Günter Meisner
Date of birth: 1926-04-18
Place of birth: Bremen, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Guenter Meisner
Biography
Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German TV and film character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Mr. Slugworth in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He was fluent in four languages and appeared in many English-language, German-language and French-language films.
Movie Credits
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
1971-06-29
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolat
Drei gegen drei
1985-11-28
The plan is simple: the three generals Weingarten, Ludovico and Klotz from San Chaco set a hitman on
The American Success Company
1980-03-01
A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitu
Funeral in Berlin
1966-12-22
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to
Borsalino and Co.
1974-10-23
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no lon
In a Glass Cage
1986-08-06
A mysterious teenager named Ángelo cares for Klaus, a German doctor with a dark past who lives trapp
Ludwig L
1971-11-11
Ace of Aces
1982-10-27
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympic
The Saint: The Big Bang
1990-07-28
Simon Templar and a newswoman track down the front man for a deadly corporate takeover.
Inside Out
1975-10-19
An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former comm
Ticket of No Return
1979-10-27
A sartorially resplendent woman of few words arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of he
Moon Child
1989-05-05
Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraord
Operation Caviar
1961-10-18
Bank accountant Thomas Lieven is forced to work as a triple agent for the British, the French and th
Ruby Cairo
1992-12-12
Baseball cards and a food-aid worker help a woman follow her shady husband's money trail around the
Between Wars
1974-11-15
This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydn
Magdalene
1988-11-25
Father Joseph Mohr, a newly appointed priest in the town of Oberndorf (near Salzburg), meets the bea
Under the Volcano
1984-06-20
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken
Faraway, So Close!
1993-09-01
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitar
Te Rua
1991-07-20
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori,
Werwölfe
1973-11-09
Film about a group of young nazi terrorists commiting crimes after the end of World War 2.
Breakthrough
1979-03-01
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut
The Man on the Wall
1982-10-08
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeed
The Bridge at Remagen
1969-06-25
In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and Amer
Is Paris Burning?
1966-10-26
Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if it be
The Quiller Memorandum
1966-11-10
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi
Hauser's Memory
1970-11-24
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleag
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973-07-03
The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans
The Boys from Brazil
1978-10-05
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele,
The Odessa File
1974-10-17
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hu
Voyage of the Damned
1976-12-22
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Avalanche Express
1979-09-27
CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting t
The Serpent's Egg
1977-10-28
In 1923 Berlin, following the suicide of his brother, an American acrobat struggles to survive while
Night Crossing
1982-02-05
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can ta
Babette Goes to War
1959-09-18
Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into Germ
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-13
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infil
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
1994-12-16
Leporella
1991-01-01
The Little People
1990-01-01
The Man Inside
1990-10-26
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard
Bride of the Orient
1989-03-02
After the death of his mother, a lonely farmer in rural Switzerland considers finally starting a fam
The Case of Mr. Spalt
1988-03-25
The filmmaker René Perraudin made five comedic short films with Otto Sander in the leading role and
Gestatten, Bestatter
1986-01-01
Two shady businessmen set out to shake up the West Berlin funeral industry - with unconventional ide
Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
1986-05-18
Der Mord mit der Schere
1984-07-25
Plem, Plem – Die Schule brennt
1983-08-26
The Prinz-Eugen-Gymnasium is in a crisis, which is not least due to the insolent students who lack a
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
1982-01-01
Das waren noch Zeiten - Kleine Geschichten von Kalke & Söhne
1981-01-04
Die Paulskirche
1980-01-01
Gibbi West Germany
1980-03-14
Gibbi Westgermany is the name of a former sailor with a Mick Jagger look—leather jacket over the bar
Meister Timpe
1980-01-01
Wie Rauch und Staub
1979-01-04
Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl
1978-12-25
Anna is a Jewish girl in Germany. When the Nazis come to power in the 1930s, her family has to flee
Ein Mord am Lietzensee
1978-08-11
The Brothers
1977-01-11
Sex, violence, and family secrets in the German countryside.
Depressionen
1975-07-24
Diary of a Disease - prophesied that all psychiatric experience speaks against the described spontan
A Happy Family Life
1975-06-30
Manfred, a lathe operator, and Manuela, a seamstress, marry and try to find happiness together. They
Flesh of the Orchid
1975-01-29
A disturbed young woman is kept prisoner in a castle by her aunt for her money. The game-keeper, her
The Brutalization of Franz Blum
1974-08-09
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating f
Schlagzeilen über einen Mord
1970-02-11
The College Girl Murders
1967-08-11
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid a
Lobby Doll und die Sitzstangenaffäre
1967-06-20
Großer Ring mit Außenschleife
1966-01-29
One Day: A Report from a German Concentration Camp 1939
1965-05-05
Germany, January 1939: a day in a concentration camp. Subjected to harsh military discipline the hun
Schaufensterpuppen
1964-07-04
The Foggy Night Murderer
1964-05-22
The Foggy Night Murderer
Die Wölfe
1963-06-11
The Black Cobra
1963-05-16
After a truck carrying a cargo of narcotics is held up by rival smugglers, the driver sets out to pr
Der Kronanwalt
1962-06-20
The Miracle of Father Malachia
1961-07-03
"Wunderbar" takes on a new meaning in this routine satire by Bernhard Wicki about a bar that is mira
Question 7
1961-09-28
Suspenseful story of a boy and his father, each forced to decide his future on his willingness to st
Ein wahrer Held
1961-02-09
Abendstunde im Spätherbst
1960-12-01
Der König ist tot
1959-12-01
The Black Chapel
1959-10-15
1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities
Ship of the Dead
1959-10-01
After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a t
Notes from a Gynecologist's Diary
1959-03-24
After a carnival celebration, young Erika Hansen is offered a lift by two young men in a car. The me
Kopf oder Zahl
1957-08-19
Central Station
1990-02-12
Alex, a sought-after professional photographer, is involved in a mysterious series of murders that a
Das Haus mit den sieben Stockwerken
1968-10-18
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1962-09-06
Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and n
Roselyne and the Lions
1988-09-23
Thierry drops out of school to apprentice as a lion tamer at the zoo where he meets Roselyne, who sh
Heinrich
1977-10-13
The life and struggles of the German writer Heinrich von Kleist.
Das Martyrium des Peter OHey
1964-05-19
Poetic fable about the sophisticated rape of civil rights by a totalitarian power. The orderly exist
Close Up
1987-02-28
Secret agents from the East and the West scheme to obtain an ingenious invention.
The Tin Drum
1979-05-02
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of