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Pam Ferris was born on 11 May 1948 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Matilda (1996), Children of Men (2006) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). She has been married to Roger Frost since August 1986.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Chris Barrie was born Christopher Jonathan Brown on March 28, 1960, in a British military hospital in Hanover, Germany. He was brought up in Northern Ireland and was a boarder at Methodist College Belfast. He was Head Boy in his final year and played the lead in a "Dial M for Murder" production. He started a business course at Brighton Polytechnic but dropped out. After working at various jobs and developing his impressionist skills, he decided to shift careers to television and film.
He originally met Rob Grant and Doug Naylor on Jasper Carrott's Carrott's Lib (1982), and eventually went on to perform on the radio, for a show called "Son of Cliche", which both Rob Grant and Doug Naylor were working on. Around this time, he was working on the television show, Spitting Image (1984).
This association with Rob Grant and Doug Naylor later caused the two of them to have him audition for Red Dwarf (1988). A few years after the beginning of Red Dwarf (1988), he brought life to another character in the sitcom The Brittas Empire (1991).
He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife Alecks.- Actress
- Composer
- Music Department
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born on 23 May 1991 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress and composer, known for What a Man (2011), Lena: If I Wasn't Your Daughter (2017) and Lena: Thank You (2018). She has been married to Mark Forster since 2020. They have one child.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Erdogan Atalay was born in Hannover, Germany, on September 22, 1966 to a Turkish father and a German mother. Erdogan took up acting classes at "Hochschule fur Musik und darstellende Kunst" in Hamburg in 1984. After guest-starring in various TV movies and series, Erdogan landed the leading role of Detective Superintendent "Semir Gerkhan" in the series "Alarm fur Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei" in 1995 - this until today.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Born in 1973 in Hannover, Germany, Dennis Gansel studied at Munich Film School HFF. Remarkably his first feature length movie Das Phantom (2000) was shot while he was still studying. Between his movies Girls on Top (2001), Before the Fall (2004) and The Wave (2008) he spent a long time struggling for the budget of the films. During these times he shot commercials. Dennis Gansel lives in Berlin.- Roswitha Szyszkowitz was born on 1 February 1972 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Wonderful and Loved by All (2007) and Heimspiel (2004).
- Actress
- Director
Lena Kalisch was born in 1989 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018), Tatort (1970) and Fucking Drama (2017).- Actress
Rike Schmid was born on 19 July 1979 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress, known for Don 2 (2011), Schwere Jungs (2006) and Rote Rosen (2006).- Writer
- Director
- Actress
Dörrie completed her schooling at a humanistic high school, from which she graduated in 1973 with her Abitur. In the same year he spent two years in the USA. There she studied film and acting at the Drama Department at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. This was followed by studies at the New School of Social Research in New York. She also worked in cafés and as a projectionist in the Goethe House in New York. In 1975 she returned to Germany. She then studied at the University of Television and Film in Munich. At the same time, she worked as a film critic journalist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Her final film is entitled "The First Waltz" and was broadcast on Bavarian television as "Max and Sandie". Doris Dörrie made various documentaries until 1982. In 1983 she made her first feature film in Munich called "Mitten ins Herz". Three years later she had a cinema hit with the title "Men". The well-known actors Uwe Ochsenknecht and Heiner Lauterbach star in the chaotic relationship comedy. The play became the most successful German film of 1986. Doris Dörrie was married to Helge Weindler from 1988 to 1996. Their daughter Carla was born in 1990.
In 1991 she had another cinema success with the title "Happy Birthday, Turk". She filmed the novel by the German writer Jakob Arjouni, a novel in the Kayankaya series. The witty film is in the tradition of classic detective films and tells the story of the search for a missing person in the Frankfurt milieu. The Turkish private detective Kayankaya, played by Hansa Czypionka, experiences police corruption. In 1994, Doris Dörrie shot the comedy film "Nobody Loves Me" with Maria Schrader. This production is about personal happiness. The work was honored with the silver film ribbon, the leading actress Maria Schrader with the gold film ribbon.
Her other film works include "No Trace of Romanticism" from 1980, "Between" from 1981, "Love in Germany" from 1989 and "Enlightenment Guaranteed" from 1999. Among all her film works The director also wrote the script herself. The films were often cast with well-known actors such as Senta Berger, Gottfried John or Uwe Ochsenknecht. She also shot the documentary entitled "What can it be?" In addition to her role behind the camera, she also performed guest roles in front of the camera. For example, she played in the film "The Leading Man" from 1977 or in "King Kong's Fist" and in "Back to Go" from 2000.
In addition to her film work, Doris Dörrie realized literary projects. This is how the short stories entitled "Love, Pain and All the Damned Stuff" and "What Do You Want from Me?" were created. She also wrote the short story "The Man of My Dreams" and the novel "What Do We Do Now?" In 1991 her collection of short stories entitled "Forever and Ever" was created. The 300-page work was well received by critics. In 2002 her film work entitled "Naked" and her novel "Happy" followed. In 2005 she staged Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich under the musical direction of Zubin Mehta.
In the same year, 2005, she directed Giacomo Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" at the Gärtnerplatztheater. At the Salzburg Festival in 2006 she staged Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "La finta Giardiniera".- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Klaus Meine was born on 25 May 1948 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor and composer, known for Hellboy (2019), On Deadly Ground (1994) and Knight and Day (2010). He has been married to Gabi Meine since 24 March 1976.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Veit Helmer was born on 24 April 1968 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a director and producer, known for Tuvalu (1999), Surprise! (1995) and Absurdistan (2008).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Caro Cult was born on 27 June 1994 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Viktor Bringt's (2024), Tatort (1970) and Babylon Berlin (2017).- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Bora Dagtekin was born on 27 October 1978 in Hannover, Germany. He is a writer and producer, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), The Perfect Secret (2019) and Türkisch für Anfänger (2012).- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Helmfried von Lüttichau was born on 20 November 1956 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Hubert ohne Staller (2011), Der letzte Bulle (2010) and Zwei Ärzte sind einer zu viel (2006). He has been married to Gabriela Raible since 2015. He was previously married to Karin Werner.- Kathrin Kühnel was born on 10 January 1977 in Hannover, Germany. She is an actress, known for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Die Novizin (2002) and Tatort (1970).
- Nikolaus Okonkwo was born in 1963 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Unsere Zeit ist jetzt (2016), Tatort (1970) and Der Ärgermacher (2003). He has been married to Cheryl Shepard since August 2006. They have three children.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Dieter Borsche was born on 25 October 1909 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die große Versuchung (1952), Fanfaren der Liebe (1951) and No Greater Love (1952). He was married to Ursula Willick, Monika Drum and Ursula Poser. He died on 5 August 1982 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany.- Marvin Linke was born on 9 June 1992 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor, known for Not My Day (2014), In aller Freundschaft (1998) and No Future war gestern! (2016).
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Art Director
Eberhard Schröder was born on 18 November 1933 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was an assistant director and director, known for Massage Parlor '73 (1972), Madame and Her Niece (1969) and Hausfrauen-Report (1971). He died on 1 April 1974 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Sebastian T. Krawinkel was born on 19 May 1969 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is a production designer and art director, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Anonymous (2011) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).- Matthias Fuchs was born on 3 November 1939 in Hannover, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der erste Frühlingstag (1956), Ferien auf Immenhof (1957) and Lola (1981). He was married to Ilse Welter. He died on 31 December 2001 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Markus Boysen was born on 3 September 1954 in Hannover, Germany. He is an actor, known for Kanzleramt (2005), Ku'damm 56 (2016) and Wer erschoß Boro? (1987).
- Anke Retzlaff was born on 25 March 1989 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for Puppe (2012), Tatort (1970) and Für immer Sommer.
- Lucas Prisor was born on 23 September 1983 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor, known for Elle (2016), My Zoe (2019) and Young & Beautiful (2013).
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Nele Wohlatz was born in 1982 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is a director and producer, known for The Future Perfect (2016), Sleep with Your Eyes Open (2024) and Ricardo Bär (2013).