Hanns Zischler

ActorEditorArtDirector Jun 18 (age 78) Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany 1958–2026 (68 year career)

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Biography

Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Munich

Hans

Film

Clouds of Sils Maria

Henryk Wald

Film

The Edukators

Vermieter

Film

Amen.

Grawitz

Film

Europa Europa

Captain von Lerenau

Film

Flame & Citron

Gilbert

Film

23

Karls Vater

Film

Ripley's Game

Art Dealer

Filmography

Acting (285)

Movies (226)

Home Entertainment

2026

Fatherland

2026

as Thomas Mann

About Narration

2025

John Cranko

2024

as Walter Erich Schäfer

8.4

Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt

2024

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Universal Theory

as Dr. Strathen

All Will Be Revealed

as Dr. Abweger

Black Box

2023

as Hanns Böhm

5.0

So Long Daddy, See You in Hell

2022

as Politiker

3.9

A Place Called Dignity

as Uncle Paul

Black Island

as Friedrich Hansen

Gefährliche Wahrheit

as Richard Freydank

Prince

as Michael Schmidt-Fournier

5.0

2021

as Joachim

5.9

Wim Wenders, Desperado

2020

as Self

7.7

Professor Wall im Bordell

as Professor Wall

Relativity

as Aron's Father

Krieg und Frieden – Deutsch-sowjetische Skizzen

2018

as Narrator

Whatever Happens Next

as Silbermann

Der große Rudolph

as Toni

Katie Fforde: Ziemlich beste Freundinnen

2018

as Douglas van Garden

4.1

A Prominent Patient

2017

as Dr. Stein

6.1

Einen Moment fürs Leben

2017

as Samuel Silchester

1.0

1917: The Real October

2017

as Alexander Benois (voice)

1.0

Axolotl Overkill

2017

as Film Award Laudator

5.0

Crash Test Aglae

2017

as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO

6.2

Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel

2017

as H. Moldenhauer

3.2

Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl

2017

as Self - Reader

Erste deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition - Die Weltreise der Valdivia

2017

as Self - Narrator

So Broad and Big: The Nature of Otto Modersohn

as Narrator (voice)

Der Bankraub

as Harald Kühnen

Chamisso’s Shadow

as Adelbert von Chamisso (voice)

6.3

Traveling Roadshow

2016

as Self

Ein Mann unter Verdacht

2016

as Anjas Vater

4.6

Allmen and the Dragonflies

as Hirt Senior

All of a Sudden

as Klaus

What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...?

as Narrator (voice)

Outside the Box

as Bruno Bickstein

Heil

as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf

Brief an mein Leben

as Dr. Pogel

Clouds of Sils Maria

as Henryk Wald

Stations of the Cross

as Bestatter

Stille Nächte

as Paul

George

as Max Beckmann

Whispers Behind the Wall

as Martins Vater

Der Tote im Eis

as Dr. Lutz Conrad

Grenzgang

as Rektor Granitzny

King Ordinary

as Wallenstein

Rommel

as Gerd von Rundstedt

6.1

Zettl

2012

as Gaishofer

4.6

The Case of Jakob von Metzler

2012

as Friedrich von Metzler

Playoff

as Franz

Bastard

as Samuel Schweizer

Für immer 30

as Hans Kranich

In der Welt habt ihr Angst

as Johannes Baumann

Aghet

as Leslie Davis

In the Shadows

as Planer

The Red Room

as Prof. Mühsam

Hinter blinden Fenstern

as Polonius Fischer

Blessed Events

as Gynäkologe

Voyage to 'Metropolis'

as Narrator (voice)

Hilde

as Erich Pommer

Entführt

as Maximilian Kessler

Todsünde

as Polonius Fischer

Flame & Citron

as Gilbert

A Year Ago in Winter

as Dr. Thomas Richter

6.2

Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte

2008

as Produzent

Manhunt

2008

as Klaus Barbie

6.9

Die Frau aus dem Meer

2008

as Michael Kolberg

7.2

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

2008

as Self

6.3

Der falsche Tod

2007

as Dr. Franz Stoever

Tracing Battleship Potemkin

2007

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Overnight

2007

as Fischer

A Perfect Friend

2006

as Rodolph Hartmann

3.6

Eine Krone für Isabell

2006

as Archibald Kent

7.5

Heiraten macht mich nervös

as Oskar Becker

Wen die Liebe trifft

as Henry Rhomberg

Munich

as Hans

Undercover

as Landsbichler

The Ring Finger

as Le patron de l'hôtel

5.3

Liebe auf den zweiten Blick

as Norbert Hahn

Für immer im Herzen

as Richard Berger

The Edukators

as Vermieter

Post Impact

as Dr. Gregor Starndorf

4.6

Red & Blue

2004

as Samuel Eisenstein

Woman Driving, Man Sleeping

as Sven Hedin

Walk on Water

as Axel's Father

Küss mich, Kanzler!

