Ursula Werner
Date of birth: 1943-09-28
Place of birth: Eberswalde, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Ursula Werner grew up in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. She first learned the carpenter's trade in the collective 'Wilma Rudolph' in Adlershof. After studying at the State Drama School in Berlin, today's Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art, her first engagements took her to the Landestheater Halle an der Saale and to the Berlin cabaret Die Distel. From 1974 to 2009 Werner was a permanent member of the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. She can still be seen as a guest performer on the Gorky stage. At DEFA, her role as Dr. Unglaube in the film A crazy scent of fresh hay (1977) is particularly remembered. From 2001 to 2007 she stood in front of the camera as Ms. Mell in a constant supporting role in the series Schloss Einstein. After a few minor roles in film and television, Ursula Werner returned to the spotlight in 2008 in the lead role in Andreas Dresens Wolke 9. In Wolke 9, she embodied a woman who, in her late 60s, leaves her older husband for an even older man. The aim of the film is to show that love and sex don't just stop when you get older. For this extraordinary achievement, she received the German Film Prize in 2009 for the best female leading role.
Movie Credits
Policewoman
2000-05-10
A young police woman is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her per
Cloud 9
2008-05-17
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Zement
1973-11-02
Early 1921: a man is on his way home. Gleb Chumalov, regimental commander, worker and Hero of the Or
Narrenspiel
2009-12-05
In an attempt to save their troubled relationship, Stefan (Wolfgang Menardi) and Claudia (Stephanie
Unnatural Causes
2023-05-05
Whether it's bots in the bloodstream, a silent stranger by the road or even a single, all-consuming
On Probation
1981-09-17
Nina Kern, a divorced woman in her late twenties, will soon be fully deprived of her custody rights
Stopped on Track
2011-12-19
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Because We Are Champions
2022-04-05
Things are not going well for basketball coach Andreas: He gets fired, his wife leaves him, and then
At the Other End
2009-10-30
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Winter's Daughter
2011-10-20
For 11-year-old Kattaka it's an escape: she's looking for her biological father, a Russian sailor wh
Two Lives
2012-10-19
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, but now living in N
Mädchenabend
2012-01-01
Christine is tired of life. When her retirement home roommate abducts her for a night in the Hamburg
Querschuss
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Schwestern
2013-06-13
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Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz
1969-08-15
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Ein altes Modell
1976-12-27
Two to One
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The Naked Man on the Sportsfield
1974-04-04
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Frau Venus und ihr Teufel
1967-06-24
Hans Müller finds himself on a trip in Thüringen, accompanied by his loving female friend, Moritz. H
Grüne Hochzeit
1989-05-26
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Weil ich dich liebe …
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Mandy will ans Meer
2012-11-26
Open the Wall
2014-11-05
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Island of Swans
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Orphea in Love
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Hubert und Staller - Die ins Gras beißen
2013-11-19
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Sputnik
2013-10-24
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The Crazy Smell of Fresh Hay
1977-09-22
Signs and wonders are said to be happening in Trutzlaff, a small village in Mecklenburg. The party s
Columbus on the Havel River
1978-12-25
An eleven-year old girl goes on a sailing trip with her parents who don't know much about sailing.
Lord Hansi
1991-10-27
Hans Paschke has been putting up with his wife for years. The charmer and womanizer Hans Paschke is
I Love Victor
1984-12-25
Two best teenage friends spend the summer holidays together in a village. Then a good looking teenag
In the Rose Garden
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Unten Mitte Kinn
2011-06-26
Everyone wants to get to the top as fast as possible, but the artistic directors' performance is tur
Dantons Tod
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Heute ist Freitag
1975-12-13
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Hands of a Mother
2016-06-25
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The Garden
2017-10-26
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Willenbrock
2005-03-17
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Lucky Loser
2017-08-10
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Die Übergangsgesellschaft
1990-11-04
Die verzauberten Brüder
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All About Me
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Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.
Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt
1985-02-21
One day, the happily married Karl Lehmann is asked by his single colleague, Mrs. Schmidt, for an unu
Männerwirtschaft
1985-08-18
Vater gesucht
1988-04-10
Eine Frau für drei
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After two failed marriages, Walter is finally looking for a wife again. But his father Paul, who bel
Imaginative King
1990-06-30
Die Leute aus dem Roten Ross
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Fiete Stein
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Saniyes Lust
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Ich liebe dich - April! April!
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Man nennt mich jetzt Mimi...
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Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
1981-12-03
While studying in Moscow, the GDR resident Christiane falls in love with Hatem, a fellow student fro
Backhouse Bliss
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Karl Erp is a middle-aged man with two children and a boring marriage. After starting an exciting af
Land`s End
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The Nail
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
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Netzwerk
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Film by Ralf Kirsten.
F for Freaks
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Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein
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Wer einmal stirbt dem glaubt man nicht
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Echo
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Jan Oppen
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Scheusal
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Andreas Dresen - Ein Leben für den Film
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In my Parents' House
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Kein Mann für zwei
1982-05-26
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Wir Vier und der Enkeltrick
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