Alexander May

Acting

Alexander May

Born — Died

1927-07-08 — 2008-05-02

Place of birth

Görlitz, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

100 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 14 titles

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2.0

At the funeral of her murdered friend, a young woman meets a charming man. They quickly become a couple, but then the man comes under suspicion of murder and rape. Charges cannot be brought due to lack of evidence, but the woman, growing suspicious, turns away from him and begins investigating her lover’s past—an endeavor that puts her in grave danger.

Eiskalte Liebe

1997

Pappa ante Portas poster
7.6

Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40 years just to get discount. Heinrich's boss decides it’s time for him to retire early. Heinrich suddenly finds himself with nothing to do—except micromanage his household, much to the dismay of his wife Renate and their son Dieter

Pappa ante Portas

1991

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8.0

1984 in the GDR. Jürgen and Vera Färber spend their vacation with their children Martha and Mischa in the eastern Harz Mountains. Shortly before returning home, they all play hide-and-seek together in the great outdoors. Mischa disappears without a trace! The police search is fruitless. A few days later, the authorities close the investigation and demand that the Färbers declare their son dead. But Vera and Jürgen refuse to give up.

Ich klage an

1994

Jew-boy Levi poster
7.0

Benjamin Levi (Bruno Cathomas) is a Bavarian cattle dealer traveling to pre-World War II Germany on his annual trip to a remote farming village. Levi hopes to do some business and, more importantly, win the hand of the lovely Lisbeth (Caroline Ebner). But Nazi propaganda has gripped the small community and poisoned it forever. Now, Levi and Lisbeth are targets of hate in this provocative and shocking drama.

Jew-boy Levi

1999

Willi und die Windzors poster
5.0

The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their snobbish visitors, which all want to reside in their little house without doing any work to earn their living.

Willi und die Windzors

1996

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8.0

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Schwarzes Blut

1999

Bei mir liegen Sie richtig poster
6.2

Willi Kritz earns his living as a night watchman and corpse washer at the East German Pathological Institute at the Berlin Clinic. In the process, he found another source of income: he steals pathological exhibits and smuggles them to West Berlin disguised as a Berlin bear. His customer is Frundsberg, and the delivery always takes place in his Yankee sleigh.

Bei mir liegen Sie richtig

1990

A Minute of Silence poster
3.8

In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.

A Minute of Silence

1998

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9.0

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Verliebte Feinde

1995

Bronstein's Children poster
8.0

East Berlin, 1973. Eighteen-year-old Hans Bronstein and his girlfriend arrive at his parents’ summer house to find a former Nazi camp Kapo chained there—employed when Hans’s father Arno and his friends were prisoners. Hans demands legal justice; Arno insists on his own retribution. Sister Elle, traumatized into institutionalization, cannot mediate. When Arno forces a confession, Hans frees the prisoner, confronting their irreconcilable pasts.

Bronstein's Children

1991

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4.3

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Sommerliebe

1993

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8.0

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Dizzy, lieber Dizzy

1997

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9.0

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Sommergewitter

1998

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8.0

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Ein anderer Liebhaber

1990

1980s · 10 titles

Der Spot oder Fast eine Karriere poster
9.0

This bizarre comedy demonstrates - as a convincing example - how TV-commercials may be produced, sacrificing extensive amounts of money, bottomless creativity and even human life without any respect right to the finish.

Der Spot oder Fast eine Karriere

1981

In the Sign of the Cross poster
6.5

Fictional story of a traffic accident that triggers a catastrophe near a small village in 1990. A liquefied gas truck collides with a transport truck carrying radioactive material for reprocessing. An accident that was never thought possible by human standards. The radioactivity released must be contained at all costs. Not only the catastrophic consequences of the radiation, but also the panicked, irrational and inhumane behavior of those trapped in the village and the German army are portrayed in an almost unbearable way in this film.

In the Sign of the Cross

1983

Sting in the Flesh poster
9.0

Ines and Hans try to save their crumbling marriage with a vacation trip. With three children, the grandmother, and some hamsters in the overloaded car to Sardinia.

Sting in the Flesh

1981

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7.0

A young hitchhiker is picked up by an ageing gangster on his journey south and slowly becomes familiar with his mysterious past. But their journey together ends in death.

