Oskar Werner

Actor

November 13, 1922 (61 years)

† October 23, 1984

Vienne, Autriche

Biography

Oskar Werner (1922–1984) was an Austrian actor.

Filmography

8.1

Columbo

Harold van Wyck

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

7.0

Landesschau Baden-Württemberg

self

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7.1

Fahrenheit 451

Guy Montag

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

6.9

Lola Montès

Student

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

7.5

Jules and Jim

Jules

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

7.1

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Fiedler

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

6.6

Ship of Fools

Dr. Schumann

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling with the man she loves, David. Jenny is fascinated and puzzled by just who some of the other passengers are.

6.6

The Odessa File

Wehrmacht Officer (uncredited)

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.

6.0

Voyage of the Damned

Professor Egon Kreisler

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

6.8

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Fr. David Telemond

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.

6.8

Decision Before Dawn

Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.

7.0

The Angel with the Trumpet

Herman Alt

Sad tale of a woman who marries the man her family wishes her to wed, not Wooland, the man she truly loves. Years after her lover's suicide, Herlie joins him before the Gestapo can get to her because of her Jewish ancestry.

6.1

The Angel with the Trumpet

Hermann Alt

A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna.

7.5

Eroica

Karl, Beethovens Neffe

Biopic about Ludwig van Beethoven.

8.0

Call Over the Air

Student

A smugglers gang is active on the Austrian-Swiss border. Until now, no one has come to their attention. But one day a little girl gets seriously ill and needs medical attention; the young operator will forget that he has to be careful and calls for help through the secret channel.

6.0

Espionage

Leutnant Zeno von Baumgarten

Oberst Alfred Redl heads the military intelligence department of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Frequent letters from the Russian Empire, however, make him suspect of sharing his knowledge with unauthorized authorities.

5.2

Leinen aus Irland

Hotelpage

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5.0

Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Explores the mental state of Mozart during production of his final opera "Die Zauberflöte".

7.9

The Last Act

Hauptmann Wüst

Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is encircled by enemy troops. Based on Michael A. Musmanno's book Ten Days to Die, Oscar Werner costars as fictional Nazi Hauptmann Wüst, a disillusioned middleman.

5.5

Interlude

Stefan Zelter

A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.