Hanns Zischler
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Hanns Zischler (born 18 June 1947) is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968. Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hanns Zischler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Fatherland (2026)
as Thomas Mann
Munich (2005)
as Hans
I'm The Father (2002)
as Dr. Beilenberg
Overnight (2007)
as Fischer
Home Entertainment (2026)
Actor
Sunshine (1999)
as Baron Margitta
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
as Henryk Wald
Rommel (2012)
as Gerd von Rundstedt
The French Revolution (1989)
as Goethe
Olga's Summer (2002)
as Richard
Europa Europa (1990)
as Captain von Lerenau
Beck 16 - The Last Witness (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Walk on Water (2004)
as Axel's Father
Der Leibwächter (1989)
as Dr. Kant
The Edukators (2004)
as Vermieter
The French as Seen by… (1988)
as (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard")
Total vereist (1981)
as Pilot
The Cement Garden (1993)
as Father
Domino (1982)
as Zollner
Beck 11 - The Cartel (2001)
as Josef Hillman
About Narration (2025)
Actor
Todsünde (2008)
as Polonius Fischer
Flame & Citron (2008)
as Gilbert
Dr. M (1990)
as Moser
The Specimen (2002)
Actor
Traveling Roadshow (2016)
as Self
The Berlin Affair (1985)
as Wolf von Hollendorf
Ripley's Game (2002)
as Art Dealer
Beck 14 - The Advertising Man (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
as Dr. Becker
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1993)
as Count Zelten
John Cranko (2024)
as Walter Erich Schäfer
Gute Referenzen (1994)
Actor
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
as Hans
Beck 12 - The Loner (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Kings of the Road (1976)
as Robert Lander
Black Sun (1998)
as Narrator
Es wird etwas geschehen (2003)
as Alfred Wunsiedel
Chamisso’s Shadow (2016)
as Adelbert von Chamisso (voice)
A Woman in Flames (1983)
as Kurt
Requiem for Something Which Is Very Small (1997)
as Michael
When in Doubt (1995)
as Klaus Merten
Amen. (2002)
as Grawitz
Balle perdue (1994)
as Victor Trampot
Aghet (2010)
as Leslie Davis
Henry Angst (1980)
Actor
The Venus Trap (1988)
as Kurt
Salt on Our Skin (1992)
as Sidney
Francesco (1989)
as Pope Innocent III
No Sex (1999)
as Friedrich Liebermann
Post Impact (2004)
as Dr. Gregor Starndorf
Taking Sides (2002)
as Rudolf Werner
Black Island (2021)
as Friedrich Hansen
The Autograph (1984)
as Lieutenant Suarez
Gefährliche Wahrheit (2021)
as Richard Freydank
Before Your Eyes - Vietnam (1982)
Actor
The Left-Handed Woman (1978)
Actor
The Ring Finger (2005)
as Le patron de l'hôtel
Putting Things Straight (1979)
as Alfred Flechtheim
Pharos of Chaos (1983)
as Self
Logik des Gefühls (1982)
Actor
Manoeuvres d'Élégance (1992)
Actor
A Fine Day (2001)
as Regisseur
Ehebruch - Eine teuflische Falle! (1996)
as Til Deboers
Tracing Battleship Potemkin (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Viel Spaß mit meiner Frau (1997)
as Schmidthenner
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self
The Last Courier (1996)
as Kant
Wer nie beim Schwenken schwankte (2008)
as Produzent
Der falsche Tod (2007)
as Dr. Franz Stoever
Die Frau aus dem Meer (2008)
as Michael Kolberg
Southeast Passage (2002)
Actor
Small Cuts (2003)
as Verekher
23 (1998)
as Karls Vater
The Universal Theory (2023)
as Dr. Strathen
Blinker (1969)
Actor