as Kanzleramtschef Dr. Nick Riemer

1.0

Gate to Heaven

2003

as Polizist

Small Cuts

2003

as Verekher

6.0

Antonia – Tränen im Paradies

2003

as Friedrich Fürstenberg

Novaks Ultimatum

as Dr. Hildebrandt

Saltimbank

as Johann Kreisler

Two Days of Hope

as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)

5.5

Es wird etwas geschehen

2003

as Alfred Wunsiedel

Sulla

2003

as Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Gelübde des Herzens

2003

as Professor Leunitz

5.0

Mädchen Nr. 1

2003

as Alfred Hammerstein

666: In Bed with the Devil

2002

as Prince of Darkness

Amen.

as Grawitz

Ripley's Game

as Art Dealer

Taking Sides

as Rudolf Werner

Tanners letzte Chance

2002

as Karl Sedlag

Jean Moulin

2002

as Le major von Gutlingen

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man

2002

as Josef Hillman

6.0

Beck 16 - The Last Witness

as Josef Hillman

Beck 12 - The Loner

as Josef Hillman

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball

as Josef Hillman

I'm The Father

as Dr. Beilenberg

Olga's Summer

as Richard

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown

as Josef Hillman

The Specimen

Southeast Passage

Zwei Seiten der Liebe

2002

as Rolf Wagner

5.0

Wenn die Liebe verloren geht

2002

as Georg

Solange wir lieben

2001

as Prof.Rudolf Zondek

Beck 11 - The Cartel

as Josef Hillman

A Fine Day

as Regisseur

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face

2001

as Josef Hillman

5.7

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

as Oetker's Attorney

Venus Talking

Rotlicht - In der Höhle des Löwen

2000

as Hans Fengler

Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women

2000

as Adam

4.3

Falsche Liebe – Die Internetfalle

as Wilhelm Täufer

Wenn man sich traut

as Isabell's Vater

Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick

as Raabe senior

Sunshine

as Baron Margitta

The Alchemists

as Bruno Gudmanson

No Sex

1999

as Friedrich Liebermann

Operation Noah

as Kanzler

as Karls Vater

Callboy

as Dr.Deckel

Der Handymörder

1998

as Bundeskanzler

Black Sun

1998

as Narrator

6.8

Mein Papa ist kein Mörder

1998

as Thorsten Gregor

Die Bubi Scholz Story

1998

as Otto Grimm

2.7

Debt of Love

1998

as Besse

Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück

1998

as Dieter

Ende einer Leidenschaft

1997

as Dr. Blöss

Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small

1997

as Michael

5.0

Drancy Future

1997

as The Old Man (voice)

6.2

Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau

1997

as Schmidthenner

4.0

Betrogen – Eine Ehe am Ende

1997

as Jan Goldbeck

Null Risiko und reich

The Last Courier

as Kant

Superbrain

as Kottke

A Girl Called Rosemarie

1996

6.7

Ehebruch - Eine teuflische Falle!

1996

as Til Deboers

Adieu, Mon Ami

1996

as Serge

4.0

Nach uns die Sintflut

1996

6.0

When in Doubt

1995

as Klaus Merten

Luise knackt den Jackpot

1995

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

as Dieter Reich

The Blue One

as Minister

Balle perdue

as Victor Trampot

Gute Referenzen

1994

The Violin Player

1994

as Michael

10.0

Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin

1994

as Monsieur de Staël

Das Baby der schwangeren Toten

as Prof. Stuck

The Cement Garden

as Father

Faraway, So Close!

as Dr. Becker

Rotlicht

as Hans Fengler

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

1993

as Count Zelten

6.8

The Open Universe

1993

as Frank

Stunde der Füchse

1993

as Heinz Binder

The Denunciation

as Erfinder

Herzsprung

as Herr Papenfuß

Salt on Our Skin

as Sidney

Abgetrieben

as Dr. Friedrich Hess

6.0

Manoeuvres d'Élégance

1992

Mise-en-scene

1991

Europa Europa

1990

as Captain von Lerenau

7.2

Dr. M

1990

as Moser

4.4

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

1990

as Self

Das Haus am Watt

1990

as Ulrich Golborn

The French Revolution

as Goethe

Francesco

as Pope Innocent III

Himmelsheim

as Dr. Ehrenfried

The Rose Garden

as Eckert

My Dear Subject

as Hans

Der Leibwächter

as Dr. Kant

The Venus Trap

as Kurt

The French as Seen by…

1988

as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")

