Werner Peters

Werner Peters

1918-07-07 101 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971. Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany. His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's Der Untertan, produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West-Germany, appearing mostly in suppor...

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Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

2018

as Hans-Martin Lamparter (archive footage)

6.9
Acting
Hard Women

Hard Women

1975

as Heinz-Fritz Bottke

5.4
Acting

Rough-and-ready vice detective Perrak has to follow a 1000 leads during the investigation of a trans murder case. In a profoundly mysterious massage p...

Angels of Terror

Angels of Terror

1971

as William Baxter

6.1
Acting

An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister who she finds is involved with a heroin smuggling gang. The gang itself is under attack...

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

1970

as Antique Dealer

7.2
Acting

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investi...

Unter den Dächern von St. Pauli

Unter den Dächern von St. Pauli

1970

as Hausach

3.5
Acting

Rival gangs are fighting for control of Hamburg's notorious harbor district, spreading fear and terror in the process. In the streets, houses and club...

Death Knocks Twice

Death Knocks Twice

1969

as Charly Hollmann

4.3
Acting

When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...

Zehn kleine Negerlein

Zehn kleine Negerlein

1969

as William Blore

7.0
Acting
Istanbul Express

Istanbul Express

1969

as Dr. Lenz

5.1
Acting

An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval tries to help and pursues criminals on the Istanbu...

Fragestunde

1969

as Runge

Acting
The Killer Likes Candy

The Killer Likes Candy

1968

as Guardino

3.7
Acting

Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiristan. Snell's sole weakness is his sweet tooth; he ...

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

1968

as Maj. von Steignitz

6.0
Acting

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orde...

Assignment K

Assignment K

1968

as Kramer

6.0
Acting

Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap...

Dead Run

Dead Run

1967

as Bardieff

5.2
Acting

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

Witness Out of Hell

Witness Out of Hell

1967

as Von Walden

6.7
Acting

Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years la...

Lotosblüten für Miss Quon

Lotosblüten für Miss Quon

1967

as Charlie Lee

8.5
Acting
The Corrupt Ones

The Corrupt Ones

1967

as Pinto

5.5
Acting

Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure...

I Deal In Danger

I Deal In Danger

1966

as Elm

5.8
Acting

During World War II, an American who sympathizes with the Nazi cause defects to Germany, where he is greeted as a hero and given a job broadcasting pr...

A Fine Madness

A Fine Madness

1966

as Dr. Freddie Vorbeck

4.9
Acting

A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge

1965

as Gen. Kohler

6.9
Acting

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive ...

The Wild Men of Kurdistan

The Wild Men of Kurdistan

1965

as Mütesselin

5.9
Acting

After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (precious passport) from the padishah (Ottoman sultan...

Der Fall Klaus Fuchs

Der Fall Klaus Fuchs

1965

as Commander Stevens

Acting
Black Eagle of Santa Fe

Black Eagle of Santa Fe

1965

as Morton

6.1
Acting

When Comanches go on the warpath, settlers take refuge in Ft. Eagle Rock commanded by Capt. Jackson. Undercover agent Cliff McPherson arrives at the u...

36 Hours

36 Hours

1964

as Otto Schack

7.0
Acting

Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe o...

The Racetrack Murders

The Racetrack Murders

1964

as Mysteriöser Partygast

5.9
Acting

The son of a British racehorse owner conspires with a bookie to ruin the odds of his father's thoroughbred winning an important event.

Three for a Robbery

Three for a Robbery

1964

as Peter Weimer

Acting

Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In agreement with Nicola, Mario and Hans, they prepar...

Dog Eat Dog!

Dog Eat Dog!

1964

as Jannis, Xenia's Butler

4.3
Acting

Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. As they are escaping the robbery (after having taken a hostage), they wind u...

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

1964

as Spedding

6.0
Acting

Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.

The Phantom of Soho

The Phantom of Soho

1964

as Dr. Dalmar

6.0
Acting

A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.

The Secret of the Black Widow

The Secret of the Black Widow

1963

as William Osbourne

5.8
Acting

Someone is killing people related to a South American expedition. The means of murder are poison darts with rubber spiders attached to them. A writer ...

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard

1963

as Inspektor Vulpius

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...

The Black Abbot

The Black Abbot

1963

as Fabian Gilder

6.0
Acting

Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hoode...

The Endless Night

The Endless Night

1963

as Herbert

7.0
Acting

Anthology film about a night at airport Berlin-Tempelhof. Due to fog passengers can't leave Berlin by plane and struggle to find other ways out of Ber...

The White Spider

The White Spider

1963

as Sergeant Meals

6.3
Acting

After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only able to confirm the corpse's identity by his talisman...

Das Feuerschiff

Das Feuerschiff

1963

as Trittel

4.0
Acting
The Curse of the Yellow Snake

The Curse of the Yellow Snake

1963

as Stephan Narth

5.8
Acting

A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.

Hypnosis

Hypnosis

1962

5.3
Acting

Erik, in love with Magda, the fiancée of Georg, his boss, secretly sends her roses every night.

