
Jan Hendriks
Actor · 1928 – 1991 · Berlin, Germany
Jan Hendriks (born Heinz Joachim Hinz, December 6, 1928, Berlin – died likely December 13, 1991, Berlin) was a German actor and voice actor. After studying acting at the Hebbel Theatre school in Berlin, he began his career on stage before making his film debut in Robert A. Stemmle’s Sündige Grenze (1951), for which he became the first winner of the German Film Award for Best New Actor. He went on to appear in more than 90 film and television productions, including several Edgar Wallace films. Hendriks was widely known to television audiences for his role as Inspector Martin Brenner in the crime series Der Alte (1977–1986). He also worked as a voice actor, dubbing performers such as Humphrey Bogart and Anthony Quinn. He died in Berlin in December 1991.
Movies24
Movie5.8MysteryCrimeA Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
Movie7.1DramaWerner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Movie6.8CrimeDramaA serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.
Movie6.8CrimeThrillerPolice try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
Movie6.5CrimeMysteryA rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
Movie6.6ComedyRomance1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.
Movie5.4WesternColonel William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, intends to put an end to the dishonest relations between a gang of white swindlers and the Indian, Yellow Hand. So he goes to the chief of Yellow Hand's tribe, Wise Fox, and tries to convince him to sign a peace treaty with the Federal troops. In order to avoid this, Yellow Hand abducts Wise Fox's daughter, pretending that the soldiers have done it.
Movie5.7CrimeDramaA man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still firmly stuck in the victim's chest, and Inspector Perkins strangely finds a glass eye in his jacket pocket. Kurt after that a second, mysterious murder happens: A city-famous dancer of the Las Vegas Girls, who perform at the London Odeon Theater, is poisoned. Is there a connection between the pretty dancer and the hotel guest? Inspector Perkins and his colleagues are pressed for time. The "man with the glass eye" strikes deadly again and again. A first clue leads Scotland Yard to a billiard club, where one has to show a glass eye as an admission ticket.
Movie5.0DramaCrimeBased on an actual murder case in Frankfurt after the war, the film tells the story of the murder of Rosemarie, a prostitute, and how she ended up strangled in her apartment.
MovieAdventureAlcaptar
1978
Movie4.5HorrorIn an ancient castle, a mad scientist is trying to revive his dead daughter by an operation, but there are certain body parts he needs that he can't get. His problem is solved when a group of drunken party-goers stumble into his castle.
- MovieComedy
Tolles Geld
1964
Movie6.0CrimeWhen an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game, the casino police enlists the help of Jeff Miller, an alcoholic croupier, to nab the bad guys. Jeff is attracted to Laura, a singer at the casino, but she prefers the company of the leader of the thieving casino ring.
- Movie8.0
Der große Zapfenstreich
1952 · 1 votes
Movie6.5FamilyMusicWhen the bank clerk Klaus Helwig is arrested on suspicion of embezzlement, his son Heintje, whose mother died at birth, comes to his grumpy grandfather's house. Heintje manages to win his heart and prove his father's innocence..
Heintje - Einmal wird die Sonne wieder scheinen
1970 · 12 votes
Movie6.5CrimeMysteryScotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Movie9.0
Movie10.0ComedyMal drunter – mal drüber
1960 · 1 votes
Movie5.6WarDramaGerman Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.
- Movie7.0Comedy
Colombe
1958 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0
Königin der Arena
1952 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers.
Movie7.5DramaAdaptation of a novel by Johannes Mario Simmel. The story takes place in the Dolomites, where a conflict arises between the clergy of a monastery and the inhabitants of a shanty town for construction workers over the water supply. A young novice feels increasingly attracted to the men who, after work, enjoy themselves in dimly lit bars with music and alcohol with easy girls. As a result, she is in danger of falling away from the faith and, instigated by a woman from the village, even leaves the convent. In the end, however, she finds her way back to God.
Nackt, wie Gott sie schuf
1958 · 2 votes
- Movie7.0Drama
Hochzeitsglocken
1954 · 2 votes
Series17
TV6.3CrimeDramaA police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.
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 · 52 votes
- TV6.3NewsComedy
Zum blauen Bock
1957 · 3 votes
TV8.0DramaCrimeDer Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
TV8.0CrimeDas Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.
Das Kriminalmuseum
1963 · 3 votes
TV4.5DramaSt. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
1979 · 6 votes
TV10.0CrimeDem Täter auf der Spur is a German television series.
Dem Täter auf der Spur
1967 · 1 votes
TV5.0CrimeDramaPolizeifunk ruft is a German television series.
Polizeifunk ruft
1966 · 3 votes
TV6.7DramaCrimeStahlnetz is a German television series.
Stahlnetz
1958 · 3 votes
- TV7.0Crime
Jörg Preda berichtet
1966 · 1 votes
TV9.0CrimeCliff Dexter was a detective series in the ZDF 1966 until 1968. It produced two seasons each with 13 episodes each 25 minutes, lead actor was Hans von Borsody. Other performers have included Hans Schellbach as Commissioner Meinert, Sabine Bethmann as Jacqueline and Andrea Dahmen as Carrol. In two episodes occurred Günter Strack. Cliff Dexter is a former FBI agent who - working as a private investigator - in a German city. Parts of the series were filmed in Hamburg, including the startup sequence, runs in his Mercedes Benz Dexter Cliff SEb convertible through the Wallringtunnel to his office. The series was, although popular with audiences, not continued after 26 episodes, probably partly because the critics little good at the 'pocket-Bond' was. Yet in this series broadcast period 1966-1968 reached regularly 36-38 million viewers.
Cliff Dexter
1966 · 1 votes
TV9.5War & PoliticsFamilyIn a France fractured by court rivalries and personal ambitions, Richelieu moves without ornament. No flourish, no glory — only the cold machinery of power. Caught between a hesitant king, a nobility dreaming of defiance, and enemies multiplying on every front, the cardinal enforces his line: centralize, control, crush resistance. The series follows a strategist who doesn’t hide behind morality. He acts to keep the State standing, even if it means breaking those who stand in his way. Espionage, secret negotiations, decisive strikes… Richelieu plays a game where mistakes are fatal, and the survival of the kingdom rests on one man willing to go further than all the others
Richelieu
1977 · 2 votes
TV9.0FamilyDrüben bei Lehmanns
1970 · 1 votes
TV9.0DramaDer Kurier der Kaiserin is a German Television series.
Der Kurier der Kaiserin
1970 · 2 votes
TV7.0CrimeEngineer Morrison returns to England after a long stay in America. Terrible news awaits him: his sister Alice is said to have committed suicide.
TV7.0CrimeSlim Callaghan greift ein
1964 · 1 votes
TV3.3War & PoliticsTV series which serves as an extended version of the film of the same title.