6.9

The Last Word

1988

Milan noir

1987

as Hardy

Berlin

1987

as Interviews

Das Treibhaus

1987

as Mergentheim

Douce France

1986

as Karl

Tarot

1986

as Eduard

5.5

Anemia

1986

as Umberto

Afrika am Rhein

1986

as Hans

The Berlin Affair

1985

as Wolf von Hollendorf

5.2

A Viso Coperto

1985

as Roberto Connolly

The Autograph

1984

as Lieutenant Suarez

6.0

The Horsemen of the Storm

as Castaing

A Woman in Flames

as Kurt

Pharos of Chaos

as Self

The Unburdening

as Diego

Closed Circuit

as Melo

Logik des Gefühls

Doctor Faustus

as Dr. Serenius

Domino

as Zollner

Before Your Eyes - Vietnam

Total vereist

as Pilot

Malevil

as le vétérinaire

"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics

1981

as Self

Strike Back

Angels of Iron

as Ridzinski

Hast du Lust, mit mir einen Kaffee zu trinken?

1981

as Hanns

Berlin Chamissoplatz

1980

as Martin

6.6

Henry Angst

1980

The demise of Herman Dürer

1979

as Herwig Jungmann, neuroloog

Putting Things Straight

1979

as Alfred Flechtheim

David

The Meetings of Anna

as Hans

The Left-Handed Woman

1978

6.5

"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.

as Voice

Kings of the Road

as Robert Lander

Die Tannerhütte

Bent or Broken

Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen

1973

as Self

Summer in the City

1972

as Hanns

5.9

Blinker

1969

Same Player Shoots Again

1968

as Man with Gun

5.2

Fatherland

as Thomas Mann

Schwarzer Sommer

as Klaus Brixen

Television (59)

Berlin und Brandenburg unterm Hakenkreuz

2019

as Self - Sprecher (voice)

Talk aus Berlin

2018

as Self

6.0

Just Push Abuba

2018

as Professor Schwarz

Babylon Berlin

as Engelbert Rath

Die Kanzlei

as Hubertus Dehling

Stadt, Rad, Hund

as Self

Letzte Spur Berlin

2012

as Dr. Bernhard Lindner

6.2

Nils Holgerssons wunderbare Reise

2011

as Kobold

6.6

Wilde Wellen – Nichts bleibt verborgen

2011

as Leon Menec

5.0

Matussek trifft

2010

as Self

Flemming

2009

as Dr. Hans Matthei

5.0

Denkzeit

2007

as Self

March of Millions

2007

as Graf Rüdiger von Gernstorff

Day of Disaster

as Walter Köhler

Der Kriminalist

as Günther Ellis

Kommissar Stolberg

as Gerhard Mohr

Commissario Laurenti

as Salvio Giustina

Thadeusz

as self

ZIBB

as Self

West.art am Sonntag

2003

as Self

Nicht ohne meinen Anwalt

Bloch

as Claus Claussen

Edel & Starck

as Alfred Mendel

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

2002

as Self

Der kleine Mönch

2002

as Angermeyer

Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker

2001

as Oetker's Attorney

Donna Leon

2000

as Franco Murino

7.3

Jahrestage

2000

as De Rosny

Beck

1999

as Josef Hillman

6.8

Benzin im Blut

1999

as Frank Ellinghaus

Alpha Forum

1998

as Self

Der letzte Zeuge

as Arthur Pollack

Küstenwache

as Hein Andersson

Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP

1997

as Simon Höxter

4.5

Nachtstudio

1997

as Self

Die Drei

1996

as Rolf Kemper

5.0

Anwalt Martin Berg - Im Auftrag der Gerechtigkeit

1996

as Staatsanwalt Winkler

A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft

1995

as Udo Rohde

Jury Trial

1995

as Thorsten Gregor

Im Zweifel für..

1995

as Klaus Merten

Im Namen des Gesetzes

as Hilmar Renier

Die Kommissarin

as Joachim Hubrath

Der König von Bärenbach

1994

as Gottfried Lederle

10.0

Alles Glück dieser Erde

1994

as Pfarrer Lucas Delbrück

Germaine et Benjamin

1994

Adelheid und ihre Mörder

1993

as Meier-Rottluff

6.2

Rotlicht

1993

as Hans Fengler

Wolffs Revier

1992

as Dr. Peter Landsberg

DAS!

as Self

Die Männer vom K3

as Ernst Stiller

Kir Royal

1986

as Dr. Josef Geisshofer

Der Fahnder

A Case For Two

as Dr. Roland Schäfer

Der Alte

as Peter Binding

Kölner Treff

as Self

Derrick

as Haffner

Polizeiruf 110

as Ekki von Dülmen

Scene of the Crime

as Dr. Joachim Dreher

6.2

Stahlnetz

1958

as Konrad Bienek

6.7

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Kafka Goes to the Movies

2002

Editor

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero

1993

Art Direction

6.8

"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec.

1978

Director

6.0