Karl Merkatz

Acting

Karl Merkatz

Born November 17, 1930 · Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Died December 4, 2022 · aged 92

Karl Merkatz (17 November 1930 – 4 December 2022) was an Austrian actor. Merkatz was born on 17 November 1930 in Wiener Neustadt, the son of a toolmaker. He first wanted to become a carpenter. After World War II he was an active Boy Scout in Wiener Neustadt. However, later he started to enroll in acting lessons in Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich. Then he found employment in theatres, most notably in …

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Move OnMove On · 2012
Move On
★ 5.72012
MovieThrillerAction
Move On is a road movie like no other, because it is inspired by film fans from all over Europe! This breath-taking movie directed by Asger Leth features Mads Mikkelsen on a secret mission in 8 episodes, each taking place in a different European country.
Ene mene muh – und tot bist duEne mene muh – und tot bist du · 2001
Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
★ 3.82001
MovieComedyCrime
A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The police's secret investigation concentrates on the nursing staff at first. But the new medical director, Dr. Klein, discovers that one of the patients is the culprit.
On the Other Side of the BridgeOn the Other Side of the Bridge · 2002
On the Other Side of the Bridge
★ 6.82002
MovieDramaRomance
Vienna in 1931. Fanny, the daughter of a Vienna police trainer, meets the Chinese police officer Ma Yunlong, who is completing specialist training in Vienna. The shy acquaintance quickly turns into great love. Against the will of her parents, Fanny travels to China on her 18th birthday to marry Yunlong. At his side, Fanny begins a new life in the Middle Kingdom, which is characterized by deprivation and painful turns due to the multiple political upheavals.
Mord im WaldMord im Wald · 1992
Mord im Wald
1992
MovieCrime
The Secret of Loch NessThe Secret of Loch Ness · 2008
The Secret of Loch Ness
★ 7.02008
MovieAdventureFantasy
11-year-old Tim is way ahead of the other boys his age: nothing excites him more than explorers, myths, dinosaurs and legends - and planning his mother's life! One day, however, Tim's life is about to change completely: He accidentally discovers a photo of an explorer living in Scotland on the internet and he looks like the spitting image of his dead father! The adventurous boy secretly sets off on a journey to Iverness, the famous Scottish village on the banks of the legendary Loch Ness. And what awaits him there exceeds Tintin's wildest expectations.
Ein Hund kam in die KücheEin Hund kam in die Küche · 2002
Ein Hund kam in die Küche
★ 3.32002
MovieCrimeTV Movie
The teacher Senta falls in love with the award-winning chef Stefan, who rents out his romantic winegrower's house in southern Styria to her during the summer holidays. She soon notices that a quirky gendarmerie inspector is keeping the property under surveillance. Senta finds out too late that the policeman thinks Stefan is a multiple woman murderer and that she is trapped like bait.
Lethal ObsessionLethal Obsession · 1987
Lethal Obsession
★ 4.91987
MovieDramaCrime
Several known criminals already have been murdered by a professional killer, leaving no trace but the "ace" game card. The police suspects a new mob is trying to take over the district. The investigating police officer Jan is victimized by a bomb himself, when he's at his girlfriend Daniela's father's Italian restaurant. Although paralyzed and suspended from work, the tuff cop continues to investigate and takes revenge on the gangsters who did this to him.
Der Bockerer IV - Prager FrühlingDer Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling · 2003
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
★ 6.12003
MovieDramaHistory
In the year 1968, the “Bockerer” has decided, after many attempts, to marry his long-time widowed housekeeper, Anna. Gustl, whom he as taken in like a son after the war, will open a butchery in the Czech small town Kostelec and invites the Bockerers to spend their wedding journey with him and his Elena. The “Prague Spring”, of which everywhere is talked so much about, promises a nice honeymoon, and their friend Hatzinger is taken along on the journey as well. Soon after their arrival, the Bockerer has to realize that “Communism with a human face” is still an idle wish.

