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Acting

Wolfgang Preiss

Career: Active from 1942 to 2018, with a break from 1995 to 2017, busiest in 1959 and 1964 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles: 47
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Great Love
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Wolfgang Preiss Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
2.4, average 4.8
Coming of Age
0.7, average 3.0
Wholesome
1.8, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 3
World War II 3
German New Wave Precursor 2
Political Intrigue 2
Social Commentary 2
Intrigue & Suspense 2
Classic European Cinema 2
Psychological Thriller 2
Historical Action 2
German Crime Thriller 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Psychological Tension 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

140

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

A Little Chat with Dr. Mabuse -- An Interview with Wolfgang Preiss

Thanks

2010s

1 title

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

as Dieter Gekeler (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles · average score 49

TV show · as Max Friedmann

Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich

TV show

Dr. M

49

as Kessler

1980s

21 titles · average score 64

Land der Väter, Land der Söhne

as Bernauer

War and Remembrance

80

TV show · as Walter von Brauchitsch

Die Männer vom K3

TV show · as Bodo von Heysen

Mrs. Harris - Der geschmuggelte Henry

as Earl of Wereford

Mrs. Harris fährt nach Moskau

as Earl of Wereford

The Second Victory

as Father Albertus

Forget Mozart

as Baron Gottfried van Swieten

Ein Heim für Tiere

TV show · as Prof. Alf Dobner

The Winds of War

78

TV show · as Walther von Brauchitsch

Mrs. Harris - Ein Kleid von Dior

as Earl of Wereford

Ghost of Love

68

as Zighi

A Case For Two

60

TV show · as Alfred Rohloff

1970s

31 titles · average score 58

SOKO München

58

TV show · as Direktor Xaver Kreuzberg

A Bridge Too Far

68

as Field Marshal Karl R.G. Von Rundstedt

Die Insel der Krebse

as General

La Cloche tibétaine

TV show · as Georges-Marie Haardt

Diamantenparty

as Konsul Eduard van Düren

The Master Touch

59

as Miller

The Salzburg Connection

37

as Felix Zauner

The Fifth Cord

66

as Police inspector

Raid on Rommel

48

as Gen. Erwin Rommel

The Bloodstained Butterfly

62

as The Prosecutor

as Oberst Dornberger

Scene of the Crime

66

TV show · as Cantz sr. / Stockinger

1960s

55 titles · average score 63

Hannibal Brooks

70

as Col. von Haller

Battle of the Commandos

56

as Colonel Ackerman

Familie Mack verändert sich

TV show · as Robert Mack

Meinungsverschiedenheiten

as Anthony Wilcox

Flachsmann als Erzieher

as Flachsmann

Schatzsucher unserer Tage

TV show · as Jan van Dongen

Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord

as Kapitän Behrens

The Train

83

as Maj. Herren

Cave of the Living Dead

41

as Prof. von Adelsberg

Das Mädchen und der Staatsanwalt

as Staatsanwalt Soldan

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

84

as Prof. Jordan / Peter Cornelius / Dr. Mabuse

Mill of the Stone Women

61

as Doctor Loren Bolem

1950s

26 titles · average score 67

Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?

72

as Major Linkmann

Doctor Without Scruples

as Dr. Westorp

Roses for the Prosecutor

72

as Generalstaatsanwalt

The Girl with the Cat Eyes

as Carlo Gormann

The Italians They Are Crazy

as Hans

Grabenplatz 17

as Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger

Ich war ihm hörig

as Dr. Leipold

as Dulac

Sharks and Little Fish

62

as U-Bootkommandant Lüttke

Von der Liebe besiegt

as Mario Clar

The Plot to Assassinate Hitler

64

as Oberst Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

Canaris

66

as Oberst Holl

1940s

2 titles · average score 86

The Crew of the Dora

as Staffelarzt Dr. Wagner

The Great Love

86

as Oberleutnant von Etzdorf