Johannes Thanheiser

Acting

Johannes Thanheiser

Born — Died

1925-12-04 — 2014-06-17

Place of birth

Wien, Austria

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 8 titles

Revanche poster
7.2

Alex, an ex-con working as muscle in a Vienna brothel, dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Tamara, who also works there. Their attempt to break free sets off a chain of events that links their fate with a rural police officer and his troubled marriage. As their lives intersect, a quiet struggle unfolds between guilt, grief, and the desire for redemption.

Revanche

2008

North Face poster
7.2

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

North Face

2008

Antares poster
5.9

A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block.

Antares

2004

Lenya - Die größte Kriegerin aller Zeiten poster
4.8

She grows up in a village, protected by a foster mother. Her fearlessness indicates early on that heroic blood is flowing in Lenya's young veins. When her village is raided and many of her friends are murdered, she makes it her business to seek vengeance and fight for justice.

Lenya - Die größte Kriegerin aller Zeiten

2001

Romy poster
5.8

From her on-screen triumphs to her off-screen tribulations, this biopic focuses on the captivating life and career of actress Romy Schneider.

Romy

2009

Die Heilerin 2 poster
5.0

After earlier hostility, Halfried Seelig is now widely recognized for what she does. Her daughter Marion is trying to put down roots again in her former home after separating from her husband Thomas. It is not made easy for her, especially not by her adolescent daughter Laura.

Die Heilerin 2

2008

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021 poster
5.5

Vienna in 2021. Europe is divided into American sectors. The currency is being converted from the euro to the dollar. Johnny Bush (the son of American peacekeeper George Bush) is the Chancellor of Austria. English becomes the primary language; dialects are forbidden. The Viennese meet underground (with the dinosaurs) to practice their Viennese dialect. The German journalist August Maria Kaiser comes to Vienna to research a report on the missing Jörg Haider. Haider had ruled Austria for the past 20 years and was expelled by the Americans. On his journey to uncover the truth about Haider, Kaiser meets many acquaintances.

Haider lebt - 1. April 2021

2002

No artwork available
NR

The inner lives of six people are explored. Each has a connection to the Viennese subway station Schottentor.

Schottentor

2009

1990s · 7 titles

No artwork available
NR

A businessman visits his father after a long absence. His parent's house is supposed to make way for a highway. The son wants to send his father to a home. He is unexpectedly confronted with a young woman at the home.

Erde

1993

Madame Bäurin poster
7.0

On the Schiermoser farm tense expectation prevails. The 'Urban', the Schaubleins, surprisingly announced their arrival. In the past, they were welcome as generous summer visitors. But now the shortage years of the First World War prevail. And the farmer's wife suspects lazy parasites in the townsfolk. The city family is indeed facing ruin. Especially since the defiant daughter Rosalie has just knocked out a promising money marriage without regard to scandal. The Rosalie is attracted to the Schiermoser heir Franz. His mother already drives the thought of a 'Madame Bäurin' to madness. Everyone experiences a turbulent time of upheaval. The end of the First World War will shake the social fronts as well as the new machine age.

Madame Bäurin

1993

Ein Richter zum Küssen poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Richter zum Küssen

1995

Das ewige Lied poster
7.8

Assistant Pastor Josef Mohr arrived in Oberndorf in 1818. In a time of political upheaval and economic hardship he writes a Christmas carol together with the teacher Franz Gruber. The main roles in Franz Xaver Bogners fictive history of the most famous Christmas song in the world "Das ewige Lied" play Tobias Moretti, Heio von Stetten and Erwin Steinhauer.

Das ewige Lied

1997

David im Wunderland poster
4.0

15-year-old David lives with his family and around another hundred Jacobins in a closed community in Germany. The monotonous life of this early Christian community consists of pray.

David im Wunderland

1998

Wo das Herz zu Hause ist poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wo das Herz zu Hause ist

1994

The Altar Boys poster
8.0

The main characters of the story are Pauli, a teacher's son, and Sepp, the son of a sawmill owner. They get to know each other while serving as altar boys, become friends and decide to form their own gang with themselves as leaders. Their first major objective will be a battle against a notorious gang from the neighboring village . . .

The Altar Boys

1990

1980s · 2 titles

Series credits

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

Murder in the Mountains poster
4.1

SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113. It is set in the renowned Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The production company "beo-Film" has produced the show since 2001. The German abbreviation SOKO stands for Sonderkommission, "special commission", a task force with specific duties.

Murder in the Mountains

2001

No artwork available
3.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die Wache

1994

Inspector Rex poster
7.2

After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.

Inspector Rex

1994

Inspector Rex poster
7.2

After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.

Inspector Rex

1994

Unser Charly poster
5.7

The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.

Unser Charly

1995

Schlosshotel Orth poster
3.7

Schlosshotel Orth is an Austrian television series.

Schlosshotel Orth

1996

Café Meineid poster
8.0

Café Meineid is a German courtroom comedy television series based on actual cases. The series aired 147 episodes from 1990 to 2003 and ended with the death of lead actor Erich Hallhuber.

Café Meineid

1990

Der Bergdoktor poster
4.8

Der Bergdoktor is a German-Austrian medical drama television series, broadcast in 96 episodes between 1992 and 1997.

Der Bergdoktor

1992

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee poster
6.4

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee is a German television series.

Ein Schloß am Wörthersee

1990

Die Landärztin poster
NR

Die Landärztin is a German television series.

Die Landärztin

2005

Das Glück dieser Erde poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Glück dieser Erde

2011

Braunschlag poster
7.6

To save his town Braunschlag from bankruptcy, the mayor decides to fake a Marian apparition. This black-humored farce revolves around greed, corruption, churchianity and alcohol.

Braunschlag

2012

Das Dorf an der Grenze poster
7.0

A fictional town on the Austrian-Yugoslav border from 1920—through World War II—until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.

Das Dorf an der Grenze

1979