Johannes Schaaf
Directing
Biography
No biography available for Johannes Schaaf.
Born: April 7, 1933
Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Germany
Known For
Der Kommissar
Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide squad. All 97 episodes, which were shot in black-and-white and first broadcast between 1969 and 1976, were written by Herbert Reinecker and starred Erik Ode as Kommissar Herbert Keller. Keller's assistants were Walter Grabert, Robert Heines, and Harry Klein who, in 1974, was replaced by his younger brother Erwin Klein.
Wenn ich mich fürchte
After separating from his wife, an artist finds himself in a major crisis.
Dream City
A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.
First Love
The story of two young lovers takes a tragic turn as the girl falls in love with the boy's father.
Bali
The wife of a European photographer on assignment in exotic Bali falls for an enigmatic ex patriot under the spell of a mystical death cult...
Weights and Measures
Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and traders whose weights are frequently light.
Alle Jahre wieder
A man returns every year to visit his estranged family and friends in this drama dripping with biting social commentary. His 40-year-old buddies are part of the nouveau riche who consider themselves elite and are content to sandbag it at work. Teutonic sentimentality is lampooned, and the narrow minded are held up to ridicule. Some fine performances outweigh the passages of unintentional humor in this second film from director Ulrich Schamoni.
Jaider, the Lonely Hunter
When Jaider has to illegally poach in order to feed the citizens of a poor Alpine town, he gets into a blood-soaked conflict with the German authorities.
Im Reservat
A gay man lives with a lonely old lady in a demolished house in Berlin. One day the old lady's daughter stands in front of the door and wants to bring her mother home.
Die widerrechtliche Ausübung der Astronomie
Max Ernst on amateur astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel.
Filmography
as Ing. Hübner
as Opern-Intendant Tönitz
as Arzt
as Slama
as Doktor
as Bradford
as Nirmatsky
as Hans Werner Schäfer
as Spezie
as Narrator (voice)
as Heinz Rogatzky