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Jessica Boehrs was born on 5 March 1980 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for EuroTrip (2004), Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007) and Storm of Love (2005). She was previously married to Marcus Grüsser.

Christian Friedel was born on 9 March 1979 in Magdeburg, East Germany [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He is an actor and music artist, known for The Zone of Interest (2023), 13 Minutes (2015) and Babylon Berlin (2017).

Petra Schmidt-Schaller was born on 28 August 1980 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Unknown (2011), Marnow Murders (2021) and Runaway Horse (2007).

Irina Antonenko is an actress, singer, TV presenter and personality. Born in Magdeburg, Germany. Currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. After completing her master's degree in finance, she pursued her dreams of becoming an actress and completed her second master's in The Russian University of Theater Arts - GITIS. She starred in over 30 films and TV shows.

Awards: "Krasny" Film Annual Copenhagen Film Festival. "The best action movie" 2018 International Independent Film Awards "Platinum winner"

"The good job " short film Award short of the year. Winner. Award Efebo Corto Film Festival. Winner. Second Asia International Youth Short Film Exhibition. Winner. CINETEKON! Mexico. Winner.

Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the womankind.

Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the "Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg (Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits. Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to break off.

His last public theatre performance before leaving the HFF Potsdam in summer 1994 was the turning point. He gained the attention of an assistant director, which gave him the possibility to attend a casting for the television film Der Verräter (1995), in which he starred an instable young man searching for acceptance and affection who got into the claws of a neo-Nazi gang.

Finally - in front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school. He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home.

With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of his productions. After the Kafka adaption The Castle (1997), Giering starred the cine film Funny Games (1997). With the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night.

The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in Gigantic (1999) by Sebastian Schipper, a small but particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn with James Dean, much less due to similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and lonesomeness which both actors surrounded.

Giering felt quite overstrained to live up this expectation. He described himself as extremely shy and uncertain, full of feelings of inferiority and melancholia. Only in front of the camera he felt really free and secure. Aside of the camera he suffered from fear of loss and anxiety about the future, which also led to the break of several relationships. Actually he said once that he couldn't believe in being loved by someone. Due to the fact that he never had faith in the skills he owned but only in those he lacked.

His alcohol consumption - to compensate his uncertainties and the emptiness between the films - raised more and more a problem. In 2001 he decided for a half-yearly rehab. In the following he always stood by his struggle against alcoholism (and his very own demons) in a quite public way, also to give impulses and courage for people in the same situation, something he sadly missed in his own setting.

Giering attended twice at the film festival Berlinale (Berlin, Germany), 2002 starring Andreas Baader in Baader (2002), 2004 with the Jon Fosse adaption Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder (2004). Both films were failed by the bigger part of the press and leads to controversial discussions.

Especially the production of "Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder" (about the shattering of a love affair and the cruelty of silence in occasions something rather should have been said) was a matter close to his heart due to some parallels in his own vita. After this negative experience Giering mainly gave up the cinema business and focused on television productions. In his opinion he was much less attackable on the smaller screen.

From 2006 until his death in June 2010 Giering played - next to Christian Berkel - the role of "Kommissar Henry Weber" in the TV series Der Kriminalist (2006). After his sudden death during the current production, the figure of Henry Weber died, too. For paying deep respect and sympathy the production company decided not to impute a fictional ending. For that reason episode 7.3 "Tod eines Begleiters" opened with the funeral of Henry Weber.

In many obituaries was read - due to the quantity and deficient diligence by selecting his roles - Giering undersold himself and burned out by less important featured parts. Indeed he seemed not to care about what he was acting as long as he was acting and able to forget his fears and lonesomeness for just that moment.

Just as many times it was mentioned that scarcely anybody else in Germany was able to act with such an intensity and depth. Due to the fact that he never ever played (simulate) emotions but lived it in the moment of acting he offered much more of himself than usual and allowed the audience to get adamantly close to him. That and the fact that hardly anyone else ever radiated such a sadness and lonesomeness might be the reason that he was able to deeply move even in his least roles.

Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg (Germany).

Born February 23 1685 in Halle, Germany, he was christened "Georg Friederich Händel" but always signed his name "Georg Friedrich Händel". His father intended for him to go into law, but Händel studied music clandestinely and was eventually allowed to study under an organist. He achieved some success early on, and toured Italy in 1706. He briefly worked in Hannover before departing for London in 1711. While in England Händel composed a number of anthems, operas, and church music, and in 1723 he became a British citizen. He premiered "Messiah" in Ireland as a charity aid, and this quickly became his most famous work. He died early in the morning on 14 April 1759, and was buried in Westminster Abbey under a monument that reads: "George Frederic Handel". 3,000 people attended his funeral.