Ein Treffen mit Rimbaud

1988

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NR

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Manfred Krug: Krumme Touren

1984

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10.0

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Wer einsam ist, der hat es gut weil keiner da, der Ihm was tut

1986

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10.0

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Der Schatz des Priamos

1981

Ami Go Home oder Der Fragebogen poster
8.0

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Ami Go Home oder Der Fragebogen

1985

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7.0

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Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl

1983

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NR

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Alberta und Alice oder Die Unterwerfung

1981

1970s · 21 titles

Die Halde poster
9.0

On his wanderings, Tom meets young Lizzi and accompanies her to the vacation resort "Im Sonnengrund". The residents there are threatened by a huge garbage dump that will bury them all.

Die Halde

1975

Dream City poster
6.1

A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.

Dream City

1973

Jonathan poster
5.5

A group of vampires terrorizes a small village on the German North Sea Coast. The young Jonathan joins a group of fellow students and locals, who plan an uprising against the vampires.

Jonathan

1970

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9.0

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Auguste Bolte

1974

Der Durchdreher poster
9.0

The chaotic journalist Maximilian Glanz is working on his big book that will never be finished, answers letters to the editor of a tabloid newspaper and dreams of escaping to an island and leaving everything behind. His marriage is in crisis. And on the day of his divorce, he meets a new woman in a rear-end collision, who has also just been divorced and with whom he plunges headlong into a new relationship.

Der Durchdreher

1979

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NR

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Im Paß steht Peter Weck

1975

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8.0

The Torbergs' life follows an orderly course, defined by bourgeois convention. Per-Olof, the son, opposes his father's authoritarianism, and their daughter Monika, the sculptor, has moved out of the family home. However, this has not prompted Mr. Torberg to question the familiar order. One day, Billy, a young outsider, visits the couple. He doesn't say much. His presence alone causes the Torbergs to suddenly talk to each other honestly.

Betreten verboten

1972

The Pedestrian poster
7.0

When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.

The Pedestrian

1973

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7.5

Grete Minde, based on the novel by Theodor Fontane, tells the story of a girl trapped in the turbulent religious and social prejudices of 17th-century Sweden.

Grete Minde

1977

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10.0

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Seniorenschweiz

1976

The Clown poster
6.1

Based on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate indictment of Catholicism. Hans Schnier (Helmut Griem) has earned his living as a clown, though he is in fact a very covert sort of social critic. After enduring a difficult childhood in Bonn during the Second World War, including his mother's fanatic Nazism, he is appalled to discover many of the people he knows and loves swept deeply into involvement in the Catholic Church.

The Clown

1976

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NR

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Kleine Geschichten mit großen Tieren

1978

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NR

A baby is delivered to the Hamilton family, triggering a turbulent search for those responsible among six potential fathers.

Baby Hamilton oder Das kommt in den besten Familien vor

1975

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NR

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Die Geschichte einer dicken Frau

1973

Das chinesische Wunder poster
7.0

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Das chinesische Wunder

1977

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NR

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Das Paradies auf der anderen Seite

1972

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NR

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… von Herzen mit Schmerzen

1978

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NR

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Karussells werden im Himmel gemacht

1973

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8.0

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Ein deutsches Attentat

1975

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NR

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Verschwörung in Ulm – Der Reichswehrprozeß 1930

1971

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NR

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August der Starke - Ein ganzes Volk nennt ihn Papa

1970

1960s · 10 titles

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NR

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La felicità...

1969

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7.0

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Sie werden sterben, Sire

1964

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9.0

Beate Dehn and Klaus Hartmann are two ambitious young architects locked in a fierce professional rivalry. When both enter the same high-stakes design competition, their battle of wits turns personal—and seductive. Charming and manipulative, Klaus has a reputation for winning clients with charm, whiskey, and a well-placed sofa, but Beate proves to be a match for his every move.

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa

1963

Orden für die Wunderkinder poster
9.0

A retirement home. An elderly gentleman is conversing with a paralyzed countess. When she asks him why he was awarded the title of advisor and an order, Ziegler modestly replies, "For services to the fatherland and the people." The scene changes, and we see Ziegler no longer in the retirement home, but behind bars. After serving his sentence for defrauding gullible women seeking to get married, the marriage swindler Ziegler accidentally finds himself at the award ceremony. Realizing how attractive the order is to wealthy individuals who have not yet taken their place among the elite, Ziegler decides to end his dangerous and not-so-lucrative "business." He searches his address book for the names of wealthy fellow citizens and, using forged forms, informs them that they will soon be awarded an order and that they must pay 750 marks to cover the costs of the ceremony...

