Heinz Schimmelpfennig
Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles
Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes • as Franz Gerber
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes • as Klaus Möhlmann
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Kommissar Ernst Röder
Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Adam Stasicek
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Karl Engler
Schwarz greift ein is a German television series.
Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Follows two wealthy families in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. One of them is German, the other one Jewish.
Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes • as Kolb
Die Fernfahrer is a German television series.
Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Blangin
The country estate of Count Claudieuse is located near Paris. One night in 1871, it goes up in flames. Two shots are fired, the count is critically injured, and the countess and her children escape the flames with the help of the feeble-minded Cocoleu. Cocoleu accuses Jacques von Beaucoran from the neighboring estate of being the perpetrator. Jacques protests his innocence.
Drama Series - 1969, 16 episodes • as Sprengmeister Haffner
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The stern and reserved Gustav Hartmann, known as "Iron Gustav", is the last Berlin cab driver. At the end of the 1920s, his time is over as horse-drawn cabs are replaced by automobile cabs. He is threatened with impoverishment. His family wants to have him incapacitated. So he sets off on one last great journey that takes him from Berlin to Paris and back. A reporter with a nose for a big story accompanies him, Gustav becomes famous, returns to Berlin in triumph and, having become a gentle and approachable person, reconciles with his family.
Drama Series - 1954, 16 episodes • as Elmer Arthur Pym
This is a 7-part German crime series by Peter A. Horn. In self-contained and unconnected episodes, the great detectives of crime literature solve various cases. Sherlock Holmes (Ernst Fritz FĂĽrbringer) and Dr. Watson (Harald Mannl) start things off, followed by Auguste Dupin, David Wilson, Father Brown, Inspector Bucket, Sergeant Cuff and Hercule Poirot. Every episode of this early crime series in the early days of television was still broadcast live. It could hardly have been more irregular: it was broadcast in loose succession on different days at different start times in prime time, and the length of the broadcast varied between 25 and 50 minutes.
Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Herr Morath
Attempted murder told from three perspectives: that of the offender, the (prospective) victim and the investigating officer.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Bürgermeister von Eger
Wallenstein is adaptation of the drama by Friedrich Schiller. Set midway through the religious conflicts that ravaged war-torn Europe in the 17th century, the 18th-century German dramatist Friedrich Schiller wrote 3 plays that chronicle the final year and downfall of the celebrated Bohemian leader Albrecht Wallenstein, duke of Friedland (1583-1634), and explores the factors contributing to his demise.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Stadtrat Pfeiffer
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Graf von Lerma
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.