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Hanns Zischler

Highest Rated: 100% Kings of the Road (1976)

Lowest Rated: 20% Masaryk (2016)

Birthday: Jun 18, 1947

Birthplace: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Hanns Zischler's work as an author, director, and prolific actor spans six decades, and he has a remarkable 200-plus titles to his credit, including 2005's award-winning "Munich" and the Swedish TV series "Beck." Sent off to boarding school by his businessman father after his mother died, Zischler went on to study philosophy and musicology. Though he appeared in a few shorts in the late 1960s, his screen career didn't pick up any steam until he began to work on a series of German TV movies in the late '70s. Performances as professional men--policemen, veterinarians, and the like--in several German releases eventually led to a part in the memorable World War II drama "Europa Europa." At this point, Zischler began to publish books, including "Day Trips" and "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover," and started working on his documentary, "Kafka Goes to the Movies." The film, which Zischler wrote, directed, and shot, takes a speculative look at the influences of early European cinema on the Czech author. Zischler had a bit of an acting renaissance in the 2000s, notably on the Swedish crime saga "Beck," while also working in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Munich" and the thriller "Ripley's Game."

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Highest rated movies

100% 88% Kings of the Road
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95% 90% Europa, Europa
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92% 67% Ripley's Game
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91% 65% Clouds of Sils Maria
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86% 82% Flame & Citron
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83% 75% The Cement Garden
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78% 83% Munich
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74% 80% Sunshine
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74% 87% Walk on Water
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73% 73% Taking Sides
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Filmography

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Credit
65% No Score Yet The Universal Theory Strathen (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Box Hanns Böhm (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Box Hanns Böhm (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 32% Black Island Friedrich Hansen (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Le Prince Michael Schmidt-Fournier (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Place Called Dignity Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Relativity Arons Vater (Character) - 2019
67% 25% Axolotl Overkill Laudator Filmpreis (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Real October - Artists in Times of Revolution Alexander Benois (Voice) - 2017
20% No Score Yet Masaryk Dr Stein (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Allmen And The Secret Of The Dragonflies Hirt Senior (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 38% All of a Sudden Klaus (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outside the Box Bruno Bickstein (Character) - 2015
91% 65% Clouds of Sils Maria Henryk Wald (Character) $1.4M 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 2, Part 1 Adelbert von Chamisso (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 2, Part 2 Adelbert von Chamisso (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 1 Adelbert von Chamisso (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chamisso's Shadow: Chapter 3 Adelbert von Chamisso (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chamisso's Shadow Adelbert von Chamisso (Voice) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Der Fall Jakob von Metzler Friedrich Von Metzler (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playoff Franz (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bastard Samuel Schweizer (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blessed Events (Glückliche Fügung) Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet So broad and big - The Nature of Otto Modersohn Narrator - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Voyage to Metropolis Narrator - 2010
No Score Yet 42% In the Shadows Planer (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hilde Unknown (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 87% A Year in Winter Dr. Thomas Richter (Character) - 2008
86% 82% Flame & Citron Gilbert (Character) $145.1K 2008
No Score Yet 75% Overnight Fischer (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Day of Disaster Walter Köhler (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet March of Millions Rüdiger Graf von Gernstorff (Character) - 2007
78% 83% Munich Hans (Character) $47.4M 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Undercover Landsbichler (Character) - 2005
70% 89% The Edukators Vermieter (Character) $175.5K 2004
74% 87% Walk on Water Father of Axel and Pia (Character) $2.7M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Frau fährt, Mann schläft Sven Hedin (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 14% Post Impact Dr. Gregor Starndorf (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gate to Heaven Policeman (Character) - 2003
92% 67% Ripley's Game Art Dealer (Character) - 2002
67% 82% Amen Grawitz (Character) $274.3K 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kafka Goes to the Movies Récitant (Voice),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Olga's Summer Richard (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck: The Last Witness Josef Hillman (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet I'm the Father Dr. Beilenberg (Character) - 2002
73% 73% Taking Sides Rudolf Werner, oboist (Character) $189.0K 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck: The Boy in the Glass Bowl Josef Hillman (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Fine Day Regisseur (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck: The Man With No Face Josef Hillman (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck: The Ad Man Josef Hillman (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck: The Recluse Hillman (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck: The Cartel Josef Hillman (Character) - 2001
74% 80% Sunshine Baron Margitta (Character) $6.1M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sleeper Bundeskanzler (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation Noah Kanzler (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Deep Water Unknown (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie and Louise Dr. Dieter Reich (Character) - 1994
83% 75% The Cement Garden Father (Character) $23.4K 1993
No Score Yet 79% Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Count Zelten (Character) - 1991
95% 90% Europa, Europa Captain von Lerenau (Character) $23.2K 1990
No Score Yet 38% Dr. M Moser (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Das Haus am Watt Ulrich Golborn (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 89% The Rose Garden Eckert (Character) $5.2K 1989
No Score Yet 43% Francesco Pope Innocent III (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Dear Subject Hans (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Favorite Story Unknown (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 62% The Venus Trap Kurt (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarot Eduard (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 62% The Berlin Affair Wolf von Hollendorf (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet L'air du crime Le policier (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Das Autogramm Leutnant Suarez (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 62% A Woman in Flames Kurt (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Malevil Vet (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Berlin Chamissoplatz Martin Berger (Character) - 1980
71% 85% Meetings With Anna Hans (Character) - 1978
100% 88% Kings of the Road Robert Lander (Character) - 1976

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Beck Josef Hillman (Character) 2001-2002