Josef Bierbichler
Acting
Biography
Josef Bierbichler is a German stage, film and television actor, writer and director.
Born: April 26, 1948
Place of Birth: Ambach, Germany
Known For
Through the Night with...
Durch die Nacht mit … is a German documentary film television series produced by ZDF for Franco-German television channel ARTE. Locations are mainly in France or Germany. The title of the French version is Au cœur de la nuit. Two Celebrities spend an filmed evening together. One of them is the host who sets the location and the program. There is no moderator.
The White Ribbon
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
The Bone Man
Set in a sleepy Austrian mountain village, ex-detective Simon Brenner has grown weary of his job repossessing cars and embarks on an extended getaway to the countryside. But before long he becomes embroiled in the convoluted world of the locals of a supposedly quiet town.
The Atlantic Swimmers
Munich Heinz and Herbert wants to escape the torturous confines of their home by swimming across the Atlantic.
Das Konto
Winter Sleepers
Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local Theo, whose daughter, after being in coma for a time, dies. Rene suffers from partial short term memory loss and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car and Theo - for the man who killed his daughter...
Code Unknown
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.
Winter Journey
Despite advancing age, rural businessman Franz has remained fit and energetic, but serious mental illness and financial problems mean that this hitherto ordinary man one day finds himself on a journey to Nairobi to get his money back, and perhaps his human dignity as well.
Woyzeck
Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.
Heart of Glass
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.
Filmography
as Horst Seehofer
as Pankraz / Seewirt
as Grandfather
as Kurt Landauer
as Dr. Breuer
as Friedrich Leonhardt
as Brand
as The Steward
as Beintl (segment "Fraktur")
as Löschenkohl
as Max Hollander - Maler
as Georg Winter
as Self
as Franz Brenninger
as Rolf Schneider
as Lukas
as William Shakespeare
as Self
as Mann in Milchladen
as Bauer
as Bertolt Brecht
as 5. Polizist
as Theo
as Edgar Wurlitzer
as Dr. Brösel
as Marias Father
as Helmberger
as Groom
as Dr. Armin Thal
as Roman Soldier / Farmer
as Museumwächter
as Half Brother
as Drum Major
as Homeowner (uncredited)
as Herberts Schwager
as Hias
as Sepp
as Simmerl
as Jagdaufseher