Maximilian Schell

Born: 1930-12-08

Was an Austrian-born Swiss actor  who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961. He is also a writer, director and producer of several films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maximilian Schell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Deep Impact

as Jason Lerner
Released: 1998-05-08

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet....

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as General der Waffen-SS Wilhelm Bittrich
Released: 1977-06-15

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII...

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Vampires

as Cardinal Alba
Released: 1998-10-30

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires...

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Judgment at Nuremberg

as Hans Rolfe
Released: 1961-12-18

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military...

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The Freshman

as Larry London
Released: 1990-07-20

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling...

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The Odessa File

as Eduard Roschmann
Released: 1974-10-17

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out...

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Cross of Iron

as Hauptmann Stransky
Released: 1977-01-29

It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian...

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The Black Hole

as Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Released: 1979-12-18

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for...

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The Brothers Bloom

as Diamond Dog
Released: 2008-09-09

The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex...

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Abraham

as Pharao
Released: 1993-12-12

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from...

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Stalin

as Vladimir Lenin
Released: 1992-11-21

The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.

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Little Odessa

as Arkady Shapira
Released: 1994-10-28

Long separated from his Russian family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract...

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Topkapi

as Walter Harper
Released: 1964-09-02

Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential...

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Julia

as Johann
Released: 1977-10-01

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous...

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The Chosen

as Professor David Malter
Released: 1981-08-20

In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep...

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The Young Lions

as Capt. Hardenberg
Released: 1958-04-02

The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.

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Krakatoa, East of Java

as Captain Chris Hanson
Released: 1968-12-26

A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883...

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St. Ives

as Dr. John Constable
Released: 1976-02-24

A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.

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The Deadly Affair

as Dieter Frey
Released: 1967-01-26

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office...

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Heidi

as Richard Sessemann
Released: 1968-11-01

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

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Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2011-06-06

A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.

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Avalanche Express

as Colonel Nikolai Bunin
Released: 1979-09-27

CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is...

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The Shell Seekers

as Lawrence Sterne
Released: 2007-10-18

Penelope Keeling, a sixty-four-year-old daughter of a famous artist, reflects on her life, and...

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The Man in the Glass Booth

as Arthur Goldman
Released: 1975-01-27

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He...

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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

as Cardinal Vittorio
Released: 1996-01-01

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A Far Off Place

as Col. Mopani Theron
Released: 1993-03-12

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength...

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The Eighteenth Angel

as Father Simeon
Released: 1997-01-01

Mythology and religious dogma are slowly revealed when an attractive young woman is approached...

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The Condemned of Altona

as Franz von Gerlach
Released: 1962-10-30

A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future...

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Verstörung - und eine Art von Poesie. Die Filmlegende Bernhard Wicki

as Himself
Released: 2007-06-11

Documentary about film director and actor Bernhard Wicki.

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Telling Lies in America

as Dr. Istvan Jonas
Released: 1997-08-02

A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually...

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The Diary of Anne Frank

as Otto Frank
Released: 1980-11-17

The story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family who are forced into hiding by the Nazis...

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The Day That Shook the World

as Đuro Šarac
Released: 1975-10-31

An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz...

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Coast to Coast

as Casimir
Released: 2004-04-03

Barnaby and Maxine Pierce, an embattled married couple in Connecticut, are on the verge of...

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Left Luggage

as Mr. Silberschmidt
Released: 1998-03-30

While escaping from Nazis during the WWII, a Jewish man dug suitcases full of things dear to his...

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Simon Bolivar

as Simón Bolívar
Released: 1969-09-12

Simon Bolivar is the true-life story of the leader of the 1817 Venezuelan revolution.

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House of the Sleeping Beauties

as Kogi
Released: 2006-11-02

Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret...

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The Castle

as K
Released: 1968-08-30

A man comes to a small village to begin his new job as an attendant at the nearby castle. But...

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Counterpoint

as Gen. Schiller
Released: 1967-12-22

In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO...

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Candles in the Dark

as Colonel Arkush
Released: 1993-12-03

Candles in the Dark is the story of a girl who comes to visit her father's homeland, the Soviet...

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The Assisi Underground

as Col. Müller
Released: 1985-05-03

This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing...

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Return from the Ashes

as Stanislaw Pilgrin
Released: 1965-11-16

A Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to...

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First Love

as Vater
Released: 1970-10-07

The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.

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Festival in Cannes

as Viktor Kovner
Released: 2001-11-03

Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe...

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The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

as Mitglied des Kreisauer Kreises
Released: 1955-06-21

A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators...

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The Rose Garden

as Aaron
Released: 1989-12-22

In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A...

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Miss Rose White

as Mordecai Weiss
Released: 1992-04-26

Two sisters, one a Polish concentration camp survivor, the other safely relocated to America...

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The Desperate Ones

as Marek
Released: 1967-01-01

In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the...

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The Reluctant Saint

as Giuseppe
Released: 1962-11-02

Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired...

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John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

as German Narrator
Released: 1966-04-10

An overview of John F. Kennedy's political career. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in...

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My Sister Maria

as Himself
Released: 2002-03-01

Maximilian Schell's portrait of his sister Maria.

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Black Flowers

as Jacob Krinsten
Released: 2009-09-18

Following the failure of his last mission, RFG spy Michael Roddick decides to disappear, taking...

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Children, Mother, and the General

as Soldat, der nicht mehr mitmacht
Released: 1955-03-04

As Germany's fortunes in the latter part of World War II wane, several young boys, in their...

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Tales from the Vienna Woods

as Theatre Visitor
Released: 1979-01-01

Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who...

