Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Nascimento : 1942-08-29, Berlin, Germany

Morte : 2014-09-01

História

Gottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn];[1] 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A long-time collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in many of the filmmaker's projects between 1975 and his death in 1982, including Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun , and Berlin Alexanderplatz. His distinctive, gaunt appearance saw him he frequently cast as villains, and he is best known to audiences for his role as the corrupt General Arkady Orumov in the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and for his comedic turn as Julius Caesar in Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar, the latter for which he won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Perfil

Gottfried John
Gottfried John

Filmes

Emerald Green
Dr. White (archive footage)
Mesmo após a confissão de amor do rapaz, Gwendolyn (Maria Ehrich) sente que Gideon (Jannis Niewöhner) a traiu ao, tecnicamente, apoiar o Conde St. Germain (Peter Simonischek). Em meio a tribulações, os viajantes do tempo embarcarão em diversos acontecimentos e aventuras, tanto no presente quanto no passado.
A World Beyond
Dr. Jan Kersebohm
Hans and Fridel are a marriage that come to Java fleeing of the pursuit Nazi just before the Second World war comes untied. In this paradise Hans finds an employment as municipal police, but his wife, always unsatisfied, turns into one addicted to the opium. One day Hans knows Helen, the daughter of an important businessman, with whom he falls in love almost to the instant. But Fridel is his major worry, and can´t leave her, though it will not be able to forget Helen either.
Ruby Red
Dr. White
Gwendolyn Shepherd is a normal 16-year-old, but her family holds a secret: A time-travel gene is expressed in the clan inherited, but not every member of the family is blessed with. Everyone is certain that Gwen's cousin Charlotte has the gene. However, someday Gwendolyn suddenly finds herself in London at the end of the 19th century and realizes that it is her, who was born a time traveler. While she is not very enthusiastic about it, she will do everything possible to solve the ancient mysteries of the red ruby.
Die Löwin
Jo
Das Leben ist zu lang
Georg Maria Stahl
Aghet
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
2010 documentary film on the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It is based on eyewitness reports by European and American personnel stationed in the Near East at the time, Armenian survivors and other contemporary witnesses which are recited by modern German actors.
Rumpelstilzchen
König Gustav
The king locks the miller’s daughter, Lisa, in a room full of straw to turn into gold in just one night. If she doesn’t succeed she would be executed.
Black Flowers
Curtis
Following the failure of his last mission, RFG spy Michael Roddick decides to disappear, taking along Elena, the daughter of a Russian spy who died under strange circumstances. They settle in Barcelona and open a restaurant, to help them to forget about the past. Nevertheless, his former colleagues reappear alleging there are still some matters yet to be settled.
John Rabe
Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Inspirado numa história real, o roteiro conta a trajetória de John Rabe, um grande empresário alemão que, no final da década de 30, salvou mais de 200 mil chineses no massacre de Nanjing.
The Papal Council
Paolo Naldini
Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
Self
A documentary about the making of the television mini-series by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including interviewees with the principal actors.
Tempestade
Arthur Moyes
Quando uma forte tempestade coincide com o alto mar, ela desencadeia uma onda colossal de maré, que viaja impiedosamente pela costa leste da Inglaterra e para o estuário do Tâmisa. Não é uma questão de se, mas de quando Londres inundará.
Das zweite Leben
Robert Kreutzer
A Pirate's Heart
Konrad von Wallenrod
