Theo Lingen

Actor

June 9, 1903 (75 years)

† November 10, 1978

Hannover, Germany

Biography

Theo Lingen (* 10. Juni 1903 in Hannover; † 10. November 1978 in Wien; eigentlich Franz Theodor Schmitz) war ein deutscher Schauspieler, Regisseur und Buchautor. Er war seit 1928 mit der Sängerin Marianne Zoff verheiratet, der ersten Frau Bertolt Brechts.

Filmography

7.0

Am laufenden Band

Self - Guest

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N/A

Music & Guests

Self

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8.1

M

Bauernfänger

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

7.7

Die Rudi Carrell Show

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6.1

Klimbim

Self

A German sketch comedy show that prioritises provocative absurdity above all else.

N/A

Beschlossen und verkündet

Kammerdiener Jean

Beschlossen und verkündet is a German crime television series. 13 episodes were aired in 1975.

5.3

Brecht

Himself (archive footage)

East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I; his romantic adventures during the twenties; the escape of the Nazi regime; the return from exile. The life of a timeless classic, a class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit, a committed artist.

7.6

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Karetzky

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.

6.2

Zwei himmlische Töchter

Graf Jehan von Hoftenstein

Zwei himmlische Töchter is a German television series.

7.3

The Double

Detektiv Superbus

Jenny confronts her cousin Harry: Did he embezzle her fortune? No. But he escapes with married lover Germaine only to return quickly because her husband pursues them. Jenny is convinced Harry is his own double and arrests him at gunpoint.

N/A

Die Witzakademie

Der Professor

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6.1

Zur Hölle mit den Paukern

Oberstudiendirektor Dr. Gottlieb Taft

Pepe Nietnagel and his fellow students of the Mommsen school come up with all kinds of ideas to get out of doing any actual school work. This includes simulating suicides, setting off the air-raid sirens and abusing the school director's new broadcasting system. They succeed in sending their teacher to a sanatorium and get a replacement that turns out to not be so bad after all.

10.0

Hoftheater

Intendant von Krombholz

No description available

5.5

Zum Teufel mit der Penne

Oberstudiendirektor Dr. Gottlieb Taft

Pepe Notnagel (who inexplicably had his name changed from the first movie's Nietnagel) and his classmates scheme to get around doing any actual school work by cheating or sending their teachers to the sanatorium. A Swiss documentary film maker disguises himself as his brother in law, who got a position as an exchange teacher, to aid his project of making a movie about the current youth.

6.0

Der Monddiamant

Sergeant Cuff

No description available

7.2

Heidi

Sebastian

Heidi, a young orphan girl living with her aunt in Frankfurt, is forced to move to the Swiss Alps to live with her ornery grandfather. At first, he resents her presence, but, after a short while, Heidi manages to pierce his gruff exterior, and the two become close. She also befriends a young shepherd named Peter. After three years, Heidi's aunt arrives and demands Heidi's return to Frankfurt.

6.2

Pepe, der Paukerschreck

Oberstudiendirektor Dr. Gottlieb Taft

Mommsen Gymnasium director Taft secretly places his nephew as a spy with the difficult class of Pepe Nietnagel. During the celebration for the 100th anniversary, a simulated fire forces the school to shut down for a week. The director's attempt to get a tough teacher assigned by the department of education results in the exact opposite because of Nietnagel's intervention.

3.7

The Secret Carrier

Dr. Thoms

No description available

5.6

Lady Dracula

Theo Marmorstein

A beautiful blonde bitten by Count Dracula 100 years previously is unearthed in Vienna, and soon she goes on a killing spree.

5.4

Hurra, die Schule brennt

Oberstudiendirektor Dr. Gottlieb Taft

A new teacher, Dr. Dr. Bach, is transferred from his quiet village elementary school to the Mommsen Gymnasium, bringing along his nephew Jan. Bach's lackadaisical methods raise the suspicions of the other teachers.