Tom Schilling
Date of birth: 1982-02-10
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Tom Schilling (born February 10, 1982, in East Berlin) is a German actor and musician. He had his breakthrough in 2000 playing the boarding school student Janosch Schwarze in the feature film Crazy. He became further known through the films Robert Zimmermann Is Wondering About Love, A Coffee in Berlin (Oh Boy), Never Look Away (Werk ohne Autor), and Fabian: Going to the Dogs (Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde). He is also known under his musical alter ego, Die Andere Seite.
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The Elementary Particles
2006-02-10
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles) focuses o
Joy Division
2006-11-17
A teenage orphan fights against the Red Army at the end of WWII and in the aftermath is 'adopted' by
Agnes and His Brothers
2004-10-13
Focuses on three very different siblings, all searching for happiness. Hans-Jörg is a sex addicted l
Pornorama
2007-10-11
A free-wheeling chronicle of the Munich sex film industry in the 1970s.
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
2007-11-28
Jan is an absolute heartthrob and a diehard Hertha fan. Katrin is attractive, just as successful and
Ken Folletts Eisfieber
2010-01-24
A deadly virus is stolen from the high-security laboratory of a biotechnology company. Although the
Paradise Mall
1999-11-11
Crazy
2000-06-08
Benjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reac
Before the Fall
2004-07-04
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (Na
Wasted Youth
2003-07-03
The year is 1981, the German New Wave is at the peak. Harry, otherwise Sparkasse trainee, wants to m
Mein Kampf
2009-08-01
The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. He befriends th
The Flying Classroom
2023-10-04
When young Martina takes up a scholarship at the Johann-Sigismund Gymnasium boarding school, she fin
Robert Zimmermann Is Tangled Up in Love
2008-08-28
Robert works as a gamedev in Hamburg and, together with his team, which includes his best friend and
Heart Over Head
2001-10-06
Jakob, an 18-year-old boy, comes back to Frankfurt after he left after his mothers death one year ag
A Stasi Comedy
2022-05-19
East Berlin, early 1980s: Ludger is hired by the Stasi to spy on the oppositional arts scene in Pren
Mehmet
2002-06-05
The Turkish dog Mehmet lives in Germany. But fortunately he has good buddies: his masters Jochen, Th
Ludwig II
2012-12-25
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs
A Coffee in Berlin
2012-11-01
Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of B
A Million Minutes
2024-02-01
Vera and Wolf Küper live in Berlin with their 5-year-old daughter Nina and their one-year-old son Si
Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee
2013-03-12
A lifeguard at Lake Müggel has his hand bitten off and the marks indicate a shark attack. The lake i
Black Sheep
2006-10-25
Stories of the Berlin city life, separated into five episodes. A hopeless impostor. An East German c
Der Himmel kann warten
2000-11-17
The Tragedy of a Simple Man
2013-01-23
Woyzeck takes psychotropic drugs and punishes himself physically. He has no choice. It's his living.
Die letzte Schlacht
2005-03-15
The 13 days from April 20th to May 2nd, 1945, are unique in the history of Germany: They are the fin
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008-09-25
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Mei
Suite Française
2015-03-12
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled ex
Who Am I
2014-09-25
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to b
Einfache Leute
2007-03-07
A boy has to decide between coming out and being a professional swimmer. He takes the latter, marrie
Because I Am Good!
2002-01-23
A teenage car thief is incarcerated in a home for the hard-to-educate. He gets a second chance when
Posthumous
2014-10-04
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the
Mordgeständnis
2008-09-01
Der Kinderhasser
1998-01-06
Neben der Spur
2008-12-04
Punk Berlin 1982
2015-03-26
1980: 19 year old Robert, fed up with Hippy phoniness and bourgeoise narrow mindedness alike, flees
Ich, Ringo und das Tor zur Welt
2010-07-31
Die Geschichte der Menschheit - leicht gekürzt
2022-06-16
In order to leave a lasting impression in space, Dr. Georg Friedle and his team of researchers inclu
The Peacock
2023-03-09
When investment banker Linda Bachmann and her team arrive at Lord and Lady Macintosh's country estat
Point Blank
2016-03-02
Berlin, Germany. Police officer Klaus Roth infiltrates the Serbian mafia, specializing in manipulati
Zarte Parasiten
2009-09-07
Jakob and Manu have developed their own specific survival strategies. Without a permanent home or st
Egoshooter
2005-02-24
19-year-old Jakob lives in Cologne, sharing a flat with his brother and the latter's girlfriend, Kar
Woman in Gold
2015-03-20
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world f
Never Look Away
2018-10-03
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented
100 Years of the UFA
2017-08-28
The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar
Life Is Too Long
2010-08-26
No crisis is as disastrous, overwhelming and unjust as that of Alfi Seliger. The Jewish filmmaker, h
Wigald
2006-01-24
Poet Wigald plans a meticulous suicide, but his estranged father interrupts, seeking reconnection as
The Goldfish
2019-02-28
Oliver is a banker and portfolio manager and leads a life in the fast lane, which one day comes to a
Lara
2019-11-07
Today is Lara’s 60th birthday, which happens to fall on the same day as her pianist son’s career-def
TKKG
2019-06-06
When Willi's father is abducted and is only released for a valuable statue from his art collection,
Fabian: Going to the Dogs
2021-08-05
In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by ni
Love Eats Up Life
2019-09-29
A documentary about the underground singer-songwriter Tobias Gruben, his upbringing and his musical
In Berlin wächst kein Orangenbaum
2020-09-24
After 14 years of prison Nabil is released and thrown back into his life.
Woodwalkers 2
2026-01-29
For shapeshifter Carag and his friends Brandon, Holly, and Lou, a new school year begins at Clearwat
Schlüsselkinder
Katleen is 17 years old and lives with her brother Torben in their spacious family house. Her mother
Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke
2025-12-12
Twenty-year-old Joachim is unexpectedly accepted at drama school in Munich and moves into his grandp