Frank Giering

Acting

Frank Giering

Born November 23, 1971 · Magdeburg, Germany

Died June 23, 2010 · aged 38

Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first stage experience as a background actor at the former known "Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the…

Known For

Funny GamesFunny Games · 1997
Funny Games
★ 7.31997
MovieDramaHorror
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Gran ParadisoGran Paradiso · 2000
Gran Paradiso
★ 5.62000
MovieAdventure
Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.
Anatomy 2Anatomy 2 · 2003
Anatomy 2
★ 5.62003
MovieHorrorThriller
The doctor and soccer player in the leisure time Jo Hauser decides to move to Berlin and be an intern in a famous clinic, expecting to increase his knowledge and expertize, and help his handicap brother Willi Hauser. He joins a secret fraternity of doctors, under the leadership of Prof. Muller-LaRousse, who is researching the use of bionic muscles in human beings without any ethics or respect to the laws. The team is also volunteer to the experiences, and is under investigation of Paula Henning. When Jo gets close to a Filipino nurse, and becomes addicted in the drugs used in experience, he realizes the truth hidden in the methods used by the secret society in the development of science.
GiganticGigantic · 1999
Gigantic
★ 7.61999
MovieDramaComedy
The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in their early twenties and are dreaming of another life when Floyd suddenly takes a job on a freighter going to Singapore.
A Birthday to RememberA Birthday to Remember · 2003
A Birthday to Remember
★ 5.22003
MovieDrama
Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of the Alps her family lives on the lonely farm “Hierankl”.
Love Scenes from Planet EarthLove Scenes from Planet Earth · 1998
Love Scenes from Planet Earth
★ 6.01998
MovieComedyRomance
The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.
Und alles wegen MamaUnd alles wegen Mama · 1999
Und alles wegen Mama
★ 9.01999
MovieComedy
Unemployed Franz and his son Benny swindle the shady loan shark Johannsen out of a whopping 25,000 marks. But the sudden windfall makes not only his wife and mother Hilda suspicious, but also their neighbor Konrad – who happens to be a police commissioner.
BaaderBaader · 2002
Baader
★ 3.72002
MovieActionCrime
Andreas Baader starts out as a small-time criminal. In Berlin, he is recruited by a revolutionary cell. They plan to overthrow the state.

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Die ProSieben MärchenstundeDie ProSieben Märchenstunde · 2006
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde
★ 7.72006
SeriesFamilyComedy
Die ProSieben Märchenstunde is a television movie series that has been produced since 2006. It features characters that are exclusively portrayed by German and Austrian comedians and actors. The series is shot in Prague. The screenplays have - amongst others - been written by Tommy Krappweis, Erik Haffner and Norman Cöster who came up with the stories of Bernd das Brot. Additionally, they are directing and have cameo appearances. Many actors use their respective dialect. Die ProSieben Märchenstunde was nominated for the German Comedy Award in the category Best Comedy in 2006. It is also broadcast on Austrian television channel ORF, which is co-producing the series, airing the programme as Die ORF Märchenstunde.

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