Klaus Lemke

Directing

Klaus Lemke

Born — Died

1940-10-13 — 2022-07-07

Place of birth

Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

88 titles

Known for

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

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

Bambi poster
9.0

The 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 They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.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

Der Fahnder poster
7.3

Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.

Der Fahnder

1984

No artwork available
NR

Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.

Grimme Award

1964

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Okay S.I.R.

1973

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 6 titles

2000s · 6 titles

Die Quereinsteigerinnen poster
7.0

Two young women kidnap the manager of the German telephone provider and start making strange demands while getting to know their captive a little better

Die Quereinsteigerinnen

2005

Running Out of Cool poster
9.0

A gang of film and sex addicts steal the camera, cast and story for their first movie.

Running Out of Cool

2002

Die Leopoldstraße Kills Me poster
9.0

Klaus Lemke steps out of the door of his Munich apartment and stands on Leopoldstrasse, where he has “lived” for many years. His documentary film is an avowedly gaudy declaration of love for Schwabinger Strasse, the people who live there and their realistic language.

Die Leopoldstraße Kills Me

2001

Undercover Ibiza poster
6.0

Charming but scheming "Colonel" Monk arrives to Ibiza in search of his missing son. He spends most of his time talking with his son's girlfriends and it turns out that the son might not actually want to be found.

Undercover Ibiza

2007

Never Go to Goa poster
7.0

What happens when you fly to Goa to capture the crazy reality of the “enlightenment industry and drug use” in a documentary? The result can only be one thing...

Never Go to Goa

2002

Die Nachtigall von Ramersdorf poster
NR

The Nightingale of Ramersdorf is one of the most dazzling but also the most tragic figures of the German neighborhood scene. What began in the Munich chic of the 70s led to the sad life as Tingel-Chansonnier in Berlin through various supporting roles in films by Rosa von Praunheim. The quarrelsome artist never had a loyal fan base. But all the more people talk about him in the pubs, where he was accompanied by a ghetto blaster who was hated by the often involuntary audience. Because in truth there is usually nothing better to tell. Meanwhile, the nightingale of Ramersdorf is impoverished, a care case and almost blind. But she was left with the unmistakable voice and the memories of her own time.

Die Nachtigall von Ramersdorf

2000

1980s · 4 titles

1970s · 9 titles

Der Allerletzte poster
6.5

Cleo is a barmaid at Munich's top disco "Sugar Shake". She definitely thinks she's the first prize at any erotic lottery - and she has a heart, too.

Der Allerletzte

1979

A Big Grey-Blue Bird poster
5.7

Two rival gangs try to obtain the five parts of a dangerous formula held by five scientists.

A Big Grey-Blue Bird

1971

Mein schönes kurzes Leben poster
7.7

A young drifter falls in love with a model.

Mein schönes kurzes Leben

1970

Sylvie poster
7.3

Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons.

Sylvie

1973

Supergirl poster
4.4

A beautiful woman, Supergirl Francesca Farnese, appears out of nowhere on a Bavarian highway. She wears only an orange jumpsuit and wants to go to Washington. Playboy Charly first takes her to Lake Starnberg, where she meets best-selling author Evers. He immediately leaves his wife and travels with Francesca to Spain, where he negotiates a project with the American film producer Polonsky. No one remains unimpressed by the mysterious beauty. Supergirl remains elusive— she quickly disappears again, leaving behind a warning to the inhabitants of Earth that an attack from outer space is imminent...

Supergirl

1971

Die Geschäftsfreunde poster
7.0

Short film by Martin Müller

Die Geschäftsfreunde

1970

No artwork available
10.0

Jones is called in when others want to kill. Jones works quickly, precisely, successfully. His clients pay the price he demands without question—the lone killer can be relied upon. Jones arrives in the city on the early train. He looks exhausted. He will need this day to take care of the boss of Warner-Trans. Alexander Scrooge provides him with the necessary information. Everything else is routine: observing the victim, determining the angle of the shot at the scene of the crime, preparing the alibi. When he is about to kill, the unexpected happens. The Warner boss is on his guard. Has the middleman Alexander betrayed the assignment? Is the client Franketti playing a dirty game? Or is Abraham, the big boss whom Franketti can't compete with, pulling the strings? Jones was used to clean work. Now he's caught between two gangs. Jane, a beautiful young woman, decides his fate.

