Bernd Eichinger

Bernd Eichinger

1949-04-11 Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany 86 Credits

Biography

Bernd Eichinger was a German film producer, director and screenwriter.

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3096 Days

3096 Days

2013

Screenplay

7.4
Writing

A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.

Bernd Eichinger erzählt...

2011

as Self

Acting

The German producer Bernd Eichinger talks about his career.

Die Superbullen

Die Superbullen

2011

Producer

4.7
Producing

Tommie and Mario are on the prowl again. But this time not through the alcohol haze of Cologne Kalk or the Ballermann Club on Mallorca but through the...

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Resident Evil: Afterlife

2010

Producer

6.1
Producing

In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety...

Mythos Metropolis

Mythos Metropolis

2010

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Times Change You

Times Change You

2010

Producer

4.3
Producing

After the bestselling book comes the film about Germany's most successful rapper: authentic, provocative and radical. Despite all his successes, Bushi...

Der Regisseur Uli Edel - Fakten und Fiktion

2009

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the German director Uli Edel

Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009

Thanks

6.1

The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an a...

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008

Producer, Screenplay

7.0
Producing Writing

'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the ...

Bernd & Katja Eichinger

Bernd & Katja Eichinger

2008

Acting

A playful moment of Bernd and his wife: While he was producing "Baader Meinhof Komplex" in Berlin.

Lissi and the Wild Emperor

Lissi and the Wild Emperor

2007

Thanks

5.9

The plot concerns a yeti who makes a pact with the devil to kidnap the most beautiful girl in the world. This turns out to be the Princess Lissi, who ...

Pornorama

Pornorama

2007

Producer

5.6
Producing

A free-wheeling chronicle of the Munich sex film industry in the 1970s.

Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil: Extinction

2007

Producer

6.3
Producing

Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fig...

Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen

2007

as Self

Acting

What happens when famous directors stage an opera? Eckhart Schmidt shows successful and failed attempts.

Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest

2007

as Self

Acting

A cheerful, amusing and melancholic look back at the Munich film festival from the perspective of the people who make up the film festival.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007

Producer

5.6
Producing

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is...

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

2006

Screenplay, Producer

7.4
Writing Producing

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest pe...

DOA: Dead or Alive

DOA: Dead or Alive

2006

Producer

5.3
Producing

Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior ...

The Elementary Particles

The Elementary Particles

2006

Producer

6.2
Producing

Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-broth...

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"

2005

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the 2004 movie 'Der Untergang' aka. 'Downfall'

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

2005

Producer

5.8
Producing

During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible...

Electro Ghetto

2004

Screenplay

Writing
Downfall

Downfall

2004

Producer, Screenplay

7.9
Producing Writing

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking fr...

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have tur...

Musen, Macht und Glamour - Die Welt der Maximilianstraße

2004

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the Maximilianstraße in Munich.

Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt

Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt

2003

Producer

6.5
Producing

The story of a group of contemporary young people, growing up in well-to-do small-town

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

Werner - Gekotzt wird später!

2003

Producer

6.0
Producing

Werner, Andi and Eckat play dice to determine the next king of the trio. When Werner is crowned king, he decides for all of them to skip work and star...

The Making of Resident Evil

The Making of Resident Evil

2002

as Self

Acting

A behind the scenes look into the making of resident evil where the cast and crew breaks down the process.

Resident Evil

Resident Evil

2002

Producer

6.6
Producing

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from h...

Ants in the Pants 2

Ants in the Pants 2

2002

Producer

4.8
Producing

In the sequel of "Ants in the Pants" we again meet Flo and his friends.

666: In Bed with the Devil

666: In Bed with the Devil

2002

as Bernd Eichinger

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...

666: In Bed with the Devil

666: In Bed with the Devil

2002

Producer

4.9
Producing

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...

Slap Her... She's French

Slap Her... She's French

2002

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

Welcome to Splendona High School, Texas, where football players, cheerleaders and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady, the most popular ...

Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa

2001

Producer

7.1
Producing

A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel ref...

Manitou's Shoe

Manitou's Shoe

2001

Producer

6.8
Producing

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a ...

The Calling

The Calling

2000

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

On her wedding night, a young woman conceives a child during an hallucinatory encounter. Several years later, as her friends and family begin to behav...

No More School

No More School

2000

Producer

5.9
Producing

The last three weeks of school life have begun: After the Abitur, Germany's leaving certificate, the friends and schoolmates of Gymnasium Kerkheim (Ke...

The Devil and Ms. D

The Devil and Ms. D

1999

Director, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Writing

Is he really the devil incarnate, as he claims? Or is he a dangerous weirdo who uses his stories to get the best out of women? Because in any case he ...

Werner - Volles Rooäää!!!

Werner - Volles Rooäää!!!

1999

Producer

5.5
Producing

A wicked investor wants Werner's residential area razed to the ground in order to build a shopping center. However, building tycoon Günzelsen has not ...

Am I Beautiful?

Am I Beautiful?

1998

Producer

6.8
Producing

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

Wrongfully Accused

Wrongfully Accused

1998

Producer

5.9
Producing

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered ...

Ballermann 6

Ballermann 6

1997

Producer

5.1
Producing

Tommie and Mario travel to Mallorca in search of a vacation fueled by alcohol and the desire for women and parties.

Prince Valiant

Prince Valiant

1997

Executive Producer

5.2
Producing

An Arthurian legend of young Prince Valiant, son of the King of Scandia. After the King is exiled by an evil leader, the Prince travels to Camelot to ...

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle

1997

Producer

3.9
Producing

Wigald, a spoiled offspring, is no good with women. He finds solace with a psychiatrist and love with his poodle. When his mother dies, he is only all...

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

Producer

6.3
Producing

Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla unco...

