
Manfred Zapatka
Actor · b. 1942 · Bremen, Germany
Movies24
Movie7.4DramaThrillerA young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
- Movie5.0Documentary
The German actor Manfred Zapatka broadcasts in full, in an unusual reading form, the two sermons of the imam of the Hamburg mosque Mohammed Fazazi delivered in January 2000.
Movie6.4DocumentaryDramaNine fictitious documentaries and films reflect the mood of late 1970s Germany, particularly the two-month period in 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped by the RAF (Red Army Faction). The kidnap had been made to orchestrate the release of the original leaders of the RAF, aka the Baader-Meinhof.
Movie5.3TV MovieCrimeA 30-year-old missing persons case lands on Thiel's desk: after the disappearance of 15-year-old Sven, his parents received letters from an unknown Chris, who was supposedly travelling with their son. Now, new letters arrive from Chris.
- Movie7.0Drama
Das Lamm
1964 · 1 votes
Movie5.7TV MovieDramaNear the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.
Movie7.4DramaFantasyPilate and the Roman legate Veturius look on worriedly as Jesus is celebrated as the new messiah in Jerusalem, fearing an uprising. Veturius decides to have Jesus arrested as soon as a suitable opportunity presents itself. Judas is delighted by the reception Jesus is receiving, and quickly wants to win over the influential merchants to the cause which would make him the king and the liberator of the Jews.
Movie6.3DramaTV MovieOne house, three apartments and three friendly couples, who have to put their relationships and life concepts to the test. After 20 years of marriage, Anne and Martin are close to separation. Eva and Thomas are freshly in love and want to do everything right. The relationship between Saskia and Kai gets into a crisis when she returns to work and takes care of the daughter.
Südstadt
2017 · 7 votes
Movie6.9TV MovieThrillerAnja and Frank are enjoying their family vacation sailing on the Baltic Sea. Anja leaves their two young children alone on the boat for just a moment and when she returns, they are nowhere to be found.
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Preußische Nacht
1981 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaA woman leaves her husband and starts living with a Turkish man.
Movie6.5DramaThrillerJoseph Komalschek was sentenced to 30 years in prison for cruelly murdering a young mother and her newborn baby. He never confessed his crimes and the bodies could not be found. After being released from prison, he returns to his hometown. People there treat him with distrust and disdain.
Besondere Schwere der Schuld
2014 · 17 votes
Movie6.6DramaOne of them is a cab entrepreneur with a Berlin snout, the other an ambitious politician in a fine suit - and the dissimilar twin brothers Jochen and Christian Lichtenberg haven't spoken to each other for a long time. Now they are both in trouble: gambler Jochen has betting debts with the gruff Mr. Fleischer, Christian is left by his wife after a fling with a leggy lobbyist. In the chaos that now befalls them both, the Lichtenbergs finally get closer again...
- MovieFantasy
Movie7.2DramaFantasyWhen Jesus is taken off the cross at Golgotha, Thomas arrives. Like most other disciples, he worriedly took refuge with friends in Jerusalem after Jesus's arrest. After Jesus's burial, the disciples decide to leave Jerusalem quickly, but Thomas refuses to leave Jesus' body behind, as he fears that the tomb may be desecrated.
Movie6.8ComedyNaive, talkative Hoffi and mouthy Lehmi are as different as can be. But this doesn't dampen their friendship. When they wake up one morning in the middle of Dortmund Zoo instead of in their beds among the water buffaloes, it doesn't upset them, because the orderly lives of their fellow human beings aren't their thing anyway. What's much worse is that Hoffi has got it into his head to get a birthday present for his sister on this beautiful summer's day of all days, when you could actually be relaxing in the park with a crate of beer. The two lovable slobs embark on an odyssey through the city, at the end of which they lose sight of the present but have found their dream girls.
Movie6.0DramaFilm by Jan Bonny, also known as "Endlich Leben".
