Iris Berben

Iris Berben

1950-08-12 Detmold, Germany 125 Credits

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Ein fast perfekter Antrag

Ein fast perfekter Antrag

2026

as Alice

Acting

Grumpy widower Walter lives alone with his dog in Regensburg and spends his time writing restaurant reviews on the internet. But when he meets his old...

75 Jahre ARD - Die große Jubiläumsshow

2025

as Self

Acting
Weddings and Wokes: A Family Dilemma

Weddings and Wokes: A Family Dilemma

2024

as Dorothea Böttcher

6.5
Acting

Anna and Thomas want to get married in the South Tyrolean Alps. However, Stephan's daughter Antigone and the family clan bring so much chaos to the pl...

Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt

Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt

2024

Acting

She is the grande dame of German and international cinema, always a bit of a rocker chick, freedom-loving, adventurous and willing to take risks. This...

Kreis der Wahrheit

Kreis der Wahrheit

2024

as Self

Acting

Two sisters from Vienna, Helga Feldner-Busztin and Elisabeth Scheiderbauer, recount their deportation as children - ages seven and fourteen - with the...

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child

2024

Acting

“Acting is something anyone can do,” says Barbara Sukowa. “It’s completely intuitive and instinctual, much like a child dressing up.” Those who have w...

791 km

791 km

2023

as Marianne

6.1
Acting

5 people of different personalities have to take a taxi from Munich to Hamburg, as the train service is canceled. The strangers discover that every on...

Trauzeugen

Trauzeugen

2023

as Dr. Kober

5.1
Acting

A divorce lawyer and a couples therapist, both completely different, must, as witnesses, save their best friends' wedding at all costs.

Paradise

Paradise

2023

as Sophie Theissen (alt)

6.5
Acting

A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own lif...

Family Affairs

Family Affairs

2022

as Dorothea

6.7
Acting

The Berger and Böttcher families come to Dorothea's finca on Lanzarote for a weekend trip. The mood is tense and escalates as various mysteries are re...

Triangle of Sadness

Triangle of Sadness

2022

as Therese

7.1
Acting

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable...

Und dann steht einer auf und öffnet das Fenster

Und dann steht einer auf und öffnet das Fenster

2022

as Karla Jenner

7.7
Acting

Karla, a strong, sensual and experienced woman, learns that she has terminal cancer. She only has a few months left. After a wild life as a photograph...

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

2021

as Self

Acting
Das Unwort

Das Unwort

2020

as Dr. Gisela Nüssen-Winkelmann

6.5
Acting

After a Jewish boy was harassed by his classmates for months, an argument breaks out between the overwhelmed parents, the class teacher and the school...

Mein Altweibersommer

Mein Altweibersommer

2020

as Ebba

Acting

Ebba, a successful food chemist, has a terrible dream in which she gives birth to a healthy bear cub. For her, this is a sign from fate that something...

Nicht tot zu kriegen

Nicht tot zu kriegen

2020

as Simone Mankus

4.0
Acting

Simone Mankus is a woman in her prime who has left little out in her life. The former showbiz diva is a child of the late 60s, endowed with humor, a s...

Lang lebe die Königin

Lang lebe die Königin

2020

as Rose Just

5.7
Acting

The young sales presenter Nina Just is not respected in the slightest by her mother Rose, who lives in a farmhouse with her partner Werner. The young ...

How About Adolf?

How About Adolf?

2018

as Dorothea

6.8
Acting

The family dinner at Stephan and Elisabeth could have been wonderful. But when Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are going to ...

Crossroads

Crossroads

2018

as Hanne Dührsen

6.6
Acting

A woman goes through a weekend full of ups and downs after a shocking diagnose, according to which she has less than a year left to live.

Alt, aber Polt

Alt, aber Polt

2018

as Mira Martell

4.6
Acting

Simon Polt (Erwin Steinhauer) is no longer a gendarme. Arrived in retirement, he participates cheerfully in the Weinviertel on village life. When a co...

High Society

High Society

2017

as Trixi von Schlacht

6.2
Acting

Two girls from very different social backgrounds discover, at the age of 25, that they had been switched at birth.

Godless Youth

Godless Youth

2017

as Direktorin

6.2
Acting

German students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.

Conni & Co 2 - Das Geheimnis des T-Rex

Conni & Co 2 - Das Geheimnis des T-Rex

2017

as Marianne Klawitter

7.0
Acting

Teenager Connie and her friends try to save an island full of nature and place of their encounters from being destroyed by the construction of a hotel...

