Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Burghart Klaußner

1. The Crown (2016–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

Follows the political rivalries and romances of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped Britain for the second half of the 20th century.

Stars: Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith

Votes: 257,287

2. The Reader (2008)

R | 124 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain

Votes: 260,236 | Gross: $34.19M

3. Bridge of Spies (2015)

PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller

During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan

Votes: 328,084 | Gross: $72.31M

4. Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Florian Lukas

Votes: 152,857 | Gross: $4.06M

5. Tatort (1970– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär

Votes: 3,073

6. The White Ribbon (2009)

R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?

Director: Michael Haneke | Stars: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 77,746 | Gross: $2.22M

7. Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

R | 111 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Martina Gedeck

Votes: 20,808

8. The Silence (2010)

Not Rated | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Claudia Michelsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass

Votes: 8,185 | Gross: $0.10M

9. Police Call 110 (1971– )

TV-14 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alexander Bukow is a cop who doesn't mind working at the edge of the law to get results. His straight-laced partner Katrin Koenig is a control freak whose life is the job. Together, they're... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Borgelt, Jürgen Frohriep, Wolfgang Winkler, Jaecki Schwarz

Votes: 573

10. Requiem (2006)

93 min | Drama, Horror

An epileptic girl suffers a breakdown during her first year at university, then decides to seek help from a priest in battling the troubles associated with her strict upbringing.

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Burghart Klaußner, Imogen Kogge, Anna Blomeier

Votes: 6,370 | Gross: $0.01M

11. 13 Minutes (2015)

R | 114 min | Biography, Drama, War

In November 1939, Georg Elser's attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding to take such drastic action.

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel | Stars: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow

Votes: 10,083 | Gross: $0.16M

12. Wilsberg (1995– )

90 min | Comedy, Crime

Wilsberg: the thriller from Münster.

Stars: Leonard Lansink, Rita Russek, Roland Jankowsky, Oliver Korittke

Votes: 422

13. The Edukators (2004)

R | 127 min | Drama, Romance

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaußner

Votes: 32,388 | Gross: $0.18M

14. 303 - Die Serie (2021)

35 min | Drama, Romance

Two university students, Jule and Jan, leave Berlin together in an old camper on a road trip south, but for different reasons.

Stars: Mala Emde, Anton Spieker, Steven Lange, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey

Votes: 98

15. The Silent Revolution (2018)

PG | 111 min | Drama, History

A group of twelfth-grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, Isaiah Michalski

Votes: 6,032

16. Yella (2007)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can't quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella's life takes an odd shift.

Director: Christian Petzold | Stars: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner

Votes: 4,288

17. Crazy (2000)

97 min | Drama

16 year old, paralyzed Benjamin switches to a boarding school to get better grades where he has to struggle with the various problems of coming of age: He falls in love with the school's dream girl Malen.

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Robert Stadlober, Tom Schilling, Oona-Devi Liebich, Julia Hummer

Votes: 4,337

18. Diplomacy (2014)

Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, History, War

A historical drama that depicts the relationship between Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor of occupied Paris, and Swedish consul-general Raoul Nordling.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaußner, Robert Stadlober

Votes: 5,865 | Gross: $0.23M

19. Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013)

TV-MA | 270 min | Drama, History

The mini-series follows the construction and history of the famous Adlon hotel in Berlin, as seen through the eyes of Sonja Schadt, the youngest member of the wealthy fictional Schadt family who are friends with the Adlons.

Stars: Josefine Preuß, Heino Ferch, Marie Bäumer, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Votes: 1,009

20. Lessons of a Dream (2011)

113 min | Drama, Sport

An English teacher brings soccer from England to Germany in the late 19th Century by teaching it to his class.

Director: Sebastian Grobler | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Burghart Klaußner, Thomas Thieme, Justus von Dohnányi

Votes: 2,596

21. The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

R | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf

Votes: 6,124 | Gross: $0.28M

22. Doppelter Einsatz (1994–2007)

90 min | Crime, Drama

The cases of two female detectives of the Hamburg police.

Stars: Despina Pajanou, Jürgen Janza, Gerhard Garbers, Jockel Tschiersch

Votes: 65

23. Young Goethe in Love (2010)

Not Rated | 102 min | Biography, Romance

After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he's sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man.

Director: Philipp Stölzl | Stars: Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, Moritz Bleibtreu, Volker Bruch

Votes: 3,076 | Gross: $0.16M

24. Child's Play (1992)

111 min | Drama

Micha, a young boy being beaten by his abusive father, joins other bullies at school to terrorize people for amusement, including his own brother.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Jonas Kipp, Angelika Bartsch, Burghart Klaußner, Matthias Friedrich

Votes: 203

25. Disappearance (IV)

Drama | Filming

Follows the story of notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele during his fugitive years, from Paraguay to the Brazilian jungle.

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: August Diehl, Burghart Klaußner, Dana Herfurth, Heinz K. Krattiger

26. 23 (1998)

99 min | Drama, Thriller

When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan-Gregor Kremp

Votes: 7,294

27. Oskars Kleid (2022)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

When Ben's son decides to live as a girl from now on, his world is turned upside down and the relationship with his family is put to a severe test.

Director: Hüseyin Tabak | Stars: Senta Berger, Florian David Fitz, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Marie Burchard

Votes: 671

28. NDR Talk Show (1979– )

120 min | Talk-Show

The NDR Talkshow is a talk show of the station NDR.

Stars: Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt, Barbara Schöneberger, Jörg Pilawa, Julia Westlake

Votes: 111

29. Wolffs Revier (1992–2006)

45 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Work and personal life of German police officers.

Stars: Jürgen Heinrich, Nadine Seiffert, Gerd Wameling, Klaus Pönitz

Votes: 208

30. The Verdict (2016 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

Can it be justified to shoot down a civilian plane, converted by terrorists into a deadly suicide missile? Can "human arithmetic" be a legal calculus?

Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Martina Gedeck, Florian David Fitz, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 1,329

31. Kommissarin Lucas (2003–2023)

90 min | Crime, Mystery

A crime series based in Regensburg, Bavaria.

Stars: Ulrike Kriener, Michael Roll, Tilo Prückner, Alexander Lutz

Votes: 154

32. Rossini (1997)

114 min | Comedy

Jakob Windisch has written THE number one bestselling novel. Since he is very shy, no-one has seen him except Uhu Zigeuner who is the designated director of the film adaption. Zigeuner is ... See full summary »

Director: Helmut Dietl | Stars: Götz George, Mario Adorf, Heiner Lauterbach, Gudrun Landgrebe

Votes: 2,402

33. Løvekvinnen (2016)

126 min | Drama

In 1912, a Norwegian woman dies in childbirth, leaving behind a daughter born with hypertrichosis, or excessive hair growth, and a grieving husband who hides the girl from gawkers.

Director: Vibeke Idsøe | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Kjersti Tveterås, Aurora Lindseth-Løkka, Mathilde Thomine Storm

Votes: 1,544

34. DAS! (1991– )

45 min | Talk-Show

DAS is a talk show of the station NDR.

Stars: Hinnerk Baumgarten, Inka Schneider, Bettina Tietjen, Sandra Maahn

Votes: 75

35. Morgenmagazin (1992– )

News, Talk-Show

The german morning magazine.

Stars: Sven Alexander Lorig, Dunja Hayali, Mitri Sirin, Anja Heyde

Votes: 72

36. Inbetween Worlds (2014)

98 min | Drama, War

Jesper is a soldier in the German army. Although his brother was killed whilst serving in Afghanistan, he nevertheless reports for a new tour of duty in this war zone. He and his unit are ... See full summary »

Director: Feo Aladag | Stars: Ronald Zehrfeld, Mohsin Ahmady, Saida Barmaki, Salam Yousefzai

Votes: 692

37. Brecht (2019)

187 min | Biography, Drama, History

Starting from the year 1956, Brecht's year of death, the film looks back on the time of the First World War and the life Bertolt Brecht in a mixture of fiction and documentary.

Director: Heinrich Breloer | Stars: Burghart Klaußner, Tom Schilling, Adele Neuhauser, Lou Strenger

Votes: 392

38. Free Rainer (2007)

130 min | Comedy, Drama

Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.

Director: Hans Weingartner | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Elsa Sophie Gambard, Milan Peschel, Gregor Bloéb

Votes: 4,681

39. Adelheid und ihre Mörder (1993–2007)

50 min | Comedy, Crime

Secretary Adelheid is the real brain behind solving the murder cases of a Hamburg police homicide unit, much to the chagrin of her boss.

Stars: Evelyn Hamann, Gisela May, Gerhard Garbers, Dieter Brandecker

Votes: 176

40. Die Männer vom K3 (1988–2003)

90 min | Crime

The men from the K3.

Stars: Harald Dietl, Hartmut Reck, Wolfgang Müller, Alexander Pelz

Votes: 53

41. Das Superweib (1996)

86 min | Comedy

Franziska is a romantic woman with two children and a husband who is working around the globe as a movie director. When she wants to buy a flat, she gets in contact with Enno Winkel, a ... See full summary »

Director: Sönke Wortmann | Stars: Veronica Ferres, Joachim Król, Richy Müller, Til Schweiger

Votes: 878

42. The Airlift (2005 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama, Romance, War

Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must ... See full summary »

Director: Dror Zahavi | Stars: Heino Ferch, Bettina Zimmermann, Ulrich Tukur, Ulrich Noethen

Votes: 479

43. The Zigzag Kid (2012)

Unrated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Nono, a Dutch kid lacking two days being thirteen, runs away from problems at home and, disguised as a girl, takes up with the world's cleverest thief, who unbeknownst to Nono, may hold the bizarre key to his true identity.

Director: Vincent Bal | Stars: Thomas Simon, Fedja van Huêt, Jessica Zeylmaker, Burghart Klaußner

Votes: 493

44. Ärzte (1994–1999)

90 min | Drama

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Stars: Senta Berger, Friedrich von Thun, Konstantin Wecker, Gabriele Dossi

Votes: 12

45. Kölner Treff (1976– )

90 min | Talk-Show

Kölner Treff - talk show with Bettina Böttinger.

Stars: Bettina Böttinger, Susan Link, Micky Beisenherz, Alfred Biolek

Votes: 58

46. Die Unschärferelation der Liebe (2023)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

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Director: Lars Kraume | Stars: Caroline Peters, Burghart Klaußner, Carmen-Maja Antoni

Votes: 73

47. Peter Strohm (1989–1996)

45 min | Crime, Thriller

Peter Strohm was a German crime series with Klaus Löwitsch as detective Peter Strohm.

Stars: Klaus Löwitsch, Ulrich von Dobschütz, Michèle Marian, Hans-Günter Martens

Votes: 93

48. Il était une fois... (2003– )

52 min | Documentary

French documentary TV series about films that marked their era.

Stars: Laurent Lederer, Serge July, Isabella Rossellini, Jean-Claude Carrière

Votes: 67

49. Lady Cop (1994–2006)

48 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Commissioner Lea Sommer is investigating.

Stars: Hannelore Elsner, Karlheinz Lemken, Thomas Scharff, Til Schweiger

Votes: 133

50. Life Is Too Long (2010)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

Life is too long.

Director: Dani Levy | Stars: Markus Hering, Meret Becker, Veronica Ferres, Hannah Levy

Votes: 268