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Hanns Zischler - Actor & Filmmaker | The Couch Critic

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Born

June 18, 1947

(Age 78)

Place of Birth

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Career Highlights

224

Movies

73

TV Shows

2

Directed

External Links

Hanns Zischler

Biography

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 the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hann...

Home Entertainment poster

Home Entertainment

John Cranko poster

John Cranko

as Walter Erich Schäfer

October 3, 2024

Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt poster

Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt

as Self - Narrator (voice)

January 9, 2024

All Will Be Revealed poster

All Will Be Revealed

November 2, 2023

The Universal Theory poster

The Universal Theory

as Dr. Strathen

October 26, 2023

Black Box poster

Black Box

August 10, 2023

So Long Daddy, See You in Hell poster

So Long Daddy, See You in Hell

Gefährliche Wahrheit poster

Gefährliche Wahrheit

as Richard Freydank

October 15, 2021

Prince poster

Prince

as Michael Schmidt-Fournier

September 30, 2021

No poster

No

September 30, 2021

Black Island poster

Black Island

as Friedrich Hansen

August 17, 2021

A Place Called Dignity poster

A Place Called Dignity

August 15, 2021

Wim Wenders, Desperado poster

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Relativity poster

Relativity

as Aron's Father

November 28, 2019

Professor Wall im Bordell poster

Professor Wall im Bordell

as Professor Wall

October 27, 2019

Whatever Happens Next poster

Whatever Happens Next

November 8, 2018

Der große Rudolph poster

Der große Rudolph

September 19, 2018

Katie Fforde: Ziemlich beste Freundinnen poster

Katie Fforde: Ziemlich beste Freundinnen

as Douglas van Garden

Krieg und Frieden – Deutsch-sowjetische Skizzen

Einen Moment fürs Leben poster

Einen Moment fürs Leben

as Samuel Silchester

December 31, 2017

Erste deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition - Die Weltreise der Valdivia

as Self - Narrator

December 17, 2017

Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl poster

Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl

as Self - Reader

December 4, 2017

1917: The Real October poster

1917: The Real October

as Alexander Benois (voice)

October 9, 2017

Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel poster

Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel

as H. Moldenhauer

October 1, 2017

Crash Test Aglae poster

Crash Test Aglae

as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO

Axolotl Overkill poster

Axolotl Overkill

as Film Award Laudator

A Prominent Patient poster

A Prominent Patient

So Broad and Big: The Nature of Otto Modersohn poster

So Broad and Big: The Nature of Otto Modersohn

as Narrator (voice)

December 15, 2016

Allmen and the Dragonflies poster

Allmen and the Dragonflies

Ein Mann unter Verdacht poster

Ein Mann unter Verdacht

Traveling Roadshow poster

Traveling Roadshow

Der Bankraub poster

Der Bankraub

as Harald Kühnen

All of a Sudden poster

All of a Sudden

Chamisso’s Shadow poster

Chamisso’s Shadow

as Adelbert von Chamisso (voice)

February 12, 2016

What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...? poster

What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...?

as Narrator (voice)

August 29, 2015

Heil poster

Heil

as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf

Outside the Box poster

Outside the Box

as Bruno Bickstein

Brief an mein Leben poster

Brief an mein Leben

Stille Nächte poster

Stille Nächte

December 5, 2014

Clouds of Sils Maria poster

Clouds of Sils Maria

August 20, 2014

Stations of the Cross poster

Stations of the Cross

Grenzgang poster

Grenzgang

as Rektor Granitzny

November 27, 2013

Whispers Behind the Wall poster

Whispers Behind the Wall

as Martins Vater

September 15, 2013

King Ordinary poster

King Ordinary

September 5, 2013

George poster

George

as Max Beckmann

Der Tote im Eis poster

Der Tote im Eis

as Dr. Lutz Conrad

Rommel poster

Rommel

as Gerd von Rundstedt

November 1, 2012

The Case of Jakob von Metzler poster

The Case of Jakob von Metzler

as Friedrich von Metzler

September 23, 2012

Zettl poster

Zettl

February 1, 2012

Playoff poster

Playoff

November 24, 2011

Bastard poster

Bastard

as Samuel Schweizer

October 25, 2011

In der Welt habt ihr Angst

as Johannes Baumann

Für immer 30 poster

Für immer 30

as Hans Kranich

February 25, 2011

The Red Room poster

The Red Room

as Prof. Mühsam

October 24, 2010

Blessed Events poster

Blessed Events

Aghet poster

Aghet

as Leslie Davis

In the Shadows poster

In the Shadows

February 15, 2010

Voyage to 'Metropolis' poster

Voyage to 'Metropolis'

as Narrator (voice)

February 12, 2010

Hinter blinden Fenstern poster

Hinter blinden Fenstern

as Polonius Fischer

February 1, 2010

Hilde poster

Hilde

as Erich Pommer

Entführt poster

Entführt

as Maximilian Kessler

Todsünde poster

Todsünde

as Polonius Fischer

November 24, 2008

A Year Ago in Winter poster

A Year Ago in Winter

as Dr. Thomas Richter

November 13, 2008

Die Frau aus dem Meer poster

Die Frau aus dem Meer

as Michael Kolberg

September 29, 2008

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte poster

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

Flame & Citron poster

Flame & Citron

Manhunt poster

Manhunt

as Klaus Barbie

Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte

January 1, 2008

Overnight poster

Overnight

October 3, 2007

Tracing Battleship Potemkin

as Narrator (voice)