The Carpet of Horror

The Carpet of Horror

1962

as Crayton

6.1
Acting

Shortly after his return from India, a special agent of the British secret service falls victim to an insidious poisoning in London. Scotland Yard get...

Jeder stirbt für sich allein

1962

as Kriminalkommissar Escherich

Acting
The Door with Seven Locks

The Door with Seven Locks

1962

as Bertram Cody

6.4
Acting

A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.

The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962

as Bruno Ulrich

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 Martin Droste, aka Bobo the Clown

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 ...

Auf Wiedersehen

Auf Wiedersehen

1961

as Paul Blümel

Acting
Operation Caviar

Operation Caviar

1961

as Zumbusch

5.1
Acting

Bank accountant Thomas Lieven is forced to work as a triple agent for the British, the French and the Nazis.

Blind Justice

Blind Justice

1961

as François Lacroix

5.2
Acting

A man is accused of murdering his wife. The state prosecutor assumes he did the deed to spend more time with his lover. But the woman in question says...

Denn das Weib ist schwach

Denn das Weib ist schwach

1961

as Vigulla

Acting

The respected lawyer Jolly Gebhardt is in debt because of his lavish lifestyle and is therefore blackmailed by dubious criminals for embezzlement.

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

The Return of Dr. Mabuse

1961

as Böhmler

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...

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

1960

as Obermüller

6.0
Acting
Hauptmann - deine Sterne

Hauptmann - deine Sterne

1960

as Willi Sommer, Autogroßhändler

Acting

Scammers in Bundeswehr uniforms fool a future garrison town.

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

1960

as Hieronymus B. Mistelzweig

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...

Ein Herz braucht Liebe

Ein Herz braucht Liebe

1960

Acting
Punishment Battalion

Punishment Battalion

1960

as Hauptfeldwebel Krüll

6.0
Acting

The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The convicts include a heroic doctor unjustly convicted of...

Endstation Rote Laterne

Endstation Rote Laterne

1960

as Van laan

Acting

Unscrupulous girl traders transport unsuspecting blonde girls from a nightclub in Amsterdam to a brothel in Havana. The young journalist Verena Linkma...

The Cat Shows Her Claws

The Cat Shows Her Claws

1960

as German general

5.2
Acting

France under the Occupation. Executed for treason against the Resistance, Cora, code-named "La Chatte", was left for dead. Recovered and cared for by ...

Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee

1959

as Alfred Kopetzsky

Acting

Shortly before the end of the war, SS officer Grohmann sinks several crates of counterfeit English money in Lake Toplitz with his comrade Kopetzky. Th...

The Black Chapel

The Black Chapel

1959

as Heinrich Himmler

7.5
Acting

1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities would reserve to their country, organize an anti-...

Roses for the Prosecutor

Roses for the Prosecutor

1959

as Otto Kugler

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...

Bobby Dodd intervenes

Bobby Dodd intervenes

1959

as Sydows Prokurist

10.0
Acting
Court Martial

Court Martial

1959

as Brenner, Kriegsgerichtsrat

5.2
Acting

In this war drama, three Nazi survivors are rescued after their battleship sank. Initially they are given heroes' accolades for their courage, but the...

Jons und Erdme

1959

as Paul Schmidt

Acting

Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the Lithunia...

The Scarlet Baroness

The Scarlet Baroness

1959

Acting

During the final days of the Second World War, British intelligence sends an agent to Berlin to try to discover the secrets of Nazi Germany's nuclear ...

Romarei, the Girl with the Green Eyes

Romarei, the Girl with the Green Eyes

1958

as Reeder Papas Leonidas

6.0
Acting

Clairvoyant gifted Romarei (Carola Kayser) manages to save her childhood friend Lorenz Ophofen from what would have been a fatal accident. Prang, a gr...

13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court

13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court

1958

as Oberlehrer Karsten

5.5
Acting

Martha Krapp is amazed when her husband Josef suddenly appears at the door. He has rarely been seen in recent years, instead traveling the world and e...

The Restless Night

The Restless Night

1958

4.0
Acting

1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on hi...

Der Tod auf dem Rummelplatz

1958

as Kommissar Bergmann

Acting
Blitzmädels an die Front

Blitzmädels an die Front

1958

as Stabsarzt im Wehrkreiskommando

1.0
Acting

During WWII The German 'Wehrmacht' is heavily under fire after the invasion of Normandy. There are also a lot of women participating in the war, worki...

Liebe kann wie Gift sein

Liebe kann wie Gift sein

1958

as Kunsthändler Bogolla

Acting

After having lost her mother Magdalena was brought up on strict boarding school disciplines. When returning to her father, she is looked after by an e...

Grabenplatz 17

Grabenplatz 17

1958

as Eugen Machon, Buchmacher

8.0
Acting

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

Schmutziger Engel

1958

as Kalweit

Acting

A teacher is defamed in an obscene way by an over-excited pupil.