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Marlene

as Himself
Released: 1984-10-01

Retrospective on the career of enigmatic screen diva Marlene Dietrich.

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The Phantom of the Opera

as Sandor Korvin/Phantom
Released: 1983-01-29

The Budapest Opera House's diva commits suicide after the owner ruins her career for having...

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Players

as Marco
Released: 1979-06-08

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love.

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Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz

as Dr. Oswald Hauser
Released: 1956-03-28

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Die Rosenkönigin

as Karl Friedrich Weidemann
Released: 2007-10-05

The Weidemann have a perfume factory but the business goes bad and blindly trust Marie, a young...

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The Pedestrian

as Andreas Giese
Released: 1973-09-05

When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start...

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Justice

as Isaak Kohler
Released: 1993-10-14

Senator Isaak Kohler shoots and kills Professor Winter in a crowded restaurant, while Winter is...

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To Be Hamlet

as Self
Released: 1985-01-19

Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the...

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The Fifth Column

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-29

A TV film made as part of The Buick-Electra Playhouse.

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Les Îles

as Fabrice
Released: 1983-03-16

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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

as Hamlet
Released: 1961-12-25

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

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Darkness

as uncredited
Released: 2009-07-07

A man leaves his busy city life for the peace of the country home where he spent his early...

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Die Alpenklinik

as Dr. Alexander Ohlendorf
Released: 2006-05-01

After an alleged malpractice that led to the death of his brother, heart surgeon Daniel Guth...

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Together?

as Giovanni
Released: 1979-12-14

Louise has left her husband, launched a career as a dress designer, and together with her son...

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On the Wings of Love

as Hochberg
Released: 1999-04-08

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Why Havel?

as uncredited
Released: 1991-10-01

The first part of the block will be dedicated to the monograph Vojtěch Jasný: The Film Poet in...

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The Return of the Dancing Master

as Fernando Hereira
Released: 2004-04-08

Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner...

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Les brigands

as Mr. Escher
Released: 2015-02-26

Karl Escher, the son of a prominent banker, was accused of embezzlement and forgery at the bank...

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The Girl from Flanders

as Alexander Haller
Released: 1956-02-16

A love story between a German soldier and a young Flemish woman amidst World War I.

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Pope Joan

as Adrian
Released: 1972-08-16

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D....

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Man Under Suspicion

as Lawyer Landau
Released: 1985-02-01

Man Under Suspicion (German: Morgen in Alabama) is a 1984 West German film directed by Norbert...

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You Can't Live Like That

as German Commentator
Released: 1990-09-01

A film about the sociopolitical condition of the Soviet society at the end of the eighties.

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Jedermann Remixed

as Jedermann (archive footage)
Released: 2011-07-31

Based on archive holdings from nine decades, director Hannes Rossacher has created a complete...

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In Conversation: Abby Mann and Maximillian Schell

as Self
Released: 2004-09-07

The actor and the writer reminisce about working on both the Playhouse 90 and Stanley Kramer...

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Children of the Mountains

as Josef Ospel
Released: 1958-10-15

Josef Rainer is a road worker in a mountain village in Liechtenstein. His wife Marianne works as...

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Taxichauffeur Bänz

as Toni Schellenberg
Released: 1957-06-25

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Five Finger Exercise

as Walter
Released: 1962-04-19

The arrival of a young tutor triggers emotional crises for a wealthy family.

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Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch

as Karl Steingraf
Released: 2002-11-08

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Alles Glück dieser Erde

as Xaver Schönborn
Released: 2003-12-21

To their big surprise, the capable waitress Gundula Kirchner receives from the estate owner...

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Die Liebe eines Priesters

as Father Christoph
Released: 2005-05-20

Franz Josef Gottlieb's last movie.

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Paulina 1880

as uncredited
Released: 1972-06-09

In 1880's Italy, young Paulina must join a monastery to escape a doomed relationship with a...

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The Vampyre Wars

as Rodan
Released: 1996-01-01

1996 horror movie starring Chris Sarandon and Robert Englund

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Judgment at Nuremberg

as Otto Rolfe
Released: 1959-04-16

Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part...

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Markus Lanz

as Self
First aired: 2008-06-03

TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to...

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NDR Talk Show

as Self
First aired: 1979-02-09

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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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Kölner Treff

as Self
First aired: 1976-01-25

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Riverboat

as Self
First aired: 1992-01-03

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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Beckmann

as Self
First aired: 1999-01-25

Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.

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Nachtcafé

as Self
First aired: 1987-02-14

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Wiseguy

as Amado Guzman
First aired: 1987-09-16

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an...

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Kulturzeit

as self
First aired: 1995-10-02

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Bambi Awards

as Self - Laudation
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self
First aired: 1994-12-27

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Hans Rolfe (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Playhouse 90

as Otto Rolfe
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-06

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu...

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Heut' abend

as Self
First aired: 1980-02-03

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Stars in der Manege

as Self
First aired: 1959-04-11

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Kulturplatz

as Self
First aired: 2004-09-01

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Joan of Arc

as Brother Jean le Maistre
First aired: 1999-05-16

Joan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During...

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Der Fürst und das Mädchen

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-17

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Der Fürst und das Mädchen

as Friedrich Fürst von Thorwald
First aired: 2003-09-17

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Rose's Father
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Peter the Great

as Peter the Great
First aired: 1986-02-02

Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian...

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Young Catherine

as Frederick the Great
First aired: 1991-02-17

A Prussian princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and...

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Abraham

as Pharaoh
First aired: 1994-04-03

The life of Abraham, the most tested servant of God and the father of Judaism, spanning from the...

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Imperium der Päpste

as Sprecher
First aired: 2008-04-27

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