September 26, 2007

Day of Disaster poster

Day of Disaster

as Walter Köhler

September 9, 2007

Der falsche Tod

as Dr. Franz Stoever

A Perfect Friend poster

A Perfect Friend

as Rodolph Hartmann

Eine Krone für Isabell poster

Eine Krone für Isabell

as Archibald Kent

January 1, 2006

Munich poster

Munich

December 23, 2005

Undercover poster

Undercover

as Landsbichler

November 3, 2005

Wen die Liebe trifft poster

Wen die Liebe trifft

as Henry Rhomberg

October 21, 2005

Heiraten macht mich nervös poster

Heiraten macht mich nervös

as Oskar Becker

The Ring Finger poster

The Ring Finger

as Le patron de l'hôtel

Liebe auf den zweiten Blick poster

Liebe auf den zweiten Blick

as Norbert Hahn

January 1, 2005

Woman Driving, Man Sleeping poster

Woman Driving, Man Sleeping

November 18, 2004

The Edukators poster

The Edukators

October 25, 2004

Für immer im Herzen poster

Für immer im Herzen

as Richard Berger

September 3, 2004

Küss mich, Kanzler! poster

Küss mich, Kanzler!

as Kanzleramtschef Dr. Nick Riemer

Post Impact poster

Post Impact

as Dr. Gregor Starndorf

Walk on Water poster

Walk on Water

as Axel's Father

February 5, 2004

Red & Blue poster

Red & Blue

as Samuel Eisenstein

January 15, 2004

Gate to Heaven poster

Gate to Heaven

December 18, 2003

Sulla poster

Sulla

as Lucius Cornelius Sulla

November 23, 2003

Es wird etwas geschehen

as Alfred Wunsiedel

November 1, 2003

Antonia – Tränen im Paradies

as Friedrich Fürstenberg

September 23, 2003

Mädchen Nr. 1 poster

Mädchen Nr. 1

as Alfred Hammerstein

September 18, 2003

Saltimbank poster

Saltimbank

as Johann Kreisler

September 10, 2003

Two Days of Hope poster

Two Days of Hope

as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)

Novaks Ultimatum

as Dr. Hildebrandt

Small Cuts poster

Small Cuts

February 12, 2003

Gelübde des Herzens poster

Gelübde des Herzens

as Professor Leunitz

January 1, 2003

I'm The Father poster

I'm The Father

as Dr. Beilenberg

September 26, 2002

Wenn die Liebe verloren geht

September 16, 2002

Zwei Seiten der Liebe poster

Zwei Seiten der Liebe

September 13, 2002

Ripley's Game poster

Ripley's Game

September 2, 2002

Jean Moulin poster

Jean Moulin

as Le major von Gutlingen

Southeast Passage poster

Southeast Passage

Olga's Summer poster

Olga's Summer

Tanners letzte Chance

Beck 16 - The Last Witness poster

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

as Josef Hillman

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball poster

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

as Josef Hillman

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man poster

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

as Josef Hillman

Taking Sides poster

Taking Sides

as Rudolf Werner

Amen. poster

Amen.

February 27, 2002

666: In Bed with the Devil poster

666: In Bed with the Devil

as Prince of Darkness

February 21, 2002

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown poster

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

as Josef Hillman

February 13, 2002

Beck 12 - The Loner poster

Beck 12 - The Loner

as Josef Hillman

January 16, 2002

The Specimen poster

The Specimen

January 1, 2002

Beck 11 - The Cartel poster

Beck 11 - The Cartel

as Josef Hillman

December 12, 2001

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker poster

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

as Oetker's Attorney

November 11, 2001

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face poster

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

as Josef Hillman

August 27, 2001

Solange wir lieben

as Prof.Rudolf Zondek

Venus Talking poster

Venus Talking

A Fine Day poster

A Fine Day

February 12, 2001

Rotlicht - In der Höhle des Löwen

as Hans Fengler

November 20, 2000

Falsche Liebe – Die Internetfalle poster

Falsche Liebe – Die Internetfalle

as Wilhelm Täufer

October 24, 2000

Paradiso - Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen poster

Paradiso - Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen

Wenn man sich traut

as Isabell's Vater

February 28, 2000

Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick

as Raabe senior

January 1, 2000

The Alchemists poster

The Alchemists

as Bruno Gudmanson

November 15, 1999

No Sex

as Friedrich Liebermann

October 18, 1999

Sunshine poster

Sunshine

as Baron Margitta

September 13, 1999

Mein Papa ist kein Mörder

as Thorsten Gregor

December 8, 1998

Operation Noah poster

Operation Noah

October 18, 1998

Der Handymörder

as Bundeskanzler

September 22, 1998

23 poster

23

Black Sun poster

Black Sun

Die Bubi Scholz Story poster

Die Bubi Scholz Story

Callboy

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück poster

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück

Debt of Love poster

Debt of Love

January 16, 1998

Drancy Future poster

Drancy Future

as The Old Man (voice)

