Günther Simon

Born: 1925-05-11

Günther Simon (1925–1972) was a German actor. He came to prominence through roles in several DEFA films.


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First Spaceship on Venus

as Robert Brinkmann, deutscher Pilot
Released: 1960-02-26

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated...

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The Sailor’s Song

as Erich Steigert
Released: 1958-11-09

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October...

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Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

as Ernst Thälmann
Released: 1954-03-09

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist...

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Ballade vom roten Mohn

as uncredited
Released: 1965-09-14

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KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra

as John Sieg
Released: 1971-03-25

East German film about the history of Red Orchestra, a real life German pro-Soviet spy ring...

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Das russische Wunder

as (narrator)
Released: 1963-05-07

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Geschwader Fledermaus

as Tex Stankowsky
Released: 1958-12-26

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Preludio 11

as Palomino
Released: 1964-03-19

Daniela – a single mother, whose boyfriend left for the US – believes wholeheartedly in Cuba's...

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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

as Ernst Thälmann
Released: 1955-10-06

This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist...

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When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

as Minister
Released: 1966-01-01

Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air....

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Mord ohne Sühne

as Heinz Lippert
Released: 1962-06-27

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Der Frühling braucht Zeit

as Erhard Faber
Released: 1965-11-25

Was it an act of sabotage or willful negligence? The non-party engineer Heinz Solter is suddenly...

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Sun Seekers

as Franz Beier
Released: 1972-03-26

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under...

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Alfons Zitterbacke

as Vater Zitterbacke
Released: 1966-02-24

Alfons is very unlucky boy. Even when he intends well everything is going wrong, so his life is...

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Ripe Cherries

as Helmut Kamp
Released: 1973-12-06

Helmut Kamp, the construction brigade leader, a man no longer young, life immediately confronted...

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Der Lotterieschwede

as uncredited
Released: 1958-09-11

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At a French Fireside

as General Rucker
Released: 1962-09-17

Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The...

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Der kleine Kuno

as uncredited
Released: 1959-06-11

What do grown-ups actually do at night? Little Kuno has been asking himself this question a lot...

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Fog

as Verteidiger
Released: 1963-03-14

At the beginning of the 1960s, a German turns up on behalf of the NATO in the British village of...

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The Moorhound

as Oberleutnant Suter
Released: 1960-12-25

Two boys are helping the border guards to find a mysterious moor hound used by spies to transfer...

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Weil ich dich liebe …

as uncredited
Released: 1970-09-09

Dr. Gerd Thiessen, an experienced veterinarian, takes up a new job at a publicly owned manor....

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Der Tod hat ein Gesicht

as Dr. Cramm
Released: 1961-11-23

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Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-06

Film by Helmut Schneider.

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Heroin

as Zollkommissar Peter Zinn
Released: 1968-03-14

This East German movie was co-produced with studios in Hungary and Yugoslavia, with many...

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The Black Battalion

as Gerhardt
Released: 1958-06-13

A fictionalized account of Czech soldiers who fought for the French Foreign Legion in Vietnam.

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Der Reserveheld

as Oberst
Released: 1965-02-27

The famous actor Ralf Horricht is a pain in his current director's butt while shooting a comedy...

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Damals in Paris

as Georges
Released: 1956-11-02

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Jacke wie Hose

as uncredited
Released: 1953-04-29

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The Condemned Village

as Heinz Weimann
Released: 1952-04-14

East German propaganda film about an American army base trying to take away land from a West...

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Verdacht auf einen Toten

as uncredited
Released: 1969-11-06

Film by Rainer Bär.

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Einer von uns

as Richard Bertram
Released: 1960-04-28

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Lot's Wife

as Richard Lot
Released: 1965-08-26

The marriage of Katrin and Richard Lot has become a routine. She has a career and he, as a...

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Brot und Rosen

as uncredited
Released: 1967-09-27

Film by Thiel and Brandt.

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Hammer or Anvil

as Pastor
Released: 1972-09-08

This is a political picture about the Bulgarian revolutionary Georgi Dimitrov. In 1933 during...

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An Old Love

as 1. Sekretär der SED-Kreiparteileitung
Released: 1959-10-04

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Ärzte

as Dr. Brehm
Released: 1962-02-02

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Don’t Forget My Little Traudel

as uncredited
Released: 1957-11-15

17-year-old Traudel flees the orphanage she has to live in, in order to venture to Berlin.

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Treffpunkt Aimée

as Kommissar Wendt
Released: 1956-10-04

DEFA crime film about the smuggling of PVC across the (still open) border from East to West Berlin.

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The Song of the Trumpeter

as Ernst Thälmann
Released: 1964-11-05

Fritz Weineck, a worker′s son from Halle, loves music – and dreams to make a living out of it...

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Anna Susanna

as Orje
Released: 1953-02-27

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Die heute über 40 sind

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-20

Film by Kurt Jung-Alsen.

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Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel

as uncredited
Released: 1970-11-20

East German television film.

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Sheriff Teddy

as Lehrer Freitag
Released: 1957-11-29

A story about thirteen years old Kalle who is moving with the family from West Berlin to East.

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Das Traumschiff

as Kapitän Franz Müller
Released: 1956-04-26

The two half-orphans Reni and Rolf are 13 and 10 years old and they live with their grandmother...

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My Wife Wants to Sing

as Gustl Wagner
Released: 1958-04-02

Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly...

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The Dream of Captain Loy

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-23

An American military plane takes six people, who have taken part in a NATO maneuver, from...

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Reise ins Ehebett

as Kapitän
Released: 1966-04-07

The captain of a ship of the merchant navy is always on the move because of his job – and has a...

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Das Kleid

as Fleischer
Released: 1991-02-09

Poor weavers Hans (Horst Drinda) und Kumpan (Werner Lierck) try to enter a town surrounded by a...

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Secret Archives on Elbe

as SS-Gruppenführer Upitz
Released: 1963-04-12

The World War II. 1944. Nazis staged a cache which stores archival documents of its agents,...

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Der Fremde

as Parteisekretär Reichert
Released: 1961-03-03

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Senta auf Abwegen

as Max Matuschek
Released: 1959-07-16

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Schwarzer Samt

as Manfred Sibelka
Released: 1964-02-27

Stasi agent Alexander Berg has to uncover a plot of sabotage.

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Irrlicht und Feuer

as Jürgen Fohrmann
Released: 1966-08-21

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Tinko

as Ernst Kraske
Released: 1957-03-29

After 1945, land reform forces Old Kraske to become an agricultural worker, but he continues to...

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Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot

as Richard Wagner, Kommandant
Released: 1961-01-27

Co-pilot Horst Schubert is a braggart and a true Don Juan. Thus, he tells young Ilse that he is...

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Eine Handvoll Noten

as Paul Steinmetz
Released: 1961-12-25

Andreas works as an assistant in his father’s small-town bakery. However, he actually has other...

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Der Regimentskommandeur

as Wallenstock
Released: 1972-04-03

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Krupp und Krause

as Fred Krause
First aired: 1969-01-01

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