It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight

1997

Screenplay, Producer

6.7
Writing Producing
Charleys Tante

Charleys Tante

1996

Producer

6.5
Producing

Investment advisor Stefan Lohmann has defrauded master butcher Waldemar Pückler of five million euros. He therefore wants to travel to Munich to meet ...

Die Halbstarken

Die Halbstarken

1996

Producer, Writer

6.2
Producing Writing
A Girl Called Rosemarie

A Girl Called Rosemarie

1996

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.0
Directing Writing Producing

Katja Flint, Hannelore Elsner and Heiner Lauterbach star in this German film about a woman who climbs the social ladder by sleeping with those she enc...

Werner: Eat My Dust!!!

Werner: Eat My Dust!!!

1996

Producer

5.9
Producing

Because of a bet, Werner and his friend have to construct the fastest vehicle to win a race, because life depends on it.

Hollywood, Germany - Die amerikanische Herausforderung

1996

as Self

Acting

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

The Superwife

The Superwife

1996

Producer

4.5
Producing

Franziska is a romantically inclined housewife with two children and a husband who spends most of his time traveling around the world and working as a...

And Nobody Weeps For Me

And Nobody Weeps For Me

1996

Producer

2.0
Producing

Between 1924 and 1934, six children grow up in an apartment building in the Munich suburbs. Among them is the rather inconspicuous and melancholy Leo ...

Voll Normaaal

Voll Normaaal

1994

Producer

5.6
Producing

Tommie is the absolute loser in his home district of Cologne-Kalk: no money, no apartment of his own, no girlfriend. In the exhaust workshop where he ...

Maybe... Maybe Not

Maybe... Maybe Not

1994

Producer

6.3
Producing

The heterosexual man Axel is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends up moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of livin...

The Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four

1994

Executive Producer

4.3
Producing

When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to form a superhero group called the Fantastic Four to ...

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

1993

Producer

6.9
Producing

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to ...

Body of Evidence

Body of Evidence

1993

Producer

5.0
Producing

When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him...

Perry Rhodan - Der ewige Kosmonaut

1993

as Self

Acting

When the first adventure of the cosmonaut appeared in 1961 with "Unternehmen Stardust", not even the two German authors, Clark Darlton and K.H. Scheer...

Salt on Our Skin

Salt on Our Skin

1992

Producer

5.2
Producing

A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They...

Four Junior Detectives

Four Junior Detectives

1992

Producer

5.4
Producing

The four young snoopers Tim, Karl, Kloesschen and Gaby by chance discover a hidden cave near an old castle. In it there's a board that seems to descri...

Manta, Manta

Manta, Manta

1991

Producer

5.7
Producing

A not so clever guy called Bertie with a Opel Manta (a low budget European sports-coupe from the '80s) gets competition in a street race from a guy wi...

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

Werner and the Wizard of Booze

1990

Producer

6.6
Producing

Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resul...

Fire, Ice & Dynamite

Fire, Ice & Dynamite

1990

Producer

4.6
Producing

Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearan...

Pictures of Europe

Pictures of Europe

1990

as Self

Acting

What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between...

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn

1989

Producer

6.5
Producing

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...

La rosa dei nomi

La rosa dei nomi

1987

as Self

5.7
Acting

The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'

1986

as Self

6.5
Acting

A German TV documentary that chronicles the daily rehearsals, the filming and all the behind the scenes of Jean-Jacques Annaud's classic "The Name of ...

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

1986

Producer

7.5
Producing

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under my...

King Kongs Faust

1985

as Produzent

Acting

Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no a...

The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

1984

as Man next to Man who drops Milk (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverendi...

The NeverEnding Story

The NeverEnding Story

1984

Producer

7.2
Producing

While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverendi...

Kehraus

Kehraus

1983

Co-Producer

5.8
Producing

Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts. ...

Die Ortliebschen Frauen

1981

Producer

Producing

A pessimistic drama about a family struggling to survive after the death of their father. Left behind are the simple-minded mother, the strong-willed ...

Sting in the Flesh

Sting in the Flesh

1981

Producer

Producing

Ines and Hans try to save their crumbling marriage with a vacation trip. With three children, the grandmother, and some hamsters in the overloaded car...

Christiane F.

Christiane F.

1981

Producer

7.3
Producing

This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and ...

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Tales from the Vienna Woods

1979

Producer

6.0
Producing

Based on a popular 1931 play, the film tells the fate of a naive young woman named Marianne, who breaks off her reluctant engagement with Oskar the bu...

Hitler: A Film from Germany

Hitler: A Film from Germany

1978

Producer

7.1
Producing

A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of personali...

Good-for-Nothing

Good-for-Nothing

1978

Executive Producer

2.0
Producing

A young man seeks freedom and eventually gets conformed. To escape society, he wanders south. After some adventures he returns to his lover, where he ...

The Consequence

The Consequence

1977

Producer

6.4
Producing

Thomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for Martin, one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, they try to build a relationship and a life...

The Wild Duck

The Wild Duck

1976

Producer

Producing

Consul Werle holds a reception in honour of the homecoming of his son Gregers. At the reception, Gregers meets his childhood friend, Hjalmar Ekdal, w...

Dear Fatherland Be at Peace

Dear Fatherland Be at Peace

1976

Producer

7.0
Producing

1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent west...

Wrong Move

Wrong Move

1975

Producer

6.8
Producing

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live. O...

Perahim - die zweite Chance

1974

Writer

Writing

After eleven years of solitary confinement, Perahim, convicted of murdering a police officer, is released early from prison after exceptionally good b...

Die Eltern

1974

Writer

Writing

Ann, a ten-year-old girl, becomes the sole heir of millions from her grandmother. Ann's parents, who are short of money and have lost all hope of a br...