Acting

Edeltraut Elsner

Born April 8, 1936 · Berlin, Germany

Died December 28, 2017 · aged 81

No biography available.

Known For

The BridgeThe Bridge · 1959
The Bridge
7.61959
MovieDramaHistory
A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. The film is based on a West German anti-war novel of the same name, written by Gregor Dorfmeister.
Black GravelBlack Gravel · 1961
Black Gravel
7.11961
MovieDramaCrime
Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.
Nicht nur zur WeihnachtszeitNicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit · 1970
Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit
10.01970
MovieComedyTV Movie
An elderly lady has a trauma and simply must celebrate Christmas every day of the year, to the dismay of her family and relatives.
VerdunkelungVerdunkelung · 1976
Verdunkelung
1976
MovieDrama
Berlin in the Second World War. A certain S-Bahn line is repeatedly the scene of brutal attacks on women. The police are in the dark. As the attacks become more brutal and the first women's bodies are found, the population becomes restless. The authorities put pressure on the police, demanding a quick investigation, but at the same time obstructing the investigation so as not to tarnish the current propaganda. So the police can only move from one crime scene to the next and wait for the perpetrator to make a mistake. And he continues to murder diligently...
Im ReservatIm Reservat · 1973
Im Reservat
10.01973
MovieComedy
A gay man lives with a lonely old lady in a demolished house in Berlin. One day the old lady's daughter stands in front of the door and wants to bring her mother home.
Senioren im StraßenverkehrSenioren im Straßenverkehr · 1987
Senioren im Straßenverkehr
1987
Movie
Hoffmann, the father of a family, who is upset about the behavior of seniors in traffic, develops two extreme solution models in his imagination.
DrogenkonsumDrogenkonsum · 1984
Drogenkonsum
1984
MovieComedy
Hoffmann has no sympathy for drug addicts - he could always do without his beloved beer! So: a total ban on alcohol! On the other hand ... nobody can refuse a schnapps, and everyone is responsible for themselves. Afterwards, Hoffmann can try out where you can go without restrictions.
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.

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The Red ChapelThe Red Chapel · 1972
The Red Chapel
8.01972
SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II: Leopold Trepper, a colonel in the Red Army, travels to Belgium under a false name and sets up a spy ring there. Together with his employees Viktor Sukulow-Gurewitsch, Johann Wenzel, Hillel Katz and Michail Makarow, he succeeds in establishing a spy network throughout Belgium and France in a very short time. With the help of his cover companies - a chain of raincoat shops and later the import-export company Simexco ”- Trepper can collect information from the economy and the Wehrmacht, about Atlantic Wall construction sites and railway lines, and send it to Moscow. The agents also get help from patriots who want to free their countries from the occupation by the Germans.

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