Helmut Griem
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helmut Griem (born April 6, 1932 in Hamburg – November 19, 2004 in Munich) was a German actor. Griem was primarily a German-speaking stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Staatliches Schauspielbühnen in Berlin, in the Munich Kammerspiele, and finally in the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, also in Munich. Among his many film and TV appearances (a quite memorable one being NBC's mini-series Peter the Great, portraying the formidable Tsar's lifelong friend and "right hand" Alexander Menshikov, alongside Maximilian Schell), the Oscar-winning film Cabaret (1972), in which he played the rich "Baron Maximilian von Heune" is probably the best-known; other internationally-known performances include his work in The Damned, The McKenzie Break, and Ludwig. Griem starred in the television mini-series "The Devil's Lieutenant" directed by John Goldschmidt, adapted by Jack Rosenthal and based on the novel by M Fagyas, for Channel 4 and ZDF. Despite his success in film, the theatre remained at the heart of Griem's work, and he performed in many classic roles from both the German and English-language repertoire. Later in his career Griem turned to theatre direction, including Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill. Before his death, Griem had planned to direct the Botho Strauss play Die eine and die andere (This One and The Other). Griem twice won the Bambi Award: in 1961 and in 1976. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helmut Griem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cabaret
as Maximilian von HeuneInside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee...
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The Damned
as AschenbachIn the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new...
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Ludwig
as DürckheimHistorical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in...
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The Desert of the Tartars
as Lieutenant SimeonLieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an...
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Voyage of the Damned
as Otto SchiendickA luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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The Passerby
as Michel WienerMax Baumstein is a reputable businessman who founded an international organization fighting...
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Germany in Autumn
as TV-RedakteurGermany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard...
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The McKenzie Break
as Kapitänleutnant Willi SchlueterA German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
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The Clown
as Hans SchnierBased on the best-selling novel by Nobel-laureate Heinrich Böll, this drama is a passionate...
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Breakthrough
as Major StranskyStarting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky...
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The Plot to Kill Hitler
as Erwin RommelA historical recreation of the 1944 attempt by several German High Command Officers to...
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The Meetings of Anna
as Heinrich SchneiderOn a trip across Western Europe to promote her newest release, filmmaker Anna encounters several...
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The Magic Mountain
as James TienappelHans Castorp, fresh from university and about to become a civil engineer, comes to the...
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Burning Heart
as Gustav ReglerFollows the life of the famous German politician, writer, and communist activist, Gustav Regler,...
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Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich
as Carl Gustav CarusA study of German 19th Century Romantic art through the writings and paintings of Carl David...
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Because, Because of a Woman
as Johann MullerA young man is a collector of feminine conquests. One morning, leaving one of his mistresses he...
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The Hamburg Syndrome
as SebastianWhen a plague breaks out in Hamburg, several people break out of quarantine and make their way...
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Lourdes
as Auguste La FontaineThe young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary...
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Put on Ice
as BraschIn the late 1970s the German secret service fights against RAF terrorism and searches for...
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The Glass Cell
as Phillip BraunA man is wrongfully imprisoned for five years. Once out, he hears about his wife's supposed...
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The Second Victory
as Karl FischerAfter the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues...
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Children of Rage
as Dr. David ShalomThe viscous conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is now a generation old. For many of...
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Barbara - Wild wie das Meer
as PaulA drama set on Faroe Islands by Frank Wisbar based on the novel by Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen.
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Girl from Hong Kong
as Glenn DierksUnusual race relations melodrama from West Germany follows a German sailor who meets and weds a...
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Black Sun
as Willi MohrA German artist in Spain decides to revenge the death of two Nordic tourists and to defend the...
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Elective Affinities
as Edouard OttoOn the outskirts of Weimar, Edouard and Charlotte, an aristocratic couple united after both...
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Malou
as uncreditedTwo life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in...
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Verlassen sie bitte ihren Mann
as PertussiniHenriette, the buoyant wife of a politician leaves her ambitious husband in the middle of an...
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East Zone, West Zone
as HansDefeated Germany has just been divided into two zones ( Soviet and Allied ) when Hans, a young...
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Shooting Stars
as GutkeDrama set around the kidnapping of a footballer.
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Sting in the Flesh
as HansInes and Hans try to save their crumbling marriage with a vacation trip. With three children,...
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Das Traumschiff
as Herbert ErnstThe series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
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Tales of the Unexpected
as AloisA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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Bambi Awards
as SelfThe Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...
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SK Kölsch
as Willi HallerSK Kölsch is a German television series.
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Detective Extralarge
as uncreditedExtralarge is a television series starring Bud Spencer, Michael Winslow and Philip Michael Thomas.
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Peter the Great
as Alexander MenshikovPeter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian...
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Ludwig
as DürckheimHistorical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in...
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Charlemagne, le prince à cheval
as WidukindCharlemagne, le prince à cheval is a 1993 television miniseries about the life of Charlemagne....
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The Original Trap
as BennoA man wakes up in the hospital without remembering anything. He does not know who he is. But...
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