Jan Hendriks

Acting

Jan Hendriks

Born December 6, 1928 · Berlin, Germany

Died December 13, 1991 · aged 63

Jan Hendriks (born Heinz Joachim Hinz, December 6, 1928, Berlin – died likely December 13, 1991, Berlin) was a German actor and voice actor. After studying acting at the Hebbel Theatre school in Berlin, he began his career on stage before making his film debut in Robert A. Stemmle’s Sündige Grenze (1951), for which he became the first winner of the German Film Award for Best New Actor. He went on…

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The Devil's DaffodilThe Devil's Daffodil · 1961
The Devil's Daffodil
★ 5.81961
MovieMysteryCrime
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
The Door with Seven LocksThe Door with Seven Locks · 1962
The Door with Seven Locks
★ 6.51962
MovieCrimeMystery
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far WestBuffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West · 1964
Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West
★ 5.41964
MovieWestern
Colonel William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, intends to put an end to the dishonest relations between a gang of white swindlers and the Indian, Yellow Hand. So he goes to the chief of Yellow Hand's tribe, Wise Fox, and tries to convince him to sign a peace treaty with the Federal troops. In order to avoid this, Yellow Hand abducts Wise Fox's daughter, pretending that the soldiers have done it.
The Inn on the RiverThe Inn on the River · 1962
The Inn on the River
★ 6.81962
MovieCrimeDrama
A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.
The Man with the Glass EyeThe Man with the Glass Eye · 1969
The Man with the Glass Eye
★ 5.51969
MovieCrimeDrama
A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still firmly stuck in the victim's chest, and Inspector Perkins strangely finds a glass eye in his jacket pocket. Kurt after that a second, mysterious murder happens: A city-famous dancer of the Las Vegas Girls, who perform at the London Odeon Theater, is poisoned. Is there a connection between the pretty dancer and the hotel guest? Inspector Perkins and his colleagues are pressed for time. The "man with the glass eye" strikes deadly again and again. A first clue leads Scotland Yard to a billiard club, where one has to show a glass eye as an admission ticket.
The College Girl MurdersThe College Girl Murders · 1967
The College Girl Murders
★ 6.81967
MovieCrimeThriller
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
The Green Devils of Monte CassinoThe Green Devils of Monte Cassino · 1958
The Green Devils of Monte Cassino
★ 5.61958
MovieWarDrama
German Paratroopers are ordered to hold the line at Monte Cassino in Italy, and halt the allied advance on Rome.
Arms and the ManArms and the Man · 1958
Arms and the Man
★ 6.61958
MovieComedyRomance
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.

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Cliff DexterCliff Dexter · 1966
Cliff Dexter
★ 9.01966
SeriesCrime
Cliff Dexter was a detective series in the ZDF 1966 until 1968. It produced two seasons each with 13 episodes each 25 minutes, lead actor was Hans von Borsody. Other performers have included Hans Schellbach as Commissioner Meinert, Sabine Bethmann as Jacqueline and Andrea Dahmen as Carrol. In two episodes occurred Günter Strack. Cliff Dexter is a former FBI agent who - working as a private investigator - in a German city. Parts of the series were filmed in Hamburg, including the startup sequence, runs in his Mercedes Benz Dexter Cliff SEb convertible through the Wallringtunnel to his office. The series was, although popular with audiences, not continued after 26 episodes, probably partly because the critics little good at the 'pocket-Bond' was. Yet in this series broadcast period 1966-1968 reached regularly 36-38 million viewers.