Herwart Grosse
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 17, 1908
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Known For
Miss Butterfly
After the death of their father, 18-year-old Helene Raupe (“coccoon”) and her younger sister Asta come under the guardianship of the youth welfare office in East Berlin. Helene fails miserably as a fishmonger, fashion assistant and bus conductor, all jobs ordained for her by the authorities. The young woman really only “emerges” in her fantasies, where she can escape from her dull, normal life.
The Berliner
Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.
Professor Mamlock
A Jewish chief of surgery in 1933 Germany remains blind to the rising Nazi threat, dismissing political dissent from his son and a patient, until his family faces increasing anti-Semitic persecution.
The Gleiwitz Case
To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.
The Stolen Battle
In 1757, the second year of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II the Great stands at the gates of Prague. He has been trying to take the city for weeks, as the enemy commander Duke Charles of Lorraine is inside. Frederick has just defeated him, but the tide could soon turn against the Prussians, as new Austrian troops are approaching. None other than the famous master thief Andreas Christian Käsebier is to sneak into Prague to open the gates from the inside. As a reward, the king promises him freedom. Käsebier accepts the offer because he is tempted to steal an entire city. But by chance, Käsebier learns that the king wants to betray him. After a successful battle, he is put back behind bars for life. This doesn't suit the master thief at all, especially as he has just fallen in love with Katka in Prague.
Carla
An idealistic teacher is shocked to discover her pupils are already cynical and opportunistic. Her colleague soon grows resentful when she uses new and challenging techniques to help her students overcome obstacles.
Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist
Soldier Ignaz Wolz returns from WWI with an immeasurable hatred of capitalist war profiteers. He decides to start his own revolution, but tries to stay away from the organized class struggle. He steals from the rich men and divides the wealth among the poor. One day, Wolz is arrested and sentenced to life in prison; seven years later he is released due to mass protests. More than ever, it is hard for him to fit in. He severs ties with his former companions, who reject his ideas, and leaves Germany.
Husaren in Berlin
Comedy about the "Husarenstreich", the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War.
Council of the Gods
Based on the records of the Nuremberg trial of the chemical giant IG Farben; a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions. The chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturation process. Eventually, he adopts political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that the poison being produced in his factory is being used in the extermination camps. Standing before the judges at the Nuremberg trials, he must face the fact that he is implicated in the deaths of millions in the gas chambers of the concentration camps.
Mir nach, Canaillen
A wild story set in eighteenth-century Prussia. Alexander can do everything that a real devil of a fellow must be able to do: ride, shoot, love and devise clever plots. As a result, he is able to climb the ladder from herder to chamber master, where he makes a fool of the feudal lords.
Filmography
as Erzähler (voice)
as von Bahr-Uckley
as Eisendoktor
as Professor Bardekow
as Professor
as Narrator (voice)
as Gesandter
as Lehrer Petzold
as Friedrich II.
as von Rochow
as Professor Ebert
as Narrator (voice)
as Shepherdson
as Narrator
as Herr des Familienrats
as Direktor Lösinger
as Professor Ramuz
as Alexander Balfour/Ebenezer Balfour
as Narrator
as Merkauf
as Kubinke, Busfahrer
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Malvollo
as Schneller
as Chief Prosecutor Bürger
as Lehrer Jott
as Clown Ulf
as Graf von Übbenau
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Denker
as Herr Ostermann
as Friedrich
as Gestapochef Müller
as Dr. Carlsen
as Narrator (voice)
as Argus
as Captain Polland
as Narrator
as Madou
as Court Councilor Ernst von Zeller
as Baron von Bleich
as Polizist
as Von Decken