Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics

1963-08-29 Vienna, Austria 90 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl Markovics (born August 29, 1963) is an Austrian actor. He starred as Salomon Sorowitsch in Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year. Prior to that, his most notable appearances have been in the highly-acclaimed Austrian (Viennese) black comedy Komm, süßer Tod (2001), his role as far-right terrorist Franz Fuchs in the 2007 TV movie Franz Fuchs - Ein Patriot, and ...

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You Believe in Angels, Mr. Drowak?

2025

as Hugo Drowak

Acting

Welcome to the grim world of Hugo Drowak. A misanthrope, boozer, and stinking old good-for-nothing. We invite you on a fanciful journey replete with r...

Our Girls

Our Girls

2025

as Dr. Maier

Acting

The carefully maintained harmony of a long-standing friendship between two couples unravels dramatically when an accident involving their teenage daug...

Highly Explosive

Highly Explosive

2025

as Viktor Knigge

Acting

In the center of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War not only leads to a far-reaching evacuation, but also to an in...

The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

as Hermit

6.8
Acting

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

Interchange

Interchange

2024

Acting

While in comas, two burned out young men in two different corners of the world have a mysterious telepathic connection and swap talents, leading them ...

The Investigation

The Investigation

2024

as Zeuge 26

6.2
Acting

Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during t...

Your Christmas or Mine 2

Your Christmas or Mine 2

2023

as Rudolf / Rudolf's Brother

6.2
Acting

They've swapped Christmas – again. Can Hayley and James' relationship survive another turbulent family Christmas or has their future together gone off...

The Fox

The Fox

2023

as Josef Streitberger

7.0
Acting

At the dawn of World War II, a young motorcycle courier in the Austrian army encounters a wounded fox cub and takes it with him to occupied France. Th...

Das Schweigen der Esel

Das Schweigen der Esel

2023

as Jonas Horak

7.4
Acting

Fake detective Jonas Horak is now in custody after being arrested by police officer Sophie Landner. A series of murders has Horak on edge, and he fear...

Das Schweigen der Esel

Das Schweigen der Esel

2023

Director, Writer

7.4
Directing Writing

Fake detective Jonas Horak is now in custody after being arrested by police officer Sophie Landner. A series of murders has Horak on edge, and he fear...

What You Can See from Here

What You Can See from Here

2022

as Optiker

6.4
Acting

On a beautiful spring day, a small village full of eccentric characters wake up to hear Selma has had a premonition: she dreamt of a rare animal again...

A Rose in Winter

A Rose in Winter

2020

as Eugene Breitling

6.1
Acting

The true story of Edith Stein, a German Jewish philosopher and feminist who converted to Christianity and became a nun, and died in Auschwitz to becam...

Resistance

Resistance

2020

as Charles Mangel

7.0
Acting

The story of mime Marcel Marceau as he works with a group of Jewish boy scouts and the French Resistance to save the lives of ten thousand orphans dur...

The Final Problem

The Final Problem

2019

as Jonas Horak

5.5
Acting

A snowed-in holiday hotel. A dead body in a room locked from the inside. The hotel manager wants to cover it up, but in the blink of an eye the whole ...

The Final Problem

The Final Problem

2019

Director

5.5
Directing

A snowed-in holiday hotel. A dead body in a room locked from the inside. The hotel manager wants to cover it up, but in the blink of an eye the whole ...

Nobadi

Nobadi

2019

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

A grumpy old white man enlists the help of an Afghani migrant to bury his dead dog, and as the two dredge through prejudices to find common ground, th...

A Hidden Life

A Hidden Life

2019

as Mayor of St. Radegund

7.2
Acting

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

How I Taught Myself to Be a Child

How I Taught Myself to Be a Child

2019

as Roman Silberstein

6.6
Acting

Paul Silberstein, youngest son of an urbane but deeply strange old Austrian dynasty of confectionery millionaires, discovers the power of love and hum...

Shillings from Heaven

Shillings from Heaven

2018

as Michael Unterguggenberger

7.2
Acting

Tyrol, 1932: The world economic crisis is at its peak, radical political movements emerge. In a small Austrian community, the engine driver Michael Un...

The Dark

The Dark

2018

as Josef Hofer

6.1
Acting

A murderous, flesh-eating undead young girl haunting the remote stretch of woods where she was murdered decades earlier, discovers a kidnapped and abu...

Playmaker

Playmaker

2018

as Wirt

5.7
Acting

Ivo is a former pro footballer and jailbird with nothing to lose. He is a betting natural and his talent and background attract the interest of Dejan,...

Murer: Anatomy of a Trial

Murer: Anatomy of a Trial

2018

as Simon Wiesenthal

5.9
Acting

Franz Murer, the Butcher of Vilnius, a former Austrian SS officer, established, organized, and ruled the Vilnius ghetto in Lithuania during the World ...

End of the Season

End of the Season

2017

as Dahlmann

6.6
Acting

Becker is a German ex-con trying to hold down a job as a night watchman, but a chance encounter with the man whose family Becker killed 18 years earli...

The King's Choice

The King's Choice

2016

as Curt Bräuer

6.9
Acting

On 9 April 1940, German soldiers arrive in the city of Oslo. The King of Norway faces a choice that will change his country forever. The King's Choic...

Fog in August

Fog in August

2016

as Christian Lossa

7.5
Acting

A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad ...

The Devil's Mistress

The Devil's Mistress

2016

as Joseph Goebbels

6.1
Acting

Salzburg, Germany, 2000. The elderly Czech actress Lída Baarová tells a journalist the tumultuous story of her rise to fame in 1930s Berlin and her pa...

Me and Kaminski

Me and Kaminski

2015

as Twin

6.1
Acting

Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on h...

The Mystery of Snow Queen

The Mystery of Snow Queen

2015

as Andersen

6.0
Acting

A new interpretation of the most known and beloved fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen - "Snow Queen"

Superworld

Superworld

2015

Director, Screenplay

5.9
Directing Writing

Gabi, a supermarket employee, leads an ordinary life between family and job, between single-family home and local food store. One day when Gabi comes ...

Influence

Influence

2015

as Inspector Schreck

3.9
Acting

"Influence" is a story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań, and the people who p...

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

as Wolf

8.0
Acting

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becom...

Mord in den Dünen

Mord in den Dünen

2013

as Dominik Hofer

6.6
Acting
Measuring the World

Measuring the World

2012

as Lehrer Büttner

6.5
Acting

Germany in the early 19th century. "Die Vermessung der Welt" follows the two brilliant and eccentric scientists Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedr...

Eastalgia

Eastalgia

2012

as Vladan

4.6
Acting

When Ruslana floods her Munich flat, Vladan, a former Boxer from Serbia, comes to her rescue. It is the night when Ruslana's son Bogdan should finally...

Süskind

Süskind

2012

as Ferdinand Aus der Fünten

6.9
Acting

In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Walter Süskind is a member of the Dutch Jewish Council who rescues hundreds of children from the concentration camps.

Black Brown White

Black Brown White

2011

as Jimmy

4.9
Acting
Breathing

Breathing

2011

Director, Screenplay

6.7
Directing Writing

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.

Unknown

Unknown

2011

as Dr. Farge

6.7
Acting

A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help o...

Mahler on the Couch

Mahler on the Couch

2010

as Sigmund Freud

5.4
Acting

Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from ...

Kennedy's Brain

Kennedy's Brain

2010

as Mikael Rossberg

Acting

A young Swedish freelance investigative journalist dies under mysterious circumstances in South Africa, and his mother sets off in a relentless pursui...

Henri 4

Henri 4

2010

as Coligny

5.6
Acting

A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved Kin...

Nanga Parbat

Nanga Parbat

2010

as Karl Maria Herrligkoffer

6.6
Acting

Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.

Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock

Die verrückte Welt der Ute Bock

2010

as Fremdenpolizist

7.0
Acting
Little Robbers

Little Robbers

2009

as Bank Director

6.2
Acting

Can you honestly swear that at least once in your life you have not thought that robbing a bank is a good idea? Especially, if you're five years old ...

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

2009

as Rolf (segment "Schieflage")

5.8
Acting

Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.

Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book

Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book

2009

as Alfred

5.3
Acting

Lilly was a normal girl with a healthy sense of adventure. That is, until she finds a magical book, complete with a funny little dragon, "Hector". Wit...

