Werner Peters
Date of birth: 1918-07-07
Place of birth:
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Вернер Петерс
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971. Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany. His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang Staudte's Der Untertan, produced in the young German Democratic Republic. Peters then worked in West-Germany, appearing mostly in supporting roles in popular movies. He also established himself in the European and international film industry by frequently playing sinister German or Nazi characters. Description above from the Wikipedia article Werner Peters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Rosemary
1958-06-28
West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of m
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1970-02-27
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing kill
Das Herz von St. Pauli
1957-12-17
Due to a lack of money, Hamburg pub owner Jonny Jensen brings two partners on board. As soon as the
Unter den Dächern von St. Pauli
1970-01-01
Rival gangs are fighting for control of Hamburg's notorious harbor district, spreading fear and terr
The Black Abbot
1963-07-05
Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search
Ein Polterabend
1955-08-19
Berlin 1849: The democrat Adolf Glasbrenner, known as Brennglas, publishes the political satire maga
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
1968-02-29
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. T
Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg
1955-04-06
This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and hi
Battle of the Bulge
1965-12-16
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year.
The Kaiser's Lackey
1951-08-31
Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-13
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infil
36 Hours
1964-11-26
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can
Punishment Battalion
1960-02-11
The film focuses on life in a World War II German penal battalion camp somewhere in Russia. The conv
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
1960-09-13
A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who saw t
Angels of Terror
1971-03-30
An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister who she finds is involved with a hero
The Wild Men of Kurdistan
1965-10-06
After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (pr
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
1964-04-30
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
The Door with Seven Locks
1962-06-18
A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold
Hard Women
1975-11-01
Rough-and-ready vice detective Perrak has to follow a 1000 leads during the investigation of a trans
The Devil Strikes at Night
1957-09-19
Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clea
Death Knocks Twice
1969-11-25
When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial
Roses for the Prosecutor
1959-09-24
April 1945. Because he stole two bars of chocolate, the soldier Rudi is sentenced to death by the co
Vom Alex zum Eismeer
1954-08-20
Five cameramen of the DEFA travel with the trawler ROS 206 to its fishing grounds in the Arctic Ocea
Das Sonntagskind
1956-09-11
Hypnosis
1962-09-19
Erik, in love with Magda, the fiancée of Georg, his boss, secretly sends her roses every night.
Operation Caviar
1961-10-18
Bank accountant Thomas Lieven is forced to work as a triple agent for the British, the French and th
Anastasia: the Czar's Last Daughter
1956-09-26
In 1920, an unknown 24-year-old woman was fished out of Berlin's Landwehr kanal after a suicide atte
Black Eagle of Santa Fe
1965-03-11
When Comanches go on the warpath, settlers take refuge in Ft. Eagle Rock commanded by Capt. Jackson.
The Carpet of Horror
1962-07-31
Shortly after his return from India, a special agent of the British secret service falls victim to a
The Endless Night
1963-05-08
Anthology film about a night at airport Berlin-Tempelhof. Due to fog passengers can't leave Berlin b
The Secret of the Black Widow
1963-11-28
Someone is killing people related to a South American expedition. The means of murder are poison dar
The Copper
1958-03-20
Otto Friedrich Dennert is a celebrated veteran of the Essen police force. While investigating a seri
13 Little Donkeys and the Sun Court
1958-10-31
Martha Krapp is amazed when her husband Josef suddenly appears at the door. He has rarely been seen
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
1955-06-21
A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators attem
Jons und Erdme
1959-03-04
Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Er
Blitzmädels an die Front
1958-08-21
During WWII The German 'Wehrmacht' is heavily under fire after the invasion of Normandy. There are a
Bobby Dodd intervenes
1959-07-22
Girls in Gingham
1949-07-08
A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of
The Return of Dr. Mabuse
1961-01-01
The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe Police
Das Feuerschiff
1963-03-05
Liebe kann wie Gift sein
1958-07-22
After having lost her mother Magdalena was brought up on strict boarding school disciplines. When re
Grabenplatz 17
1958-07-16
Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother
Hotel Adlon
1955-09-01
The Phantom of Soho
1964-02-14
A masked killer is stalking and killing Londoners outside a nightclub.
Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee
1959-11-27
Shortly before the end of the war, SS officer Grohmann sinks several crates of counterfeit English m
Schmutziger Engel
1958-07-01
A teacher is defamed in an obscene way by an over-excited pupil.
