
Acting
Lukas Ammann
Born 1912-09-29 · Basel, Switzerland
Acting credits
7.1A scruffy garbage boy becomes the pupil of famed gunfighter Talby, and the stage for confrontation is set when the gunman overruns the boy's town through violence and corruption.
Day of Anger
1967
No synopsis available yet.
Nachruf auf Egon Müller
1965
A Silver Bear winning short animation.
Der Spielverderber
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Gold für Montevasall
1968
5.3Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured woman to the hospital and meets David, who is the woman's son. After David's mother dies from the injuries, a question remains: was she murdered? The trail leads to Germany. Apparently, Lena's mother has some kind of relationship with David's mother that reaches back into the dark German history of the 1940s
The Giraffe
1999
6.6Karl Tellenbach, called "Dällebach Kari", was one of Bern’s legendary characters at the beginning of the 20th century. Born with a strong hare lip which left him disfigured and gave his voice a peculiarl nasal tone, he devoted his entire life trying to get people to laugh with him instead of at him. Ultimately, his despairing at ever becoming accepted as a fellow man coupled with unrequited love made his life tragic, culminating in his suicide at age 54. His jokes are still well known today.
Dällebach Kari
1970
8.017-year-old Edith is celebrating at her friend's house in Zurich when she is dragged to a nightclub by the unscrupulous seducer Jean, who gets her drunk and abuses her. When she becomes pregnant, she asks her father, who is a gynecologist, to perform an abortion. He initially refuses, but eventually agrees to perform the procedure—with fatal consequences.
Dilemma
1940
The pub “Zum Weißen Lamm” (the White Lamb) is filled to the brim with nasty bores. The innkeeper, played by a sweat-soaked Helmut Qualtinger, and his self-righteous circle of regulars are thrown into turmoil when a quest who is supposedly “the Rasberry picker,” a former SS officer, checks in.
Der Himbeerpflücker
1965
No synopsis available yet.
Reporter
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Der Auswanderer
1967
7.1Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, forces as dark and terrible as the criminal himself become involved in the case.
The Devil Strikes at Night
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Towarisch
1961
8.5In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe, two teenagers were living in an artificial paradise, maintained by electronic means, and once decide to leave that shelter and escape using that same medal - a mini video-disc - in search of outer-space freedom.
Flight from Paradise
1990
9.0A medical doctor who is regarded as a specialist in retort research has been found dead. Science journalist Vera Pukall investigates the alleged suicide and uncovers the ruthless activities of a large pharmaceutical company. She receives help from Dr. Svoboda, of all people, the group's main stockholder.
Der achte Tag
1990
5.7Two rival gangs try to obtain the five parts of a dangerous formula held by five scientists.
A Big Grey-Blue Bird
1971
9.0The daughter of a traveling circus director falls in love with a young farmer and finds herself in a life-changing conflict.
Menschen die vorüberziehen
1942
5.3Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiristan. Snell's sole weakness is his sweet tooth; he leaves candy wrappers at the scene of his every crime. It's up to no-nonsense CIA agent Mark Stone to find Snell and stop him before it's too late.
The Killer Likes Candy
1968
7.8Did an 18-year-old immigrant from the slums murder his father in cold blood? The twelve jurors must find a unanimous verdict.
The Twelve Jurors
1963
7.5In the 1880s, Georges Duroy, back from the Colonies, arrives in Paris with the firm intention of conquering the capital through his power of seduction, his selfishness and cynicism. Entering into journalism through the back door he will soon rise to the top with the support of several women: Madeleine Forestier, the wife of his journalist friend Charles; Clothilde de Marelle, his first mistress; Virginie Walter, the wife of a newspaper owner; Suzanne Walter, her daughter who eventually marries Duroy.
Bel Ami
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Frühling mit Verspätung
1964
5.5Ship's doctor Dr. Schumacher dreams of a sanatorium where one can truly escape from all one's obligations.
Ferien vom Ich
1963
No synopsis available yet.
Das höhere Leben
1968
Julius Caesar may have met his match in Cleopatra, the young queen of Egypt.
Caesar and Cleopatra
1964
3.3It’s love at first sight when a handsome journalist gets a massage from a beautiful masseuse. But when he discovers she’s left for a job in an unknown country, he sets off on an adventure that takes him around the globe, one massage parlor at a time!
Massage Parlor '73
1972