M/S Gustloff

M/S Gustloff

2008

as Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Petri

5.9
Acting

Joseph Vilsmaier Two-part TV movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German passenger ship, at the end o...

Franz Fuchs – A Patriot

Franz Fuchs – A Patriot

2007

as Franz Fuchs

6.5
Acting

A semi-documentary feature about one of the biggest criminal cases in Austrian history – the letter bomb attacks of Franz Fuchs.

The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters

2007

as Sorowitsch

7.4
Acting

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during...

Mein Nestroy

Mein Nestroy

2007

as Johann Nepomuk Nestroy

Acting

The Theater in der Josefstadt has a new artistic director – actor and director Herbert Föttinger. He kicked off his tenure with the world premiere of ...

Daniel Käfer - Die Schattenuhr

Daniel Käfer - Die Schattenuhr

2006

as Huber Schlömmer

5.0
Acting

Daniel Käfer's time out in Ausseerland is coming to an end. He has to focus on his new career. But his journey ends in Hallstatt. His acquaintance wit...

Die Schrift des Freundes

Die Schrift des Freundes

2005

as Jussuf

Acting

Anna, an outstanding software specialist, is entrusted with the creation of a computer program designed to ensure the most complete possible surveilla...

Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch

Daniel Käfer - Die Villen der Frau Hürsch

2005

as Hubert Schlömmer

Acting

Editor-in-chief Daniel Käfer is unemployed. His magazine "Intelligence" was discontinued due to "too high a standard". Now he wants to think about his...

Mein Mörder

Mein Mörder

2005

as Dr. Mannhart

Acting

In the final days of the war, little Hans escapes certain death: he flees from a Nazi euthanasia center. Years later, Hans encounters the doctor who i...

Familie auf Bestellung

Familie auf Bestellung

2004

as Jürgen Platzer

5.5
Acting

Alex can only accept his uncle's inheritance if he presents his wife and child.

Dinner for Two

Dinner for Two

2004

as Georges Haider

4.3
Acting

Nothing can help. Leopold's cholesterol levels have finally broken through the sound barrier and it is his Steffi, of all people, whose cooking is to ...

Zuckeroma

Zuckeroma

2004

as Anton Seeberg

5.0
Acting

The Seebergs are a happy family - until Melanie's mother moves in. The old lady's malice plunges the once sweet home into chaos and discord. When the ...

Annas Heimkehr

2003

as Gregor Brunner

7.0
Acting

In WWII Munich, Anna works for a Nazi family as a nanny but secretly steals food and cigarettes and bring those to a Jewish family, who hides from the...

Die Wasserfälle von Slunj

Die Wasserfälle von Slunj

2002

as Chwostik

2.0
Acting

Briton Robert Clayton's business flourished and when his son Donald reached the right age he became a partner. The Claytons have found irreplaceable h...

Andreas Hofer

Andreas Hofer

2002

as Erzherzog Karl

8.0
Acting
Love Letters - Liebe per Nachnahme

Love Letters - Liebe per Nachnahme

2001

as Karl Kunert

6.0
Acting

Postal worker Jenny finds and reads the letters that the little girl Lilly sent to her dead mother. Jenny decided to help Lilly and gets involved with...

All the Queen's Men

All the Queen's Men

2001

as Hauptsturmführer

4.9
Acting

A mismatched team of British Special Services agents led by an American must infiltrate, in disguise, a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring ...

Blumen für Polt

Blumen für Polt

2001

as Rudi Riebl

8.5
Acting

Gendarmerie inspector Simon Polt in the Weinviertel region finds it too much of a coincidence when crook Riebel is killed in a motorcycle accident and...

Come, Sweet Death

Come, Sweet Death

2000

as Jäger

7.4
Acting

Former detective Brenner has become an ambulance driver and finds himself, much to his dismay, caught up in a war between two rival first aid organiza...

Lumpazivagabundus

2000

as Zwirn

Acting

Hirnschal gegen Hitler

2000

as Willi

Acting
Born in Absurdistan

Born in Absurdistan

1999

as Stefan Strohmayer

5.1
Acting

It all begins with a mistake, an error with serious consequences: in a hospital the new-born babies of an Austrian couple and a Turkish family of immi...