November 12, 1997

Betrogen – Eine Ehe am Ende

as Jan Goldbeck

September 27, 1997

Ende einer Leidenschaft

Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small

Null Risiko und reich

Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau

as Schmidthenner

February 25, 1997

S.O.S Barracuda

as Hendrik Lenz

February 16, 1997

Der letzte Kurier poster

Der letzte Kurier

November 4, 1996

Nach uns die Sintflut

October 30, 1996

A Girl Called Rosemarie poster

A Girl Called Rosemarie

October 25, 1996

Adieu, Mon Ami poster

Adieu, Mon Ami

Superbrain poster

Superbrain

Ehebruch - Eine teuflische Falle!

Luise knackt den Jackpot

January 1, 1995

When in Doubt

as Klaus Merten

January 1, 1995

Das Baby der schwangeren Toten poster

Das Baby der schwangeren Toten

October 26, 1994

Balle perdue poster

Balle perdue

as Victor Trampot

October 5, 1994

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin poster

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

as Monsieur de Staël

September 28, 1994

Gute Referenzen

The Violin Player poster

The Violin Player

The Blue One poster

The Blue One

February 21, 1994

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen poster

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

as Dieter Reich

February 17, 1994

The Open Universe poster

The Open Universe

October 16, 1993

Faraway, So Close! poster

Faraway, So Close!

September 1, 1993

The Denunciation

Rotlicht

as Hans Fengler

The Cement Garden poster

The Cement Garden

February 20, 1993

Stunde der Füchse

as Heinz Binder

January 1, 1993

Herzsprung poster

Herzsprung

as Herr Papenfuß

November 19, 1992

Salt on Our Skin poster

Salt on Our Skin

September 17, 1992

Abgetrieben

as Dr. Friedrich Hess

Manoeuvres d'Élégance

January 23, 1992

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero poster

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

as Count Zelten

September 1, 1991

Mise-en-scene

February 2, 1991

Europa Europa poster

Europa Europa

as Captain von Lerenau

November 14, 1990

Dr. M poster

Dr. M

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders poster

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Das Haus am Watt

as Ulrich Golborn

The Rose Garden poster

The Rose Garden

December 22, 1989

The French Revolution poster

The French Revolution

Francesco poster

Francesco

as Pope Innocent III

Der Leibwächter poster

Der Leibwächter

Himmelsheim

as Dr. Ehrenfried

My Dear Subject poster

My Dear Subject

January 11, 1989

The French as Seen by… poster

The French as Seen by…

as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

October 26, 1988

Le Dernier Mot poster

Le Dernier Mot

October 26, 1988

The Venus Trap poster

The Venus Trap

Berlin

December 27, 1987

Das Treibhaus poster

Das Treibhaus

October 22, 1987

Milan noir poster

Milan noir

January 1, 1987

Tarot poster

Tarot

September 11, 1986

Douce France poster

Douce France

Anemia

January 1, 1986

Afrika am Rhein poster

Afrika am Rhein

January 1, 1986

The Berlin Affair poster

The Berlin Affair

as Wolf von Hollendorf

October 3, 1985

A Viso Coperto poster

A Viso Coperto

as Roberto Connolly

January 1, 1985

The Autograph poster

The Autograph

as Lieutenant Suarez

February 25, 1984

The Horsemen of the Storm poster

The Horsemen of the Storm

February 15, 1984

Pharos of Chaos poster

Pharos of Chaos

October 13, 1983

The Unburdening poster

The Unburdening

October 4, 1983

System Without Shadow poster

System Without Shadow

August 13, 1983

A Woman in Flames poster

A Woman in Flames

Logik des Gefühls

October 14, 1982

Doctor Faustus poster

Doctor Faustus

as Dr. Serenius

September 17, 1982

Domino poster

Domino

Strike Back poster

Strike Back

September 10, 1981

Kino 81

Malevil poster

Malevil

as le vétérinaire

Angels of Iron poster

Angels of Iron

Hast du Lust, mit mir einen Kaffee zu trinken?

Total vereist

Berlin Chamissoplatz poster

Berlin Chamissoplatz

November 1, 1980

Henry Angst

February 9, 1980

Putting Things Straight

as Alfred Flechtheim

December 23, 1979

The demise of Herman Dürer

as Herwig Jungmann, neuroloog

September 20, 1979

David poster

David

February 27, 1979

The Meetings of Anna poster

The Meetings of Anna

October 8, 1978

"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.

September 20, 1978

The Left-Handed Woman poster

The Left-Handed Woman

Die Tannerhütte

October 18, 1976

Kings of the Road poster

Kings of the Road

as Robert Lander

About Narration poster

About Narration

December 16, 1975

Bent or Broken poster

Bent or Broken

November 14, 1975

Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen poster

Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen

August 30, 1973

Summer in the City poster

Summer in the City

Blinker

Same Player Shoots Again poster

Same Player Shoots Again

as Man with Gun

October 11, 1968