Familie!

2016

as Lea Behrwaldt

7.0
Acting

The focus is on a family - or what one might think of it today: a wide variety of characters and interests collide when people grow together into a fa...

Conni & Co

Conni & Co

2016

as Oma Marianne

7.2
Acting

A young girl goes through the ups and downs of school-life.

Show What You Love

Show What You Love

2016

as Herself

4.5
Acting

In the 1970s, the Munich Group set about revolutionizing German film with low budgets and an excess of creativity. The Bungalow bar next to the Türken...

Shakespeares letzte Runde

Shakespeares letzte Runde

2016

as Titania

5.5
Acting
Eddie the Eagle

Eddie the Eagle

2016

as Petra

7.2
Acting

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire...

Alki Alki

Alki Alki

2015

as Galina Iwanowa Schnurkinowa

6.8
Acting

Tobias and Flasche are childhood friends. However, their alcoholic friendship is doing more harm than good to Tobias, who realizes he should focus on ...

The Wagner-Clan

The Wagner-Clan

2015

as Cosima Wagner

4.0
Acting

After the death of genius Richard Wagner his wife Cosima fights for his legacy even against the will of her children Sigmund and Sieglinde.

Die Neue

Die Neue

2015

as Eva

4.2
Acting

Eva is a passionate teacher. After the death of her mother, she tries to find a new direction in life. Then Sevda, a Turkish girl, joins her class. Sh...

Die Eisläuferin

Die Eisläuferin

2015

as Katharina Wendt

5.3
Acting

Chaos in the Chancellery: Prime Minister Katharina Wendt loses her memory during a spontaneous trip with husband Helmuth and wakes up every morning si...

Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

2015

as Margaux Reimann

5.8
Acting

Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love and...

Das Zeugenhaus

Das Zeugenhaus

2014

as Gräfin Belavar

6.8
Acting

Witnesses about to testify at the Nuremberg War Trials needed a safe place to wait. All under one roof, each with their own secrets. And the countess ...

Der Mann, der Udo Jürgens ist

Der Mann, der Udo Jürgens ist

2014

as Herself

8.0
Acting

The moving story and amazing new insights into the life of the legendary entertainer! Udo Jürgens looks back on his life and career with disarming hon...

Sternstunde ihres Lebens

Sternstunde ihres Lebens

2014

as Elisabeth Selbert

7.0
Acting

Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights"...

Miss Sixty

Miss Sixty

2014

as Luise Jansen

5.4
Acting

Now that we’re all living longer and “40 is the new 30,” why can’t 60 be the new 40? That’s what Louise and Frans think when they embark on bold new l...

Ein weites Herz

Ein weites Herz

2013

as Petra Vermehren

9.5
Acting

When Isa provokes the Nazis with a satirical song at her graduation party, she is denied her degree despite passing her exams. She has to give up her ...

Stille

Stille

2013

as Amanda

4.0
Acting

Harry Cliewer, a famous television journalist, is at the height of his career. His daring interview with a top banker becomes a scandal and a ratings ...

Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen

Die Kronzeugin - Mord in den Bergen

2013

as Evelyn Frank / Eva Bernhardt

5.2
Acting

In her former life, Eva Bernhardt was called Evelyn Frank and was a notorious brothel owner in Berlin. But then she decided to testify as a key witnes...

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

2012

as Tiffanys Mutter

5.9
Acting

Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Blechschmid, a neurotic, moony, superstitious, contr...

Years of Love

Years of Love

2011

as Vera

7.0
Acting

Vera Lenz meets up with her divorced husband Uli again after years. They have decided to sell their former house on the North Sea to finally draw a li...

Niemand ist eine Insel

2011

as Sylvia Moran

1.0
Acting

Silvia's career as an actress goes into decline after a few unfortunate statements recorded with a microphone hidden in his dressing room. On the othe...

My Family kills me

My Family kills me

2011

as Helen

5.5
Acting

Helen, in her early 50s, really doesn't know which problem she should solve first: her husband seems to be cheating on her, the children are in terrib...

Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse

Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse

2010

as Schwester des Königs

5.1
Acting

The king turns 70 in a few days, when he is supposed to give up his crown. His sister has waited for this day all her life: Finally, she will step out...

Tiger Team: The Mountain of 1000 Dragons

Tiger Team: The Mountain of 1000 Dragons

2010

as Lady Q

5.1
Acting

The Viennese detective children Biggi, Patrick and Luke find a key in dragon form, and their curiosity is aroused. They realize that the sinister Lad...

Kennedy's Brain

Kennedy's Brain

2010

as Louise Cantor

Acting

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

The Day Will Come

The Day Will Come

2009

as Judith

6.0
Acting

Thirty years after giving her daughter up for adoption in order to join the terrorist underground in Germany, Judith is tracked down by her now adult ...

Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!

Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere!

2009

as Self

4.8
Acting

So far he has earned his living as deputy editor-in-chief at the Grevenbroicher Tagblatt, but actually Horst Schlämmer had always guessed: he was dest...

Kommissar Süden und das Geheimnis der Königin

2009

as Soraya Roos

Acting
Buddenbrooks

Buddenbrooks

2008

as Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook

5.7
Acting

Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach...

Der russische Geliebte

Der russische Geliebte

2008

as Julia Neumann

4.0
Acting

When Julia, a frustrated literature professor, gets the opportunity to teach in Paris for one year, the dream of her life comes true. Living in a smal...

Gott schützt die Liebenden

Gott schützt die Liebenden

2008

as Sybille Loredo alias Victoria Brunswick

6.0
Acting

The daily confrontation with the darkest abysses of the human soul has turned war reporter Paul Holland into an incorrigible cynic. Only one thing kee...

Duel at Night

Duel at Night

2007

as Isabella Wellingsen

6.5
Acting

The committed inspector Jonas Birke, just new to the Frankfurt homicide squad, only has this one night left. The next day, his superior Lehm wants to ...

Suddenly Gina

Suddenly Gina

2007

as Bundeskanzlerin

7.5
Acting

Laurens works for the German Minister of Finance and is an extremely correct and conscientious person. He knows his way around numbers, but less so wi...

Die Mauer – Berlin '61

Die Mauer – Berlin '61

2006

as Lavinia Kellermann

7.3
Acting

August 1961: To earn a bit of West German money, East Berlin "plaselayer" Hans Kuhlke smuggles scrap metal to his friend Erwin Sawatzke in West Berlin...

Silberhochzeit

Silberhochzeit

2006

as Alma

9.0
Acting

Based on a short story by Elke Heidenreich, this TV movie focuses on a couple's silver wedding party and the revelation of some bitter, long hidden se...

Schöne Witwen küssen besser

2004

as Corinna Herrmann

6.0
Acting

Con artist Corinna seizes the opportunity and slips into the role of a baron's widow. She manages to gain access to the chambers of a billionaire in N...

Das Kommando

2004

as Dr. Ellen Büchner

4.3
Acting

General Heinz Büchner is in charge of a special unit of the German army. His son Christopher is a member of the unit. They get the mission to take out...

Die schöne Braut in Schwarz

Die schöne Braut in Schwarz

2004

as Sylvia Rosch

5.0
Acting

Sylvia Rosch is a woman with dangerous obsessions. Camouflaged by perfectly rehearsed masquerades, she wages a merciless campaign of revenge. Anyone w...

Dienstreise - Was für eine Nacht

2003

as Rita Lehmann

3.0
Acting

Tragicomic, the hero entangled in a strange, strange world. In addition, Armin Rohde rumbles in use for fun and hilarious commission through the scene...

Wer liebt, hat Recht

2002

as Maja

8.0
Acting

Based on an autobiographic novel by Anita Lenz, the movie focuses on a apparently happy couple whose marriage turns out to be a big lie. Maja, author ...

Beloved Sister

Beloved Sister

2002

as Claire

Acting

Claire returns to her parental home as an adult. She has been in a wheelchair since childhood, having lost a foot in an accident at the age of six. Sh...

666: In Bed with the Devil

666: In Bed with the Devil

2002

as Iris Berben

4.9
Acting

Frank Faust is a born loser. At some point it even becomes too much for his great love, Jennifer, who leaves him and flees to Munich. Frank's desperat...

Ein mörderischer Plan

Ein mörderischer Plan

2001

as Dr. psych. Luisa Büchner

6.5
Acting

Psychologist Luisa, unable to heal herself, retreats to an East Frisian island for peace, only to encounter her former love Robert and be drawn into a...

The Beast

The Beast

2000

as Lea Hoffmann

Acting

An adulterous woman draws a meticulous plan to murder her husband with the help of her lover, a much younger man. Committed the crime, they move to a ...