Romarei, the Girl with the Green Eyes
1958-12-18
Clairvoyant gifted Romarei (Carola Kayser) manages to save her childhood friend Lorenz Ophofen from
Scotland Yard Hunts Dr. Mabuse
1963-09-20
The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabus
The Racetrack Murders
1964-11-07
The son of a British racehorse owner conspires with a bookie to ruin the odds of his father's thorou
Die Stimme der Sehnsucht
1956-09-26
The Invisible Dr. Mabuse
1962-03-30
Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admire
The White Spider
1963-04-05
After an automobile accident, in which a man is unrecognizably burnt to a crisp, his wife's only abl
Dead Run
1967-08-10
A thief gets hold of some top secret papers and is chased around Europe by the sinister Organisation
Anna Susanna
1953-02-27
The Beaver Coat
1949-10-21
Mother Wolffen, a washerwoman, is a woman of principle: A poor man must do what he must to get throu
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
1954-03-09
This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politicia
Escape from Sahara
1958-01-21
Three Foreign Legionnaires - Luigi, Pat and Kurt - desert during the Algerian war because they have
Der Fall Klaus Fuchs
1965-05-03
Die Unbesiegbaren
1953-03-13
The film "Die Unbesiegbaren" covers an episode in German history, in which the Bismarck government t
The Curse of the Yellow Snake
1963-02-22
A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believ
Court Martial
1959-04-01
In this war drama, three Nazi survivors are rescued after their battleship sank. Initially they are
Istanbul Express
1969-03-07
An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval
The Blum Affair
1948-12-03
Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer, is falsely accused of a murder. Even when the real killer’s identit
Lilli, a Girl from the Big City
1958-03-06
The frenzied reporter Lilli is just great: she shoots with both hands and lays her opponents with Ji
Vor Gott und den Menschen
1955-09-26
Endstation Rote Laterne
1960-02-05
Unscrupulous girl traders transport unsuspecting blonde girls from a nightclub in Amsterdam to a bro
Rotation
1950-02-09
The mechanic Behnke wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish
Star mit fremden Federn
1955-09-08
A striking resemblance between the hairdresser Franz Blume and the famous actor Günther Kolmin leads
Blind Justice
1961-10-05
A man is accused of murdering his wife. The state prosecutor assumes he did the deed to spend more t
Dog Eat Dog!
1964-06-25
Three thieves rip off a shipment of used money being sent back to the US. As they are escaping the r
Modell Bianka
1951-06-14
The friends Jochen and Gerd both work at the fashion boutique "Saxonia", which has only recently des
The Scarlet Baroness
1959-02-20
During the final days of the Second World War, British intelligence sends an agent to Berlin to try
Spy for Germany
1956-12-04
The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the ato
Zehn kleine Negerlein
1969-07-04
Der Tod auf dem Rummelplatz
1958-09-27
Ein Herz braucht Liebe
1960-03-18
Hauptmann - deine Sterne
1960-10-13
Scammers in Bundeswehr uniforms fool a future garrison town.
Auf Wiedersehen
1961-12-22
Lotosblüten für Miss Quon
1967-03-31
American Mark Jason is stranded in Southeast Asia and works there as a teacher. One day, he finds di
Denn das Weib ist schwach
1961-08-16
The respected lawyer Jolly Gebhardt is in debt because of his lavish lifestyle and is therefore blac
Besuch aus der Zone
1958-02-23
Germany, end of the 1950s. After his business partner Kleinschmidt fled to the West, Mr. Reichert ma
The Corrupt Ones
1967-01-20
Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful vill
The Cat Shows Her Claws
1960-01-08
France under the Occupation. Executed for treason against the Resistance, Cora, code-named "La Chatt
Fragestunde
1969-03-06
The Black Chapel
1959-10-15
1933 in Germany. The rise of Nazism fears war and some officers, concerned the fate that hostilities
I Deal In Danger
1966-12-01
During World War II, an American who sympathizes with the Nazi cause defects to Germany, where he is
Witness Out of Hell
1967-06-28
Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victi
The Story of Little Mook
1953-12-23
An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was onc
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
1955-10-06
This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politici
Assignment K
1968-02-16
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. S
Everyone Dies Alone
1962-07-18
In wartime Berlin, a factory foreman, Otto Quangel and his wife, Anna learn that their only son, Pau
Three for a Robbery
1964-08-01
Gerhard is a young technical in Düsseldorf who works in a factory of security devices for banks. In
The Barge of Happy People
1950-02-17
The girl Marianne inherited a motorboat called “Eintracht” from her parents and struggled to get her
A Fine Madness
1966-06-29
A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.
The Killer Likes Candy
1968-04-12
Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiris
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
1960-12-15
Karriere in Paris
1952-01-25
France at the time of the Restoration. The young country gentleman Rastignac comes to Paris to study
Sommerliebe
1955-04-19
Young, pretty Milli is passionate about winter sports, and of all things, she wins a vacation trip t
The Restless Night
1958-10-29
1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, wh
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1947-12-11
A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at o
Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
2018-08-30