Wir wären andere Menschen
2019 · 3 votes
Movie10.0Drama40 years after her husband is shot and killed by a terrorist while on duty as a police officer during a routine traffic check, Erika Welves (Senta Berger), aided by a journalist (Felix Eitner) finds evidence leading to the murderer. For the killer has vanished. Is living in freedom. Because the state is protecting him, keeping him safe. He in turn has supplied information concerning other terrorists. Erika Welves considers this blatant injustice. But now, finally, there is a chance at revenge...
In den besten Jahren
2011 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Drama
Gabriellas Rache
1994 · 1 votes
Movie4.6TV MovieFamilyIn the loneliness of the Lower Havel lowlands, one of the last bird paradise in Germany, twelve-year-old Lea lives alone with her father Lutz, a passionate environmentalist. She is on the cusp of adulthood, confronted with the challenges of the present and the pains of the past. She often feels lonely in the childhood-remote world in which she lives, in which schools are closed and people leave. Even the father, who has withdrawn from the world, is increasingly becoming a problem for Lea, who longs for fellowship.
Die Zeit der Kraniche
2010 · 8 votes
Movie10.0CrimeTV MovieA wealthy businesswoman who tried to disinherit her unfaithful husband is murdered. The man's lover is convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence in a negligent business case. But the now in love lawyer sets out to convict the real culprits ...
Das Schicksal der Lilian H.
1993 · 1 votes
Movie5.2DramaTV MovieA dream comes true for Anne Bruckmann when she travels to Denmark with her husband Norbert to visit the sperm whale grounds at the North Cape in Norway. But then, shortly after arriving in Sønderborg, Denmark, a serious argument breaks out - with the result that Norbert, already exasperated, breaks off the vacation, while Anne wants to continue the trip alone. Left to her own devices for the first time in her 40-year marriage, Anne finds a good friend and admirer in the sensitive marine biologist Konrad.
Den Tagen mehr Leben!
2010 · 4 votes
Movie8.0DramaA therapist whose interests lie in alternative ways to help the sick and infirm is forced to balance the demands of her professional life with those of her ageing parents and older brother, in Tim Ellrich’s sensitive but uncompromising drama.
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The brewery manager Heinrich Hartholz does not shy away from driving independent beer publishers into ruin in order to take over their property. Markus Keller, head of a push column , supports Hartholz in his criminal machinations.
Ex und hopp – Ein böses Spiel um Liebe, Geld und Bier
1991 · 2 votes
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TV6.2DramaCrimeTatort 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.
TV6.3CrimeDramaA police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
TV6.6Talk ShowNDR Talk Show
1979 · 5 votes
TV5.9CrimeSOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
SOKO München
1978 · 7 votes
TV6.8Talk ShowKölner Treff
1976 · 4 votes
TV6.6DramaComedyA long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
TV6.4CrimeThe SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
SOKO Köln
2003 · 8 votes
TV6.2CrimePolizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Polizeiruf 110
1971 · 26 votes
TV5.9CrimeDramaSOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
TV7.4RealityFamilyWer weiß denn sowas?
2015 · 13 votes
TV6.0DramaCrimeDerrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.
Derrick
1974 · 53 votes
TV5.7DramaCrimeEin 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.
- TV7.2Talk Show
3 nach 9
1974 · 5 votes
TV5.8CrimeAction & AdventureKüstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
Küstenwache
1997 · 6 votes
TV6.0DramaCrimeFollow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Großstadtrevier
1986 · 14 votes
TV4.7Talk ShowNachtcafé
1987 · 3 votes
TV5.8CrimeDramaShows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
TV7.0Talk ShowZimmer frei!
1996 · 13 votes
TV5.0ComedyFamilyThe series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
Das Traumschiff
1981 · 17 votes
TV3.7CrimeWolffs Revier is a German television series.
Wolffs Revier
1992 · 7 votes
- TV7.2CrimeDrama
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994 · 4 votes
TV7.3CrimeDer Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
Der Fahnder
1984 · 10 votes