Hanns Zischler

Biography

Hanns Zischler is a German actor, writer and director. Born in Nuremberg, he began as a lecturer and translator, then from 1968 worked at the Berliner Schaubühne, where he was a dramaturge and assisted directors Peter Stein and Klaus Michael Grüber. He has kept writing and publishing, and has won German literary awards including the Heinrich Mann Prize. On screen, he acted in two early Wim Wenders films, Kings of the Road (1976) and Summer in the City (1970), and since the mid-1970s he has been a regular character actor in German film and television, with more than 300 productions. International audiences know him as Hans in Steven Spielberg's Munich (2005) and as Igor Sergeyevich Baklanov, a Russian Mafia boss, in the 1996 pilot film Der Clown. Viewers in Germany and Sweden know him for playing Josef Hillman in season two of the Martin Beck crime TV series. He played Thomas Mann in Pawel Pawlikowski's award-winning Fatherland.

79years old

Turns 80 on June 18in 249 days

Born June 18, 1947Nuremberg
Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Also credited as Johann Zischler and Christoph Johann Zischler

Movie Career

Films: 19
Career span: 42 years1981 to 2023

Genres

Drama79%, 15 films
Crime32%, 6 films
Thriller26%, 5 films
History21%, 4 films
War21%, 4 films

First and latest

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A change of course
Zischler's first jobs were as a lecturer and translator. In 1968 he joined the Berliner Schaubühne, serving there as a dramaturge and as an assistant director to Peter Stein and Klaus Michael Grüber.

Hanns Zischler movies on Netflix

The Universal Theory2023IMDb rating 6.1as Dr. Strathen
Heil2015IMDb rating 5.3as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf
Clouds of Sils Maria2014IMDb rating 6.7as Henryk Wald
Stations of the Cross2014IMDb rating 7.4as Bestatter
Rommel2012IMDb rating 6.6as Gerd von Rundstedt
Flame & Citron2008IMDb rating 7.2as Gilbert
Munich2005IMDb rating 7.5as Hans
The Edukators2004IMDb rating 7.4as Vermieter
Walk on Water2004IMDb rating 7.3as Axel's Father
666: In Bed with the Devil2002IMDb rating 5.2as Fürst der Finsternis
Amen.2002IMDb rating 7.2as Grawitz
Ripley's Game2002IMDb rating 6.6as Art Dealer
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker2001IMDb rating 7.3as Oetker's Attorney
Faraway, So Close!1993IMDb rating 7.2as Dr. Becker
The Cement Garden1993IMDb rating 6.9as Father
Salt on Our Skin1992IMDb rating 6.1as Sidney
Dr. M1990IMDb rating 4.9as Moser
Europa Europa1990IMDb rating 7.5as Captain von Lereneau
Angels of Iron1981IMDb rating 6.6as Ridzinski(Hans Zischler)

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Munich2005 Drama, History, Thrilleras Hans
IMDb rating 7.5256K votes
Clouds of Sils Maria2014 Dramaas Henryk Wald
IMDb rating 6.733K votes
Ripley's Game2002as Art Dealer
IMDb rating 6.621K votes
Flame & Citron2008as Gilbert
IMDb rating 7.221K votes
The Edukators2004as Vermieter
IMDb rating 7.433K votes
Europa Europa1990as Captain von Lereneau
IMDb rating 7.519K votes
Walk on Water2004as Axel's Father
IMDb rating 7.37.2K votes
The Cement Garden1993as Father
IMDb rating 6.95.9K votes

Most often with

Andrew Birkin directed two of these films, Dietrich Brüggemann two. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Sebastian Koch

Ulrich Tukur

Mathieu Kassovitz

Günther Maria Halmer

Knut Berger

Oliver Bröcker

Andrew BirkinDirector, 2 films

Dietrich BrüggemannDirector, 2 films

Films together

Sebastian Koch2 films together, 2001 to 2002
Sebastian Koch's page
- Amen.2002IMDb rating 7.2Zischler as GrawitzKoch as Höss
- Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker2001IMDb rating 7.3Zischler as Oetker's AttorneyKoch as Richard Oetker
Ulrich Tukur2 films together, 2002 to 2012
Ulrich Tukur's page
- Rommel2012IMDb rating 6.6Zischler as Gerd von RundstedtTukur as Erwin Rommel
- Amen.2002IMDb rating 7.2Zischler as GrawitzTukur as Kurt Gerstein
Mathieu Kassovitz2 films together, 2002 to 2005
Mathieu Kassovitz's page
- Munich2005IMDb rating 7.5Zischler as HansKassovitz as Robert
- Amen.2002IMDb rating 7.2Zischler as GrawitzKassovitz as Riccardo Fontana
Günther Maria Halmer2 films together, 2001 to 2002
Günther Maria Halmer's page
- Amen.2002IMDb rating 7.2Zischler as GrawitzHalmer as Pastor Dibelius
- Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker2001IMDb rating 7.3Zischler as Oetker's AttorneyHalmer as Heinz Stegmayr
Knut Berger2 films together, 2004
Knut Berger's page
- The Edukators2004IMDb rating 7.4Zischler as VermieterBerger as Globalisierungsgegner
- Walk on Water2004IMDb rating 7.3Zischler as Axel's FatherBerger as Axel Himmelman
Oliver Bröcker2 films together, 2004 to 2015
Oliver Bröcker's page
- Heil2015IMDb rating 5.3Zischler as Grad Ludbert zu RegenstaufBröcker as Sascha Heinze
- The Edukators2004IMDb rating 7.4Zischler as VermieterBröcker as Aggressiver Globalisierungsgegner
Andrew BirkinDirector, 2 films, 1992 to 1993
All films by Andrew Birkin
- The Cement Garden1993IMDb rating 6.9Zischler as Father
- Salt on Our Skin1992IMDb rating 6.1Zischler as Sidney
Dietrich BrüggemannDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2015
- Heil2015IMDb rating 5.3Zischler as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf
- Stations of the Cross2014IMDb rating 7.4Zischler as Bestatter
Also two films together1 more actor
- Erich HallhuberAmen. (2002) and Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Hanns Zischler's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$156 million

8 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.

8Worldwide figure
4US gross only
2Never in cinemas
5Figure not found

Top grosser

Munich2005Hans$131 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

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Munich2005as Hans
$131M83.8% of the total
2
Flame & Citron2008as Gilbert
$10M6.4% of the total
3
Ripley's Game2002as Art Dealer
$6.2M4.0% of the total
4
Europa Europa1990as Captain von Lereneau
$5.6M3.6% of the total
5
Clouds of Sils Maria2014as Henryk Wald
$1.9M1.2% of the total
6
Faraway, So Close!1993as Dr. Becker
$810K0.5% of the total
7
The Universal Theory2023as Dr. Strathen
$561K0.4% of the total
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The Cement Garden1993as Father
$323K0.2% of the total

Awards

Eight awards and honors from 2004 to 2022.

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Hanns Zischler's awards and nominations, grouped by award
Year	Award	Result
Other honors
2022	August-Graf-von-Platen-Preis	Won
2022	Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge-Preis	Won
2016	Cicero Orator Prize	Won
2013	Preis der Literaturhäuser	Won
2011	Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany	Won
2010	Deutscher Hörbuchpreis	Won
2009	Heinrich Mann Prize	Won
2004	Friedrich-Baur-Preis	Won

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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