands before “her” hotel, she’s appalled. The “Jungfrau” is an old, dilapidated eyesore, because people with taste put up at the “Mönch”, which is owned by the Leitner family. Both families have been at odds with each other for years. Then, Mutz learns from Konrad that he as well is a Leitner and the owner of the “Mönch”. Now, she wants to be victorious, win the trial once and for all. Konrad accepts the challenge. Firstly, the “Jungfrau” is turned into a modern hotel in no time.
Maiden vs. Monk
1934
7.5Tenor Enzo Curti, a widower with a young child, falls in love with a secretary from New York. Liselotte has experienced disappointment in her first love, Helmut, an ocean liner officer. She marries Enzo Curti, but later, when she meets Helmut again, she experiences emotional stress as love struggles with a sense of duty in her heart.
Forget Me Not
1935
7.0A Bavarian baron has invited his three illegitimate children to come on a visit. Suddenly, happiness can be seen in this house only recently cut off from the rest of the world. The baron is happy. When two of the children have to leave because of their duties back home, only the daughter stays behind, determined to cure the baron of his quirks.
Glück im Schloß
1933
The newspaper delivery driver Paul falls in love with Lotte, who works in her mother’s kiosk. One day, Paul helps a man in a black Mercedes, who’s been in an accident. While helping him, a notebook has fallen out of the man’s pocket, which Paul thinks is his own and pockets. In fact, the notebook belongs to a band of auto thieves, who’ll now do anything and everything possible to get the book back.
Großalarm
1938
9.0After her husband suddenly dies, a small town woman becomes the target of gossip, as to whether he had been having an affair and whether she is connected to his demise.
Rätsel um Beate
1938
7.0No synopsis available yet.
His reason for divorce
1931
Series credits
9.0The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Bambi
1948
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
9.3No synopsis available yet.
Dalli Dalli
1971
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
10.0Polizeiinspektion 1 is a German television series.
Polizeiinspektion 1
1977
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
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
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
5.3No synopsis available yet.
Stars in der Manege
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
1964
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Am laufenden Band
1974
7.7No synopsis available yet.
Die Rudi Carrell Show
1965
8.0Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
Die fünfte Kolonne
1963
8.0Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
Die fünfte Kolonne
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969
No synopsis available yet.
ZDF Werkstatt
1970
No synopsis available yet.
Anneliese Rothenberger gibt sich die Ehre
1971
No synopsis available yet.
Sonne, Wein und harte Nüsse
1979
7.5Alexander Zwo is a German-French-Austrian-Italian TV mini-series directed by Franz Peter Wirth.
Alexander Zwo
1972
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Meine Frau Susanne
1963
9.0Förster Horn is a German television series.
Förster Horn
1966
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Der Mann, der keinen Mord beging
1968
Behind the camera
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Liebe, Jazz und Übermut
1957
7.5"Heroism after Hours" (German: "Heldentum nach Ladenschluß") is a 1955 West German anthology comedy film. It is in four parts each portraying a different tale of German soldiers attempting to get home at the end of the Second World War.
Heroism after Hours
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Lügen haben hübsche Beine
1956
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Skandal in der Botschaft
1950
7.0Being a leading lady is just what young Jeanette has always dreamed. To reach her goal she takes part in a film company's talent competition. When things don't go as planned, Jeanette and her feisty Aunt Elly resort to drastic measures.
Einmal eine große Dame sein
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Theorie und Praxis
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Der Kaiser vom Alexanderplatz
1964
5.0The chorus girl Caterina Duval gets the chance of her life when hired as stand-in of a famous star. On the opening night Catarina is singing, dancing and stepping into the hearts of the audience.
...und abends in die Scala
1958
6.0Twenty years after their wedding, the well-to-do Elisabeth sets off for Konstanz to meet her husband and finally take their honeymoon. There she runs into her childhood friend Pierre Bonvant. While old memories and feelings are stirred up in Elisabeth, her husband meets the attractive Madeleine, who happens to be Pierre’s fiancée...
Was eine Frau im Frühling träumt
1959
9.0An Austrian singer and an oriental prince who loves singing, fall in love in Vienna, get married and go to his country. She discovers how different the role for women is there, and he fights the old tradition refusing to marry a princess.
The Land of Smiles
1952
No synopsis available yet.
Das Fenster zum Flur
1960
10.0Der Kampf der Tertia (Fight of the Tertia) is the story of a group of tough but sensitive German schoolboys. Upon learning that a local catskin dealer intends to buy up all the local felines, the boys organize a boycott against the man. It's a uphill climb, since the dealer has the law and the government on his side, having spread a rumor that the cats were diseased and needed to be killed off. Thanks to the boys, who aren't above a little larceny and duplicity themselves, the villain is foiled and the world made safe for meowers and mousers once more. Kampf der Tertia is based on a popular children's novel by Wilhelm Speyer.
Fight of the Tertia
1952
No synopsis available yet.
Mrs. Cheney's End
1965
9.0"Festival of Hearts" is the name of the new pop music show by popular DJ Camillo. He came up with the idea by chance. Marcel, a young bank employee, almost hit a charming young girl with his car. Angry, she lent him her jack, but then disappeared forever. He cannot forget her and tries to find her again through the show "Schlagerfreunde" (Schlager Friends). And that becomes the idea for Camillo's new show: to bring couples who have lost each other back together through a melody. For Marcel, it happens faster than expected, because his great love is none other than Camillo's secretary, who can follow his cries for help from the control room.
Schlager-Raketen
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Crumbles letzte Chance
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Feuerwerk
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Preussenkorso 45-48
1977
No synopsis available yet.
Der Mustergatte
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Bubusch
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Ohne Mutter geht es nicht
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Die Liebe des Jahres
1959
5.2"Ten on Every Finger" (German: "An jedem Finger zehn") is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Erik Ode. The story centers on a revue dancer named Margit Rameau, played by Germaine Damar, who falls in love with composer Bert Martin, portrayed by Erich Auer, but their romance is hindered by misunderstandings and busy schedules until they reunite during a local revue performance. The film is structured as a musical revue featuring numerous guest stars performing as themselves, including Josephine Baker in her final on-screen film role, Hans Albers, and Kenneth Spencer
Ten on Every Finger
1954
8.0Accountant and would-be song-writer Willy inadvertently gets into a live TV game show and is tasked with finding, presenting and performing with a motley band of six amateur musicians within 90 minutes.
Wunschkonzert
1955
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Schlagerparade
1953
8.5No synopsis available yet.
Keine Leiche ohne Lily
1967
No synopsis available yet.
So ein Affentheater
1953
4.3No synopsis available yet.
Wenn das mein großer Bruder wüßte
1959
No synopsis available yet.
Wolken am Himmel
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Musik im Blut
1955
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Heute gehn wir bummeln
1961
8.0Compilation film about a very German first half of the 20th century.
Wonderful Times
1950
No synopsis available yet.
Scala – total verrückt
1958
5.5No synopsis available yet.
Der erste Kuß
1954
No synopsis available yet.
Bestseller
1956