Orden für die Wunderkinder

1963

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NR

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Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken

1968

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6.5

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Die Reise um die Erde

1964

Tattoo poster
6.8

A well-off couple adopt a 16-year-old boy from an orphanage in West Berlin, but their attempts to help him assimilate into his new surroundings fail. The repressive tolerance of the well-educated adoptive parents is just too much for the mischievous young boy.

Tattoo

1967

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9.0

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Versetzung

1968

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NR

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Herr Wolff hat seine Krise

1969

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NR

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Zaubereien oder Die Tücke des Objekts

1962

Series credits

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4.4

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Volle Kanne

1999

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort 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

Polizeiruf 110 poster
6.2

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

Polizeiruf 110

1971

Polizeiruf 110 poster
6.2

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

Polizeiruf 110

1971

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police poster
6.6

A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

1996

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein 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

Großstadtrevier poster
6.0

Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

Großstadtrevier

1986

Für alle Fälle Stefanie poster
2.5

Für alle Fälle Stefanie is an German medical drama television series created by Werner Krämer that aired on Sat.1 from May 15, 2005 to August 29, 2005. It was produced by Novafilm Fernsehproduktion. Für alle Fälle Stefanie follows the professional and personal life of nurse Stefanie Engel, then Stephanie Wilde and for a short time Fanny 'Stephanie' Stephan. The show was a giant success for the network and had around seven, in later years, five million viewers on a weekly basis. It won the Goldene Kamera award in 1997 and the Bavarian TV Award in 1996.

Für alle Fälle Stefanie

1995

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7.2

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Im Namen des Gesetzes

1994

The Country Doctor poster
6.2

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The Country Doctor

1987

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6.0

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German Film Award

1951

Die Schwarzwaldklinik poster
6.6

The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, The Black Forest Clinic became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing.

Die Schwarzwaldklinik

1985

Freunde fürs Leben poster
7.3

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Freunde fürs Leben

1992

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre poster
6.9

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.

Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre

1967

Weißblaue Geschichten poster
9.5

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Weißblaue Geschichten

1984

Weißblaue Geschichten poster
9.5

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Weißblaue Geschichten

1984

Donna Leon poster
7.3

Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features the indelible Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe’s most beautiful locations.

Donna Leon

2000

Ein Bayer auf Rügen poster
8.3

Ein Bayer auf Rügen is a German comedy/crime television series, broadcast in 81 episodes between 1993 and 1997.

Ein Bayer auf Rügen

1993

Peter Strohm poster
6.8

Peter Strohm is a private detective with radical methods. His work begins where police work ends; he takes on sensitive cases that require a certain scale, or explosive situations that can lead to international crises.

Peter Strohm

1989

Heimatgeschichten poster
5.5

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Heimatgeschichten

1992

Rosa Roth poster
4.8

Rosa Roth is a German television series.

Rosa Roth

1994

Tierarzt Dr. Engel poster
NR

Tierarzt Dr. Engel is a German television series.

Tierarzt Dr. Engel

1998

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10.0

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Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen

1964

Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger poster
8.0

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Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger

1978

Hotel Paradies poster
5.4

Hotel Paradies is a German television series.

Hotel Paradies

1990

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9.0

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Justitias kleine Fische

1988

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft poster
8.0

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A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

1995

Hessische Geschichten poster
9.0

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Hessische Geschichten

1986

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8.0

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Sonderdezernat K1

1972

Aus heiterem Himmel poster
8.0

Aus heiterem Himmel is a German comedy television series, broadcast between 1995 and 1999. The series was created by Hannah Hollinger and is about a comic author Tobias and his boat-building friend Christopher who inhabit an old villa and lead a life of promiscuity.

Aus heiterem Himmel

1995

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9.0

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Mit Leib und Seele

1989

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10.0

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Glückliche Reise

1992

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8.0

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Hecht & Haie

1993

Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari poster
2.0

Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari is a German television series.

Die Verbrechen des Professor Capellari

1998

Die Straßen von Berlin poster
8.0

Die Straßen von Berlin is a German television series.

Die Straßen von Berlin

1995

Die glückliche Familie poster
8.0

The story of the Behringer family and their typical everyday problems.

Die glückliche Familie

1987

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation poster
8.0

The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich (mostly music and film students). The movie tells a story in many different levels about love, friendship, misfortune, loss, art, politics, history with important historic events of the decennium in the background.

Heimat 2: A Chronicle of a Generation

1993