Marianne Koch

Acting

Marianne Koch

Born August 19, 1931 · München, Germany (age 94)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marianne Koch (born August 19, 1931 in Munich) is a retired German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in spaghetti westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician. Between 1950 and 1971, Koch appeared in more than 65 films. In the haunting 1954 espionage thriller Night People sh…

Known For

A Fistful of DollarsA Fistful of Dollars · 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
7.81964
MovieWestern
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Der Schmied von St. BartholomäDer Schmied von St. Bartholomä · 1955
Der Schmied von St. Bartholomä
7.71955
MovieDrama
Night PeopleNight People · 1954
Night People
6.21954
MovieDramaCrime
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinemaSergio Leone: cinema, cinema · 2001
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
6.42001
MovieDocumentary
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
Spain AgainSpain Again · 1969
Spain Again
6.51969
MovieDrama
David (Mark Stevens) is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Now a member of a medical convention, he looks up old friends and finds his former lover, now a married woman with a flamenco-dancing daughter. He and the daughter (Manuela Vargas) have an immediate and mutual attraction to each other. He considers running away with the exotic beauty before asking his wife to join him for an extended vacation after the convention .
Die FledermausDie Fledermaus · 1962
Die Fledermaus
6.51962
MovieComedyMusic
Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...
Skandal im MädchenpensionatSkandal im Mädchenpensionat · 1953
Skandal im Mädchenpensionat
7.01953
MovieComedy
Three guardsmen who accidentally end up in a girls' boarding school after a merry night out have to disguise themselves in women's clothes to avoid detection.
HeldinnenHeldinnen · 1960
Heldinnen
8.81960
MovieComedyMusic
A music comedy directed by Dietrich Haugk based on the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.

Movies

A Fistful of DollarsA Fistful of Dollars · 1964
A Fistful of Dollars
7.81964
MovieWestern
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Der Schmied von St. BartholomäDer Schmied von St. Bartholomä · 1955
Der Schmied von St. Bartholomä
7.71955
MovieDrama
Night PeopleNight People · 1954
Night People
6.21954
MovieDramaCrime
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent American businessman. In exchange for the soldier's return, the Russians attempt to barter a trade for an elderly German couple who they want for treason.
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinemaSergio Leone: cinema, cinema · 2001
Sergio Leone: cinema, cinema
6.42001
MovieDocumentary
The life and work of one of the great masters of Italian cinema, Sergio Leone (1929-89); a rich and fascinating portrait through unpublished testimonies of collaborators, actors, directors and critics who reconstruct every aspect of his creative activity.
Spain AgainSpain Again · 1969
Spain Again
6.51969
MovieDrama
David (Mark Stevens) is a physician who returns to Spain 30 years after his involvement in the Spanish Civil War. Now a member of a medical convention, he looks up old friends and finds his former lover, now a married woman with a flamenco-dancing daughter. He and the daughter (Manuela Vargas) have an immediate and mutual attraction to each other. He considers running away with the exotic beauty before asking his wife to join him for an extended vacation after the convention .
Die FledermausDie Fledermaus · 1962
Die Fledermaus
6.51962
MovieComedyMusic
Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...
Skandal im MädchenpensionatSkandal im Mädchenpensionat · 1953
Skandal im Mädchenpensionat
7.01953
MovieComedy
Three guardsmen who accidentally end up in a girls' boarding school after a merry night out have to disguise themselves in women's clothes to avoid detection.
HeldinnenHeldinnen · 1960
Heldinnen
8.81960
MovieComedyMusic
A music comedy directed by Dietrich Haugk based on the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Dr. HollDr. Holl · 1951
Dr. Holl
9.01951
MovieDrama
A doctor marries his seemingly incurable patient to fulfill her last wish. A serum he develops saves her, and the union born of compassion develops into a loving marriage.
Hong Kong Hot HarborHong Kong Hot Harbor · 1962
Hong Kong Hot Harbor
8.01962
MovieThrillerAdventure
German journalist Peter Holberg arrives in Hong Kong and, by accident, he is carrying a microfilm that was destined to local gang lord, Marek. Peter is helped by another German journalist, Joan Kent, and falls in love with a night-club dancer, Colette. Colette is actually working for Marek, but betrays the gang for love - at the ultimate cost to her. The HK Police will intervene just in time to prevent Peter from further losses.
Der KlosterjägerDer Klosterjäger · 1953
Der Klosterjäger
7.01953
MovieDramaHistory
The huntsman of a Bavarian monastery falls in love with a beautiful girl and convinces the provost to make his steward delay her brother's feudal due arrears.
Liebe und TrompetenblasenLiebe und Trompetenblasen · 1954
Liebe und Trompetenblasen
9.01954
MovieComedy
In a small residential town, the two soldiers Peter and Nicky try to win the affections of the artist Ninon from the court theater. Their admiration clashes with their duties as soldiers and they are grounded. Nevertheless, they look at their Ninon in the theater, get caught and flee, with Peter losing his helmet in a girls' boarding school.
The Devil's AgentThe Devil's Agent · 1962
The Devil's Agent
6.71962
MovieMysteryDrama
Droste, a mild-mannered businessman, was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub, the two rekindle a friendship that was interrupted by the war. However, when Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a friend in West Germany, the befuddled Droste is set up for a series of complicated spy games.
Geheimnis einer EheGeheimnis einer Ehe · 1951
Geheimnis einer Ehe
10.01951
MovieComedy
Tina Camphausen has three children, Christian, Schwänchen and Musi, who has grown up for 15 years without a father. The family leads a peaceful life together with Paul, the woman's partner whom the children have accepted. Cohabitation is tested when Felix makes his appearance, Tina's childhood friend and Christian's probable biological father.
Trunk to CairoTrunk to Cairo · 1966
Trunk to Cairo
6.31966
MovieActionAdventure
Audie plays a James Bond-type action hero assigned to destroy a Neo-Nazy weapons factory headed by nemesis George Sanders.
Four Girls in TownFour Girls in Town · 1957
Four Girls in Town
2.81957
MovieDrama
Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace Universal's glamour star in an upcoming Biblical epic?
Coast of SkeletonsCoast of Skeletons · 1965
Coast of Skeletons
5.81965
MovieDramaAdventure
A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy double crossing each other until they are blown up having found bullion.
Spotlight on a MurdererSpotlight on a Murderer · 1961
Spotlight on a Murderer
6.51961
MovieMystery
An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.
Napoléon II, the EagleNapoléon II, the Eagle · 1961
Napoléon II, the Eagle
7.81961
MovieDrama
The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries, before being separated from his father and taken in and raised by his grandfather, Emperor Francis, who made him an Austrian prince.
The Devil's GeneralThe Devil's General · 1955
The Devil's General
6.81955
MovieDramaWar
The adaptation of the eponymous play by Carl Zuckmayer tells the story of renegade general Harras of the German Luftwaffe, who during WWII openly criticizes the Nazi regime. As a consequence, he is put under surveillance, and even imprisoned for a brief period of time. Still remaining outspoken, Harras realizes the horrific dimensions of this hopeless and injust war waged by Germany.
Loriot 100Loriot 100 · 2023
Loriot 100
8.52023
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about German comedian Loriot alias Vicco von Bülow, who would have been 100 years old in 2023.
Death Drums Along the RiverDeath Drums Along the River · 1963
Death Drums Along the River
5.31963
MovieAdventureCrime
A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
Who Killed Johnny R.?Who Killed Johnny R.? · 1966
Who Killed Johnny R.?
7.71966
MovieWestern
An assumed-dead gangster wants to implicate a completely innocent man to pay for his crimes so he can give the slip to his avengers and persecutors.
Wetterleuchten am DachsteinWetterleuchten am Dachstein · 1953
Wetterleuchten am Dachstein
8.01953
MovieDrama
Hannes Kähls von Kählsberg has hired himself out as a head farmhand on the estate out of love for Jutta, the beautiful young lady of the Salzerhof. Since she was widowed, Jutta has developed into a proud, domineering person who does not show Hannes the unconfessed feelings she has for him. She fights doggedly for the land of the salt mountain, which is the state salt works authority wants to dispute. Hannes urges her to give up because he thinks large parts of the underground tunnel are in danger of collapsing.

