List of the best Hanns Zischler movies: Kings of the Road(1976), Tarot(1986), All of a Sudden(2016), The Cement Garden(1993), Das Autogramm(1984), The Berlin Affair(1985), Dr. M(1990), Europa, Europa(1990), Malevil(1981), Francesco(1989), Relativity(2019), Charlie and Louise(1994) ... ...
Drama
West Germany
1976
176 Minutes
Robert Lander
Rudiger Vogler Hanns Zischler Elisabeth Kreuzer Rudolf Schündler Marquard Bohm Dieter Traier Franziska Stömmer Patric Kreuzer
pediatrician repairman touching calm creative germany small town movie theater truck cinema history male bonding road trip pop culture adventure 1970s
A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.
Drama
West Germany
1986
115 Minutes
Eduard
Vera Tschechowa Hanns Zischler Rudiger Vogler Katharina Böhm William Berger Kerstin Eiblmaier Martin Kern Peter Moland George Tabori
A film director, his fiancée, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length.
Drama
2016
112 Minutes
Klaus
Sebastian Hülk Julia Jentsch Hanns Zischler Sascha Alexander Gersak Luise Heyer Lea Draeger Natalia Belitski Christoph Gawenda
bank employee beautiful woman girlfriend guest intense suspenseful thrilling melodramatic brooding bank flat hospital party death desperation fear panic rise fall adventure
Drama
France|Germany|UK
1993
105 Minutes
Father
Andrew Robertson Charlotte Gainsbourg Alice Coulthard Hanns Zischler Ned Birkin Sinead Cusack Jochen Horst
father mother brother sister lover creepy disturbing passionate suspenseful england family home bedroom small town family dysfunction incest siblings death dark secrets sexual taboo forbidden love
Four children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift concrete sarcophagus.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
West Germany|France
1984
92 Minutes
Leutnant Suarez
Juan José Mosalini Angel del Villar Anna Larreta Hanns Zischler Nikolaus Dutsch Georges Geret Pierre Bernard Douby Vito Mata
Drama
1985
97 Minutes
Wolf von Hollendorf
Gudrun Landgrebe Mio Takaki Kevin R. McNally Hanns Zischler Massimo Girotti Philippe Leroy William Berger Andrea Prodan
Tragedy follows a Nazi (Kevin McNally), his wife (Gudrun Landgrebe), her art teacher and the Japanese ambassador's daughter (Mio Takaki) in prewar Berlin.
Sci-Fi
1990
112 Minutes
Moser
Alan Bates Jennifer Beals Jan Niklas Hanns Zischler Benoît Régent Alexander Radszun Peter Fitz Daniela Poggi William Berger Michael Degen Wolfgang Preiss
Mass suicides occur when a madman (Alan Bates) uses a model (Jennifer Beals) to broadcast subliminal messages somewhere in future Berlin.
War, Drama, History
Germany|France|Poland
1990
115 Minutes
Captain von Lerenau
Marco Hofschneider Julie Delpy André Wilms Ashley Wanninger Hanns Zischler Klaus Kowatsch Halina Labonarska Delphine Forest René Hofschneider Jorg Schnass Nathalie Schmidt
teenager nazi girlfriend father bleak emotional suspenseful germany poland russia orphanage nazism holocaust world war ii survival deception growing up forbidden love 1940s
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
Sci-Fi
France|West Germany
1981
120 Minutes
Vet
Michel Serrault Jacques Dutronc Jacques Villeret Robert Dhéry Hanns Zischler Jean-Louis Trintignant Penelope Palmer
A group of ordinary French survived a nuclear war and found themselves in the face of what was left of civilization.
Biography
Italy|West Germany
1989
155 Minutes
Pope Innocent III
Mickey Rourke Helena Bonham Carter Paolo Bonacelli Andréa Ferréol Hanns Zischler Peter Berling Mario Adorf Fabio Bussotti Riccardo De Torrebruna Alekander Duin Edward Farrelly
Docudrama about the life of St-Francis of Assisi.
Drama
Germany
2019
111 Minutes
Arons Vater
Saskia Rosendahl Edin Hasanovic Michelle Barthel Jeanette Hain Hanns Zischler Julius Feldmeier Leonard Kunz Anna Drexler Stefan Konarske Sebastian Griegel
Have you ever had a Déja Vu? Have you ever met a person you think you already know?
