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Pam Ferris was born on 11 May 1948 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Matilda (1996), Children of Men (2006) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). She has been married to Roger Frost since August 1986.- Actor
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Chris Barrie was born Christopher Jonathan Brown on March 28, 1960, in a British military hospital in Hanover, Germany. He was brought up in Northern Ireland and was a boarder at Methodist College Belfast. He was Head Boy in his final year and played the lead in a "Dial M for Murder" production. He started a business course at Brighton Polytechnic but dropped out. After working at various jobs and developing his impressionist skills, he decided to shift careers to television and film.
He originally met Rob Grant and Doug Naylor on Jasper Carrott's Carrott's Lib (1982), and eventually went on to perform on the radio, for a show called "Son of Cliche", which both Rob Grant and Doug Naylor were working on. Around this time, he was working on the television show, Spitting Image (1984).
This association with Rob Grant and Doug Naylor later caused the two of them to have him audition for Red Dwarf (1988). A few years after the beginning of Red Dwarf (1988), he brought life to another character in the sitcom The Brittas Empire (1991).
He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife Alecks.- Actress
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- Music Department
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born on 23 May 1991 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress and composer, known for What a Man (2011), Lena: If I Wasn't Your Daughter (2017) and Lena: Thank You (2018). She has been married to Mark Forster since 2020. They have one child.- Actor
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Erdogan Atalay was born in Hannover, Germany, on September 22, 1966 to a Turkish father and a German mother. Erdogan took up acting classes at "Hochschule fur Musik und darstellende Kunst" in Hamburg in 1984. After guest-starring in various TV movies and series, Erdogan landed the leading role of Detective Superintendent "Semir Gerkhan" in the series "Alarm fur Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei" in 1995 - this until today.- Director
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Born in 1973 in Hannover, Germany, Dennis Gansel studied at Munich Film School HFF. Remarkably his first feature length movie Das Phantom (2000) was shot while he was still studying. Between his movies Girls on Top (2001), Before the Fall (2004) and The Wave (2008) he spent a long time struggling for the budget of the films. During these times he shot commercials. Dennis Gansel lives in Berlin.- Actress
Rike Schmid was born on 19 July 1979 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress, known for Don 2 (2011), Schwere Jungs (2006) and Rote Rosen (2006).- Writer
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Dörrie completed her schooling at a humanistic high school, from which she graduated in 1973 with her Abitur. In the same year he spent two years in the USA. There she studied film and acting at the Drama Department at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. This was followed by studies at the New School of Social Research in New York. She also worked in cafés and as a projectionist in the Goethe House in New York. In 1975 she returned to Germany. She then studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich. At the same time, she worked as a film critic journalist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Her final film is entitled "The First Waltz" and was broadcast on Bavarian television as "Max and Sandie". Doris Dörrie made various documentaries until 1982. In 1983 she made her first feature film in Munich called "Mitten ins Herz". Three years later she had a cinema hit with the title "Men". The well-known actors Uwe Ochsenknecht and Heiner Lauterbach star in the chaotic relationship comedy. The play became the most successful German film of 1986. Doris Dörrie was married to Helge Weindler from 1988 to 1996. Their daughter Carla was born in 1990.
In 1991 she had another cinema success with the title "Happy Birthday, Turk". She filmed the novel by the German writer Jakob Arjouni, a novel in the Kayankaya series. The witty film is in the tradition of classic detective films and tells the story of the search for a missing person in the Frankfurt milieu. The Turkish private detective Kayankaya, played by Hansa Czypionka, experiences police corruption. In 1994, Doris Dörrie shot the comedy film "Nobody Loves Me" with Maria Schrader. This production is about personal happiness. The work was honored with the silver film ribbon, the leading actress Maria Schrader with the gold film ribbon.
Her other film works include "No Trace of Romanticism" from 1980, "Between" from 1981, "Love in Germany" from 1989 and "Enlightenment Guaranteed" from 1999. Among all her film works The director also wrote the script herself. The films were often cast with well-known actors such as Senta Berger, Gottfried John or Uwe Ochsenknecht. She also shot the documentary entitled "What can it be?" In addition to her role behind the camera, she also performed guest roles in front of the camera. For example, she played in the film "The Leading Man" from 1977 or in "King Kong's Fist" and in "Back to Go" from 2000.
