Frank Giering

Frank Giering

Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind. Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off. In front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home. With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night. The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded. Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany). Description above is sections taken from IMDB.

  • Title: Frank Giering
  • Popularity: 2.719
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1971-11-23
  • Place of Birth: Magdeburg, Germany
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Frank Giering Movies

  • 1999
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    Gigantic

    Gigantic

    7.6 1999 HD

    The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in...

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  • 2003
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    Anatomy 2

    Anatomy 2

    5.7 2003 HD

    The doctor and soccer player in the leisure time Jo Hauser decides to move to Berlin and be an intern in a famous clinic, expecting to increase his...

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  • 1997
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    Funny Games

    Funny Games

    7.319 1997 HD

    Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for...

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  • 2002
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    Baader

    Baader

    3.4 2002 HD

    Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.

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  • 1997
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    The Castle

    The Castle

    6.026 1997 HD

    Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's unfinished novel Das Schloss. K arrives in a remote village a stranger. In attempting to establish...

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  • 2003
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    A Birthday to Remember

    A Birthday to Remember

    5.4 2003 HD

    Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of...

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  • 2003
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    Der Mörder ist unter uns

    Der Mörder ist unter uns

    6.6 2003 HD

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  • 2000
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    Kaliber Deluxe

    Kaliber Deluxe

    5.4 2000 HD

    Tells the story of a group of gangsters hiding out in a vacation-bungalow who get more than they bargained for.

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  • 2007
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    Free to Leave

    Free to Leave

    5.3 2007 HD

    For a moment the otherwise proper station master Thomas Hudetz is distracted by Anna's flirtatious behavior. This results in a catastrophic train...

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  • 2004
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    Nightsongs

    Nightsongs

    4.9 2004 HD

    A young couple in Berlin's 'Mitte' district. He, a writer, is lying on the sofa, reading. She can't stand it anymore. In the afternoon the parents...

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  • 2009
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    Keine Angst

    Keine Angst

    8 2009 HD

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  • 2006
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    Tod einer Freundin

    Tod einer Freundin

    1 2006 HD

    When Tina arrives at home, another young woman has just been murdered in the village - the third victim of a serial killer

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  • 2006
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    Black Sheep

    Black Sheep

    6.148 2006 HD

    Schwarze Schafe (Black Sheep) is a german/swiss black and white movie. It's separated into five episodes, which tell stories of the Berlin city life....

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  • 2000
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    Der Himmel kann warten

    Der Himmel kann warten

    7.5 2000 HD

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  • 2003
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    Dirty Sky

    Dirty Sky

    1 2003 HD

    "Dirty Sky" tells a gruesome tale of our time with a double finale: once the eternally classic love story of Romeo and Juliet in the guise of Bonnie...

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  • 2000
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    Ebene 9

    Ebene 9

    1 2000 HD

    A short by Maren Ade.

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  • 2008
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    Der Tote in der Mauer

    Der Tote in der Mauer

    6.3 2008 HD

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  • 2010
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    Jerry Cotton

    Jerry Cotton

    5.8 2010 HD

    Jerry Cotton is the best agent of the FBI and suspected of murder. So he has to find the real killers from gangster boss Serrano.

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  • 2005
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    Die Spielerin

    Die Spielerin

    6 2005 HD

    It all starts with a mistake. The wealthy Polina finds a sleeping man in her hotel room, the business lawyer Friedrich. A mistake by the...

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  • 2001
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    Ein mörderischer Plan

    Ein mörderischer Plan

    6.5 2001 HD

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  • 2003
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    One Hell of a Night

    One Hell of a Night

    3 2003 HD

    Tragicomic, the hero entangled in a strange, strange world. In addition, Armin Rohde rumbles in use for fun and hilarious commission through the...

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  • 1998
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    Opera ball

    Opera ball

    7.2 1998 HD

    The Vienna State Opera on Thursday before the Carnival. As every year the large ball rather is attended by celebrities from politics and the media....

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  • 2005
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    Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst

    Erinnere dich, wenn du kannst

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2004
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    Die Rosenzüchterin

    Die Rosenzüchterin

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2002
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    Hannas Baby

    Hannas Baby

    1 2002 HD

    The couple Hanna and Georg are overjoyed when Hanna finally gets pregnant, but things take a turn for the worst when Georg's father demands that...

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  • 1999
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    Und alles wegen Mama

    Und alles wegen Mama

    1 1999 HD

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  • 2000
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    Der Gerechte Richter

    Der Gerechte Richter

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1998
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    Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!

    Caipiranha - Vorsicht, bissiger Nachbar!

    6.4 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Love Your Female Neighbor!

    Love Your Female Neighbor!

    7 1998 HD

    Two young and attractive social workers/nuns bring fresh air into a city missionary station, but are also challenged by lust and money, offered by a...

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  • 2004
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    Klassentreffen

    Klassentreffen

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Großglocknerliebe

    Großglocknerliebe

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2000
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    Marmor, Stein & Eisen

    Marmor, Stein & Eisen

    1 2000 HD

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  • 2010
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    Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

    Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten

    3.8 2010 HD

    A man had a donkey that had carried the sacks to the mill for many years, but whose strength was now coming to an end, so that he became increasingly...

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  • 1996
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    Die Halbstarken

    Die Halbstarken

    6.2 1996 HD

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  • 2001
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    Clowns

    Clowns

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2000
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    Gran Paradiso

    Gran Paradiso

    1 2000 HD

    Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.

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  • 1998
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    Hundert Jahre Brecht

    Hundert Jahre Brecht

    1 1998 HD

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  • 2008
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    Esperanza

    Esperanza

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2006
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    A Pirate's Heart

    A Pirate's Heart

    5.3 2006 HD

    The end of the 14th century. Parents send the eldest son Jan to study in Hamburg, and the youngest - Klaus - to the monastery. No sooner had the...