Sven Martinek was born on 18 February 1964 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Morden im Norden (2012), Der Clown (2005) and Freunde wie wir (1997). He was previously married to Xenia Seeberg and Maren Schumacher.

Born in 1895 in Magdeburg, Germany, Margarete Schön made her stage debut in 1912. She was a member of the Deutschen Theater in Hannover from 1915-18 and Berlin's Staatstheater from 1918-45. She had a few roles in silent films, notably as Kriemhild in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924), but with the coming of sound she went from starring roles to supporting parts as mothers and wives. After World War II she was under contract to the East German film company Defa, from 1948-50. She later worked on radio doing plays and narrating documentaries, as well as plays for children. She died in Berlin in 1985.

Lena Beyerling was born on 27 September 1995 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She is an actress, known for Wolffs Revier (1992), Der letzte Zug (2006) and Unterwegs (2004).

Henny Porten was born January 7, 1890, in Magdeburg, Germany. She had one of the longest careers of any German actress and was highly sought after because of her wonderful thespian skills. Henny's career would stretch over six decades, from 1906 to 1955. Her first film was in Apachentanz (1906), making her one of the earliest film actresses anywhere in the world. At the age of 65, Henny filmed her last production entitled Die Schätze des Teufels (Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955)). Henny died in Berlin, Germany, on October 15, 1960, at the age of 70.

Albert Venohr was born on 4 September 1902 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967) and Irrtum des Herzens (1939). He was married to Maria Griem. He died on 22 June 1979 in West Berlin, West Germany.

Thomas Lawinky was born on 3 October 1964 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Pianist (2002), Ein Schiff wird kommen (2003) and Die rote Meile (1999).

Fritz Meinecke was born on 24 May 1989 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He is an actor and writer, known for 7 vs. Wild (2021), Der Mann im Mond - (Songs aus der Bohne) (2022) and Kick auf Eis (2022).

Gustav Schäfer was born on 8 September 1988 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tokio Hotel: Durch den Monsun (2005), Tokio Hotel: Schrei (2005) and Tokio Hotel: Rette mich (2006).

Karl Wallenda was born on 21 January 1904 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Wallendas (1978), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). He was married to Helen Kreis and Martha Schepp. He died on 22 March 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ekkehard Schall was born on 29 May 1930 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mother Courage and Her Children (1961), Mandragola (1961) and Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1979). He was married to Barbara Berg. He died on 3 September 2005 in Berlin, Germany.

Marie Rönnebeck was born in 1981 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), Schulmädchen (2002) and Professor T. (2017).

Robert A. Stemmle was born on 10 June 1903 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for The Ballad of Berlin (1948), Sündige Grenze (1951) and Die unvollkommene Ehe (1959). He was married to Gerda Maurus and Annelise Lippert. He died on 24 February 1974 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.

Songwriter ("Hot Lips", "Wang Wang Blues"), conductor, composer, and trumpeter in the Paul Whiteman orchestra between 1918-1928. He then formed his own orchestra, appearing in night clubs, radio, and dance halls. He made many records, and did many concert tours in he USA and Europe. Joining ASCAP in 1946, his chief musical collaborators included Lou Davis and Henry Lange. His other popular song compositions include "Horn Tootin' Blues", "Fiesta", and "Haunting Blues".

Kurt Rackelmann was born on 21 April 1910 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der fliegende Holländer (1964), Friedrich Ebert - Geburt einer Republik (1969) and The Thief of Bagdad (1952). He died on 31 March 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.

Sylva Schüler was born on 21 October 1926 in Magdeburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Flucht aus der Hölle (1960), Tempel des Satans (1962) and Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot (1961).

Ingolf Gorges was born on 8 April 1940 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der blinde Richter (1984), Speed Driver (1980) and Wege übers Land (1968). He died on 24 May 2008 in Berlin, Germany.

Georg Philipp Telemann was born on 14 March 1681 in Magdeburg, Duchy of Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia, Holy Roman Empire [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was a composer, known for Hereditary (2018), Casanova (2005) and Equals (2015). He was married to Maria Textor and Amalie Eberlin. He died on 25 June 1767 in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany].

Georg Hartmann was born on 22 January 1926 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cabaret (1972), König Richard III (1964) and The Serpent's Egg (1977). He died on 14 November 2013.

Ursula Lillig was born on 2 September 1938 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She was an actress, known for Girl from Hong Kong (1961), Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966) and The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985). She died on 16 June 2004 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.