In addition to her film work, Doris Dörrie realized literary projects. This is how the short stories entitled "Love, Pain and All the Damned Stuff" and "What Do You Want from Me?" were created. She also wrote the short story "The Man of My Dreams" and the novel "What Do We Do Now?" In 1991 her collection of short stories entitled "Forever and Ever" was created. The 300-page work was well received by critics. In 2002 her film work entitled "Naked" and her novel "Happy" followed. In 2005 she staged Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta.
In the same year, 2005, she directed Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" at the Gärtnerplatztheater. At the Salzburg Festival in 2006 she staged Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "La finta Giardiniera".- Actor
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Klaus Meine was born on 25 May 1948 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor and composer, known for Hellboy (2019), On Deadly Ground (1994) and Knight and Day (2010). He has been married to Gabi Meine since 24 March 1976.- Writer
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- Director
Bora Dagtekin was born on 27 October 1978 in Hannover, Germany. He is a writer and producer, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), The Perfect Secret (2019) and Türkisch für Anfänger (2012).- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Veit Helmer was born on 24 April 1968 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Tuvalu (1999), Surprise! (1995) and Absurdistan (2008).- Actress
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Caro Cult was born on 27 June 1994 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Babylon Berlin (2017) and Fucking Berlin (2016).- Lucas Prisor was born on 23 September 1983 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor, known for Elle (2016), My Zoe (2019) and Young & Beautiful (2013).
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Nele Wohlatz was born in 1982 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is a director and producer, known for The Future Perfect (2016), Sleep with Your Eyes Open (2024) and Ricardo Bär (2013).- Actress
- Director
Lena Kalisch was born in 1989 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018), Tatort (1970) and Fucking Drama (2017).- Actor
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Helmfried von Lüttichau was born on 20 November 1956 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Hubert ohne Staller (2011), Der letzte Bulle (2010) and Zwei Ärzte sind einer zu viel (2006). He has been married to Gabriela Raible since 2015. He was previously married to Karin Werner.- Kathrin Kühnel was born on 10 January 1977 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress, known for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Die Novizin (2002) and Tatort (1970).
- Matthias Fuchs was born on 3 November 1939 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der erste Frühlingstag (1956), Ferien auf Immenhof (1957) and Lola (1981). He was married to Ilse Welter. He died on 31 December 2001 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Annemarie Carpendale was born on 29 October 1977 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress, known for Das Traumschiff (1981), The Country Doctor (1987) and Men in the City 2 (2011). She has been married to Wayne Carpendale since 28 September 2013. They have one child.
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Barbara Kowa was born on 5 March 1973 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress and editor, known for Dreaming Mali (2010), Blues (2012) and Lexx (1996).- Special Effects
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- Actor
Hans Seck was born on 2 May 1960 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Lives of Others (2006), The Pianist (2002) and Company Business (1991).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Jürgen Jürges was born on 12 December 1940 in Hannover, Germany. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Wege in die Nacht (1999), Schatten der Zeit (2004) and Sawdust Tales (1997). He has been married to Gunda Jürges since 27 June 1978.- Arendt spent her childhood and youth in her Jewish parents' home with social democratic attitudes. After school she began studying theology and philosophy at the universities of Marburg, Freiburg im Breisgau and Heidelberg. She was a student of, among others, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers and Edmund Husserl. In 1928 she completed her studies with a doctorate. Phil off. Her dissertation is entitled "Augustin's concept of love". Her doctoral supervisor was Karl Jaspers, with whom she maintained a friendly relationship throughout her life. In 1929 she moved to Berlin. There she married the philosopher Günther Anders in the same year. During this time she worked on German Romanticism. The research was completed in 1933 and she summarized the results under the title "Rahel Varnhagen. Life story of a German Jew from the Romantic period". The book was only published in 1959. It is a successful biography about the wife of the writer Karl August Varhagen von Ense.
