List of the best Gottfried John movies: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes(2005), Chinese Boxes(1984), Institute Benjamenta(1995), The Ogre(1996), In a Year of 13 Moons(1978), Mata Hari(1985), The Marriage of Maria Braun(1978), Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven(1976), Despair(1979), Wings of Fame(1990), Night of the Fox(1990), GoldenEye(1995) ... ...
Drama
Germany|UK|France
2005
99 Minutes
Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Amira Casar Timothy Quay Gottfried John Assumpta Serna Cesar Sarachu
opera singer inventor love interest puppeteer dark offbeat stage fantasy world abduction opera murder insanity lost loves quest wretched excess 2000s
Dark fairy-tale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|West Germany
1984
87 Minutes
Will Patton Gottfried John Adelheid Arndt Robbie Coltrane Beate Jensen Susanne Meierhofer Jonathan Kinsler Chris Sievernich Christopher Petit L.M. Kit Carson
An American (Will Patton) in West Berlin finds himself caught up in murder and intrigue after his associate is killed and a diplomat's daughter is found dead in his room.
Drama
UK|Japan|Germany
1995
104 Minutes
Herr Benjamenta
Mark Rylance Timothy Quay Alice Krige Gottfried John Daniel Smith Joseph Alessi Peter Lovstrom
young man headmaster headmistress student brother sister uneasy dreamy school bedroom dreams boredom isolation mental breakdown catatonia incest adventure discovery 1900s
A young man goes to a school for servants run by a brother and sister. In the dreamlike and surreal world that he enters, how will his presence impact the people there and possibly even the school itself?
Drama
1996
117 Minutes
Chief Forrester
John Malkovich Armin Mueller-Stahl Gottfried John Marianne Sagebrecht Volker Spengler Heino Ferch Dieter Laser Agnès Soral Sasha Hanau Caspar Salmon Daniel Smith
frenchman recruiter powerful disheartening bavaria training camp third reich power pursuit 1940s
A simple Parisian's (John Malkovich) love of children involves him in a Nazi scheme to kidnap boys and train them as SS troops during World War II.
Drama
1978
124 Minutes
Anton Saitz
Volker Spengler Ingrid Caven Gottfried John Elisabeth Trissenaar Eva Mattes Günther Kaufmann Lilo Pempeit Isolde Barth Karl Scheydt Walter Bockmayer Peter Kollek
butcher businessperson partner love interest engaging dark gutsy raw germany courage infatuation desire heartbreak journey forbidden love forbidden love quest sacrifice 1970s
Elvira, once a working-class butcher named Erwin, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now struggles to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
Comedy
1985
108 Minutes
Wolff
Sylvia Kristel Christopher Cazenove Oliver Tobias Gaye Brown Gottfried John Anthony Newlands Brian Badcoe Tutte Lemkow
The seductive World War I spy (Sylvia Kristel) does business with officers (Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias) on both sides.
Drama
West Germany
1978
120 Minutes
Willi Klenze
Hanna Schygulla Klaus Löwitsch Ivan Desny Gisela Uhlen Elisabeth Trissenaar Gottfried John Hark Bohm George Byrd Claus Holm Gunter Lamprecht Anton Schiersner
woman soldier husband industrialist intense sad somber emotional engaging germany bar train station war love devotion struggle sacrifice fall love 1940s
Maria marries Hermann Braun in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. Alone, Maria puts to use her beauty and ambition in order to find prosperity during Germany's "economic miracle" of the 1950s.
Drama
West Germany
1976
105 Minutes
Niemeyer
Margit Carstensen Brigitte Mira Ingrid Caven Armin Meier Irm Hermann Gottfried John
husband wife daughter son photographer communist disturbing melodramatic profound factory family home dining room street frankfurt, germany workplace violence media circus family grief hostage situation mother/daughter relationship
Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany. Mrs. Kusters wants to add canned sausages to the stew, her ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
West Germany|France
1979
119 Minutes
Perebrodov
Dirk Bogarde Andréa Ferréol Volker Spengler Klaus Löwitsch Peter Kern Alexander Allerson Gottfried John Hark Bohm
In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair?
Fantasy, Comedy
Netherlands
1990
116 Minutes
Zlatogorski
Peter O'Toole Andréa Ferréol Colin Firth Walter Gotell Marie Trintignant Robert Stephens Gottfried John Nicolas Chagrin
actor author emotional creative hotel afterlife fame mortality luxury transformation
A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1990
100 Minutes
Hofer
George Peppard Deborah Raffin Michael York David Birney John Mills John Standing Gottfried John Andréa Ferréol Vincent Grass Dieter Steinbrink Amadeus August
A young married couple try to convert an old warehouse into a nightclub, but face opposition from both the council and local mobsters.
Action
UK|USA
1995
130 Minutes
General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
Pierce Brosnan Sean Bean Izabella Scorupco Famke Janssen Joe Don Baker Judi Dench Robbie Coltrane Tcheky Karyo Gottfried John Alan Cumming Desmond Llewelyn
james bond assassin secret agent general traitor computer programmer engaging confident intense russia facility london jungle cuba crime satellite deception betrayal investigation espionage
Years after a friend and fellow 00 agent is killed on a joint mission, a secret space based weapons program known as "GoldenEye" is stolen. James Bond sets out to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using the weapon.
Drama
West Germany
1981
120 Minutes
Aaron
Hanna Schygulla Giancarlo Giannini Mel Ferrer Karl Heinz von Hassel Christine Kaufmann Hark Bohm Karin Baal Udo Kier Erik Schumann Gottfried John
In 1938, a German singer falls in love with a Jewish composer in Zurich, who helps Jews flee Nazi Germany. She wants to help but is forced back to Germany. Her song "Lili Marleen" becomes a hit with soldiers and the Nazi top.
War, Biography, Drama, History
France|China|Germany
2009
134 Minutes
Ulrich Tukur Daniel Brühl Steve Buscemi Anne Consigny Jingchu Zhang Dagmar Manzel Teruyuki Kagawa Mathias Herrmann Tetta Sugimoto Akira Emoto Gottfried John
german merchant civilian gripping plant protection siege safety rivalry 19th century
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Comedy, Kids & Family
France|Italy|Germany
1999
109 Minutes
Christian Clavier Gérard Depardieu Roberto Benigni Michel Galabru Claude Piéplu Daniel Prévost Pierre Palmade Laetitia Casta Arielle Dombasle Sim Marianne Sagebrecht
villager best friend julius caesar village elder hilarious rome gaul tax evasion saving the town rivalry 1st century b.c.
Inhabitants of the last unconquered village in Gaul (ancient France) use a magical potion to hold their independence from Roman invaders.