TV Shows

DAS!DAS! · 1991
DAS!
4.71991
Series
Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
Markus LanzMarkus Lanz · 2008
Markus Lanz
5.52008
Series
TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.
NDR Talk ShowNDR Talk Show · 1979
NDR Talk Show
6.61979
Series
AbendschauAbendschau · 2000
Abendschau
4.32000
Series
The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.
MDR um 4MDR um 4 · 2014
MDR um 4
5.02014
Series
RiverboatRiverboat · 1992
Riverboat
5.31992
Series
BambiBambi · 1948
Bambi
9.01948
Series
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
NachtcaféNachtcafé · 1987
Nachtcafé
4.71987
Series
Hart aber fairHart aber fair · 2001
Hart aber fair
5.02001
Series
BeckmannBeckmann · 1999
Beckmann
4.31999
Series
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.
Kölner TreffKölner Treff · 1976
Kölner Treff
6.81976
Series
Dalli DalliDalli Dalli · 1971
Dalli Dalli
9.31971
Series
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bioalfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio · 1994
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
6.01994
Series
Wir in BayernWir in Bayern · 2003
Wir in Bayern
7.02003
SeriesDocumentary
The CommissionerThe Commissioner · 1969
The Commissioner
8.01969
SeriesDramaCrime
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.
maybrit illnermaybrit illner · 1999
maybrit illner
9.01999
Series
Political talk show on current topics presented by Maybrit Illner.
Heut' abendHeut' abend · 1980
Heut' abend
7.01980
Series
Stars in the RingStars in the Ring · 1959
Stars in the Ring
5.31959
Series
Every year there was a Gala of the Stars at the Zirkus Krone in Munich.
Tim Frazer - Der Fall SalingerTim Frazer - Der Fall Salinger · 1964
Tim Frazer - Der Fall Salinger
1964
SeriesCrime
Tim FrazerTim Frazer · 1963
Tim Frazer
7.01963
SeriesCrime
Engineer Tim Frazer is hired by the mysterious Mr. Ross to search for his missing business partner Harry Denston. Denston appears to be involved in a case of espionage.
Death Runs After ThemDeath Runs After Them · 1967
Death Runs After Them
7.01967
SeriesCrime
Engineer Morrison returns to England after a long stay in America. Terrible news awaits him: his sister Alice is said to have committed suicide.