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Matthias Tiefenbacher

Matthias Tiefenbacher

Director, also actor · Born March 24, 1962 (64) · Heidelberg, Germany

Born
March 24, 1962 (64)
From
Heidelberg, Germany
Works as
Director, also actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 69 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 28% in 30 days

What are Matthias Tiefenbacher's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Comedy 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
Self
26%
Morality
23%
Society
18%
Ideas
12%
Bonds
11%
Power
10%
Justice3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 1

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

Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1

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 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 0

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

A split, not a type: Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3

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

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Contemplative
4
Melancholic
3
Joyful
2
Absurd
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Bittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous5

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 Matthias Tiefenbacher's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Matthias Tiefenbacher'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

69 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Die Tote am Fluss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Du gehörst mir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Emma - Der Usedom-Krimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Am Scheideweg - Der Usedom-Krimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Zerrissene Seelen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Gnadentod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Director

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Mond über Galway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • 2 unter Millionen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director

  • Schneewittchen - Der Usedom-Krimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Gute Nachrichten - Der Usedom-Krimi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Der Irland-Krimi: Familienbande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Mutter, Kutter, Kind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Extraklasse 2+ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Director

  • Pohlmann und die Zeit der Wünsche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Director · Writer

  • Schwarzach 23 und das mörderische ich(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Wenn Frauen ausziehen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Spieglein, Spieglein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Sara Stein: Jewels In The Grave(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sara Stein: Masada(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sara Stein: Old Friends(2019)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Extraklasse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director · Writer

  • Schwarzach 23 und der Schädel des Saatan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • In Wahrheit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Mutter reicht's jetzt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Schwarzach 23 - und die Jagd nach dem Mordsfinger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director

  • Sara Stein: From Berlin to Tel Aviv (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Sara Stein: Shalom Berlin, Shalom Tel Aviv(2016)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Schwarzach 23 - Und die Hand des Todes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Die Lichtenbergs - zwei Brüder, drei Frauen und jede Menge Zoff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Surf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Bis zum Ende der Welt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • The Tears of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Inspector Dupin: Brittany Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director

  • Liebe am Fjord - Zwei Sommer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Wenckes Verbrecher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Halbe Hundert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director

  • Strangers and Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Eine halbe Ewigkeit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director

  • Und dennoch lieben wir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Die Trödelqueen – Gelegenheit macht Liebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director

  • Freilaufende Männer(2011)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Liebe vergisst man nicht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Das Haus ihres Vaters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Liebe am Fjord - Sommersturm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Liebe am Fjord - Der Gesang des Windes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Liebe und andere Delikatessen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director

  • Was glücklich macht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director

  • Liebe im Halteverbot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Stille Post (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • The Man at Her Side (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Oh Tannenbaum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

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

    Director

  • Liebling, wir haben geerbt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Durch Himmel und Hölle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Director

  • Das Beste aus meinem Leben (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

  • Unter den Linden – Das Haus Gravenhorst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Das Zimmermädchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Die Albertis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 14 episodes · Director

  • Die Schönste aus Bitterfeld (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett(2002)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Vater braucht eine Frau (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Der Freund von früher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director

  • Sophie - Sissis kleine Schwester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

  • Die Liebende (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director

  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • Schlaflose Nächte(1988)

    as Stefan

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Police Call 110(1971)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Tatort(1970)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 65 titles from 1970 to 2026.

Most popular right now

Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett (2002)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 65: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting64 of 65: 61 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score25thWriting2 of 65: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 65: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

65 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and writing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1970s2 · crew1980s1 · acting1990s1 · crew2000s18 · crew2010s27 · crew2020s16 · 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 MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Matthias Tiefenbacher's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

11thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 10 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · actor

Schlaflose Nächte (1988)

95th percentile spread · 28% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director

Tatort (1970)

Midcredits 43rd · 72% liked

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 Matthias Tiefenbacher work with?

People who share at least 2 of Matthias Tiefenbacher's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andreas Schäfer shares the most, 6.

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers