Peter Benedict

Acting

Peter Benedict

Born July 13, 1963 · Chur, Switzerland (age 63)

No biography available.

Known For

A Cure for WellnessA Cure for Wellness · 2017
A Cure for Wellness
6.42017
MovieHorrorMystery
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
War HorseWar Horse · 2011
War Horse
7.32011
MovieWarHistory
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
VolcanoVolcano · 2009
Volcano
7.22009
MovieDramaAction
When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.
The Young Karl MarxThe Young Karl Marx · 2017
The Young Karl Marx
6.82017
MovieHistoryDrama
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's LegacyInspector Dupin: Brittany's Legacy · 2020
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Legacy
7.02020
MovieCrimeTV Movie
While drinking coffee at an outdoor café, Dupin sees a man drop to his death.
Tag der WahrheitTag der Wahrheit · 2015
Tag der Wahrheit
6.62015
MovieThrillerTV Movie
The truth about the ailing state of the Haut-Rhin nuclear power plant in the tri-border region is to come to light - this is the goal of the assassin David Kollwein. He brings the power plant in his power and extorted policy and operating company. The German prosecutor Marie Hoffmann has only three hours to procure explosive information together with the French policeman Jean-Luc Laboetie and to prevent the meltdown in the reactor ...
BarbaraBarbara · 2012
Barbara
7.22012
MovieDrama
In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-natured clinic head, Andre.
Fay GrimFay Grim · 2007
Fay Grim
5.52007
MovieActionComedy
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.

Movies

A Cure for WellnessA Cure for Wellness · 2017
A Cure for Wellness
6.42017
MovieHorrorMystery
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
War HorseWar Horse · 2011
War Horse
7.32011
MovieWarHistory
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
VolcanoVolcano · 2009
Volcano
7.22009
MovieDramaAction
When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.
The Young Karl MarxThe Young Karl Marx · 2017
The Young Karl Marx
6.82017
MovieHistoryDrama
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's LegacyInspector Dupin: Brittany's Legacy · 2020
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Legacy
7.02020
MovieCrimeTV Movie
While drinking coffee at an outdoor café, Dupin sees a man drop to his death.
Tag der WahrheitTag der Wahrheit · 2015
Tag der Wahrheit
6.62015
MovieThrillerTV Movie
The truth about the ailing state of the Haut-Rhin nuclear power plant in the tri-border region is to come to light - this is the goal of the assassin David Kollwein. He brings the power plant in his power and extorted policy and operating company. The German prosecutor Marie Hoffmann has only three hours to procure explosive information together with the French policeman Jean-Luc Laboetie and to prevent the meltdown in the reactor ...
BarbaraBarbara · 2012
Barbara
7.22012
MovieDrama
In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-natured clinic head, Andre.
Fay GrimFay Grim · 2007
Fay Grim
5.52007
MovieActionComedy
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.
The Last ExecutionThe Last Execution · 2021
The Last Execution
6.22021
MovieDramaThriller
The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agrees to work for the GDR's foreign intelligence service until he can take up his new position. Together with his colleague Dirk, he is sent on foreign assignments to West Germany. Franz soon has to use blackmail to get innocent people to talk. But his superiors go even further: GDR refugees and their relatives are targeted to be psychologically destroyed, forged letters, medical diagnoses, surveillance and wiretapping are on the agenda. However, this is more than Franz can bear: he feels powerless and increasingly isolates himself. When he then decides to steal secret documents for a later defection to the West, this results in an unfortunate chain reaction leading to his arrest and ultimately to his execution...
Ascension Day - AusgelöschtAscension Day - Ausgelöscht · 2014
Ascension Day - Ausgelöscht
4.72014
MovieThriller
Young and rebellious Eva despises her mother who married shady business man Michael and is living with him and his two daughters in a luxurious country house. When Eva overhears that a supposedly illegal delivery of uncut diamonds is about to go down on Ascencion Day she sees an opportunity to get rich and start a new life elsewhere. Together with her boyfriend Hanno and his buddy Dominik she plans a robbery during which nobody is supposed to be harmed. However, things go terribly wrong and a spiral of violence and revenge starts to spin.
ThreeThree · 2010
Three
6.12010
MovieRomanceDrama
Hanna and Simon are in a 20 year marriage with an unexciting relationship. By chance, they both meet and start separate affairs with Adam. Adam has no idea that his two lovers are married, until they are all found out when Hanna becomes pregnant, with the natural doubts stemming from their situation.
Du bist dranDu bist dran · 2013
Du bist dran
6.02013
MovieDrama
Peter (39) has slipped into the role of the houseman over the years, because his wife Elisabeth (42) is traveling a lot for work and he takes care of the children Robby (15) and Laura (8). Peter learns that Elisabeth wants to go to Africa with her family. Due to the death of his mother Hedi, the soul situation Peters gets more and more out of balance. When he also learns that Elisabeth has already given her boss half a promise to go to Africa for two years, Peter feels ignored and ignored. It begins a blessing of blame, in which he gets into an emotional dead end.
Ärztin wider WillenÄrztin wider Willen · 2020
Ärztin wider Willen
5.32020
MovieDramaRomance
Daughter Lea persuades Véronique to attend her father's funeral in the south of France. It soon turns out that the family is completely at odds.
YellaYella · 2007
Yella
6.22007
MovieDramaThriller
A young East German woman leaves her controlling husband/business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
If Not Us, Who?If Not Us, Who? · 2011
If Not Us, Who?
5.62011
MovieDrama
In the early 60s, Bernward Vesper and fellow university student Gudrun Ensslin begin a passionate love in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Dedicated to the power of the written word, Bernward and Gudrun found a publishing house whose first publication is, paradoxically to many, a controversial past work of Bernward's ostracized father, an infamous Nazi author. Bernward defends his father's writing ability, even if he is haunted by his father's suspicious past.
AngstAngst · 2003
Angst
5.12003
MovieDrama
Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert (Andre Hennicke) and Marie (Marie Baumer) have little in common other than their sex life. Since Robert is going through a bout with impotency, they are having a very rocky time. Robert learns that his father, whom he is estranged from, has died. This disturbs Robert so much that he visits a prostitute, and is able to engage in sex with her. Marie discovers the infidelity, and the prostitute has a surprise of her own. Angst was screened at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival.
Two Days of HopeTwo Days of Hope · 2003
Two Days of Hope
6.32003
MovieDrama
Brothers Helmut and Wolfgang Kaminski live on opposite sides of the still porous Iron Curtain: Helmut works as a reporter for radio in the American sector, Wolfgang as an SED functionary for the construction of socialism. His father Otto was a brigade leader at the large construction site in Stalinallee, where the demonstrations began on June 16. On June 17, 1953, the East Berlin workers formed an uprising.
The Cold TruthThe Cold Truth · 2015
The Cold Truth
7.52015
MovieDrama
On a freezing November night, a young doctor accidentally runs over and kills an 18-year old boy. The criminal investigation is quickly dropped, but the mysterious circumstances of the accident leave behind many unanswered questions.
The BodyguardThe Bodyguard · 2005
The Bodyguard
3.92005
MovieCrime
Attractive uncompromising politician Mona Dengler is investigating the tobacco industry. Tomboyish bodyguard and single mother Johanna Sieber is assigned to protect her. This endangers Johanna's son. Mona unexpectedly falls for her.
Killer BeesKiller Bees · 2009
Killer Bees
4.02009
MovieThrillerTV Movie
A man is on the verge of death from a bee sting. His daughter, a fearless young, starts a race against time to find the antidote that may save the life of his father. It counts with the help of an expert on bees is satisfied that, as a kind of unusual, someone has prompted its expansion. Meanwhile, most frequently occurring deaths because of these alarming bites.
Die letzte SchlachtDie letzte Schlacht · 2005
Die letzte Schlacht
7.02005
MovieDrama
The 13 days from April 20th to May 2nd, 1945, are unique in the history of Germany: They are the final act in the history of the Third Reich, which was supposed to last for a thousand years and succumbed after twelve in an orgy of violence and fire. In the catacombs of his bunker under the Reich Chancellery in the capital city of Berlin, which Adolf Hitler wanted to make the centre of the world, the dictator operates with ghost divisions during the final days of the war. Only in the final moment, he takes his own life. Meanwhile, On the streets, in the ruins, and the basements of the destroyed city, the final battle wages on: Adolescents are sacrificed without purpose, women get raped, loyal party comrades commit suicide in the thousands, Jews who were in hiding for years hope for the liberation.
OffroadOffroad · 2012
Offroad
5.32012
MovieComedy
Meike has had enough of a comfortable life and ventures out on a risky off-road adventure in a jeep she bought at auction.
Friends of FriendsFriends of Friends · 2002
Friends of Friends
5.82002
MovieDramaRomance
Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.
Tod einer SchülerinTod einer Schülerin · 2010
Tod einer Schülerin
6.62010
MovieDramaCrime
Alex Berger, a respected teacher, is shaken when a student he once slept with is found murdered by a lakeside in his small Brandenburg town, prompting police to order mass DNA testing. As detectives close in, Alex confesses the affair to his wife but insists he’s innocent of the murder, while the strain threatens to tear his family apart.

TV Shows

Scene of the CrimeScene of the Crime · 1970
Scene of the Crime
6.21970
SeriesDramaCrime
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
SOKO WismarSOKO Wismar · 2004
SOKO Wismar
6.42004
SeriesCrime
Polizeiruf 110Polizeiruf 110 · 1971
Polizeiruf 110
6.21971
SeriesCrime
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
SOKO LeipzigSOKO Leipzig · 2001
SOKO Leipzig
6.22001
SeriesCrimeDrama
SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Die Rosenheim-CopsDie Rosenheim-Cops · 2002
Die Rosenheim-Cops
6.42002
SeriesCrimeComedy
A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
DarkDark · 2017
Dark
8.42017
SeriesCrimeDrama
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
Vienna Crime SquadVienna Crime Squad · 2005
Vienna Crime Squad
5.12005
SeriesCrime
SOKO Donau is an Austrian television series.
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police · 1996
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
6.61996
SeriesDramaComedy
A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
SOKO MünchenSOKO München · 1978
SOKO München
5.91978
SeriesCrime
SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.
Hamburg DocklandHamburg Dockland · 2007
Hamburg Dockland
6.02007
SeriesCrimeDrama
Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
SOKO StuttgartSOKO Stuttgart · 2009
SOKO Stuttgart
6.62009
SeriesCrime
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
Wolffs RevierWolffs Revier · 1992
Wolffs Revier
3.71992
SeriesCrime
Wolffs Revier is a German television series.
Murder in the MountainsMurder in the Mountains · 2001
Murder in the Mountains
4.62001
SeriesCrime
SOKO Kitzbühel is an Austrian television series produced by ORF and ZDF. It is a spin-off of the German crime series SOKO 5113. It is set in the renowned Tyrolean tourist centre of Kitzbühel. The production company "beo-Film" has produced the show since 2001. The German abbreviation SOKO stands for Sonderkommission, "special commission", a task force with specific duties.
Im Namen des GesetzesIm Namen des Gesetzes · 1994
Im Namen des Gesetzes
7.21994
SeriesCrimeDrama
SOKO KölnSOKO Köln · 2003
SOKO Köln
7.12003
SeriesCrime
The SOKO Köln investigates the cathedral city with humor and often with hard work. Their cases take them into a variety of environments, from the Cologne clique to the terraced housing estates on the outskirts of the city.
Letzte Spur BerlinLetzte Spur Berlin · 2012
Letzte Spur Berlin
6.22012
SeriesCrimeDrama
Bettys DiagnoseBettys Diagnose · 2015
Bettys Diagnose
5.02015
SeriesDrama
In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen ÄrzteIn aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte · 2015
In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
7.12015
SeriesDrama
The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt. In this emotional drama series, hospital staffers and patients navigate life's challenges.
Donna LeonDonna Leon · 2000
Donna Leon
7.32000
SeriesCrimeDrama
Murder, Venice, relationships...it's a delicious concoction in the hands of crime novelist Donna Leon. Venice provides the backdrop for the lush film versions of the bestselling novels, which features the indelible Commissario Guido Brunetti, canal boat rides instead of car chases, fine cuisine and crime investigations in one of Europe’s most beautiful locations.
Der KriminalistDer Kriminalist · 2006
Der Kriminalist
4.52006
SeriesCrime
Der Kriminalist is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, subsidiary of Odeon Film. Directors during the first season were Sherry Hormann and Torsten C. Fischer, during the second: Thomas Jahn, Jobst Oetzmann and Torsten C. Fischer.
HeldtHeldt · 2013
Heldt
6.52013
SeriesCrime
WilsbergWilsberg · 1995
Wilsberg
7.81995
SeriesDramaCrime
Georg Wilsberg is an antiquarian in Münster. He used to be a lawyer but lost his license. Since then he has been working as a private detective. The always clammy Wilsberg urgently needs this income. In addition, he depends on the support of his friends, especially because of the car.
KüstenwacheKüstenwache · 1997
Küstenwache
5.81997
SeriesCrime
Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
Die ChefinDie Chefin · 2012
Die Chefin
6.32012
SeriesCrime
First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective, attempts to balance her professional and private life.