Rahel Varnhagen had a great influence on contemporary literary life through her famous salon, in which Adalbert von Chamisso, Heinrich Heine, Wilhelm von Humboldt and the philosopher and theologian Friedrich Ernst David Schleiermacher frequented. The research for this biography introduced Hannah Arendt to the conditions of social adaptation for Jews. She further developed her findings into existential philosophical views. In 1933, the year the National Socialists came to power, Hannah Arendt was briefly arrested by the Gestapo (Secret State Police). She then emigrated to Paris via Switzerland. There she worked as a social worker at Jewish institutions. During this time she joined the "World Zionist Organization" initiative and met the philosophical writer Walter Benjamin, which resulted in a friendly relationship.
In 1935 she traveled to Palestine for the first time. Two years later her marriage ended in divorce. In 1940 she married the philosopher Heinrich Blücher. In the same year, 1940, she moved to the USA. There she worked as a journalist and wrote political articles for the German-Jewish weekly newspaper "Aufbau". From 1944 to 1946 she held the position of research director at the Conference on Jewish Relations. She then worked as an editor at Salman Schocken Verlag for three years. From 1948 to 1952 she was the head of the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Organization, whose mission was to preserve Jewish cultural assets. In the two years 1949 and 1950 she visited Germany for the first time after the end of the war. In 1951 Hannah Arendt became an American citizen.
In the same year her major work "Origins of Totalitarianisme" was published. The treatise was published in Germany in 1955 under the title "Elements and Origins of Total Domination". In her studies of the conditions of totalitarianism in the 19th century, she linked these to the emergence of anti-Semitism and made comparisons between fascism and Stalinism. With this work she made a name for herself as a respected researcher on social and political science topics. In 1953 she accepted an appointment at Brooklyn College in New York. Hannah Arendt became a corresponding member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry in 1958. The following year she was honored by the city of Hamburg with the Lessing Prize. In 1960 her study "Vita activa or active life" was published. In her theory of action presented therein, she names work, production and action as three types of human activity.
In 1961 she reported on the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem for the New Yorker magazine. Her articles sparked controversial discussions because of her critical comments on the behavior of the Jewish councils and the portrayal of Adolf Eichmann. Arendt compiled these journalistic contributions into a book entitled "Eichmann in Jerusalem. A report on the banality of evil." The work was published in 1963, as was the title "On the Revolution", which is about the destruction of political rule. In 1963, Hannah Arendt accepted an appointment at the University of Chicago. In 1966 she met the writer Uwe Johnson. The following year she moved to the New School for Social Research in New York. In 1968 she headed the Institute of Arts and Letters as vice president. Two years later her work was edited with the title "Power and Violence". Hannah Arendt joined the board of the American PEN Center in 1973.
Hannah Arendt died on December 4, 1975 in New York. - Director
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Lars Becker was born on 12 January 1954 in Hannover, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Zum Sterben zu früh (2015), Nachtschicht (2003) and Rette deine Haut (2001).- Markus Boysen was born on 3 September 1954 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor, known for Kanzleramt (2005), Wer erschoß Boro? (1987) and Ku'damm 56 (2016).
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Marc Schölermann was born on 14 October 1971 in Hannover, Germany. He is a director and production manager, known for Pathology (2008), Inner City Blues (1998) and Ende (1998).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Herbert Mensching was born on 11 January 1928 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mord im Pfarrhaus (1970), Die Bilder laufen (1972) and Der Stoff aus dem die Träume sind (1972). He died on 28 September 1981 in Hamburg, West Germany.- Actor
- Producer
Bruno Eyron was born on 4 November 1964 in Lühnde, Hannover, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Space Island One (1998), Partners in Justice (2014) and Hititya Madalyonun Sirri (2013).- Thomas Ahrens was born on 9 September 1952 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Diese Drombuschs (1983) and Das kalte Herz (1978).
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Horst Michael Neutze was born on 17 November 1923 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Richter von Zalamea (1968), Parlez-vous français? (1962) and Sonderdezernat K1 (1972). He died on 19 November 2006 in Hamburg, Germany.- Actor
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Dieter Borsche was born on 25 October 1909 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die große Versuchung (1952), Fanfaren der Liebe (1951) and No Greater Love (1952). He was married to Ursula Willick, Monika Drum and Ursula Poser. He died on 5 August 1982 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany.- Annalena Baerbock was born on 15 December 1980 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She has been married to Daniel Holefleisch since 2007. They have two children.