Crash Test Aglae (2017)
as Friedrich Fürstenberg, CEO
Antonia – Tränen im Paradies (2003)
as Friedrich Fürstenberg
Access Denied (2000)
as Wilhelm Täufer
Nach uns die Sintflut (1996)
Actor
A Prominent Patient (2017)
as Dr. Stein
A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
as Dr. Thomas Richter
Stations of the Cross (2014)
as Bestatter
A Girl Called Rosemarie (1996)
Actor
Hinter blinden Fenstern (2010)
as Polonius Fischer
Die Bubi Scholz Story (1998)
as Otto Grimm
Venus Talking (2001)
Actor
Herzsprung (1992)
as Herr Papenfuß
In der Welt habt ihr Angst (2011)
as Johannes Baumann
King Ordinary (2013)
as Wallenstein
Hilde (2009)
as Erich Pommer
Solange wir lieben (2001)
as Prof.Rudolf Zondek
Küss mich, Kanzler! (2004)
as Kanzleramtschef Dr. Nick Riemer
1917: The Real October (2017)
as Alexander Benois (voice)
Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen (1994)
as Dieter Reich
666: In Bed with the Devil (2002)
as Prince of Darkness
Closed Circuit (1983)
as Melo
The Violin Player (1994)
as Michael
Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980)
as Martin
Relativity (2019)
as Aron's Father
"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics (1981)
as Self
Voyage to 'Metropolis' (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
In the Shadows (2010)
as Planer
Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung des Richard Oetker (2001)
as Oetker's Attorney
Mise-en-scene (1991)
Actor
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping (2004)
as Sven Hedin
Axolotl Overkill (2017)
as Film Award Laudator
Angels of Iron (1981)
as Ridzinski
The Rose Garden (1989)
as Eckert
Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women (2000)
as Adam
Manhunt (2008)
as Klaus Barbie
Luise knackt den Jackpot (1995)
Actor
Stille Nächte (2014)
as Paul
Für immer im Herzen (2004)
as Richard Berger
Whispers Behind the Wall (2013)
as Martins Vater
Debt of Love (1998)
as Besse
Douce France (1986)
as Karl
Two Days of Hope (2003)
as Wiedemeyer (uncredited)
Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)
as Self
The Open Universe (1993)
as Frank
Malevil (1981)
as le vétérinaire
Kidnapping – Ein Vater schlägt zurück (1998)
as Dieter
A Viso Coperto (1985)
as Roberto Connolly
Gate to Heaven (2003)
as Polizist
A Place Called Dignity (2021)
as Uncle Paul
Eine Krone für Isabell (2006)
as Archibald Kent
Same Player Shoots Again (1968)
as Man with Gun
Der Handymörder (1998)
as Bundeskanzler
What Happens In Your Brain If You See a German Word Like...? (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Null Risiko und reich (1997)
Actor
Summer in the City (1972)
as Hanns
Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face (2001)
as Josef Hillman
No (2021)
as Joachim
Zettl (2012)
as Gaishofer
Wen die Liebe trifft (2005)
as Henry Rhomberg
Superbrain (1996)
as Kottke
Bastard (2011)
as Samuel Schweizer
The Red Room (2010)
as Prof. Mühsam
Der Bankraub (2016)
as Harald Kühnen
Beck 13 - Sender Unknown (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball (2002)
as Josef Hillman
Playoff (2011)
as Franz
Ben & Maria - Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2000)
as Raabe senior
Professor Wall im Bordell (2019)
as Professor Wall
The Last Word (1988)
Actor
The Unburdening (1983)
as Diego
Das Haus am Watt (1990)
as Ulrich Golborn
Wenn man sich traut (2000)
as Isabell's Vater
All of a Sudden (2016)
as Klaus
