Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

June 18, 1947 · 79 years old

Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of th…

Known For

30 titles
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Munich

Munich

2005 · 2h 44m · Movie

After the Black September capture and massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, five men are chosen to eliminate the people responsible for that fateful day.

7.5
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The Edukators

The Edukators

2004 · 2h 7m · Movie

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

7.4
3
Clouds of Sils Maria

Clouds of Sils Maria

2014 · 2h 4m · Movie

A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.

6.7
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Flame & Citron

Flame & Citron

2008 · 2h 10m · Movie

A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.

7.2
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Ripley's Game

Ripley's Game

2002 · 1h 50m · Movie

A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.

6.6
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Amen.

Amen.

2002 · 2h 12m · Movie

During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.

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Faraway, So Close!

Faraway, So Close!

1993 · 2h 20m · Movie

A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.

7.2
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Walk on Water

Walk on Water

2004 · 1h 43m · Movie

Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.

7.3
9
Kings of the Road

Kings of the Road

1976 · 2h 55m · Movie

A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel toget...

7.6
10
The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993 · 1h 41m · Movie

Four children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift con...

7.0
11
Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross

2014 · 1h 50m · Movie

Fourteen-year-old Maria is a fundamentalist Catholic, living her life in a modern fashion, yet her heart belongs to Jesus. She wants to be a saint and go to heaven. No one, not even a nice boy she meets, can stop her in this goal.

7.4
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Black Island

Black Island

2021 · 1h 44m · Movie

The dark secrets of a seemingly peaceful island threaten to swallow up an orphaned student when he grows close to a mysterious new teacher.

4.8
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Taking Sides

Taking Sides

2002 · 1h 48m · Movie

After the end of World War II, a famous German conductor is accused of loyalty to the Nazi regime. He argues that art and politics are separate. An investigator thinks otherwise.

7.1
14
Rommel

Rommel

2012 · 2h 0m · Movie

The story of the final seven months in the life of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

6.6
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Post Impact

Post Impact

2004 · 1h 35m · Movie

After a meteor strike starts a new ice age, a group of survivors tries to find a device that could give mankind new hope

3.3
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The Meetings of Anna

The Meetings of Anna

1978 · 2h 8m · Movie

Anna, a detached and diffident director, arrives in Germany to show her latest film; she checks into a hotel, invites a stranger to her bed, and abruptly tells him to leave. He asks her to a birthday lunch with his mother and daug...

7.3
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The Ring Finger

The Ring Finger

2005 · 1h 44m · Movie

Iris finds a new job working in a preservation lab where she gradually enters into a troubled relationship with her boss.

6.1
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Malevil

Malevil

1981 · 2h 0m · Movie

A group of ordinary French survived a nuclear war and found themselves in the face of what was left of civilization.

6.5
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All of a Sudden

All of a Sudden

2016 · 1h 52m · Movie

Karsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.

6.4
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The Universal Theory

The Universal Theory

2023 · 1h 58m · Movie

Physicist congress in Alps encounters Iranian guest, mysterious pianist. Bizarre cloud, underground booming. Quantum mechanical thriller unravels amidst enigmatic events. Black and white setting.

6.1
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Hilde

Hilde

2009 · 2h 17m · Movie

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

6.7
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Im Schatten

Im Schatten

2010 · 1h 26m · Movie

Released from prison, Trojan begins to plan an armored car robbery. But things don't go according to said plan.

6.9
23
Crash Test Aglaé

Crash Test Aglaé

2017 · 1h 25m · Movie

Aglaé has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts to go to India to hold on to her job...

6.5
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Zettl

Zettl

2012 · 1h 49m · Movie

A social satire in which a chauffeur accidentally becomes the editor of an online newspaper.

4.0
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Whispers Behind the Wall

Whispers Behind the Wall

2013 · 1h 30m · Movie

Shy law student Martin falls for his mysterious landlady, who lives next door behind a thin wall. While trying to find out if she's responsible for the disappearance of the previous tenant, Martin experiences the horror of his fir...

5.8
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The Left-Handed Woman

The Left-Handed Woman

1978 · 1h 59m · Movie

After returning from a business trip in Finland, Bruno (Bruno Ganz) find that his wife Marianne (Edith Clever) wants her husband to leave her alone with their son. A struggle with loneliness and adapting to the new situation ensues.

6.4
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Pharos of Chaos

Pharos of Chaos

1983 · 1h 59m · Movie

Documentary profile of actor Sterling Hayden .

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A Fine Day

A Fine Day

2001 · 1h 14m · Movie

A day in the life of the 21 years old Deniz, who aims to become an actress and makes her living by dubbing movies. After she has split with her old boyfriend she gets to know Diego and spends the evening with him.

6.3
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Berlin Chamissoplatz

Berlin Chamissoplatz

1980 · 1h 52m · Movie

An architect falls in love with a student who engages actively against urban speculation in her neighborhood, for which he is jointly responsible.

6.9
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Engel aus Eisen

Engel aus Eisen

1981 · 1h 45m · Movie

BERLIN, 1948. During the few days of the blockade, a teenager, a man, and a young woman constitute a gang. They profit from the fear, the disorder, and the black market, and commit many, many thefts.

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