Rosemary

Rosemary

1958

as Nakonski

5.9
Acting

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortu...

The Copper

The Copper

1958

as Mücke

6.2
Acting

Otto Friedrich Dennert is a celebrated veteran of the Essen police force. While investigating a series of killings of women he reaches retirement age....

Lilli, a Girl from the Big City

Lilli, a Girl from the Big City

1958

as Pastor Klinker

Acting

The frenzied reporter Lilli is just great: she shoots with both hands and lays her opponents with Jiu-Jitsu while the guys fall to the ground with jus...

Besuch aus der Zone

Besuch aus der Zone

1958

as Kleinschmidt

Acting

Germany, end of the 1950s. After his business partner Kleinschmidt fled to the West, Mr. Reichert managed the company they had once founded together i...

Escape from Sahara

Escape from Sahara

1958

as Brouillard

5.0
Acting

Three Foreign Legionnaires - Luigi, Pat and Kurt - desert during the Algerian war because they have had enough of the inhumane war machine. But their ...

Das Herz von St. Pauli

Das Herz von St. Pauli

1957

as Tanne

5.2
Acting

Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the contract is finalized, the ex-sea bear is almost s...

The Devil Strikes at Night

The Devil Strikes at Night

1957

as Willi Keun

6.9
Acting

Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, f...

Spy for Germany

Spy for Germany

1956

as Gefängiswärter Jonny

5.9
Acting

The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter

1956

as Amerikanischer Anwalt

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...

Die Stimme der Sehnsucht

Die Stimme der Sehnsucht

1956

as Manager Pannecke

Acting
Das Sonntagskind

Das Sonntagskind

1956

as Mölfes

5.7
Acting
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

1955

as Quadde

7.0
Acting

This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn, 1918:...

Vor Gott und den Menschen

Vor Gott und den Menschen

1955

as Anton Mechala

Acting
Star mit fremden Federn

Star mit fremden Federn

1955

as Franz Blume / Günther Kolmin

Acting

A striking resemblance between the hairdresser Franz Blume and the famous actor Günther Kolmin leads to a curious mix-up during a vacation in Feuerste...

Hotel Adlon

Hotel Adlon

1955

as Kulikowski

7.0
Acting
Ein Polterabend

Ein Polterabend

1955

as Adolf Glasbrenner

Acting

Berlin 1849: The democrat Adolf Glasbrenner, known as Brennglas, publishes the political satire magazine "Phosphor" on a shoestring budget. He plans t...

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

1955

as Oberstleutnant H.

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.

Sommerliebe

Sommerliebe

1955

Acting

Young, pretty Milli is passionate about winter sports, and of all things, she wins a vacation trip to the Baltic Sea at her company - in summer, of co...

Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg

Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg

1955

as Schulze Bangebös

7.2
Acting

This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and his accomplices, the castle steward and the mayor, s...

Vom Alex zum Eismeer

Vom Alex zum Eismeer

1954

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Five cameramen of the DEFA travel with the trawler ROS 206 to its fishing grounds in the Arctic Ocean. The journey to the grounds takes 5,5 days. Day ...

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

1954

as Hauptmann Quadde

5.1
Acting

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early Novem...

The Story of Little Mook

The Story of Little Mook

1953

as Ramudschin

6.8
Acting

An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck - much li...

Die Unbesiegbaren

Die Unbesiegbaren

1953

as Köppke

7.0
Acting

The film "Die Unbesiegbaren" covers an episode in German history, in which the Bismarck government tried to mitigate the rise of the social-democrat m...

Anna Susanna

Anna Susanna

1953

as Kuddel

Acting
Karriere in Paris

Karriere in Paris

1952

as Der junge Taillefer

Acting

France at the time of the Restoration. The young country gentleman Rastignac comes to Paris to study. He takes up residence in a poor boarding house, ...

The Kaiser's Lackey

The Kaiser's Lackey

1951

as Diederich Heßling

6.5
Acting

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-b...

Modell Bianka

Modell Bianka

1951

as Hans Obermann

5.0
Acting

The friends Jochen and Gerd both work at the fashion boutique "Saxonia", which has only recently designed a new collection. Therefore, Jochen and Gerd...

Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute

Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute

1950

as Hugo

4.5
Acting

The girl Marianne inherited a motorboat called “Eintracht” from her parents and struggled to get her to drive it with her uncle. There is a row with t...

The Beaver Coat

The Beaver Coat

1949

as Eberhard Schulz

6.0
Acting

Mother Wolffen, a washerwoman, is a woman of principle: A poor man must do what he must to get through life, only he mustn't get caught doing it. All ...

Rotation

Rotation

1949

as Udo Schulze

6.7
Acting

The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors have been taken away, he changes his vie...

Girls in Gingham

Girls in Gingham

1949

as Oberleutnant von der Lohe

6.5
Acting

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through...

The Blum Affair

The Blum Affair

1948

as Egon Konrad

Acting

Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identity becomes evident, the state prosecutor refuses to...

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

1947

6.4
Acting

A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to c...