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Actor, producer, writer, and director Til Schweiger is Germany's best-known actor and also the country's most successful director. With more than 51 Million admissions no other German filmmaker drew more people to cinemas. He runs his own production company Barefoot Films based in Berlin, Germany.
Til Schweiger (born December 19, 1963) was raised along with his two brothers in his hometown Giessen. In his early years, Schweiger began studying German and Medicine. He decided to drop out of university to pursue his career as an actor and went to drama school from 1986-1989. After graduation, he played at several theaters as a stage actor to gain more experience.
In 1991, Schweiger landed his first lead role in Manta, Manta (1991) following his big breakthrough role on Maybe... Maybe Not (1994) with the support of Germany's renowned film producer and mentor Bernd Eichinger. In 1996, Til Schweiger founded his first film production company Mr. Brown Entertainment together with business partner and film producer Tom Zickler. Schweiger debuted as producer with Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997) winning several Festival Awards. The road movie remains a cult favorite with audiences worldwide. Within the same year, Schweiger was the first foreign actor to win the "Polish Oscar" at the International Warsaw Film festival for his performance in in Bandyta (1997). He has since built up acting credits in dozens of German movies including Der Eisbär (1998), where Schweiger made his debut as director.
Judas Kiss (1998) was Schweiger's first role in an international film. He then appeared in several internationally acclaimed movies including SLC Punk! (1998), The Replacement Killers (1998), Driven (2001), Intimate Affairs (2001), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003), King Arthur (2004), New Year's Eve (2011), and many more.
To this day, Schweiger has delivered a series of German-language hits and won numerous Awards as actor/writer/director/producer: Barefoot (2005) grossed about $7,7 million with 1,5 million admissions, Rabbit Without Ears (2007) was up to 2014 Schweiger's most successful film and earned some $74 million locally, followed by the sequel Rabbit Without Ears 2 (2009). In 2011, Schweiger wrote, produced and directed Kokowääh (2011), which grossed $43 million, starring alongside his youngest daughter Emma. A sequel hit theaters in 2013.
As an actor, he received widespread critical acclaim and further recognition for his portrayal as the legendary Hugo Stieglitz in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009).
In December 2014, Til Schweiger released the family-friendly dramedy Head Full of Honey (2014) , which he co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in. It is his most successful film to date breaking the 6, 3 million admissions barrier of his 2007 hit Rabbit Without Ears (2007).
Schweiger, who started his career in German TV, plays the lead role on hit local crimes series Tatort (1970)(Hamburg) (Scene of the Crime). His debut generated the best ratings for the long-running procedural in 20 years.- Actor
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Tobias Santelmann is a Norwegian actor who was born in Freiburg, Germany. His family moved to Norway when he was one year old. He grew up in the far south of Norway (Lindesnes) and moved to Oslo when he was 16 years old.
Tobias Santelmann graduated from The Oslo National Academy of Dramatic Arts (KHiO) in 2006. Since graduating he has been employed at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo (Det Norske Teatret). During his years at the theatre he has played many different roles, such as Yang Sun in "The Good Person of Szechwan" (Brecht), K in "The Castle" (Kafka), Torvald Helmer in "Nora" (Ibsen) and Nick in "The Woods" (Mamet).
In addition to his stage work, Tobias has in the past year starred in movies like Kon Tiki, Jag Etter Vind, Flukt and Jeg Er Din.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Franz Rogowski is an actor. He was born on 2nd February 1986 in Freiburg, Germany. The actor is known for Victoria (2015) and Love Steaks (2013). Victoria (2015) is one of the few feature films shot in a single continuous take and won amongst other things the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography as well as the German Film Award in six categories. Since 2015 Franz Rogowski is member of the Kammerspiele Munich.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Editor
Franz Lustig was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Perfect Days (2023), How I Live Now (2013) and Ninja Assassin (2009).- Aaron Hilmer was born on 11 May 1999 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018) and Luden (2023).
- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Katharina Wackernagel was born on 15 October 1978 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Mein Mörder kommt zurück (2007) and Contergan (2007).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Johanna Wokalek was born on 3 March 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Pope Joan (2009) and Barefoot (2005). She is married to Thomas Hengelbrock. They have one child.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Nadeshda Brennicke was born on 21 April 1973 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Banklady (2013), Case 39 (2009) and Tattoo (2002).- Fanny Bastien was born on 13 December 1961 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. She is an actress, known for Pinot simple flic (1984), The Last Border: Viimeisellä rajalla (1993) and Poussière d'ange (1987).
- Director
- Producer
Franklin was born on 8 September 1975 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Zugriff - Jede Sekunde zählt (2012), Die Zollfahnder - Hart an der Grenze (2012) and Auf Brautschau im Ausland (2012).- Andrea Jonasson was born on 29 June 1942 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. She is an actress, known for Trauer muß Elektra tragen (1970), Antigone (1965) and Baumeister Solness (1966). She was previously married to Giorgio Strehler.