All About Bob

All About Bob

1999

as Herr Mack

2.0
Acting

Bob, a sympathetic young man, keeps telling women what they want to hear to have a good time. Just as he is about to marry the daughter of a very weal...

Die blaue Kanone

Die blaue Kanone

1999

as Carlo Carnetti

2.0
Acting

Their names are Hans Kleiber and Harry Groß. They wear police badges and are causing pure chaos. The cops from Lake Wörthersee have been tasked with b...

Und alles wegen Mama

Und alles wegen Mama

1999

as Rudnik

Acting

Das Callgirl

1999

as Professor Nadler

5.0
Acting
Drei Herren

Drei Herren

1998

as Herr Ivo

4.6
Acting

Dölken, Ivo and Sichel, three amiable and harmless inmates of a mental asylum are off to spend the summer in an open institution in the country. The t...

Hinterholz 8

Hinterholz 8

1998

as Jäger

6.3
Acting

Herbert Krcal (Roland Düringer) and his wife Margit (Nina Proll) dream of owning a home. They prefer to do this in the "Blue Lagoon", a prefabricated ...

Trouville Beach

Trouville Beach

1998

as Nachtkellner

Acting

Young Piano teacher Lukas accidentally meets DJ Nathalie, the love of his life. After losing her telephone number, he starts looking for her. Finally,...

Kreuzfeuer

Kreuzfeuer

1997

as Konrad

6.0
Acting

Olivia - Ein Kinderschicksal bewegt die Welt

1996

as Dr.Zim

Acting

When six year old Olivia is diagnosed with the Wilms tumor in her kidney, the doctors suggest an immediate operation and chemotherapy. Healing chances...

Ein Anfang von etwas

Ein Anfang von etwas

1995

as Schurl

6.6
Acting

Herbert lives a rather simple life, left to his own devices. He works as a projectionist in a shabby Viennese movie theater and lives alone with his r...

Auf Teufel komm raus

1995

as Weghofer

Acting

Leo Strobl, called "Turbo-Leo", is the fastest photographer around. When a tragedy takes place, he is the first one on his way to cover it. Then a you...

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

1994

as Conductor

7.3
Acting

48 hours in the life of the Neugebauer family. The May weekend with a small family celebration, which was planned as peaceful and contemplative, turns...

Half the World

Half the World

1993

as Taxifahrer

4.1
Acting

The sun blazes down from the sky with destructive power; exposing oneself to its light means death. People have transposed everyday existence to the n...

India

India

1993

as Kirchingerwirt

7.8
Acting

Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a beautiful friendship...

Das Grau des Himmels

Das Grau des Himmels

1993

as Concierge

Acting

Two men and a young woman who recently met spend a night together at a secluded mountain inn. It soon turns out that one of the two men could be a dan...

Der unverwüstliche Geist der heiligen Liebe

1993

Acting

"The title says everything."

Hund und Katz

1991

as Zeno

Acting

Die Täuschung des Auges durch das Ohr

1990

Acting

A documentary look behind the scenes at dubbing voices and sound effects. A scene is filmed and then copied three times with different sound effects a...

Himmel oder Wienerstadt

Himmel oder Wienerstadt

1990

Acting

Four men on a roofl. One of them wants to jump off, while the others are singing a fare-the-well song.

Wittgenstein's Poker

N/A

as Karl Popper (voice)

Acting

On October 25, 1946... in a small crowded room at Cambridge University, two of the world’s greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstei...

Kristallnacht

N/A

as Isaac Roth

Acting

Set in Berlin on the eve of war, police lieutenant Wilhelm Krützfeld over the course of 24 hours navigates a city turned into a powder keg. Following ...

The Blood Countess

The Blood Countess

N/A

Acting

The Blood Countess and her maid take us on a wild hunt for blood and secrets from times gone by. On their adventurous journey, they desperately search...

Das Jagdgewehr

Das Jagdgewehr

N/A

Stage Director

Directing

Thomas Larcher has adapted Yasushi Inoue’s best-seller The Hunting Gun for his first opera, with a libretto by Austrian Book Prize winner Friederike G...