Gefährliche Träume - Das Geheimnis einer Frau

2000

as Nora Bruhn

10.0
Acting

Todesflug

2000

as Marlene

Acting

Todsünden – Die zwei Gesichter einer Frau

1999

as Cathrin / Vera

Acting

A woman emotionally kills her twin sister and slips into her role, but the dead's dark past catches up with her.

Der Solist – Kein Weg zurück

Der Solist – Kein Weg zurück

1999

as Maja Stein

3.5
Acting

In Hamburg, a suspicious crash and mafia-style killings hinge on witness Maja Stein, who demands protection. Detectives Lanart and Marquardt hide her ...

Die Zauberfrau

1999

as Charlotte Pfeffer

Acting
Das Miststück

Das Miststück

1998

as Anna Maron

6.3
Acting

When Anna Maron follows her brutal husband after a violent argument, she catches him with his mistress to make matters worse. Completely distraught, A...

Am I Beautiful?

Am I Beautiful?

1998

as Rita

6.8
Acting

Between Munich and Seville, the destinies of sixteen characters intertwine and intersect, missing each other or colliding head-on. They are all, witho...

Lady Rettich, Czerni and I

Lady Rettich, Czerni and I

1998

as Frau Rettich

5.8
Acting

When Marie embarks on a road trip to a small seaside town, she’s joined by her quirky best friend Czerni and the eccentric, free-spirited schoolteache...

Ultimate Trespass

1998

as Christine Wagner

5.0
Acting

Christine Wagner is raped by a burglar in her house while her husband Stefan is on a business trip. When she later wants to report the break-in and th...

Andrea and Marie

Andrea and Marie

1998

as Marie

6.2
Acting

Die sieben Feuer des Todes

1997

as Marta Weber

1.0
Acting

Firefighters Stefan and Johannes and psychologist Marta Weber, Stefan's girlfriend, are targeted by the psychopathic arsonist Kovacz. Johannes is kill...

Der stille Herr Genardy

1997

as Sigrid Pelzer

Acting

Simones Entscheidung

1997

as Simone

Acting

Architect shuttles between two husbands.

The Killer Condom

The Killer Condom

1996

as Frau Dr. Riffleson

5.2
Acting

In New York City, detective Luigi Mackeroni investigates a string of mysterious penile mutilations at the Hotel Quickie. After Mackeroni attempts to h...

Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles

Peanuts - Die Bank zahlt alles

1996

as Dr. Greta Goerre

4.0
Acting

Building contractor Jochen Schuster takes out loans worth millions to finance a dubious building project and fulfill the extravagant wishes of his lov...

Der gefälschte Sommer

1996

as Bettina Wagner

Acting

Verliebte Feinde

1995

as Kristina Bouvier

Acting
Rudy, the Racing Pig

Rudy, the Racing Pig

1995

as Almut Gützkow

5.9
Acting

Flat-dwelling urban family win a pig in a raffle, and decide to keep it. They lose their flat (no pets allowed) but eventually Rudi the pig makes good...

Tod in Miami

1994

as Susanne Evers

Acting

Susanne's dream vacation in Florida ends in tragedy. She learns that she has been cheated on by her husband Michael and a little later he is killed by...

Le Silence du cœur

Le Silence du cœur

1994

Acting

After losing her husband and finding herself alone with her son, a woman learns the cause of her mother's death when she was seven years old.

Im Himmel hört Dich niemand weinen

1993

as Dora Mar

Acting

Ein Mann für meine Frau

1993

as Susanne Ahlemann

Acting

Christinas Seitensprung

1993

as Christina Faber

Acting

Sommerliebe

1993

as Franziska

2.0
Acting

Das große Fest

1992

as Johanna

Acting

Brothers Friedrich and Richard inherit their father’s seaside hotel after reunification. Ambitious Western businessman Friedrich plots a massive devel...

Cosimas Lexikon

1992

as Cosima Richter

Acting

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Cosima Richter's East Berlin apartment building is to be renovated. Cosima is furious about the project and visits ...

Rochade

Rochade

1992

as Zdenka

10.0
Acting

At the centre of Peter Patzak's existentialist film noir stands the hopeless struggle against the arms mafia in Czechoslovakia and its connections wit...

Verflixte Leidenschaft

1992

as Julia / Elke Steinman / Barbara

Acting

Dornberger

1992

as Lilli

Acting
The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince

1991

as Königin

5.5
Acting

When a young princess, instead of being fully dedicated to her love, persists in running around like a tomboy and roaming the forests with her gang, a...

