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Heinz Bennent

Heinz Bennent

Actor · Died October 12, 2011, aged 90 · Stolberg, Germany

Heinz Bennent (July 18, 1921 - October 12, 2011) was a German actor. His career began after the end of World War II in Göttingen. He moved to Switzerland in the 1970s, where he lives until his death. His children, Anne Bennent and David Bennent also work as actors.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 18, 1921
Died
October 12, 2011 (aged 90)
From
Stolberg, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
13 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 6% in 30 days

What are Heinz Bennent's films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 88th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
21%
Power
20%
Survival
20%
Self
17%
Ideas
9%
Bonds
8%
Society
6%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 6

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Mentor
2 of 3
Threshold guardian
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Dread
5
Melancholic
4
Cold
2
Bittersweet
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Haunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteInfuriating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet1
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Heinz Bennent's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Heinz Bennent's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Princess Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sigmund Freud

  • Kalt ist der Abendhauch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Hugo Wimmer (alt)

  • Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Anziano

  • Tears of Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Herr Riethof

  • A French Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Andreas

  • Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Léon

  • Das Sahara-Projekt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Dreesen

  • My Name is Victor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • König Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Narr

  • Maigret(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Gustav Jonker

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Pleasure of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Raphaël

  • Year of the Turtle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Heinz August Kamp

  • Le due croci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Titus Brandsma

  • Der einsame Weg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Julian Fichtner

  • Gambit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Feuerbach

  • Le Tiroir secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 6 episodes · as André Lemarchand

  • Le Transfuge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Heinz Steger

  • Rouge Capucine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Le chanteur

  • Der Snob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Graf von Palen

  • Rapt ou la Séparation des races (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Le colporteur

  • The Death of Mario Ricci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Henri Kremer

  • Sarah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Pierre Baranne

  • Street of Mirrors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Gianfranco

  • Le Lit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Martin

  • War and Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Joe

  • L'amour des femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Manfred

  • Espion, lève-toi(1982)

    as Meyer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Der Fall Maurizius (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 5 episodes · as Wolf von Andergast

  • Possession(1981)

    as Heinrich

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • From the Life of the Marionettes(1980)

    as Arthur Brenner

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Last Metro(1980)

    as Lucas Steiner

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Lulu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Dr. Schoen

  • Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Münzinger

  • He Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Joe

  • Womanlight(1979)

    as Georges

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Tin Drum(1979)

    as Greff

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Son of Hitler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Ostermeier

  • Brass Target(1978)

    as Kasten

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Der Mann im Schilf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Felix

  • Kleine Geschichten mit großen Tieren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Chef I

  • Germany in Autumn(1978)

    as Mitglied des Kommitees

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Dr.Schenk

  • The Serpent's Egg(1977)

    as Hans Vergerus

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • I Want to Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Prof. Wolfgang Mach

  • The Wild Duck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Dr. Relling

  • Nea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Philip Ashby

  • Der Anwalt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 39 episodes · as Dr.Wetzlar

  • Lobster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · as Franz Borsig

  • The Net (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Inspektor Canonica

  • Metamorphosis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Der Vater

  • Eiszeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Holm

  • Special Section(1975)

    as Le major Beumelburg

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum(1975)

    as Dr. Blorna, Anwalt

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Une femme fatale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Moritz Korber

  • Derrick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Rohner · as Dr. Stoll · as Gustav Vrings · as Ludwig Heimer · as Robert Hofer

  • Perahim - die zweite Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

  • Die Eltern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Michael

  • Entziehung - Ein Tagebuch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Ehemann

  • Alle lieben Célimare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Paul Célimare

  • Der Teufelsschüler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Richard Dudgeon

  • Sonderdezernat K1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Jeffrey Simmons

  • Nasrin oder Die Kunst zu träumen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Edgar

  • Meetings in the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Ako

  • Szenen aus dem Eheleben (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Walter

  • Mandala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Lambrecht

  • Marie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Vater

  • Der Pott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Stabsoffizier

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Edmund Frank · as Feininger · as Martin Koenen · as Scheller

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Mord im Pfarrhaus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Lawrence Redding

  • Eine Rose für Jane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Jones

  • Der Portland-Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Lonsdale

  • Im Kreis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Vater

  • Alle hatten sich abgewandt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Ben Dov

  • Nur der Freiheit gehört unser Leben (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Lorenz

  • The Commissioner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Andreas Kolding · as Dr. Gebhardt

  • Ein ehrenwerter Herr (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Dr. Bruniaud

  • Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Boris Resnik

  • Love from a Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Bruce

  • Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Harker

  • Die Frau des Fotografen oder Die große Liebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Fabien

  • Kopfstand, Madam! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Ulrich, ihr Freund

  • Freiheit im Dezember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Bowen

  • Das Apostelspiel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Johannes

  • Der Nebbich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Fritz Tritz - Commisvoyageur

  • Acht Stunden Zeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Serge Voisard

  • Die erste Legion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Pater Thomas Rawleigh

  • Detective Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Joe Feinson

  • Das Kriminalmuseum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Pit Servatos

  • Der Maulkorb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Rabanus

  • Das Schloß (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Herr K

  • Das Rendezvous von Senlis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Georges

  • Der Teufel ist los (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as der Teufel

  • Madame Pompadour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Dichter Joseph Calicot

  • Trees die upright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as A1

  • Die Tochter des Brunnenmachers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Jacques Mazel

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles from 1956 to 2004; peak year 1980.

Biggest box office

Brass Target (1978)

$5M worldwide

Highest rated

Special Section (1975)

Midcredits 93rd

Most popular right now

Possession (1981)

Film career

19562004

Peak 1980 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 95: 95 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score87th

By decade

1950s2 · acting1960s20 · acting1970s41 · acting1980s21 · acting1990s9 · acting2000s2 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 12 roles
7580

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Heinz Bennent's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 87th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 80th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 13 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed1

Most loved · actor

Special Section (1975)

Midcredits 93rd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Heinz Bennent work with?

People who share at least 2 of Heinz Bennent's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ingmar Bergman shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers