Wolfgang Preiss

Wolfgang Preiss

1910-02-27 Nuremberg, Germany 119 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolfgang Preiss (27 February 1910 at Nuremberg - 27 November 2002 at Baden-Baden) was a German theatre, film and television actor. The son of a teacher, in the early 1930s Preiss studied philosophy, German and drama. He also took private acting classes with Hans Schlenck, making his stage début in Munich in 1932. He went to appear in various theatre productions in Heidelberg, Königsberg, Bonn, Bremen, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 1942 he made his film début ...

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Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

2018

as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)

6.9
Acting
Open Air

Open Air

1996

6.0
Acting

In the early 1800s, Prussian geographer Alexander Von Humboldt and French botanist Aimé Bonpland launch an expedition to explore the Amazon region, in...

Dr. M

Dr. M

1990

as Kessler

4.7
Acting

In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic w...

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

1989

as Bernauer

Acting

A young journalist researches the life of his father which leads him to path of contradictions until he uncovers a gruelling truth.

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Monte Carlo

1989

as Earl of Wereford

Acting

Because her mother has to go to New York on business, little Helen is once again left in the care of Ada Harris. Helen's father, the industrialist Cos...

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau

1987

as Earl of Wereford

Acting
The Second Victory

The Second Victory

1987

as Father Albertus

6.3
Acting

After the end of Word War II, a lone and elusive skier from the German Mountain Troops continues to kill British Occupation Forces personnel, promptin...

Lang soll er leben

1987

Acting
Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry

Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry

1987

as Earl of Wereford

Acting
Forget Mozart

Forget Mozart

1985

as Baron Gottfried van Swieten

4.8
Acting

In the dead of night, a few hours after Mozart's death, the usual suspects are summoned to Mozart's room by Count Pergen, head of the secret police, w...

Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce

Mrs. Harris - Freund mit Rolls Royce

1984

as Earl of Wereford

Acting

Ein Mann namens Parvus

1984

as Brockdorff-Rantzau

6.0
Acting
Die Dame und die Unterwelt

Die Dame und die Unterwelt

1984

as Berthold Kampe

Acting
Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior

Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior

1982

as Earl of Wereford

Acting
Ghost of Love

Ghost of Love

1981

as Zighi

7.0
Acting

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover.

The Formula

The Formula

1980

as Franz Tauber

5.5
Acting

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe...

Bloodline

Bloodline

1979

as Julius Prager

4.9
Acting

A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless bo...

Ike

Ike

1979

as FM Alfred Jodl

6.2
Acting

Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal rel...

Die Anstalt

1978

as Dr. Reinecke

Acting
The Boys from Brazil

The Boys from Brazil

1978

as Lofquist

6.7
Acting

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

The Standard

The Standard

1977

as Oberst

0.5
Acting

During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while ...

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt

7.2
Acting

The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in H...

Die Insel der Krebse

1975

as General

8.0
Acting

Dr. Andre Tourenne is a biologist by training, but has conducted a great deal of research in the field of cybernetics in recent years.

The Big Delirium

The Big Delirium

1975

as Artmann

2.0
Acting

A young peasant named Pierre makes friends with John and his sister Sonia, young bourgeoisie, who invite him to their home. Pierre soon falls in love ...

Die Kriegsbraut

Die Kriegsbraut

1974

as von Bogendorf

Acting
Eine ungeliebte Frau

Eine ungeliebte Frau

1974

5.0
Acting

After the death of her parents, Ria Rottmann is taken in by her friends, the Matern family. Patriarch Rolf Matern had once taken advantage of Ria's fa...

Diamantenparty

Diamantenparty

1973

as Konsul Eduard van Düren

Acting

Every year, rich people and celebrities gather for the race week in Baden-Baden - and with them the most valuable jewelry and the finest diamonds. Thi...

Du stirbst nicht allein - Ein deutscher Kriegspfarrer in Paris

1973

as General

Acting
The Master Touch

The Master Touch

1972

as Miller

5.7
Acting

A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.

The Salzburg Connection

The Salzburg Connection

1972

as Felix Zauner

5.7
Acting

An American lawyer on vacation in Europe is asked by a book publisher to stop by the Austrian town of Salzburg to see a photographer who's taking pict...

Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen

Die sexuellen Wünsche der Deutschen

1972

2.0
Acting

Educational film about variants of sexuality.

The Bloodstained Butterfly

The Bloodstained Butterfly

1971

as The Prosecutor

6.2
Acting

When a young female student is savagely killed in a park during a thunderstorm, the culprit seems obvious: TV sports personality Alessandro Marchi, s...

The Fifth Cord

The Fifth Cord

1971

as Police inspector

6.6
Acting

A journalist finds himself on the trail of a murderer who's been targeting people around him, while the police are considering him a suspect in their ...

Raid on Rommel

Raid on Rommel

1971

as Gen. Erwin Rommel

5.8
Acting

Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscie...

Der Minister und die Ente

1970

as Minister

Acting

Sir Henri Deterding

1970

as Sir Henri Deterding

Acting

General Oster – Verräter oder Patriot?

1970

as Generalmajor Oster

Acting

Peenemünde

1970

as Oberst Dornberger

Acting

Das Haus Lunjowo

1970

as Generalmajor Lattmann

Acting
Playgirl 70

Playgirl 70

1969

1.0
Acting

Italian comedy.

Battle of the Commandos

Battle of the Commandos

1969

as Colonel Ackerman

5.3
Acting

A British Colonel is angry with his superiors after his entire platoon is slaughtered by the Germans in what he saw as a suicide mission. So for his n...

Liebe, Love, l'Amour

1969

Acting

Hürdenlauf

1969

as Exzellenz Lohmüller

Acting

Film about a working-class boy who fails at secondary school.

Hannibal Brooks

Hannibal Brooks

1969

as Col. von Haller

6.4
Acting

A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo ...

Anzio

Anzio

1968

as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

5.7
Acting

American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back feroc...

Meinungsverschiedenheiten

1968

as Anthony Wilcox

Acting

Der Fall Petkov

1968

as Dr. Georgi Dimitrov

Acting
Tamara

Tamara

1968

as Father Bricks

Acting

A journalist gets involved in a murder case in northern Germany.

Flachsmann als Erzieher

1968

as Flachsmann

Acting
Jack of Diamonds

Jack of Diamonds

1967

as Wilhelm Von Schenk

4.2
Acting

The protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in the daring heist of several famous jewels from a seemi...

Death on a Rainy Day

Death on a Rainy Day

1967

as Dr. Angus Cromwell

5.0
Acting

Two French agents fight a Chinese sect that aims to control the American Secretary of Defence via high-tech medicine, so that he would start a world w...

Spy Today, Die Tomorrow

Spy Today, Die Tomorrow

1967

as Sebastian (BND chief)

6.8
Acting

Millionaire Baretti pays a gang to rob an atomic bomb from an American silo, and then blackmails the American Government for a huge amount of money. G...

Dead Run

Dead Run

1967

as Noland

5.2
Acting

A thief gets hold of some top secret papers and is chased around Europe by the sinister Organisation.

Wo liegt Jena?

1967

as Robert

Acting
Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand

Jungfrau aus zweiter Hand

1967

as Leiter der Mordkommission

Acting

Two young Italian guest workers in Germany find a beautiful dead woman one morning on the way to their job. The Kripo quickly determines that the dark...

Is Paris Burning?

Is Paris Burning?

1966

as Capitaine Ebernach

7.2
Acting

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it becomes clear the Allies are going to invade, or if ...

To Skin a Spy

To Skin a Spy

1966

as Chalieff

5.7
Acting

A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna to plug a security leak in this routine spy saga. He is caught in the crossfire...

Das Leben in meiner Hand

1966

as Minister

Acting

Samba

1966

as Parisius

Acting

Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord

1966

as Kapitän Behrens

Acting
The Spy Who Went Into Hell

The Spy Who Went Into Hell

1965

as Captain Parker

4.8
Acting

CIA agent Jeff Larson is sent to investigate suspicious activities at a U.S. base located in southern Spain. He discovers the base is being heavily mo...

Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express

1965

as Major Von Klemment

7.1
Acting

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win ov...

X-Ray of a Killer

X-Ray of a Killer

1965

Acting

The murder of a bandit gives a policeman the opportunity to unmask the activities of a spy.

100 Horsemen

100 Horsemen

1964

as Sheik Abengalbon

6.6
Acting

Don Fernando rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.

The Train

The Train

1964

as Maj. Herren

7.5
Acting

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He...

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse

1964

as Dr. Mabuse

5.8
Acting

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

Backfire

Backfire

1964

as Grenner

6.4
Acting

A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout accompanied by the smuggler's sexy girlfriend.

Die erste Legion

1964

as Dr. Peter Morell

Acting
Frühstück mit dem Tod

Frühstück mit dem Tod

1964

as Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot

6.0
Acting

Ted Talbot is a prosecutor in Newtonville. In the course of his work, he accuses Jim Conley of robbing a bank and killing the cashier. Ted's wife Jane...

Cave of the Living Dead

Cave of the Living Dead

1964

as Prof. von Adelsberg

4.9
Acting

The German police cannot solve the mystery of the seven murders which have alarmed the local villagers. They call in Inspector Doren of Interpol, and ...

The Cardinal

The Cardinal

1963

6.5
Acting

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

The Mad Executioners

The Mad Executioners

1963

as Morel Smith

6.2
Acting

A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a rope stolen from Scotland Yard's Black Museum.

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

1963

as Geist von Dr. Mabuse

6.4
Acting

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the...

Das tödliche Patent

Das tödliche Patent

1963

as Charles Reese

4.0
Acting

Charles, a talented but poor chemist, has become a wealthy man overnight. The industry is all about his new invention. But the next day, his wife sudd...

The Black Cobra

The Black Cobra

1963

as Stanislas Raskin

8.0
Acting

After a truck carrying a cargo of narcotics is held up by rival smugglers, the driver sets out to prove his innocence.

Leb wohl, mein Traum

1963

as James Merrill

Acting
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962

as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel

7.6
Acting

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the d...

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

1962

as Dr. Mabuse

5.7
Acting

Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit...

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

as Colonel Nordoff

6.5
Acting

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

The Invisible Dr. Mabuse

1962

as Dr. Krone / Dr. Mabuse

6.5
Acting

Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found ...

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

1962

as Staatsanwalt Soldan

4.0
Acting
Lafayette

Lafayette

1962

as Baron Kalb

5.2
Acting

The story of Lafayette, the 19 year old pacifist who takes the side of the Colonials during the American war of Independence.

Riviera-Story

Riviera-Story

1961

as Arthur Dahlberg

2.0
Acting

Relations between middle-aged businessman Arthur Dahlberg and his young wife Anja are not at their best. So it occurred to them to leave their Hamburg...

Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old

Confessions of a Sixteen-Year-Old

1961

as Günther Brandt

Acting
The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

1961

as Dr. Mabuse

6.1
Acting

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police Inspector Lohmann, a dauntless girl reporter, and...

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

1960

as Prof. Jordan/Peter Cornelius/Dr. Mabuse

6.8
Acting

A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw the death in a vision, but some dark force is preve...

Mill of the Stone Women

Mill of the Stone Women

1960

as Doctor Loren Bolem

6.1
Acting

Hans von Arnam travels to a Flemish village to study a strange carousel located in an old windmill that displays famous murderesses and other notorio...

Mistress of the World - Part II

Mistress of the World - Part II

1960

as Brandes

5.0
Acting

Karin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the mysterious opponents. Johanson himself retreats to a Cambod...

Mistress of the World - Part I

Mistress of the World - Part I

1960

as Dr. Henrik Brandes

6.2
Acting

Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a co...

