Johanna Wokalek

Acting

Johanna Wokalek

Born March 3, 1975 · Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (age 51)

Johanna Wokalek (born March 3, 1975) is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The Baader Meinhof Complex. She received the Bambi award for her portrayal of the Red Ar…

Known For

The Baader Meinhof ComplexThe Baader Meinhof Complex · 2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
★ 7.02008
MovieActionCrime
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
Pope JoanPope Joan · 2009
Pope Joan
★ 6.82009
MovieDramaHistory
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Sisi & ISisi & I · 2023
Sisi & I
★ 6.22023
MovieDramaHistory
After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.
North FaceNorth Face · 2008
North Face
★ 7.22008
MovieAdventureDrama
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.
Exit PlanExit Plan · 2019
Exit Plan
★ 5.92019
MovieMysteryThriller
Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of this self-consciousness makes him more and more depressed. When he realises that his beloved wife plans to leave him, he decides to take his own life.
Aimée & JaguarAimée & Jaguar · 1999
Aimée & Jaguar
★ 6.81999
MovieDramaHistory
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
Smell of Burnt MilkSmell of Burnt Milk · 2025
Smell of Burnt Milk
★ 6.12025
MovieDrama
Anna is pregnant and thinks about castrations. Katinka may not be able to become a farmer and wears her bikini in the milking parlor, but grandma's tomatoes have turned out better this year than ever before. A summer on dying German farms.
The German LessonThe German Lesson · 2019
The German Lesson
★ 6.52019
MovieDrama
In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.

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The Coming DaysThe Coming Days · 2010
The Coming Days
★ 4.92010
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are barely functioning. In the middle of this highly volatile environment is the family of Walter Kuper, an energy conglomerate executive. Walter’s daughter, Cecilia, has joined the Black Storm terrorist group. Her sister Laura must choose between motherhood and the man she loves; their brother Philip has been called up to fight for Germany in a hopeless war to secure the last remaining oil fields. Starring leading actors Daniel Brühl, Johanna Wokalek and Jürgen Vogel, "The Days to Come" asks provocative questions about the current state of things as it depicts personal and political realities in a scarily believable near–future.

Cecilia Kuper