- Proficient in Greek and Latin and self-taught in classic literature, Sonja Sutter was a captivating actress who achieved dramatic depths on both stage and screen during a career which commenced in 1951. A banker's daughter, she had completed a rudimentary education in her home town (Freiburg) where she also made her theatrical debut. She was 'discovered' for the screen by Luis Trenker during an audition for a Heimatfilm and passed along to the director Slatan Dudow who gave her a pivotal role in his post-war drama Frauenschicksale (1952). Affiliated with both East and West German cinema, Sutter then appeared in several prestige pictures, including Das Schweigen im Walde (1955) and Die Barrings (1955). Not until five years later did she get another opportunity to demonstrate her talent as the titular star of Lissy (1957), directed by Konrad Wolf. This anti-fascist drama, chronicling the lives of a working class family in 1930's Berlin under the Nazis, became one of Wolf's most famous films and was also the high point of Sutter's film career. Perhaps too closely identified with a particular type of character, she received fewer film offers from the West in the 60's. The creation of the Berlin Wall effectively ended her association with DEFA. Returning to the stage, Sutter became an ensemble member of the iconic Vienna Burgtheater in 1959. Her tenure with the company lasted four decades, with as many as seventy leading roles to her repertoire. She also regularly performed at the Salzburg Festival, her roles ranging from Strindberg's "Queen Christina" and Schiller's "Intrigue and Love" (Kabale und Liebe) to Gute Werke in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's medieval play "Everyman". Towards the end of her career, she concentrated increasingly on TV work, often guesting as genteel ladies in popular crime shows like Tatort (1970), Derrick (1974) and The Old Fox (1977).
- Katharina Zapatka was born on 13 July 1970 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for In the Name of Innocence (1997), Two Women, Two Men (1998) and Valkanizater (1997).
- Actress
Pina Kühr was born on 21 May 1987 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Die Läusemutter (2020) and Ruf mich an! (2012).- Actress
- Cinematographer
Inka Friedrich was born on 1 November 1965 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress and cinematographer, known for Sommer vorm Balkon (2005), Zeit der Helden (2013) and Stopped on Track (2011).- Robert Schupp was born in 1969 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Eichwald, MdB (2015), Ku'damm 56 (2016) and Tatort (1970).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Wera Frydtberg was born on 11 August 1926 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. She was an actress, known for Sechs Stunden Angst (1964), Die feuerrote Baronesse (1959) and Die grosse Chance (1957). She was married to Otto Urbach. She died on 16 June 2008 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Wolf Gremm was born on 26 February 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Kamikaze 89 (1982), Tod oder Freiheit (1977) and Die Brüder (1977). He was married to Regina Ziegler. He died on 14 July 2015 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
- Make-Up Department
- Director
Manuel Cortez was born on 24 May 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Dating Lanzelot (2011), Fire! (2009) and The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs (2018).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Angelika Bender was born on 22 February 1948 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. She is an actress, known for Inki (1974), Holiday in St. Tropez (1964) and Der lichte Grund (2016).- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Kurt Hoffmann was born on 12 November 1910 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was a director and assistant director, known for Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (1958), The Haunted Castle (1960) and Aren't We Wonderful? (1958). He was married to Luise Schneider and Betti Grimm. He died on 25 June 2001 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Max Giermann was born on 24 October 1975 in Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany. He is an actor, known for Switch: Reloaded (2007), Woman in Love (2011) and FunnyMovie (2008).- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Raphael Fimm is a German film composer, orchestrator and arranger based in Vienna, Austria.
His dozens of film credits include over 10 feature-length films, such as 2022's The Fire Cats, the 2019 South African romantic comedy Zulu Wedding, and 2017's The Sunrise Storyteller. And among the many short films he's scored, notable is 2023's L'Hypermnésique, an intimate, emotive tale starring Emmy-nominated actor Bernard Farcy and Agathe Natanson-Marielle. To date, he has worked on films featured on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and many more.
Raphael is recognized for innovative and highly sophisticated orchestral writing and arranging, memorable, singable themes and motivic long-form writing for cinema, and for his extensive experience working with live ensembles, including full-sized orchestras. Combining a thoroughly modern ear with a deep knowledge of classical orchestral music, and combining an ease with modern music technology with a more traditional, piano-and-paper-first approach to writing, Raphael has won numerous film scoring awards (see full list below), including Best Score at the Hollywood Art and Movie Awards in 2021, for the German cycling documentary Tour du Togo.
He is known for creating scores that not only powerfully support a film's narrative, but give a film a distinctive musical language. His music works beautifully as underscore while effortlessly retaining narrative coherence when performed as concert music or when experienced on a soundtrack album.
Raphael is also an accomplished pop music producer and arranger, having created arrangements for pop songs placed in films by UK singer-songwriters Katey Brooks and Emaé, and arrangements for Austrian singer-songwriter Nana Falkner.
Starting with classical piano training in early childhood, Raphael's musical education experience includes an internship with well-known German film composer Gert Wilden, Jr., and an assistantship with Golden-Globe-nominated composer Alex Heffes (Mandela) at the Synchron Recording Stage in Vienna during the recording of Heffes's score for The Arctic.
