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- Actor
- Director
- Writer
The tall, expressively-browed, rather stern-looking character actor Walter Rilla was educated at the University of Koenigsberg and first worked as a newspaper journalist, drama critic and story editor for the Berliner Theater. He acted on stage from 1921, making his screen debut the following year. He quickly established himself as a leading player in German and French films, often playing aristocratic roles, which demanded a certain amount of gravitas. Involved with leftist organisations and married to a Jewish wife, Rilla was inevitably forced to flee Nazi Germany for England in 1933.
His breakthrough role in British films came courtesy of Alexander Korda, who was intent on casting him as Merle Oberon's brother Armand in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934). This was followed by roles as Prince Ernest in Herbert Wilcox's period drama Victoria the Great (1937), and as the womanizing banker Roudine in False Rapture (1939). Thereafter came a succession of villainous roles. Though a British citizen from 1940, Rilla was unable to escape typecasting -- much like his compatriots Conrad Veidt and Peter van Eyck -- and his career was henceforth delineated by playing racketeers (Golden Salamander (1950)), Nazi propagandists (The Lisbon Story (1946)) and evil Eastern European potentates (The Great Manhunt (1950)).
In addition to acting, Rilla sidelined as author of several BBC radio shows. Following his return to Germany in 1957, he began a new career behind the camera as writer/director of television plays. He also continued to act in just about anything, from prestige films (like Confessions of Felix Krull (1957) and Scampolo (1958)) to spaghetti westerns (Day of Anger (1967)); from Edgar Wallace potboilers (The Forger of London (1961)) to returning to his villainous ways as the evil genius Dr. Mabuse in several instalments of the popular franchise. In 1966, Rilla was awarded the prestigious Filmband in Gold for his service to the German film industry.- Composer
- Actor
- Special Effects
Rolf Bauer was born on 3 August 1938 in Neunkirchen, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for The Wolves (1996), Sinai Commandos: The Story of the Six Day War (1968) and Cold Blood (1975). He has been married to Renate Bauer since 16 June 1964. They have one child.- Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (25 August 1912 - 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in October 1989. He held the posts of General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and Chairman of the National Defence Council; in 1976, he replaced Willi Stoph as Chairman of the State Council, the official head of state. As the leader of East Germany, Honecker had close ties to the Soviet Union, which maintained a large army in the country.
- Producer
- Actor
- Executive
Ernst Etchie Stroh was born on 31 July 1949 in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria. He is a producer and actor, known for Cookie's Fortune (1999), Vengeance: A Love Story (2017) and Hangman (2017).- Producer
- Production Manager
Marius Ehlayil was born in 1993 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany. Marius is a producer and production manager, known for A Sacrifice (2024), Der Boandlkramer und die ewige Liebe (2021) and Air (2017).- Claudia Doren was born on 4 November 1931 in Neunkirchen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Känguru (1985), Plattenküche (1976) and Am laufenden Band (1974). She was married to Roland Kovac. She died on 19 February 1987 in Cologne, Germany.
- Jan Becker was born on 31 August 1975 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany.
- Anke Schubert was born on 20 June 1956 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Die schwache Stunde (1992) and Cindy Does Not Love Me (2010).
- Animation Department
Caroline Clifford was born on 28 January 1972 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany. She is known for Lilo & Stitch (2002), Pocahontas (1995) and Brother Bear (2003). She has been married to Edward Spinelli since 17 February 2007.- Writer
- Director
- Art Department
Michaela Taschek was born in 1984 in Neunkirchen, Austria. Michaela is a writer and director, known for Schnee (2023), Uns geht es gut (2014) and Viktor (2016).- Producer
- Writer
Ralph Schwingel was born in 1955 in Neunkirchen, Germany. He is a producer and writer, known for Head-On (2004), Emmas Glück (2006) and Schenk mir dein Herz (2010).- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Producer. Studied germanistics and graduated. From 1961 worked as an editor for the German TV channel WDR, where he was headmaster of the department teleplay between 1965 and 1979. From 1979 to 1994 he was chief executive of the German production company Bavaria Atelier GmbH. Since 1992 Rohrbach has a professorship at the Hochschule fuer Fernsehen und Film in Munich, Germany.- Gabriela Schmoll was born in 1950 in Neunkirchen, Austria. She is an actress, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Hinterland (2021) and Tatort (1970).
- Actor
- Writer
Peter Heinrich was born on 10 October 1947 in Neunkirchen, French Saar Protectorate [now Saarland, Germany]. He was an actor and writer, known for Die Klette (1987), Tatort (1970) and Liebe das Leben, lebe das Lieben (1977). He died on 13 October 1998.- Christoph Hirschler was born on 4 March 1990 in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria. He is an actor, known for The Seance (2016), Craving (2016) and 1000 Tricks (2020).
- Manuela Alphons was born on 5 August 1946 in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Tatort (1970) and Die Insel (1987).
- Actress
Anna Posch was born in 1992 in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, Austria. She is an actress, known for Chucks (2015), Diamantenfieber (2012) and Maria Theresa (2017).- Henning Hoffsten was born on 28 May 1942 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tach Herr Dokter - Der Heinz Becker Film (1999), Familie Heinz Becker (1992) and Ants in the Pants (2000). He died on 7 April 2010 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Gerald Reischl was born in 1965 in Neunkirchen, Austria.
- Andreas Pinkwart was born on 18 August 1960 in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Janosch Fries was born in 1992 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Nachtschwärmer (2017) and Leon lügt (2015).
- Rainer Luttenberger was born in 1987 in Neunkirchen, Austria. He is an actor, known for Anfang 80 (2011), Paradise: Hope (2013) and The Funeral of Harald Kramer (2013).
- Roland Theis was born on 17 March 1980 in Neunkirchen (Saar), Saarland, Germany.
- Additional Crew
- Talent Agent
- Producer
Bernhard Koch was born on 9 February 1963 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany. Bernhard is a talent agent and producer, known for Breaking the Surface (2006), Nadzieja (2007) and Deathline (1996).- Nora Gomringer was born on 26 January 1980 in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany.