Acting
Henning Peker
Born September 1, 1966 · Halle an der Saale, Germany (age 59)
No biography available.
Known For
Downfall · 2004Downfall
★ 7.92004
MovieDramaHistory
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Führer Ex · 2002Führer Ex
★ 6.32002
MovieDrama
Ingo Hasselbach, whose parents were Communist Party members in East Germany during his childhood, has lived at both ends of the political seesaw. The question of how people reach a change of heart is a profound one; Hasselbach describes the external forces that led to his founding Germany's first neo-Nazi political party and the internal ones that led him away from it five years later.
Die Rosenzüchterin · 2004Die Rosenzüchterin
★ 3.02004
MovieDrama
Im nächsten Leben · 2009Im nächsten Leben
2009
MovieCrimeDrama
The Young Karl Marx · 2017The Young Karl Marx
★ 6.82017
MovieHistoryDrama
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
In the Fade · 2017In the Fade
★ 6.92017
MovieDramaCrime
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Goodbye Berlin · 2016Goodbye Berlin
★ 6.72016
MovieDramaComedy
Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick, a new classmate, in a stolen car. The two share life changing experiences during the eventful journey.
In the Aisles · 2018In the Aisles
★ 6.92018
MovieDrama
Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces Christian to a colorful group of overnight workers, including Marion, with whom Christian develops a troubled infatuation.
Movies
Downfall · 2004Downfall
★ 7.92004
MovieDramaHistory
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Führer Ex · 2002Führer Ex
★ 6.32002
MovieDrama
Ingo Hasselbach, whose parents were Communist Party members in East Germany during his childhood, has lived at both ends of the political seesaw. The question of how people reach a change of heart is a profound one; Hasselbach describes the external forces that led to his founding Germany's first neo-Nazi political party and the internal ones that led him away from it five years later.
Die Rosenzüchterin · 2004Die Rosenzüchterin
★ 3.02004
MovieDrama
Im nächsten Leben · 2009Im nächsten Leben
2009
MovieCrimeDrama
The Young Karl Marx · 2017The Young Karl Marx
★ 6.82017
MovieHistoryDrama
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
In the Fade · 2017In the Fade
★ 6.92017
MovieDramaCrime
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Goodbye Berlin · 2016Goodbye Berlin
★ 6.72016
MovieDramaComedy
Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick, a new classmate, in a stolen car. The two share life changing experiences during the eventful journey.
In the Aisles · 2018In the Aisles
★ 6.92018
MovieDrama
Christian, a reclusive young man from Leipzig, gets a job working the night shift at a big-box store. He's trained to stocks goods and operate a forklift by Bruno, a wistful former truck driver, who introduces Christian to a colorful group of overnight workers, including Marion, with whom Christian develops a troubled infatuation.
Liebes Spiel · 2005Liebes Spiel
★ 4.22005
MovieDrama
Meine Tochter und der Millionär · 2009Meine Tochter und der Millionär
★ 6.02009
MovieComedyRomance
Hannes Schmitz works as a garbage collector in Hamburg. The ex-soccer player now coaches the youth team of a suburban club. His sayings are just as feared as his unconventional ideas in labor disputes. Hannes lives on a houseboat that he restored himself and has a well-balanced relationship with his likeable long-term fiancé Isolde. His pride and joy is his pretty and clever daughter Annika, whom he raised alone. He would do anything for her. He even slips into an uncomfortable suit and tie and has himself chauffeured to Hamburg-Blankenese. In the small family circle, Hannes is supposed to get to know his future son-in-law, the young chef Alexander. Annika is amazed when she is received with her father in a grand villa.
The Ordinaries · 2023The Ordinaries
★ 6.12023
MovieComedyFantasy
Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.
Elbe · 2006Elbe
2006
MovieDrama
Two old pals lose their work as boatmen on the Elbe river. While down-to-earth Gero tries to get back on his feet, reckless Kowsky keeps gambling with friendship and life time and time again. For all that, they set out together from Dresden for Hamburg, hoping to find new work, a new love, a new life.
Mein Kampf · 2009Mein Kampf
★ 3.62009
MovieDramaComedy
The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. He befriends the Jew Schlomo Herzl working on a novel with the title "Mein Kampf". Hitler is rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Herzl's concern for the sad young man continues, and leads him to a new career with disastrous consequences for world history.
Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level? · 2016Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?
★ 5.52016
MovieActionAdventure
Champion gamer Jan has to fight for his digital identity, winning back his real life as well.
Meine Mutter tanzend · 2007Meine Mutter tanzend
★ 5.52007
MovieComedy
Dark-skinned Stella was adopted as a baby, but before she gets married, she wants to meet her birth mother. However, the first meeting is a shock: her mother Beate is a white redneck who sits at the supermarket checkout and secretly drinks Piccolo from a bottle. Apart from that, she doesn't really feel the need to get to know her daughter. But Stella is not put off by her brusque manner.
Taxi · 2015Taxi
★ 5.62015
MovieRomanceComedy
Hamburg, mid 80s, Alex is a cabby. The sound is hard, pubs are dark and loud, people constantly argue about anything and everything, people smoke all the time, and not just cigarettes. Alex wants love and freedom and sleeps with Dietrich. It's far from being love, but the sex is okay. With Marc, a little person full of dignity, she finds more than that. The rest is struggles with her passengers, the indifferent and the doomed, brutes as other nuisances. This sort of life could go on and on, Alex could drive away from her own life and in doing so lose Marc and not getting rid of Dietrich. Wouldn't there be a small monkey with the same invincible desire for freedom as hers.
Vom Ende der Menschheit · 2026Vom Ende der Menschheit
2026
MovieComedyScience Fiction
One for the Road · 2023One for the Road
★ 6.62023
MovieComedyDrama
As a construction manager, drinking is more of a normality for Mark than not drinking. In addition to his work on construction sites, during business dinners and sprawling Berlin party nights, there is always a reason for him to fully indulge in alcohol intoxication. When he tries to drive his car out of a no-parking zone in a drunken stupor one night, he is promptly checked and immediately loses his driver's license. For Mark, this is reason enough to make a bet with his best friend Nadim: He wants to manage not to touch any alcohol until he has his driver's license again.
Looping · 2016Looping
★ 6.12016
MovieDrama
Three women, three different stories, one room in a psychiatric clinic. A strong and tumultuous relationship erupts among them, evolving into an energetic, honest and erotic bond. This takes them to a point where their hopes may be fulfilled… in very different ways.
Zimmer der Angst · 2002Zimmer der Angst
★ 5.02002
MovieDrama
As We Were Dreaming · 2015As We Were Dreaming
★ 6.02015
MovieDrama
Andreas Dresen's adaptation of Clemens Meyer's novel about a group of East German friends right after the fall of the Wall.
Whatever Happens Next · 2018Whatever Happens Next
★ 6.72018
MovieDramaComedy
A road movie about a dropout who leaves himself completely to chance. A parable about freedom, self-determination and the poetry of an undefined life.
My Name Is Bach · 2004My Name Is Bach
★ 6.12004
MovieDrama
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is introduced to King Frederick II of Prussia in 1747. The aging composer and the young monarch clash and a battle of egos ensues.
Das Feuerschiff · 2008Das Feuerschiff
★ 6.22008
MovieDramaThriller
The German lightship (permanently anchored floating 'lighthouse') Borkum Riff is about to be decommissioned. For his last tour of duty, Captain Johann Freytag brings along his near-adult, estranged son Fred. The ship picks up three men stranded in a broken-down boat--who are armed. The captain tries to avoid trouble, but the crew, his son, and the trio of violent robbers on the run keep rejecting his nonviolent advice, which leads to repeated bloodshed.
TV Shows
Scene of the Crime · 1970Scene 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.
SOKO Wismar · 2004SOKO Wismar
★ 6.42004
SeriesCrime
Polizeiruf 110 · 1971Polizeiruf 110
★ 6.21971
SeriesCrime
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Dark · 2017Dark
★ 8.42017
SeriesCrimeDrama
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
Vienna Crime Squad · 2005Vienna Crime Squad
★ 5.12005
SeriesCrime
SOKO Donau is an Austrian television series.
SOKO Leipzig · 2001SOKO Leipzig
★ 6.22001
SeriesCrimeDrama
SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
A Case For Two · 1981A Case For Two
★ 5.61981
SeriesDramaCrime
Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
Riverboat · 1992Riverboat
★ 5.31992
Series
Großstadtrevier · 1986Großstadtrevier
★ 6.01986
SeriesDramaCrime
Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.
Babylon Berlin · 2017Babylon Berlin
★ 7.72017
SeriesDramaCrime
Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gereon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
SOKO Stuttgart · 2009SOKO Stuttgart
★ 6.62009
SeriesCrime
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
Hamburg Dockland · 2007Hamburg Dockland
★ 6.02007
SeriesCrimeDrama
Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.
Küstenwache · 1997Küstenwache
★ 5.81997
SeriesCrime
Küstenwache is a German television series that tells the fictionalized adventures of a unit of Federal Coast Guard officers off the German coast of the Baltic Sea.
Im Namen des Gesetzes · 1994Im Namen des Gesetzes
★ 7.21994
SeriesCrimeDrama
The Peppercorns · 1999The Peppercorns
★ 6.91999
Series
Die Pfefferkörner is a German television series produced by Der Kinderkanal.
The peppercorns are five friends from Hamburg: Jana Holstein Coutre, Natasha "Tascha" Jaonzäns, Philip "Fiete" Overbeck, Cem Gülec and Vivien "Vivi" Overbeck, Fiete's eight year old sister. After school, the young detectives meet at a high level of a spice warehouse of the company Overbeck & Associates, which belongs to Fiete and Vivi's parents in the first part, but is later given to Fiete and Vivi to look after. Here, in the historic warehouse district, the five friends have their headquarters.
With smarts, combined delivery and support of the Internet, they find their cases here. The detectives convict polluters, animal dealers and drug smugglers. They also help each other with personal problems they encounter. Cem has lost his parents in a car accident and sometimes feels sad and lonely. Jana lives with her divorcee mother, a lawyer who is rarely at home. Natasha comes from Latvia. Her parents initially have very strict rules in terms of her education, that make Natasha unhappy. Fiete has problems showing his feelings and hides them behind grumpiness and hostility towards girls, until he falls in love with Natasha. Vivi is suffering from her role of the youngest member of the group. She believes that she must constantly struggle for recognition.
Ein starkes Team · 1994Ein starkes Team
★ 5.51994
SeriesDramaCrime
The unlikely police pair Verena Berthold and Otto Garber are part of a special task force investigating organized crime in Berlin. He comes from the east, she from the west of Berlin. He's a redneck, she's from a better background. This causes conflict. Over time, things start to sizzle between the two. Their team includes the agile German-Turkish Yücsel and the sluggish Georg, who, like Verena and Otto, are constantly bickering. The department manager is Lothar Reddemann. Sputnik is a former colleague of Otto's from the People's Police and is constantly coming up with new business ideas for stores and pubs where the team meets.
Der Kriminalist · 2006Der Kriminalist