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen

Darkness Fell on Gotenhafen

1960

as Dr. Beck

5.5
Acting

The film depicts the first month of 1945 when the Russian Red Army broke into the eastern part of Germany and forced millions of civilians to flee in ...

Roses for the Prosecutor

Roses for the Prosecutor

1959

as Generalstaatsanwalt

6.9
Acting

April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to esc...

Doctor Without Scruples

Doctor Without Scruples

1959

as Dr. Westorp

Acting

A renowned physician falls under scrutiny when it's discovered his assistant is a former Nazi.

Konto ausgeglichen

Konto ausgeglichen

1959

as Robert Jacobi

5.0
Acting
Gorilla's Waltz

Gorilla's Waltz

1959

as Otto Lohn

2.5
Acting

This is the third feature in a series about an intrepid French spy by the nickname of "The Gorilla," but unlike the earlier films, this time around Ro...

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

1959

as Major Linkmann

7.1
Acting

In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggl...

Prisoner of the Volga

Prisoner of the Volga

1959

as General Gorew

5.3
Acting

A vicious play of intrigue, about love, desire and betrayal, in the dress of the military at the Cossacks around 1890.

Straße der Gerechten

1959

as Joseph Blake

Acting
The Girl with the Cat Eyes

The Girl with the Cat Eyes

1958

as Carlo Gormann

Acting

A police commissioner investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector.

Grabenplatz 17

Grabenplatz 17

1958

as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger

8.0
Acting

Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother, which he witnessed.

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

The Green Devils of Monte Cassino

1958

as Oberstabsarzt Munkler

5.2
Acting

German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.

The Italians They Are Crazy

The Italians They Are Crazy

1958

as Hans

Acting

In a German prison camp, some Italian prisoners bet with the commander that they will be able to build a church in two hours.

Ich war ihm hörig

Ich war ihm hörig

1958

as Dr. Leipold

Acting

Anette Klinger, a widowed and lonely factory owner, one day meets the gas station attendant Nikolei Stein. She falls in love with him, Nikolei knows h...

Eurydice

1957

as Dulac

Acting

Der Banditendoktor

1957

as Amerikaner

4.0
Acting
Sharks and Little Fish

Sharks and Little Fish

1957

as U-Bootkommandant Lüttke

5.0
Acting

Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive.

Schinderhannes

1957

as Gendarm Adam

Acting

1802: The adventurous life story of Hans Bückler, known as "Schinderhannes", who fights against the French occupying forces and large landowners explo...

Stresemann

1957

as Heinz Becker

Acting
Von der Liebe besiegt

Von der Liebe besiegt

1956

as Mario Clar

4.0
Acting
Johannisnacht

Johannisnacht

1956

as Mac Fadden

4.0
Acting
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

1956

as Ein Journalist

5.3
Acting

In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide attempt. Since she has no papers and no answers to any...

Like Once Lili Marleen

Like Once Lili Marleen

1956

as Alfred Linder

5.0
Acting
Before Sundown

Before Sundown

1956

as Dr. Hahnefeld, Syndikus der Clausen-Werke

6.3
Acting

Based on a play by Gerhardt Hauptmann, the film details a bittersweet May-December romance between ageing Mathias Clausen (Albers) and young, beautifu...

Der Cornet

Der Cornet

1955

as Freiherr von Pirovano

9.0
Acting

Adventure film based on a Rilke poem.

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

1955

as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

5.8
Acting

A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944.

Oberarzt Dr. Solm

Oberarzt Dr. Solm

1955

as Dr. Hartung

4.5
Acting
Canaris

Canaris

1954

as Oberst Holl

6.5
Acting

Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants ...

Falschmünzer am Werk

Falschmünzer am Werk

1951

6.0
Acting
The Crew of the Dora

The Crew of the Dora

1943

as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner

6.3
Acting

German film about Luftwaffe pilots. It depicts a love triangle involving two of them being overcome by their participation in battle together.

The Great Love

The Great Love

1942

as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf

6.6
Acting

The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's le...