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Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Actor · Born September 13, 1949 (77) · Berlin, Germany

Burghart Klaußner was born on September 13, 1949 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Edukators (2004), The White Ribbon (2009) and The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). He is married to Jenny. They have two children.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 13, 1949 (77)
From
Berlin, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
27 on MovieCove · 98 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 21% in 30 days

What are Burghart Klaußner's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama 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
40%
Power
18%
Self
14%
Bonds
13%
Society
11%
Survival
4%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 7

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 6

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

Steady 7 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 5 · 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 8 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 4

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 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 8

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 4 of 10 analyzed roles.

Mentor
4 of 10
Shadow
2 of 10
Shapeshifter
1 of 10
Threshold guardian
1 of 10
Trickster
1 of 10
Hero
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Dread
4
Melancholic
6
Warm
4
Contemplative
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous3

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 Burghart Klaußner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 27 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Burghart Klaußner'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

98 credits, 27 with a MovieCove page; 13 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Blood Countess(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Josef Mengele(2025)

    as Karl Mengele

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • An einem Tag im September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Konrad Adenauer

  • The Day of the Jackal(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Manfred Fest

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Uncertainty Principle of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Alexander

  • Oskar's Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Herr Kornmann

  • Brecht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bertolt Brecht

  • Klassentreffen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Herr Rebentisch

  • Klassentreffen(2019)

    as Mr. Rebentisch

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Silent Revolution(2018)

    as Minister of National Education Lange

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Freddy/Eddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Dr. Weiss

  • Kroymann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chef

  • The Crown(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Kurt Hahn

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Verdict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Vorsitzender Richter

  • Løvekvinnen(2016)

    as Johannes Joachim

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Die letzte Reise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Jean Jovet

  • Chamisso’s Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Georg Wilhelm Steller (voice)

  • Die Stadt und die Macht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Manfred Degenhardt

  • Bridge of Spies(2015)

    as Harald Ott

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The People Vs. Fritz Bauer(2015)

    as Fritz Bauer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • 13 Minutes(2015)

    as Nebe

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Diplomacy(2014)

    as Captain Werner Ebernach

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Inbetween Worlds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Oberst Haar

  • George (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Helmut Maurer

  • Night Train to Lisbon(2013)

    as Judge Prado

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Invasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Josef

  • Hotel Adlon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lorenz Adlon

  • The Zigzag Kid(2012)

    as Felix Glick

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • In den besten Jahren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Friedrich Gehlmann

  • Lessons of a Dream(2011)

    as Gustav Merfeld

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Young Goethe in Love(2010)

    as Vater Buff

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Life Is Too Long(2010)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Silence(2010)

    as Krischan Mittich

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Aghet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Jakob Künzler

  • The White Ribbon(2009)

    as The Pastor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Age and Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Justus

  • The Reader(2008)

    as Judge

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mediator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Mediator

  • Carninchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Chef

  • The Man from the Embassy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Herbert Neumann

  • Yella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Dr. Gunthen

  • An die Grenze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Prof.Karow

  • Der Novembermann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Hermann Droemer

  • Die Aufschneider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Prof. Udo Keller

  • Requiem(2006)

    as Karl Klingler

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Die Luftbrücke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ernst Reuter

  • The Runaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Born

  • The Edukators(2004)

    as Justus Hardenberg

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Carola Stern - Doppelleben (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Ernst Richert

  • Ein Goldfisch unter Haien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Rupert

  • Solo für Schwarz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Karl Hörster

  • K3 – Kripo Hamburg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Karsten Uphoff

  • Hamlet_X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Polonius

  • Kommissarin Lucas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Wolfgang Löhns

  • Good Bye Lenin!(2003)

    as Alex's Father

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Mit dem Rücken zur Wand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Zeidler

  • Durch dick und dünn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Georg Krause

  • Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Klaus Lebert

  • Ganz unten, ganz oben (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Caspar Richter

  • Der blonde Affe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Bergen

  • Urlaub auf Leben und Tod - Eine Familie hält zusammen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Albrecht Seibel

  • SK Kölsch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Elmar Hinterhauser

  • Der Kuß des Vergessens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Lukas

  • 23 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Weber

  • Das Böse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Axel Wornitz

  • The German Bronx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Burkhard Elder

  • Rossini(1997)

    as Tabatier

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Das Superweib(1996)

    as Rudi Fährenberg

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

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

    as Herr Leer

  • Zerrissene Herzen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Bernd

  • Wilsberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Gunnar Weltenbrink

  • Die Kommissarin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Willi Steinbach

  • Doppelter Einsatz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Richter Olaf Reiffenberg · as Staatsanwalt Galwitz

  • Alles außer Mord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Ärzte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Harry Schmidt-Werden

  • La Lumière des étoiles mortes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Capitaine Krantz

  • Einmal Macht und zurück - Engholms Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Björn Engholm

  • Faust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Ralf Kalldewey

  • Child's Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Micha's Father

  • The Denunciation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Werner Kraengel

  • Adelheid und ihre Mörder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 65 episodes · as Dr. Siegbert Heimeran

  • Schattenboxer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Painter

  • Wolffs Revier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Karl Koppermann

  • The Terrible Threesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Hausbesitzer

  • Kollege Otto(1991)

    Actor

  • The State Chancellery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • Europe in the Evening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Reisebüro-Angestellter

  • Morgen in Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 7 episodes · as Thomas Affoldt

  • Peter Strohm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Georg Schattauer

  • Die Männer vom K3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Jürgen Ramke

  • From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services – Part Eight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • The Riddle Of The Sands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 10 episodes · as Davies

  • Nieder mit den Deutschen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Sammy

  • Love Is the Beginning of All Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • Ziemlich weit weg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Lucas

  • The Axe of Wandsbek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Laberdan, Wünschelrutengänger

  • Police Call 110(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Staatsanwalt · as Ulrich Oppmann

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 1 episode · as Alain Bader · as Johannes Bonifaz Hackl · as Lothar Köster · as Sven Planitz · as Ulf Thorning · as Wessmann

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 98 titles from 1970 to 2026; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

$79M worldwide

Highest rated

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The White Ribbon (2009)

Film career

19702026

Peak 2015 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. 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
Acting98 of 98: 98 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

By decade

1970s2 · acting1980s11 · acting1990s27 · acting2000s24 · acting2010s28 · acting2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 4% of 23 roles
96061116

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 Burghart Klaußner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of the 22 of 23 with a score; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

The Blood Countess (2026)

75th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 82/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 61. 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.

Is Burghart Klaußner's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Burghart Klaußner work with?

People who share at least 2 of Burghart Klaußner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Daniel Brühl shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers