Klaus Löwitsch

Acting

Klaus Löwitsch

Born — Died

1936-04-08 — 2002-12-03

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

100 titles

Klaus Löwitsch (8 April 1936 – 3 December 2002) was a German actor, best known in Germany for his starring role in the television detective series Peter Strohm. He appeared in several films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, beginning with Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971) and notably including World on a Wire (1973) and The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979). His English language films include Cross of Iron (1977), The Odessa File (1974), Firefox (1982) and Fassbinder's Despair (1978). He was born in Berlin. He died in Munich from pancreatic cancer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 4 titles

1990s · 2 titles

1980s · 7 titles

Firefox poster
6.1

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

Firefox

1982

Gotcha! poster
6.0

A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

Gotcha!

1985

Night Crossing poster
6.1

Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.

Night Crossing

1982

Desideria poster
3.2

All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...

Desideria

1980

Kaminsky poster
3.3

Crime scene: 10th police station. A desolate place on the outskirts of Berlin. Two cops are on duty here. Dieter Stecker - young and hopeful - and Rolf Kaminsky - scrapped and bitter. Kaminsky was once a good cop, but because of a crime he was sent to this deserted precinct. Now he is obsessed with just one idea: to get back at those who hurt him. The compulsion to demonstrate his dwindling strength and vitality turns him into an animal, a devil in human form who only follows his animalistic instincts...

Kaminsky

1986

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8.0

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Hart an der Grenze

1985

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9.0

An Iraqi secret service agent is murdered. The only witness is a woman, but she disappeared without a trace. The journalist Piet Maas actually tracks down Lucia, the murdered man's lover, and does a sensational interview with her. Piet should stick to the matter. He has the feeling that Lucia is hiding the important thing. His suspicions are confirmed. She is in possession of the murdered man's valuable records, which she wants to sell. Piet offers himself to Lucia as a broker...

Eine Art von Zorn

1984

1970s · 25 titles

Cross of Iron poster
7.1

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.

Cross of Iron

1977

The Odessa File poster
6.6

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.

The Odessa File

1974

The Marriage of Maria Braun poster
7.4

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979

Breakthrough poster
5.8

Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.

Breakthrough

1979

The Merchant of Four Seasons poster
6.8

Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes.

The Merchant of Four Seasons

1972

Hell Hounds of Alaska poster
4.8

A fur-trapper battles the elements and robbers when a gold shipment is ambushed - leaving a boy in urgent need of medical attention.

Hell Hounds of Alaska

1973

Rosebud poster
5.1

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.

Rosebud

1975

Despair poster
6.5

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

Despair

1978

Devil's Island poster
6.2

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refugees, tries to reach a safe area, but because of a storm it must stop near a small island. While the crew tries to repair it, a German gunboat comes from nearby.

Devil's Island

1979

The Brutes poster
7.1

On the edge of a big city on a go-kart track, Mike and Werner meet Alice and her friends. They like the girl. Mike manages to separate Alice from her group and get into the car with Werner. It had been decided to go to a lake with the others to take a bath at night. Too late Alice realizes that Mike and Werner did not drive to the agreed lake, but to a lonely gravel pit. The friends will not come anymore. And she realizes the intentions of her companions.

The Brutes

1970

The Brothers poster
3.0

Sex, violence, and family secrets in the German countryside.

The Brothers

1977

Shadow of Angels poster
4.4

Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. She loves her idle boyfriend, Raoul, who gambles away what little she earns. The town's power broker, called the rich Jew, discovers she is a good listener, so she's soon busy. Raoul imagines grotesque sex scenes between Lily and the Jew; he leaves her for a man. Her parents, a bitter Fascist who is a cabaret singer in drag and her wheelchair-bound mother, offer no refuge. Even though all have a philosophical bent, the other whores reject Lily because she tolerates everyone, including men. She tires of her lonely life and looks for a way out. Even that act serves the local corrupt powers.

Shadow of Angels

1976

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ball at Savoy

1971

Schloß Hubertus poster
4.5

For Count Egge, there is only one meaningful way of life: living in the magnificent natural surroundings of his mountains. Only hunting matters to him; he even neglects his own children for its sake. Inevitably, this leads to conflicts that result in tragic alienation within the family. These conflicts continue even after the youngest son, Willy, is found dead and Count Tassilo, the eldest, breaks with his father, whose stubbornness he can no longer bear.

Schloß Hubertus

1973

Jail Bait poster
6.2

In a small German town, a 14-year-old girl's relationship with an older man draws scrutiny and leads to legal consequences, reflecting the constraints of their social surroundings.

Jail Bait

1973

Der Jäger von Fall poster
6.2

When a hunter returns home after two years, he finds nothing is like it used to be, as his cruel rival has stolen his bride.

Der Jäger von Fall

1974

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der aufregende Fall des Studienrats Adam Juracek

1976

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Erbe gesucht - Theater vorhanden

1970

Pioneers in Ingolstadt poster
5.5

Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge.

Pioneers in Ingolstadt

1971

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Rentenspiel

1977

Zwei himmlische Dickschädel poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Zwei himmlische Dickschädel

1974

Nora Helmer poster
7.1

A childish wife reveals surprising strength when faced with blackmail. Based on A Doll's House by Ibsen, this is a video recording made for German television.

Nora Helmer

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Plebejer proben den Aufstand

1970

Libero poster
2.4

This semi-fictional movie portrays the german soccer player Franz Beckenbauer. It shows the ups and downs of being a superstar.

Libero

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Auf den Hund gekommen

1978

1960s · 16 titles

Till the Happy End poster
9.0

Photo dealer Arnold and his wife Frieda live in harmony and wealth with their ten-year-old son Peter in Bonn, when Arnold's brother Paul and his wife Vera turn up to get his share of the family business. A scuffle leads to Peter falling down a flight of stairs breaking his neck. Although it is clearly an accident, Arnold is prepared ready to pay Vera a sum of money to forget about the rumble.

Till the Happy End

1968

No artwork available
10.0

An inexplicable showdown between two men and the downfall of a family that has moved from the prairies to the jungle of the big city.

Im Dickicht der Städte

1968

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Riß im Eis

1967

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Machenschaften

1965

Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben

1960

Heißes Pflaster Köln poster
5.9

Exploitation movie about a war between pimps in Cologne, Germany, in the Sixties.

Heißes Pflaster Köln

1967

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe für Liebe

1967

Der gute Mensch von Sezuan poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Der gute Mensch von Sezuan

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Das Attentat - Der Tod des Engelbert Dollfuß

1967

…und noch frech dazu! poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

…und noch frech dazu!

1960

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Die wahre Geschichte vom geschändeten und wiederhergestellten Kreuz

1963

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Tag im Leben von...

1961

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tag für Tag

1969

Lydia muss sterben poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lydia muss sterben

1964

Girls, Girls poster
7.1

An underage girl starts an affair with her much older employer. Then, her lover is sentenced for the seduction of a minor, and the young woman gets involved with his son, the junior head of the company. When his father is released from prison, father and son become rivals for their shared lover.

Girls, Girls

1967

No artwork available
8.0

A gang of hoods led by "Shark" tries to extort protection money from bar owner Susanne. She soon forms her own gang and claims the tough Charly will protect he. Charly, actually a meek Scotsman, deals with the hoods in spite of himself.

Schlagerparade 1961

1961

1950s · 6 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

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

Die Harald Schmidt Show poster
7.4

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

The Old Fox poster
6.3

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

The Old Fox

1977

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick 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

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick 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

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

No artwork available
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Die Drehscheibe

1964

Nachtcafé poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtcafé

1987

Wetten, dass..? poster
5.6

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

Wetten, dass..?

1981

No artwork available
NR

Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.

Grimme Award

1964

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

The Commissioner poster
8.0

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.

The Commissioner

1969

Boulevard Bio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Boulevard Bio

1991

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blauer Panther

1989

Das Kriminalmuseum poster
8.0

Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.

Das Kriminalmuseum

1963

Das Kriminalmuseum poster
8.0

Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.

Das Kriminalmuseum

1963

Aktuelle Schaubude poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aktuelle Schaubude

1957

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

St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken

1979

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unsere kleine Show - Musik zur blauen Stunde

1969

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Krimistunde

1982

Dem Täter auf der Spur poster
10.0

Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.

Dem Täter auf der Spur

1967

Dem Täter auf der Spur poster
10.0

Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.

Dem Täter auf der Spur

1967

Dem Täter auf der Spur poster
10.0

Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.

Dem Täter auf der Spur

1967

Polizeifunk ruft poster
5.0

Polizeifunk ruft is a German television series.

Polizeifunk ruft

1966

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zeil um Zehn

1990

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day poster
7.7

The sprawling story of the everyday triumphs and travails of the young toolmaker Jochen and many of the people populating his world, including the woman he loves, his eccentric family, and his colleagues, with whom he bands together to improve conditions on the factory floor.

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

1972

No artwork available
7.0

Detektivbüro Roth is a German television series.

Detektivbüro Roth

1986

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sonderdezernat K1

1972

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sonderdezernat K1

1972

Die Straßen von Berlin poster
8.0

Die Straßen von Berlin is a German television series.

Die Straßen von Berlin

1995

World on a Wire poster
7.3

In the future, Simulacron, a computer project simulating reality, encounters strange occurrences after its leader's death. Dr. Stiller questions the sudden disappearance of a friend and wonders if Simulacron holds the answers.

World on a Wire

1973