Eine Rose für Jane

1970

Liebe, so schön wie Liebe poster
7.5

Munich in the 1970s: A group of young people are killing time. Sylvie has broken up with her boyfriend, and a short time later he marries someone else. The slacker Rolf enters Sylvie's life and together they decide to form a circus group with their friends, mostly untalented petty crooks, and move to the provinces.

Liebe, so schön wie Liebe

1972

Für Cecile - an der Westküste wartend poster
NR

Two men and a woman drive towards a strange ceremony.

Für Cecile - an der Westküste wartend

1973

1960s · 11 titles

No artwork available
8.0

A woman decides that her boyfriend has to marry her.

Die Kapitulation

1967

Anatahan, Anatahan poster
NR

Everyday life in a commune near Munich in the spring of 1969

Anatahan, Anatahan

1969

48 Hours to Acapulco poster
5.6

A young man gets caught up in criminal activities in order to fulfill his desire for an easy life.

48 Hours to Acapulco

1967

Brandstifter poster
6.2

Anka, a student active in the extra-parliamentary opposition, has had enough of inconsequential discussions. As she no longer believes that she can change the world with words alone, she plans a militant action: as a protest against the Vietnam War, she plants a bomb in a Cologne department store to force the public into a debate.

Brandstifter

1969

No artwork available
NR

18 year-old Sabine wants to lose her virginity in order to win back her ex-boyfriend Klaus. She asks her extremely shy classmate Martin for help.

Sabine 18

1967

Frühstück in Rom poster
8.0

A film critic falls in love.

Frühstück in Rom

1965

Galaxy poster
6.5

In a future world devoid of men, three young women order two men to come to them and ask them which of them they would prefer.

Galaxy

1967

...Geist und ein wenig Glück poster
NR

Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.

...Geist und ein wenig Glück

1965

The Letter poster
10.0

T. finds a letter. Instead of just dropping it in a mailbox, he decides, conscientious as he is, to deliver it personally. He wanders the entire world, discovers astounding forms of existence, but cannot be hindered from his duty and keeps looking until he finally finds the address. There, he finds out that he has delivered his own judgment.

The Letter

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ein anständiges Mädchen

1968

Die Versöhnung poster
9.0

A man bored with his wife goes to the Munich Oktoberfest. He meets a pregnant student who discusses the problems of bourgeois marriage with him and finally returns home disappointed.

Die Versöhnung

1965

Series credits

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

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

Bambi poster
9.0

The 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

Der Fahnder poster
7.3

Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.

Der Fahnder

1984

No artwork available
NR

Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.

Grimme Award

1964

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Okay S.I.R.

1973

No artwork available
9.0

A miniseries about a scientific project trying to develop and exploit efficient solar power. The group members have the normal family and funding problems to concern them. But more sinisterly, they have to contend with energy companies who need them to fail and are too happy to help them along their way, mysterious business concerns who want to pump money into the project but for unknown or dubious reasons, and, worst, terrorists and murder attempts.

Das Sahara-Projekt

1993

Behind the camera

Arabian Nights poster
4.2

Petrol station owner Karin is angry. Not only are constantly rising gas prices spoiling her good mood. Her boyfriend, car enthusiast Wolfgang, is also constantly cheating on her. Now she's had enough. With her friend and Wolfgang's last lover, Christl, she sets off for London to pick up an oil sheikh.

Arabian Nights

1979

Arabian Nights poster
4.2

Petrol station owner Karin is angry. Not only are constantly rising gas prices spoiling her good mood. Her boyfriend, car enthusiast Wolfgang, is also constantly cheating on her. Now she's had enough. With her friend and Wolfgang's last lover, Christl, she sets off for London to pick up an oil sheikh.

Arabian Nights

1979

Unterwäschelügen poster
2.7

Two women are at the center of the film: Mela is an artist, Leila sees herself as a self-confident nymphomaniac and occasionally forgets to collect her fee from her clients. Her male counterpart Henning is a gallant, albeit loud-mouthed, chatterbox. An exciting and tempestuous ménage-à-trois develops between them - in the middle of Munich.

Unterwäschelügen

2016

Unterwäschelügen poster
2.7

Two women are at the center of the film: Mela is an artist, Leila sees herself as a self-confident nymphomaniac and occasionally forgets to collect her fee from her clients. Her male counterpart Henning is a gallant, albeit loud-mouthed, chatterbox. An exciting and tempestuous ménage-à-trois develops between them - in the middle of Munich.

Unterwäschelügen

2016

Unterwäschelügen poster
2.7

Two women are at the center of the film: Mela is an artist, Leila sees herself as a self-confident nymphomaniac and occasionally forgets to collect her fee from her clients. Her male counterpart Henning is a gallant, albeit loud-mouthed, chatterbox. An exciting and tempestuous ménage-à-trois develops between them - in the middle of Munich.

Unterwäschelügen

2016

Negresco poster
4.9

The wife of a jet-set millionaire takes a holiday in Berlin and poses for racy photographs. These are stolen, a man is killed, and she decamps to the French Riviera with a different photographer, who may also now be in danger.

Negresco

1968

Negresco poster
4.9

The wife of a jet-set millionaire takes a holiday in Berlin and poses for racy photographs. These are stolen, a man is killed, and she decamps to the French Riviera with a different photographer, who may also now be in danger.

Negresco

1968

Finale poster
3.2

The bittersweet love story between a 26-year-old actress at the beginning of her career and a 21-year-old call girl at the end of her marriage, set during the world cup 2006.

Finale

2007

Finale poster
3.2

The bittersweet love story between a 26-year-old actress at the beginning of her career and a 21-year-old call girl at the end of her marriage, set during the world cup 2006.

Finale

2007

Der Allerletzte poster
6.5

Cleo is a barmaid at Munich's top disco "Sugar Shake". She definitely thinks she's the first prize at any erotic lottery - and she has a heart, too.

Der Allerletzte

1979

Der Allerletzte poster
6.5

Cleo is a barmaid at Munich's top disco "Sugar Shake". She definitely thinks she's the first prize at any erotic lottery - and she has a heart, too.

Der Allerletzte

1979

The Little One poster
7.0

Markus, 16, goes to the city where his big brother Mischa will show him the ropes. But Mischa has gambled away his money, leading to theft and deeper troubles. Markus must take revenge.

The Little One

1983

The Little One poster
7.0

Markus, 16, goes to the city where his big brother Mischa will show him the ropes. But Mischa has gambled away his money, leading to theft and deeper troubles. Markus must take revenge.

The Little One

1983

Running Out of Cool poster
9.0

A gang of film and sex addicts steal the camera, cast and story for their first movie.

Running Out of Cool

2002

Running Out of Cool poster
9.0

A gang of film and sex addicts steal the camera, cast and story for their first movie.

Running Out of Cool

2002

Duell poster
7.5

In this action film, a young couple is invited to his boss’ house. On the way, he gets out for a cigarette and she takes the wheel and speeds off. He hails a cab and pursues her through night-time Munich. The chase takes him through back courtyards, malls, night clubs and bars. At the end of the duel, she’s the clear victor.

Duell

1966

Duell poster
7.5

In this action film, a young couple is invited to his boss’ house. On the way, he gets out for a cigarette and she takes the wheel and speeds off. He hails a cab and pursues her through night-time Munich. The chase takes him through back courtyards, malls, night clubs and bars. At the end of the duel, she’s the clear victor.

