Acting
Benno Sterzenbach
Born — Died
1916-03-03 — 1985-09-13
Place of birth
Osnabrück, Germany
Known for
Acting
Credits
69 titles
Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director. His first major role on stage was Götz von Berlichingen at which he played next to Ellen Schwiers as Adelheid at the Jagsthausen festival. On television, he is mostly known for his roles in filmed theatrical adaptations: Der Richter und sein Henker (1957) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962) by Albrecht Goes and Mirandolina (1963) by Carlo Goldoni. Suspected of espionage due to his editorial relations, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and imprisoned for a month, during which time he protested his innocence. He was eventually freed…
Known for
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
6.0Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
9.3No synopsis available yet.
Dalli Dalli
1971
7.9During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
7.1In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.
Ace of Aces
1982
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
7.1In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.
Ace of Aces
1982
4.5Set in 1980's Australia, this is the true story of a woman whose husband eventually reveals to her that he is an active member of the Nazi party. A real nightmare begins for her.
Hostage
1983
7.0The film essentially uses the original text of the play. The weavers, who toil away at home, deliver their goods to the manufacturer Dreißiger and receive their meager wages. Led by the young weaver Bäcker and the former soldier Moritz Jäger, they form a resistance group and storm the manufacturer's villa, who barely manages to save himself and his family. As the revolt spreads, the king sends in the military to quell the uprising. The old weaver Hilse, who refuses to participate in the uprising for religious reasons, is hit by a stray bullet while sitting at his loom and dies.
Die Weber
1980
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Titanic
1984
1970s · 6 titles
6.7Fed up with their strict parents, Tommy and Annika run away from home, with their friend Pippi Longstocking to look after them in their long trek.
Pippi on the Run
1970
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Ausreißer
1970
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Ein Mord, den jeder begeht
1979
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Augenzeugen müssen blind sein
1971
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Die Ballade von der wunderbaren Wandlung des Generals Fünfstern
1971
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Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71
1979
1960s · 29 titles
7.9During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
6.7A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.
The Avenger
1960
No synopsis available yet.
Die Feuertreppe
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Der Auswanderer
1967
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Der Abstecher
1962
7.7Max, a small time pick-pocket, has nothing to do with the ‘big’ crimes. But then he must find the murderer of Fred, his wife's brother.
Max der Taschendieb
1962
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe
1965
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Mirandolina
1963
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Die Jubilarin
1969
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Und nicht mehr Jessica
1965
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Der Strafverteidiger
1961
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Johannisnacht
1966
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Flight in Danger
1964
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Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt
1965
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Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki
1967
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Die Friedhöfe
1960
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Der Fall Jeanne d'Arc
1966
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Mord im Dom
1962
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Der Fall der Generale
1966
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Ein Charleston für Lady Mac' Beth
1969
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Der Schlaf der Gerechten
1962
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Towarisch
1966
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Der heimliche Teilhaber
1965
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Ich stehe zur Verfügung
1968
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Was Ihr wollt
1963
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Der Geisterzug
1963
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Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk
1964
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Einer von sieben
1960
The Investigation (1965) is TV version of a play by German playwright Peter Weiss that depicts the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963–1965.
The Investigation
1966
1950s · 10 titles
10.0During the closing stages of the Second World War, a bureaucratic mistake leads to a German officer being reassigned from the dangerous Eastern Front to Berlin and a new non-existent unit.
Unternehmen Schlafsack
1955
8.0Freddy can hardly believe his good fortune: His uncle has left him some land in the Rocky Mountains, and, together with orphan Stefan, he's taking off for Canada. However, the great inheritance turns out to be a decrepit, old log cabin in the middle of nowhere. Nevertheless, an unusual number of people seem to be way too interested in the rundown ranch.
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
1959
6.5The old and sick detective superintendent Bärlach has to investigate the murder of his colleague Ulrich Schmied, who was murdered in the middle of the country road.
Der Richter und sein Henker
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Die Blume von Hawaii
1953
9.0The romantic love and heroic death of a young cornet who rode into battle against the Turks in the mid-17th century. Based on Rainer Maria Rilke’s "The Ballad of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke".
Der Cornet
1955
No synopsis available yet.
Antigone
1958
No synopsis available yet.
Was ihr wollt
1954
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John Walker schreibt an seine Mutter
1954
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Der Korporal aus Java
1955
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Falsch verbunden
1955
Series credits
6.3A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
The Old Fox
1977
6.0Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974
6.0Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Zum blauen Bock
1957
9.3No synopsis available yet.
Dalli Dalli
1971
8.0Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.
Die fünfte Kolonne
1963
8.0Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion, also known as Raumpatrouille Orion, and Space Patrol Orion in English, was the first German science fiction television series. Its seven episodes were broadcast by ARD beginning September 17, 1966 six years before Star Trek first aired in West Germany. Being a huge success with several reruns audience ratings went up to 56%. Over the years, the series acquired a distinct cult status in Germany.
Space Patrol
1966
No synopsis available yet.
Der Anwalt
1976
No synopsis available yet.
Zwischen den Flügen
1973
9.5PS is a German television series.
PS
1975
At the end of the 19th century, the Brandenburg nobleman Dubslav von Stechlin dominated a small town of the same name in the county of Ruppin.
Der Stechlin
1975
NRDona Proeza loves the Spanish nobleman Don Rodrigo, the long-standing viceroy of the West Indies, at the end of the 16th century, but is first married to the old judge Don Pelayo and then to Don Camillo, and in between goes on a journey with Don Baltasar.
Der seidene Schuh
1965
8.0Unterwegs nach Atlantis is an Austrian-German-Swiss-Czechoslovakian science fiction television series from 1981.
On the Road to Atlantis
1982
No synopsis available yet.
...Erbin sein - dagegen sehr
1985
Adrian der Tulpendieb was a 1966 German television series; the first that aired in full color. Six episodes were produced, which were based on the novel by Otto Rombach and directed by Dietrich Haugk.
Adrian der Tulpendieb
1966
9.0Janet Freeman, the daughter of the English nuclear researcher Clive and his wife Lucy, is kidnapped.
Es ist soweit
1960
Henry VI of the House of Lancaster is driven out by Edward IV of York. His wife Margaret flees to the French court, where she tries to persuade Louis XI to take up arms against England. Edward, who makes the unequal Lady Grey his queen, is defeated and Henry is reinstated as king. Edward then flees from captivity. Together with his younger brother and Richard of Gloucester – later Richard III – he defeats Henry's army, whose only son is stabbed to death by Richard of Gloucester. Henry VI dies by the same hand. Margaret, his widow, curses the House of York.
König Richard III.
1964
No synopsis available yet.
Zirkus meines Lebens
1968