- Hanns Lothar was born on 10 April 1929 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for One, Two, Three (1961), The Buddenbrooks (1959) and The Buddenbrooks (1959). He was married to Wiemer, Gabriele, Ingrid Andree and Kari Noller. He died on 11 March 1967 in Hamburg, West Germany.
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Sebastian T. Krawinkel was born on 19 May 1969 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a production designer and art director, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Anonymous (2011) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).- Nazan Gökdemir was born on 31 December 1980 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Stralsund (2009), Wilsberg (1995) and Familie Fröhlich - Schlimmer geht immer (2010).
- Tanja Tischewitsch was born on 18 August 1989 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Asphaltgorillas (2018), Alles was zählt (2006) and Herz über Kopf (2019).
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- Producer
Oliver Kalkofe was born on 12 September 1965 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Der Wixxer (2004), The Vexxer (2007) and Kalkofes Mattscheibe (1994).- Sineb El Masrar was born in 1981 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Marvin Linke was born on 9 June 1992 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor, known for Not My Day (2014), In aller Freundschaft (1998) and No Future war gestern! (2016).
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Gero von Boehm was born in Hannover, Germany. He has lived in Heidelberg, Hamburg, Berlin, Paris and New York City. He studied law, Social Sciences and History of Art at the University of Heidelberg.
In 1975 he started his career as a radio host and journalist for the major German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. He has worked as a reporter at large for several newspapers and magazines. In 1978 he founded his own production company, interscience films, with his wife Christiane and started producing and directing documentaries for the nationwide Public Television Channels ARD and ZDF and for the European Culture Channel ARTE. He has made more than 100 documentaries since.
Gero von Boehm produced and directed the six-part documentary series "A Brief History of the World", the most successful documentary program of the last years on German Television with 6 million viewers for each of the six episodes. The series was followed by the six-part series "German Saga" which was equally successful and won the Silver World Medal at the New York Festivals of International TV and Film Awards in April 2016. This series was hosted by the eminent Australian-British historian Sir Christopher Clark of the University of Cambridge, with whom Gero von Boehm produced the six part series "Europe Saga" about the history of the continent in 2016/2017 and which won the Gold World Medal at the New York Festivals of International TV and Film Awards in April 2019.
Gero von Boehm, Member of the French order "Chevalier des Arts et des lettres" and of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York, lives in Berlin and France. He is married and has three children.- Nicola Tiggeler was born on 1 April 1960 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Storm of Love (2005), Der Fahnder (1984) and In aller Freundschaft (1998). She has been married to Timothy Peach since 1988. They have two children.
- Natalie Holle was born in 1993 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for ... Where Is She Now? (2015), The Midas Touch (2020) and Busted (2014).
- Andreas Robens was born in 1966 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor, known for Brute 1976, Power Couples (2016) and Goodbye Deutschland! - Die Auswanderer (2006). He has been married to Caro Robens since 2010.
- Elvis Clausen was born on 6 December 1987 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor, known for Lucky Loser - Ein Sommer in der Bredouille (2017), Jerry & Nic (2011) and All Eyes on You (2018).
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Edgar Hoppe was born on 18 December 1937 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor, known for Großstadtrevier (1986), Fernfahrer (1963) and Loriot (1976).- Jelena Mitschke was born on 19 January 1978 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress, known for Rote Rosen (2006), Urlaub vom Leben (2005) and Method (2011).
- Ulrich Pleitgen was born on 1 November 1942 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He was an actor, known for Nicht von schlechten Eltern (1993), Die Kinder (1990) and K3 - Kripo Hamburg (2003). He was married to Monika Koepchen. He died on 21 February 2018 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Heli Ihlefeld was born on 28 September 1935 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Anke Retzlaff was born on 25 March 1989 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Puppe (2012), Tatort (1970) and Für immer Sommer.
- Herbert Bötticher was born on 19 December 1928 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dream City (1973), Blut floss auf Blendings Castle (1967) and Hamlet (1960). He was married to Doris Gallart. He died on 8 October 2008 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Matthias Jabs was born on 25 October 1955 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor and composer, known for Queen: Die Show (2006), Scorpions: Believe in Love (1988) and Scorpions: Wind of Change (1991).