Duell

1966

Das Flittchen und der Totengräber poster
10.0

Actually Wolfgang and Cleo are the ideal couple. Nevertheless, the scraps always fly when they are together for a long time. After the last big fight, they finally split up. Unfortunately, both start their new lives in Las Vegas.

Das Flittchen und der Totengräber

1995

Das Flittchen und der Totengräber poster
10.0

Actually Wolfgang and Cleo are the ideal couple. Nevertheless, the scraps always fly when they are together for a long time. After the last big fight, they finally split up. Unfortunately, both start their new lives in Las Vegas.

Das Flittchen und der Totengräber

1995

Flitterwochen poster
8.0

Customs officers Katti and Wolfgang are so deeply in love with each other that they are barely aware of their surroundings. But after the wedding reception, there's nothing but trouble.

Flitterwochen

1980

Flitterwochen poster
8.0

Customs officers Katti and Wolfgang are so deeply in love with each other that they are barely aware of their surroundings. But after the wedding reception, there's nothing but trouble.

Flitterwochen

1980

Amore poster
6.7

The inconspicuous greengrocer's daughter Maria had to watch as the adored Italian Pietro broke her best friend's heart. Dressed up as a vamp, the vengeful Maria now sets a cunning trap for the attractive Papagallo. Maria is the daughter of a small German fruit and vegetable dealer, Pietro is the son of a large Italian fruit and vegetable dealer. Both live in Munich and both meet every morning at six o'clock in the Grossmarkthalle. Maria looks inconspicuous, while Pietro looks extremely attractive. Maria is hardly interested in men, whereas Pietro is interested in all girls. Maria doesn't care until Pietro first seduces Maria's best friend and then leaves her unhappy. Now Maria starts a campaign of revenge against the light-footed Casanova, in the name of her best friend and in the name of all the girls who have been seduced by Pietro. Maria lures Pietro, who is now madly in love with her, to his native Italy, where Pietro, blinded by love and jealousy, proposes to Maria.

Amore

1978

Amore poster
6.7

The inconspicuous greengrocer's daughter Maria had to watch as the adored Italian Pietro broke her best friend's heart. Dressed up as a vamp, the vengeful Maria now sets a cunning trap for the attractive Papagallo. Maria is the daughter of a small German fruit and vegetable dealer, Pietro is the son of a large Italian fruit and vegetable dealer. Both live in Munich and both meet every morning at six o'clock in the Grossmarkthalle. Maria looks inconspicuous, while Pietro looks extremely attractive. Maria is hardly interested in men, whereas Pietro is interested in all girls. Maria doesn't care until Pietro first seduces Maria's best friend and then leaves her unhappy. Now Maria starts a campaign of revenge against the light-footed Casanova, in the name of her best friend and in the name of all the girls who have been seduced by Pietro. Maria lures Pietro, who is now madly in love with her, to his native Italy, where Pietro, blinded by love and jealousy, proposes to Maria.

Amore

1978

Mein schönes kurzes Leben poster
7.7

A young drifter falls in love with a model.

Mein schönes kurzes Leben

1970

Mein schönes kurzes Leben poster
7.7

A young drifter falls in love with a model.

Mein schönes kurzes Leben

1970

A Callgirl for Ghosts poster
NR

The film is part of Lemkes never-ending Munich series, but this time it leads beyond Schwabing or Maxvorstadt, which makes it more entertaining than its predecessors. After a stop at the Bayrischer Hof, it moves into the Glockenbachviertel, over the Reichenbachbrücke to the Isar, further into the suburbs. These places are not alien to residents of Munich or tourists, but Lemke knows no tour guide romance. He has the usual group of main characters, two or three girls, a young man, and sends them off as if on a great expedition. They bring along the Lemkestyle, which doesn't fit in anywhere, but works like a contrast medium. Their fantasy figures make the reality around them more real.

