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Bernd Eichinger

Bernd Eichinger

Producer and writer, also actor · Died January 24, 2011, aged 61 · Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany

Bernd Eichinger was a German film producer, director and screenwriter.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 11, 1949
Died
January 24, 2011 (aged 61)
From
Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
Works as
Producer and writer, also actor
Titles
45 on Motif · 83 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 39 days to Oct 28Down 27% in 30 days

What are Bernd Eichinger's films like?

Across their 42 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 90th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 73rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their Motif 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
Self
25%
Bonds
22%
Morality
19%
Survival
11%
Society
9%
Power
8%
Ideas
5%
Romantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 42 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 5 · Dark 18

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 13

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

Gentle 6 · Charged 18 · Intense 18

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

Steady 18 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 14

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

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 7

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

Casual 17 · Engaged 22 · Full focus 3

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 20 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 12

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 28 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Dread
12
Melancholic
14
Joyful
11
Thrilling
11
Other
39

How their films linger

Fun17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy18
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous9

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 Bernd Eichinger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 45 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Bernd Eichinger's titles on Motif; 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

83 credits, 45 with a Motif page; 27 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • 3096 Tage(2013)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Die Superbullen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • Resident Evil: Afterlife(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Times Change You (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)

    Producer

  • Five Minutes of Heaven(2009)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Baader Meinhof Complex(2008)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Bernd & Katja Eichinger (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Lissi und der wilde Kaiser(2007)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Pornorama(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Extinction(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer(2006)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • DOA: Dead or Alive(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Elementary Particles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • Fantastic Four(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Fisherman and His Wife(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Downfall(2004)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Resident Evil: Apocalypse(2004)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Night of the Living Dorks(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Werner - Gekotzt wird später! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Bewegte Männer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)

    Show Creator

  • Resident Evil(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • More Ants in the Pants(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • 666 - Traue keinem, mit dem Du schläfst!(2002)

    Producer · as Bernd Eichinger

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • She Gets What She Wants(2002)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Nackt(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Nowhere in Africa(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Mists of Avalon (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • Manitou's Shoe(2001)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Vera Brühne (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Producer

  • The Calling(2000)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • No More School (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Ants in the Pants(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Devil and Ms. D (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Werner - Volles Rooäää!!! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Producer

  • Hausmeister Krause – Ordnung muss sein (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 80 episodes · Executive Producer · Producer

  • Am I Beautiful? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer

  • Wrongfully Accused(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Ballermann 6 (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Producer

  • Prince Valiant(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Die drei Mädels von der Tankstelle (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Producer

  • Smilla's Sense of Snow(1997)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • It Happened in Broad Daylight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Producer · Screenplay

  • Charleys Tante (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Producer

  • Die Halbstarken (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Producer · Writer

  • A Girl Called Rosemarie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Producer · Screenplay

  • Werner: Eat My Dust!!!(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Das Superweib(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • And Nobody Weeps For Me (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Producer

  • Voll Normaaal (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

  • Maybe... Maybe Not(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Fantastic Four(1994)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The House of the Spirits(1993)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Cement Garden(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Body of Evidence(1993)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Desire(1992)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Four Junior Detectives (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer

  • Manta Manta(1991)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Werner and the Wizard of Booze (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    Producer

  • Fire, Ice and Dynamite (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    Producer

  • Last Exit to Brooklyn(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Me and Him(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Name of the Rose(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • King Kongs Faust (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    as Produzent

  • The NeverEnding Story(1984)

    Producer · as Man Next to Man Who Drops Milk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Noah's Ark Principle(1984)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Kehraus (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)

    Co-Producer

  • Die Ortliebschen Frauen (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Producer

  • Sting in the Flesh (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Producer

  • Christiane F.(1981)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 8 episodes · Producer

  • Tales from the Vienna Woods (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Producer

  • Hitler: A Film from Germany(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Good-for-Nothing (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1978)

    Executive Producer

  • The Consequence(1977)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Hitler: A Film from Germany (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 4 episodes · Producer

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

    Producer

  • Ich heiß' Marianne, und Du...? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Producer

  • Dear Fatherland Be at Peace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Producer

  • Wrong Move(1975)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

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

    Writer

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

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 78 titles from 1974 to 2013.

Biggest box office

Fantastic Four (2005)

$334M worldwide

Highest rated

The Name of the Rose (1986)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting4 of 78: 2 only acting, 2 with another roleDirecting2 of 78: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting10 of 78: 3 only writing, 7 with another roleProducing69 of 78: 61 only producing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thOther crew3 of 78: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

78 titles, 9 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1970s12 · crew1980s9 · 2 acting · 8 crew1990s27 · crew2000s26 · 2 acting · 25 crew2010s4 · crew

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 Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bernd Eichinger's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 45; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 45th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 42

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th10
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 45 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · producer

The Fantastic Four (1994)

80th percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

Downfall (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 41/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 40 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif 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.

Is Bernd Eichinger's work okay for kids?

Across up to 21 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles39–91 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity21 titles29–76 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity14 titles16–65 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles6–57 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense15 titles33–82 · median 68 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Bernd Eichinger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bernd Eichinger's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martin Moszkowicz shares the most, 23.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles