Wolfgang Neuss
Acting
Biography
Deutscher Kabarettist und Schauspieler
Born: December 3, 1923
Place of Birth: Wrocław, Poland
Known For
Genosse Münchhausen
In his film attempt, Berlin cabaret artist Wolfgang Neuss strings together various sketches to create a story that deals with the division of Germany based on motifs from the Münchhausen legend. A farmer from the western occupation zone crashes as a reconnaissance pilot over the Soviet Union. He returns to the West via the island of Sylt by miraculous means and finally on the back of a rocket. But he finds his future farmland in the East, on the other side of the fence.
Bandits of the Highway
The film is based on a true story, concerning a series of robberies on the highways of Germany. At the time of the actual events, there was a controversy over whether or not highway patrolmen should be given permission to use firearms against perpetrators.
The Dream of Lieschen Müller
Lieschen Müller is in her mid-20s, works a dull office job and fancies the handsome waiter from the diner down the street, wishing for a more exciting life. In a vivid, lucid dream she happens upon a gigantic fortune, allowing her to live out her wildest fantasies. Quickly, however, she realizes that that's not what makes her happy.
The Captain from Kopenick
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...
Roses for the Prosecutor
April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the court-martial judge Dr. Schramm. Rudi manages to escape from the firing squad at the last minute, and since the end of the war has been making a meager living as a street peddler. Years later, Dr. Schramm is now a respected public prosecutor. By chance, he runs into Rudi one day on the street. Afraid that Rudi will blow the whistle on him, Dr. Schramm wants to scare him out of town. He has Rudi arrested and bullied by the police.
The Endless Night
Anthology film about a night at airport Berlin-Tempelhof. Due to fog passengers can't leave Berlin by plane and struggle to find other ways out of Berlin.
Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
No Way Back
A Russian army officer is haunted by the memory of a girl he met during the war.
The Spessart Inn
Countess Franziska "is kidnapped" by a band of robbers. However, her father is not willing to pay the ransom so Franziska changes sides.
Ferien auf Immenhof
The pony hotel has just been opened, but so far no guests have arrived. Dick gets Ralf to design a brochure about the hotel. The girls and Ethelbert then lead the village children on horseback to Lübeck, where they all distribute the brochure - not knowing that Dalli has added some embellishments to the text.
Filmography
as President Annemarie Renger
as Herr Draeger
as Erich Mühsam
as Pilenz
as Jones
as Secret Service Chef
as Ben, Detektiv
as Wolfgang
as Bauer Oskar Puste
as Chauffeur
as Inspektor Macky Pancake
as Gabriel Ernst, Bildhauer
as 'Pulle'
as Macke Prinz
as Paul
as Gavrilo
as Diener auf Schloss Rieselkalk
as Moderator
as Erzähler
as Gastwirt Matteo Tartini
as Wilhelm
as Egon
as Neumann
as Knoll
as Zweiter Bankräuber
as Gast
as Direktor Noll
as Provisor
as Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
as Peter
as Polizeiarzt
as Knackerkarl
as Empfangschef
as Gefr. Krawutke
as Prokurist Bügel
as Vopo Bröse
as Hauptmann Z.
as Charly
as Chansonnier
as Polizei-Fotograf
as Regisseur Kneppke
as Nigrantz
as Sepp
as Kabarettist
as Wonderful
as Zauberkünstler
as Mr. Zimt
as Detektiv Leonhard Pingel
as Conferencier
as Marten
as Boxer-Willy
as Ballmann, Posaunist
as Uwe Lauterbach „Chef"