Doctor Faustus (1982)
as Dr. Serenius
Der Gutachter: Ein Mord zu viel (2017)
as H. Moldenhauer
David (1979)
Actor
Der Tote im Eis (2013)
as Dr. Lutz Conrad
Whatever Happens Next (2018)
as Silbermann
Heil (2015)
as Grad Ludbert zu Regenstauf
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
Rotlicht - In der Höhle des Löwen (2000)
as Hans Fengler
Bent or Broken (1975)
Actor
Für immer 30 (2011)
as Hans Kranich
Abgetrieben (1992)
as Dr. Friedrich Hess
Mädchen Nr. 1 (2003)
as Alfred Hammerstein
The Case of Jakob von Metzler (2012)
as Friedrich von Metzler
Brief an mein Leben (2015)
as Dr. Pogel
Mein Papa ist kein Mörder (1998)
as Thorsten Gregor
The Blue One (1994)
as Minister
Schwarzer Sommer (—)
as Klaus Brixen
Leningrad. Stimmen einer belagerten Stadt (2024)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Zwei Seiten der Liebe (2002)
as Rolf Wagner
Das Treibhaus (1987)
as Mergentheim
Adieu, Mon Ami (1996)
as Serge
Operation Noah (1998)
as Kanzler
Einen Moment fürs Leben (2017)
as Samuel Silchester
Anemia (1986)
as Umberto
Outside the Box (2015)
as Bruno Bickstein
Black Box (2023)
as Hanns Böhm
Die Tannerhütte (1976)
Actor
Keine zweite Chance (2017)
as Reinhard
Ein Mann unter Verdacht (2016)
as Anjas Vater
Heiraten macht mich nervös (2005)
as Oskar Becker
Ende einer Leidenschaft (1997)
as Dr. Blöss
Strike Back (1981)
Actor
Deep in My Heart - Germaine and Benjamin (1994)
as Monsieur de Staël
The Denunciation (1993)
as Erfinder
Prince (2021)
as Michael Schmidt-Fournier
Der große Rudolph (2018)
as Toni
Milan noir (1987)
as Hardy
My Dear Subject (1989)
as Hans
George (2013)
as Max Beckmann
Allmen and the Dragonflies (2016)
as Hirt Senior
Red & Blue (2004)
as Samuel Eisenstein
The Horsemen of the Storm (1984)
as Castaing
Tanners letzte Chance (2002)
as Karl Sedlag
Gelübde des Herzens (2003)
as Professor Leunitz
Rotlicht (1993)
as Hans Fengler
Saltimbank (2003)
as Johann Kreisler
Wenn die Liebe verloren geht (2002)
as Georg
A Perfect Friend (2006)
as Rodolph Hartmann
Grenzgang (2013)
as Rektor Granitzny
So Long Daddy, See You in Hell (2022)
as Politiker
Novaks Ultimatum (2003)
as Dr. Hildebrandt
Sulla (2003)
as Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Callboy (1998)
as Dr.Deckel
Einmal wirst auch du mich lieben. Über die Bedeutung von Heftromanen (1973)
as Self
Erste deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition - Die Weltreise der Valdivia (2017)
as Self - Narrator
Liebe auf den zweiten Blick (2005)
as Norbert Hahn
Tarot (1986)
as Eduard
Himmelsheim (1989)
as Dr. Ehrenfried
Drancy Future (1997)
as The Old Man (voice)
All Will Be Revealed (2023)
as Dr. Abweger
Berlin (1987)
as Interviews
Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl (2017)
as Self - Reader
Betrogen – Eine Ehe am Ende (1997)
as Jan Goldbeck
Stunde der Füchse (1993)
as Heinz Binder
Blessed Events (2010)
as Gynäkologe
Das Baby der schwangeren Toten (1994)
as Prof. Stuck
Hast du Lust, mit mir einen Kaffee zu trinken? (1981)
as Hanns
Krieg und Frieden – Deutsch-sowjetische Skizzen (2018)
as Narrator
Katie Fforde: Ziemlich beste Freundinnen (2018)
as Douglas van Garden
So Broad and Big: The Nature of Otto Modersohn (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Afrika am Rhein (1986)
as Hans
Undercover (2005)
as Landsbichler
The demise of Herman Dürer (1979)
as Herwig Jungmann, neuroloog
"Amerika" vor Augen oder Kafka in 43 Min. 30 Sec. (1978)
as Voice