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  • 2000
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    Die Aufschneider

    Die Aufschneider

    1 2000 HD

    Nick and Henry are supposed to receive a package of drugs from Maria and then deliver it to their boss. But in order to earn more money, they have...

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  • 1998
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    Love Scenes from Planet Earth

    Love Scenes from Planet Earth

    6.1 1998 HD

    The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.

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  • 1998
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    Sentimental Education

    Sentimental Education

    1 1998 HD

    The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the...

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  • 2002
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    Gangster

    Gangster

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1998
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    Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show

    Die Ulla Kock am Brink Show

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1971
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    Polizeiruf 110

    Polizeiruf 110

    6.4 1971 HD

    Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic...

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  • 1998
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    Der letzte Zeuge

    Der letzte Zeuge

    5.2 1998 HD

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  • 1992
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    Wolffs Revier

    Wolffs Revier

    3.4 1992 HD

    Wolffs Revier is a German television series.

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  • 2009
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    Lasko – Die Faust Gottes

    Lasko – Die Faust Gottes

    6.2 2009 HD

    Lasko – Die Faust Gottes is a German action television series, an RTL co-production with ORF. First aired on 18 June 2009, it is set in a...

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  • 1971
    imgS53 E6

    Polizeiruf 110

    Polizeiruf 110

    6.4 1971 HD

    Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic...

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  • 1971
    imgS53 E6

    Polizeiruf 110

    Polizeiruf 110

    6.4 1971 HD

    Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic...

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  • 2006
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    Der Kriminalist

    Der Kriminalist

    5.2 2006 HD

    Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were...

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  • 1997
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    Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt

    Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1994
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    Zwei Brüder

    Zwei Brüder

    6 1994 HD

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  • 2006
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    Die ProSieben Märchenstunde

    Die ProSieben Märchenstunde

    7.7 2006 HD

    Die ProSieben Märchenstunde is a television movie series that has been produced since 2006. It features characters that are exclusively...

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  • 1994
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    Der König

    Der König

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Rosa Roth

    Rosa Roth

    5.5 1994 HD

    Rosa Roth is a German television series.

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  • 1998
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    Die Cleveren

    Die Cleveren

    6.8 1998 HD

    Die Cleveren is a German television series that was produced from 1998 to 2003 on RTL. It is about a nation wide special unit of the German...

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  • 1993
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    Auf eigene Gefahr

    Auf eigene Gefahr

    3 1993 HD

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  • 1998
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    Siska

    Siska

    7.5 1998 HD

    Siska is a German television series created by Herbert Reinecker and Helmut Ringelmann and broadcast since October 30, 1998 on the network ZDF. In...

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  • 1977
    imgS53 E8

    Der Alte

    Der Alte

    6.3 1977 HD

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

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  • 1994
    imgS1 E97

    Ein starkes Team

    Ein starkes Team

    5.714 1994 HD

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  • 2008
    imgS3 E4

    Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell

    Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell

    5 2008 HD

    Ihr Auftrag, Pater Castell is a German television series.

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  • 1996
    imgS49 E3

    Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

    Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

    6.5 1996 HD

    A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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  • 1996
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    Wolkenstein

    Wolkenstein

    1 1996 HD

    Max Wolkenstein is a German television series.

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  • 1970
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    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.2 1970 HD

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...

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  • 2002
    imgS1 E12

    Im Visier der Zielfahnder

    Im Visier der Zielfahnder

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2001
    imgS25 E5

    SOKO Leipzig

    SOKO Leipzig

    6.1 2001 HD

    SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast...

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  • 1981
    imgS33 E6

    A Case For Two

    A Case For Two

    5.214 1981 HD

    Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main,...

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  • 1981
    imgS33 E6

    A Case For Two

    A Case For Two

    5.214 1981 HD

    Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main,...

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  • 1970
    imgS55 E24

    Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

    6.2 1970 HD

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the...

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  • 1996
    imgS49 E3

    Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

    Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

    6.5 1996 HD

    A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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  • 1997
    imgS1 E11

    Die Kids von Berlin

    Die Kids von Berlin

    10 1997 HD

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  • 2004
    imgS1 E3

    Die Kirschenkönigin

    Die Kirschenkönigin

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1951
    imgS1 E69

    Deutscher Filmpreis

    Deutscher Filmpreis

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1999
    imgS25 E39

    Volle Kanne

    Volle Kanne

    4.4 1999 HD

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  • 1998
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    Opernball

    Opernball

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1998
    imgS11 E65

    Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

    Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

    4 1998 HD

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  • 1987
    imgS38 E23

    Nachtcafé

    Nachtcafé

    6.5 1987 HD

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  • 1979
    imgS43 E29

    NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 2000
    imgS3 E53

    Koschwitz

    Koschwitz

    3 2000 HD

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  • 1992
    imgS30 E15

    Riverboat

    Riverboat

    5.5 1992 HD

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  • 2003
    imgS19 E188

    ZIBB

    ZIBB

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2005
    imgS9 E12

    Thadeusz

    Thadeusz

    6 2005 HD

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  • 1992
    imgS29 E142

    Morgenmagazin

    Morgenmagazin

    6 1992 HD

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  • 1994
    imgS31 E48

    Brisant

    Brisant

    5.3 1994 HD

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  • 1997
    imgS13 E52

    Hier ab vier

    Hier ab vier

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2001
    imgS1 E71

    Sachsen-Anhalt heute

    Sachsen-Anhalt heute

    1 2001 HD

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