Karl Lieffen

Born: 1926-05-17

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl Lieffen (born Karel František Lifka, 17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998. He was born in Osek, Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. He died in Starnberg, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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One, Two, Three

as Fritz
Released: 1961-12-15

C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just...

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Otto - The Movie

as Flopmann
Released: 1985-07-19

East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark...

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Ship of the Dead

as belgischer Kripobeamter
Released: 1959-10-01

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke",...

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Heidi

as Sebastian
Released: 1968-11-01

Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order...

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The Defector

as Major Windisch
Released: 1966-10-19

An American scientist is sent by the CIA to East Germany to retrieve a secret microfilm from a...

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Rudy, the Racing Pig

as Buselmeier
Released: 1995-01-01

Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat...

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Aren't We Wonderful

as Obmann Wehackel
Released: 1958-10-28

Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 20th...

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The Angels of the Street

as Radensky
Released: 1969-10-23

Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by...

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Piccadilly Zero Hour 12

as Lee Costello
Released: 1963-12-31

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Ein Mann geht durch die Wand

as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
Released: 1959-10-14

Mr. Buchsbaum, third class taxes employee, lives a peaceful life until the new chief immediately...

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Die Sendung der Lysistrata

as Dr. Hellwig
Released: 1961-02-10

Persuaded by Lysistrata, the women of Athens agree to withdraw all sexual favours from the men...

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Resurrection

as uncredited
Released: 1958-10-21

Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead...

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Jack of Diamonds

as Helmut
Released: 1967-11-10

The protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in...

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She Walks by Night

as Zuhälter
Released: 1959-10-22

Based on an actual post-war murder in Frankfurt, this standard docudrama by Rudolf Jugert is a...

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Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand

as Court Assistant
Released: 1979-01-09

During the time of the Peasants' Wars, the free knight Götz von Berlichingen gets into all kinds...

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Conny und Peter machen Musik

as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
Released: 1960-08-11

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The Pirates of the Mississippi

as Doc Monrove
Released: 1963-10-17

European produced Western based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, set in the 19th century in...

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Begegnung mit Werther

as Bursche
Released: 1949-08-05

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Die wilden Fünfziger

as Major Blaschenko
Released: 1983-09-23

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Die Brücke des Schicksals

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-25

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Der Monat der fallenden Blätter

as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
Released: 1968-03-10

When British philosopher Harold Hilliard took off for Warsaw to lecture on the Dysteleological...

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Nick Knattertons Abenteuer

as Nick Knatterton
Released: 1959-01-15

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The Waltz King

as Stieglitz
Released: 1964-02-14

A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous...

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Should a Schoolgirl Tell?

as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
Released: 1969-08-15

Schoolgirl Josefine learns from an early age to use sex to gain advantages. The school's gym...

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Sharks and Little Fish

as Dr.Timmler
Released: 1957-09-26

Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.

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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

as Osrick
Released: 1961-12-25

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying...

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Agatha, let the murdering be!

as Thomas Lorenzen
Released: 1960-12-22

A black comedy about a female author of crime novels who becomes a victim of a macabre hoax.

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When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn

as Karlchen Dincke
Released: 1967-10-12

A crime reporter (Erik Schumann) uncovers a lurid plot by a Hamburg gang to dose impressionable...

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A Song Goes Round the World

as Pianist Schlange
Released: 1958-11-14

A biopic of the singer and film actor Joseph Schmidt. The title is a reference to his best-known...

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When Worlds Collide

as Ein Staatsanwalt
Released: 1961-02-16

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Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie

as Stabsarzt
Released: 1958-02-28

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Beautiful Adventure

as Fortuné Tallon
Released: 1959-09-29

The teacher Dorothee Durand, young and single, travels from England to the picturesque south of...

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Stunden der Angst

as Hank Griffin
Released: 1964-11-27

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Mensch, ärgere dich nicht

as Max
Released: 1972-12-15

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Nägel mit Köpfen

as Industrieller
Released: 1986-04-17

An art student takes revenge on a nasty financial shark for a prison sentence by "foisting" fake...

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Eva Only Kisses Directors

as Herr Fuchs
Released: 1958-01-16

Unhappy accountant Karl has a crush on Eva who seems to prefer dates with execs. But real...

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Melody and Rhythms

as Herr Mattusch
Released: 1959-09-10

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The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

as Santamaria
Released: 1961-06-23

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Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben

as Magier
Released: 1960-09-26

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Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht

as McGlade
Released: 1959-12-21

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Der Bettelstudent

as Major Wangenheim
Released: 1958-01-24

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Rohe Ostern

as Opa Gustav
Released: 1996-02-12

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Verrückt und zugenäht

as Kralle Kaktus
Released: 1962-06-21

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self
First aired: 1995-12-05

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian...

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Scene of the Crime

as Achim Otto
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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Der Alte

as August Ströbel
First aired: 1977-04-11

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

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Derrick

as Johannes Brusius
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Lagusta
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Mr. Sparke
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Albert Rabes
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Heinrich Gruga
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Zimmer frei!

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-09

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NDR Talk Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-02-09

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Großstadtrevier

as Rostami
First aired: 1986-12-16

Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

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Großstadtrevier

as Podgorsky
First aired: 1986-12-16

Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

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Forsthaus Falkenau

as Professor H. Bundschuh
First aired: 1989-04-11

Forsthaus Falkenau is a German television series.

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Das Kriminalmuseum

as Kornatzky
First aired: 1963-04-04

Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one...

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Dalli Dalli

as Self - Candidate
First aired: 1971-05-13

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Die Männer vom K3

as Albert Kröger
First aired: 1988-09-24

Die Männer vom K3 is a German television series.

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Pater Brown

as Mister Level
First aired: 1966-01-01

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St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-11-01

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Der ganz normale Wahnsinn

as Dr. Kornsack
First aired: 1979-01-01

Der ganz normale Wahnsinn is a German television series.

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Nicht von schlechten Eltern

as Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
First aired: 1993-11-08

The Schefer family is moving from Kiel to Bremen. Wolfgang Schefer is a Captain in the German...

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Der Andro-Jäger

as Russischer Agent
First aired: 1982-08-09

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Locker vom Hocker

as Onkel Jonathan Wehmeier
First aired: 1979-07-17

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Die schnelle Gerdi

as Reporter
First aired: 1989-11-12

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Dem Täter auf der Spur

as Inspecteur Janot
First aired: 1967-07-15

Dem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.

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Kir Royal

as Toni Schultze
First aired: 1986-09-22

Kir Royal – Aus dem Leben eines Klatschreporters is a six-part television series by Helmut Dietl...

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Irgendwie und Sowieso

as Weininger
First aired: 1986-10-09

Irgendwie und Sowieso is a German television series.

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Oliver Maass

as Eickelberg
First aired: 1985-12-25

Oliver Maass is a German television series.

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Tadellöser & Wolff

as Karl Kempowski
First aired: 1975-05-01

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Die Wächter

as Dr.White
First aired: 1986-02-19

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