Altes Herz wird nochmal jung

1991

as Henriette

Acting

A movie with three episodes starring Johannes Heesters.

St. Petri Schnee

St. Petri Schnee

1991

Acting

In Morwede, a remote Westphalian village, the doctor meets Dr. Amberg in the 1930s.

Lex Minister

Lex Minister

1990

Acting

Minister Otto Sauer has just resigned. As usual, he walks over to the Eden Bar to muse about the rise and the fall of the mighty. This time, however, ...

Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden

1990

as Miriam

2.0
Acting

Since the death of her husband, a yellow cheetah has been the companion of the attractive Miriam. When the animal falls ill, the woman seeks the help ...

Karambolage

Karambolage

1989

as Nina Achtermann

3.5
Acting

Dr. Philipp Achtermann, a microbiologist from the GDR, was attending a conference in Frankfurt on business. On the return journey with his wife Nina, ...

Drei D

Drei D

1988

as Host

Acting

The film by a film student making his graduation film about a film student making his graduation film.

Tagebuch für einen Mörder

1988

as Liz Ferber

Acting

Only a short time left until Max Telligan's diary is finished. Hollywood is already interested in the book's film rights. US producer Terry Wilde make...

Ein naheliegender Mord

1988

as Julia

2.0
Acting

Flohr und die Traumfrau

1987

as Gast

Acting

Rückfahrt in den Tod

1986

as Conny van Haagen

Acting

Paul Kranz, the manager of a TEE that had just arrived from Hamburg, received terrible news in Paris. His wife Ruth is in a coma after a serious traff...

Beinahe Trinidad

1985

Acting
Rallye Paris-Dakar

Rallye Paris-Dakar

1984

as Vera Beck

6.5
Acting

1984 Dakar Rally also known as the 1984 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 6th running of the Dakar Rally event. The course was extended through Ivory Coast, G...

Sigi, der Straßenfeger

Sigi, der Straßenfeger

1984

as Jane Wolff

4.5
Acting

Street sweeper Sigi finds a box containing not only 300,000 marks, but also a photo of his unsympathetic superior in a compromising situation. Sigi th...

Tapetenwechsel

Tapetenwechsel

1984

as Laura

2.0
Acting

Munich with a housing shortage. Mona is given notice to leave the apartment: personal use. The landlady's son, a new "doctor", is to move in. Without ...

Ein Mann namens Parvus

1984

6.0
Acting
Schwarzfahrer

Schwarzfahrer

1983

as Lisa

2.0
Acting

Chris, Alois and Harry keep their heads above water in West Berlin with small robberies and odd jobs. When they manage to rob an armored car coming fr...

Oh Dear Harry!

Oh Dear Harry!

1981

as Jane

6.0
Acting

Down-on-his-luck private detective Harry Werner just wants a quiet life, but trouble always finds him. When he stumbles into a case involving a missin...

Die Baronin - Fontane machte sie unsterblich

1981

as Elisabeth v. Ardenne - young

Acting

Das Fräulein von Scuderi

1976

as Madelon

Acting

Duet for Three

1976

Acting

Abschied vom Abschied

1974

Acting

Der Fall Eleni Voulgari

1971

as Seleni

Acting
Supergirl

Supergirl

1971

as Fancesca Farnese

3.9
Acting

In this comedy, Iris Berben plays a mysterious, supernaturally beautiful girl from another planet, who confuses and flusters the men on earth, where s...

Compañeros

Compañeros

1970

as Lola

6.5
Acting

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xant...

Love 600

Love 600

1970

as Eva

Acting

Eva is the object of rich Sugar Daddy's affection. But while he showers her with gifts, she wants someone younger - namely Erich, who's more her style...

Detective

Detective

1969

as Annabella Quant

5.4
Acting

Andy and Sebastian want to make a lot of money in a quick and easy way. Inspired by the movies, they become private investigators. Their first case ha...

Brandstifter

Brandstifter

1969

as Iris

6.0
Acting

Anka, a student active in the extra-parliamentary opposition, has had enough of inconsequential discussions. As she no longer believes that she can ch...

The Man with the Glass Eye

The Man with the Glass Eye

1969

as Ann

5.4
Acting

A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still firmly stuck in the victim's chest, and Inspector Perkins strangely finds a glass eye in his...

Das Mißverständnis

N/A

Acting

A nun leaves the monastery to do some shopping. Due to a satanic misunderstanding, she becomes a triple murderer.