A Callgirl for Ghosts

2020

A Callgirl for Ghosts poster
NR

The film is part of Lemkes never-ending Munich series, but this time it leads beyond Schwabing or Maxvorstadt, which makes it more entertaining than its predecessors. After a stop at the Bayrischer Hof, it moves into the Glockenbachviertel, over the Reichenbachbrücke to the Isar, further into the suburbs. These places are not alien to residents of Munich or tourists, but Lemke knows no tour guide romance. He has the usual group of main characters, two or three girls, a young man, and sends them off as if on a great expedition. They bring along the Lemkestyle, which doesn't fit in anywhere, but works like a contrast medium. Their fantasy figures make the reality around them more real.

A Callgirl for Ghosts

2020

A Callgirl for Ghosts poster
NR

The film is part of Lemkes never-ending Munich series, but this time it leads beyond Schwabing or Maxvorstadt, which makes it more entertaining than its predecessors. After a stop at the Bayrischer Hof, it moves into the Glockenbachviertel, over the Reichenbachbrücke to the Isar, further into the suburbs. These places are not alien to residents of Munich or tourists, but Lemke knows no tour guide romance. He has the usual group of main characters, two or three girls, a young man, and sends them off as if on a great expedition. They bring along the Lemkestyle, which doesn't fit in anywhere, but works like a contrast medium. Their fantasy figures make the reality around them more real.

A Callgirl for Ghosts

2020

Wie die Weltmeister poster
8.0

Franz Bielek is a bailiff by conviction. However, his overzealousness is increasingly a thorn in the side of his superiors, so they transfer him from the provinces to Munich without further ado. Overwhelmed by the big city, Bielek no longer collects a single mark and is sent to Berlin for further training.

Wie die Weltmeister

1981

Wie die Weltmeister poster
8.0

Franz Bielek is a bailiff by conviction. However, his overzealousness is increasingly a thorn in the side of his superiors, so they transfer him from the provinces to Munich without further ado. Overwhelmed by the big city, Bielek no longer collects a single mark and is sent to Berlin for further training.

Wie die Weltmeister

1981

Berlin für Helden poster
7.1

A film about five young people who are new to the metropolis of Berlin, their dissolute lives and the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships. One young woman ditches her boyfriend for an Italian lover as soon as they arrive from Hamburg - but he has another woman on the hook who is not yet completely finished with her ex-boyfriend.

Berlin für Helden

2012

Berlin für Helden poster
7.1

A film about five young people who are new to the metropolis of Berlin, their dissolute lives and the pitfalls of interpersonal relationships. One young woman ditches her boyfriend for an Italian lover as soon as they arrive from Hamburg - but he has another woman on the hook who is not yet completely finished with her ex-boyfriend.

Berlin für Helden

2012

Teenagerliebe poster
7.5

Hans-Jürgen is seventeen. He has cracked cars and machines to impress his girlfriend. That has him a youth penalty of several months registered.

Teenagerliebe

1975

Teenagerliebe poster
7.5

Hans-Jürgen is seventeen. He has cracked cars and machines to impress his girlfriend. That has him a youth penalty of several months registered.

Teenagerliebe

1975

Ein Haus am Meer poster
10.0

A young girl hitches a ride in a car with a man. In front of and in an abandoned house, the man tries to approach the girl...

Ein Haus am Meer

1966

Ein Haus am Meer poster
10.0

A young girl hitches a ride in a car with a man. In front of and in an abandoned house, the man tries to approach the girl...

Ein Haus am Meer

1966

Henker Tom poster
7.5

A young couple in Munich, Tom and Sabine, play around all day. But the girl, a model, would rather travel the world. He, on the other hand, is the absolute gamer type.

Henker Tom

1966

Henker Tom poster
7.5

A young couple in Munich, Tom and Sabine, play around all day. But the girl, a model, would rather travel the world. He, on the other hand, is the absolute gamer type.

Henker Tom

1966

Rocker poster
6.1

In Hamburg, West Germany, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a two thugs.

Rocker

1972

Rocker poster
6.1

In Hamburg, West Germany, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a two thugs.

Rocker

1972