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Zapping-Alien@Mozart-BallsZapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls · 2009
Zapping-Alien@Mozart-Balls
2009
MovieDramaComedy
Advertising designer Joe is having financial trouble. His girlfriend Mary convinces him to accept a job from her aunt, Mrs. Devil. Joe's assignment: to develop an interactive computer game that introduces the new drug Peps'. Jack, a henchman of Mrs. Devil, is entrusted with overseeing this diabolical undertaking. In Joe's game, Ali - an alien - goes searching for Mozart and the drug, Peps' in Salzburg in the year 2026 with the help of the inventor Einstein and Frau Müller. Throughout his quest through this strange world, All is pursued by authorities and ticks off a drug dealer. As things progress, the realms of reality and computer fiction become so intertwined that Joe is on the verge of losing his mind. Suffering and passion take their toll... After all, a pact with the devil always has its price.

Einstein

Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist freiDer Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei · 1996
Der Bockerer II - Österreich ist frei
★ 6.91996
MovieDramaHistory
Vienna, 1947. Bockerer and his wife Binerl have survived the war, though his butcher's shop was destroyed by bombs. Karl Bockerer opens up a new establishment in the center of the city. Post-war Vienna is divided into four zones in which the Allies run things and ensure that law and order prevails. This is the story of two lovers: Gustl, just returned form a POW camp, and the Russian interpreter Elena. Bockerer becomes the patron of their love. Elena's father was executed by Stalin, and the only way she can escape a similar fate is to marry an Austrian. Bockerer "buys" a husband for Elena and, full of tricks as ever, he succeeds in pulling the wool over the Russian occupier's eyes.

Karl Bockerer

Der Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der WaldheimatDer Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der Waldheimat · 1983
Der Waldbauernbub - Weihnacht in der Waldheimat
★ 7.51983
MovieFamilyRomance
Styria in the second half of the 18th century: It's Christmas in the forest home of the poet Peter Rosegger. During Advent, Peter, a young forest farmer, first recites his dialect stories to an elegant crowd at the Reininghaus family home, becoming a major attraction in Graz. Hans, the hostess's nephew, befriends the young man, and a close relationship of trust develops, from which each benefits in his own way. During a winter sleigh ride, Peter recounts to his friend Hans the best Christmas experiences from his childhood. He recounts how he got lost in the forest, how he went to collect Christmas cheer, and his adventures with a quaint man named Bremer Sepp.

Bremer Sepp

StockingerStockinger · 1996
Stockinger
★ 5.81996
SeriesCrime
Stockinger is an Austrian-made police television drama, with fourteen 45-minute episodes first aired from 1996 to 1997. The series is a spin-off from the popular Austrian television drama Inspector Rex, and focuses on Ernst Stockinger, one of the original members of the Homicide division or Mordkommission in German. Stockinger leaves the series to return to Salzburg where his wife has inherited a dental practice from her late father . He is appointed a Bezirksinspektor at the Landes Gendarmerie, sharing an office with District Inspector Antonella Simoni. Unlike the members of the team in 'Rex', who appear to be self-directed and are seldom seen to answer to senior management, Stockinger reports to Dr Brunner, a philosophising burecratic senior police inspector. Stockinger is portrayed as a clumsy, almost Inspector Clouseau-like character, driving a clapped-out 1973 VW Variant, but single-minded when following up clues.

Gendarm Alois Schefel

Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unterEin echter Wiener geht nicht unter · 1975
Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
★ 7.61975
SeriesDramaComedy
Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter is a classic Austrian television series. It was produced by Österreichischer Rundfunk, Austrian Television, and ran for 24 episodes from 1975 to 1979. The script writer was Ernst Hinterberger; the series was based on his 1966 novel Das Salz der Erde. The producer was Hans Preiner, who initiated the project in his series Impulse, which centered on development of new program formats and training of new, young directors. Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter starred popular Austrian actor Karl Merkatz as the main character, Edmund "Mundl" Sackbauer. Mundl lives in a typical Vienna Gemeindebau at Hasengasse, in Vienna's 10th municipal district. The series used Viennese dialect and became successful after an initial campaign against it by the Krone newspaper as too "common."

Edmund „Mundl“ Sackbauer