Kids & Family, Comedy
Germany
1994
94 Minutes
Dr. Dieter Reich
Fritzi Eichhorn Floriane Eichhorn Heiner Lauterbach Corinna Harfouch Hanns Zischler Hans-Werner Meyer April Hailer Albert Kitzl
double father mother amusing boarding school scotland twins life story berlin growing up
Ten years ago Wolf and Sabine Palfy got divorced. Since then their daughter Charlie grew up with her father and her twin sister Louise lived with her mother. They never knew anything about ... See full summary »
Drama, History
Germany|France|Israel
2011
111 Minutes
Franz
Danny Huston Amira Casar Max Riemelt Mark Waschke Hanns Zischler Irm Hermann Selen Savas Andreas Eufinger
Playoff tells the story of legendary Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein. He became a national hero, when he made Maccabi Tel Aviv into European Champions in the late Seventies, one of ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Action
Germany|USA
2003
100 Minutes
Dr. Gregor Starndorf
Dean Cain Bettina Zimmermann Nigel Bennett Joanna Taylor John Keogh Hanns Zischler Adrienne McQueen Cheyenne Rushing
military officer scientist survivor security head captain gripping tense thrilling europe berlin post-apocalyptic wasteland disaster apocalypse survival expedition search new ice age quest rescue discovery
After a meteor strike starts a new ice age, a group of survivors tries to find a device that could give mankind new hope
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History
Denmark|Germany|Norway|France|Sweden|Finland|Czech Republic
2008
132 Minutes
Gilbert
Thure Lindhardt Mads Mikkelsen Stine Stengade Peter Mygind Mille Lehfeldt Christian Berkel Hanns Zischler Claus Riis Østergaard Flemming Enevold Lars Mikkelsen Jesper Christensen
resistance fighter assassin nazi collaborator femme fatale double agent brutal gripping denmark assassination world war ii resistance espionage love interest loyalty revenge mystery wretched excess 1940s
A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
Drama
USA|West Germany|Austria
1989
112 Minutes
Eckert
Liv Ullmann Maximilian Schell Peter Fonda Jan Niklas Katarina Lena Muller Kurt Hübner Hanns Zischler Gila Almagor
public defender holocaust survivor nazi husband gripping suspenseful frankfurt, germany courtroom airport medical experiments holocaust concentration camp assault court battles historical events discovery underdog 1980s
In Germany, an old man attacks another old man and is arrested. The attacker refuses to speak. A female lawyer is appointed to him. She discovers that the attacker has numbers tattooed on his arm and the attacked man was a German officer.
Drama
France|Germany|Switzerland
2014
123 Minutes
Henryk Wald
Juliette Binoche Kristen Stewart Chloë Grace Moretz Lars Eidinger Johnny Flynn Angela Winkler Hanns Zischler Aljoscha Stadelmann Luise Berndt Gilles Tschudi Benoït Peverelli
actress rival producer young woman intense emotional melodramatic suspenseful inspiring switzerland theater stage swiss alps acting fame jealousy youth versus age competition rise fall
A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
100 Minutes
Samuel Schweizer
Sibylle Canonica Martina Gedeck Matthias Koeberlin Markus Krojer Beate Maes Thomas Thieme Hanns Zischler Finn Kirschner Antonia Lingemann Volker Muthmann Stephan Schad
boy captive psychologist dark basement trail the police sex crime clues fall
A viral video shows a nine-year-old boy is held captive in a basement and the trail of clues leads to Leon, an adopted bad seed with unclear links to the families involved.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Italy|USA
2002
110 Minutes
Art Dealer
John Malkovich Dougray Scott Ray Winstone Lena Headey Chiara Caselli Sam Blitz Lutz Winde Hanns Zischler
sociopath mobster wife singer police officer suspenseful intricate italy hotel train restaurant murder deception cooking drugs cancer wealth mystery revenge rivalry
A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.
Drama, History
France|Germany|Romania
2002
132 Minutes
Grawitz
Ulrich Tukur Mathieu Kassovitz Ulrich Mühe Michel Duchaussoy Ion Caramitru Marcel Iures Friedrich von Thun Antje Schmidt Hanns Zischler
chemist pope pius xii priest nazi diplomat son incredible disheartening somber moving germany vatican concentration camp poland italy holocaust kurt gerstein guilt religion politics
During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.
Drama
Israel|Sweden
2004
102 Minutes
Lior Ashkenazi Knut Berger Caroline Peters Gideon Shemer Ernest Lenart Eyal Rozales Yousef Sweid Imad Jabarin Sivan Sasson Nataly Szylman Hanns Zischler
Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
Drama, History
Germany|Austria|Canada|Hungary|France|UK|USA
1999
180 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Rosemary Harris Rachel Weisz Jennifer Ehle Molly Parker Deborah Kara Unger James Frain John Neville Miriam Margolyes David de Keyser Mark Strong
man cousin brother mother father judge brooding intricate passionate hungary family history austro-hungarian empire love triangle society passion fall rise sacrifice temptation 20th century
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.