Raphael also holds a degree in media composition from Triagon Academy in Cologne, and a professional certificate in composing and orchestrating for film and television from the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Raphael is fluent in both English and German, and functional in French.- Anna Ewers was born on 14 March 1993 in Freiburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Ocean's Eight (2018), Found Narratives (2016) and Prada: Spring/Summer 2014 Women's Advertising Campaign (2014).
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Director
Bettina Böhler was born on 24 June 1960 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. She is an editor and director, known for Schlingensief: A Voice That Shook the Silence (2020), Undine (2020) and Barbara (2012).- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Judith Sehrbrock was born on 8 February 1973 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Armans Geheimnis (2015), SOKO: Der Prozess (2013) and Leipzig Homicide (2001).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Julian Pörksen was born in 1985 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Julian is a director and writer, known for Dear Child (2023), Whatever Happens Next (2018) and Sometimes We Sit and Think, and Sometimes We Just Sit (2012).- Tamina Kallert was born on 24 June 1974 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. She is married to Nik Niethammer. They have two children.
- Felix Eitner was born on 27 February 1967 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Cherry Blossoms (2008), Wie erziehe ich meine Eltern? (2010) and Alles Klara (2012).
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Alexander Khuon was born on 10 March 1979 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Der Dicke liebt (2016), If Not Us, Who? (2011) and Tatort (1970).- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Peter Nestler was born on 1 June 1937 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Spain! (1973), Pachamama - Unsere Erde (1995) and Mülheim/Ruhr (1964).- Annika Murjahn was born on 19 April 1978 in Freiburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Brothers Grimm (2005), Autobahnraser (2004) and Tatort (1970).
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Martin Kurz was born on 9 June 1993 in Freiburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Wild Chicks (2005), Wild Chicks and Life (2008) and Wild Chicks in Love (2006).- Niombo Lomba was born on 29 May 1973 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Susanne-Marie Wrage was born on 12 September 1965 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. She is an actress, known for Das Verlangen (2002), Peer Gynt (2006) and Frieda's Fall.
- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Karl Heinz Martin was born on 6 May 1886 in Freiburg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for From Morning to Midnight (1920), Die Perle des Orients (1921) and Das Haus zum Mond (1921). He was married to Roma Bahn and Rose Stradner. He died on 13 January 1948 in Berlin, Germany.- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Mirja Mahir was born on 29 June 1974 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Storm of Love (2005), KMPD - Krass Mann Police Department (2007) and Noir (2013).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Magdalena Höfner was born on 20 July 1988 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Petra (2020), Morden im Norden (2012) and Stralsund (2009).- Andreas Warmbrunn was born on 15 March 1999 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Die schwarzen Brüder (2013), Tom Sawyer (2011) and A House of Animals (2010).
- Christian Klar was born on 20 May 1952 in Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany.
- Anja Freese was born in Freiburg/Germany. Two years later she and her family moved northwards. Firtly to Bremen, than to Hamburg. After her final examination Anja studied photo design. Then in 1989 she started acting. Already during her education she got her first role in a TV-series. Anja is a very sporty person. To her hobbies count among other things riding, waterskiing, tennis, biking, judo and sailing. She speaks fluent English, French and Spanish in addition to German.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Gerhard Friedrich was born on 19 August 1929 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. He was an actor, known for The White Rose (1982), Lady Windermeres Fächer (1978) and König Johann (1971). He was married to Monja Schemmerling-Friedrich. He died on 28 March 2020 in Groß-Zimmern, Hesse, Germany.- Kai Albrecht was born on 22 February 1980 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Fox (2015), Frau Jordan stellt gleich (2019) and Lucie - geheult wird nicht (2020).
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Jan Cronauer was born in 1979 in Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Tripdeluxe (2004), Tatort (1970) and Land of Giants (2013).- Director
- Actress
- Writer
Helene Hegemann was born on 19 February 1992 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is a director and actress, known for Axolotl Overkill (2017), Torpedo (2008) and Strafe - nach Ferdinand von Schirach (2022).- Writer
- Producer
- Editor
David M. Lorenz was born in 1985 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. David M. is a writer and producer, known for WIR KÖNNTEN, WIR SOLLTEN, WIR HÄTTEN DOCH... (2015), Get Home Safe (2022) and Ein Augenblick in mir (2011).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Albert Benitz was born on 17 November 1904 in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Das Fräulein und der Vagabund (1949), Man on a String (1960) and The Rebel (1933). He died on 11 March 1979 in Hamburg, West Germany.- Actress
- Stunts
Lena Baader was born on 30 October 1980 in Freiburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Caedes (2015), Bodycount - Die Klasse von 1999 (1999) and Tatort (1970).- Fred Mayer was born on 28 October 1921 in Freiburg, Germany. He died on 15 April 2016 in Charles Town, Jefferson County, Virginia, USA.
- Peter Arens was born on 18 February 1928 in Freiburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Last Summer (1954), Die Troerinnen des Euripides (1959) and Die Häuser des Herrn Sartorius (1965). He was married to Margrit Ensinger. He died on 25 August 2015 in Stäfa, Zurich, Switzerland.