The end of the 14th century. Parents send the eldest son Jan to study in Hamburg, and the youngest - Klaus - to the monastery. No sooner had the children moved away from their homes, as on Klaus'es eyes the robbers kill their parents and burn the house. Only thanks to the loyal monk Wigbold Klaus managed to survive the shock. A few years later Klaus Störtebeker finds his brother Jan and his long-time friend Elizabeth Pren in Hamburg. From her, he learns that she is expected to marry Simon von Wallenrod, whose father Klaus suspects of killing his parents. But the Pranks and the Wallenrods are rich and respected people, and Klaus is a poor man. And now he becomes a pirate...
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Agnès Dormes, a famous opera singer, saves Julie, a baby girl who was about to be sacrificed during a black mass. Twenty years later, the baby has turned into a beautiful energetic twenty-year-old young lady determined to find out about her origins. In Avignon, Julie manages to meet Agnès and discovers on the occasion she is not her real mother. A series of adventures will ensue and at a time Julie is nearly burned on the stake. But she eventually achieves her end and can marry, a street performer close to her heart.
Cowgirl
Hans Krahl
Die schöne Braut in Schwarz
Aldo Caldini
Sylvia Rosch is a woman with dangerous obsessions. Camouflaged by perfectly rehearsed masquerades, she wages a merciless campaign of revenge. Anyone who gets too close will succumb to an insidious murder. The marriage swindler's preferred victims are men worth millions. Barbara Lahn and Til Wegner from the BKA are facing a huge challenge. They are supposed to collect evidence against the angel of death.
Renzo e Lucia
Innominato
Loose adaptation of Italy's national epic, Alessandro Manzoni's “The Betrothed”. In war-torn 17th century Italy, shady feudal lord Don Rodrigo eyes young and beautiful Lucia, who loves—and is reciprocated by—commoner Renzo. The two lovers plan to marry in secret, but Rodrigo discovers it and they are forced to flee their village, becoming separated and each facing many dangers, includine the Plague.
Sam, Meu Amigo Mágico
School Inspector
Martin é um tímido menino de 11 anos que não tem amigos. Para piorar as coisas, seu malvado professor de educação física está sempre pegando no seu pé. Tudo isso muda quando seu pai chama um velho amigo: Sam, um espírito. Simplesmente Adorável e Mágico, capaz de realizar todos os desejos de Martin.
Augustus - O Primeiro Imperador
Cicero
César foi assassinado... Quem o sucederá? Em Tróia, Peter OToole faz o papel de Priamo, o Rei de Tróia, que apesar de ser o maior inimigo do invencível Aquiles (Brad Pitt) é também o único Rei que Aquiles admira! Em Augustus, Peter OToole consegue ser ainda mais carismático do que é em Tróia e prova ser um dos mais completos atores de todos os tempos! Brutus, Marco Antonio, Cléopatra e Augustus fazem parte do contexto de guerras e tramas que rodeiam o poder e são magnificamente espelhados neste surpreendente épico. Augustus, o Primeiro Imperador é uma história envolvente, emocionante e que mostra de forma fascinante como todos os épicos começaram!
Códigos Mortais
Thomas von Gall - grandfather
Para prender a ativista Maria Von Gall, que com muita coragem se esforça para ajudar judeus a escaparem das garras do Nazismo na França, a SS seqüestra seu filho Thomas, um brilhante garoto de 11 anos de idade, mestre em xadrez. Depois de ver a mãe ser assassinada pelos alemães, o menino é resgatado pelo pai americano, que ele nunca havia conhecido, e ambos fogem para a Espanha. Mas Maria havia contado a Thomas um precioso segredo, que agora pode mais do que nunca colar a vida de pai e filho em risco.
James Bond e seus Melhores Momentos
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Um documentário sobre os 10 mais eletrizantes momentos da franquia James Bond 007 em seus 40 anos de história. Nesta obra, estão os mais desafiantes momentos do agente, seus sinistros vilões e maravilhosas mulheres. Há também entrevistas com elenco e críticos, lembrando seus momentos favoritos. Apresentação de Roger Moore.
O Homem que Mudou o Mundo
Friedrich von Schroder
No ínicio dos anos 30 um homem , um político e orador excepcional de nome Winston Churchill salta para a ribalta da fama pela sua luta em torno do crescimento e fortalecimento de uma Europa desunida na época. Lutando contra todas as adversidades - uma depressão profunda, a perca de toda a sua fortuna pessoal e o temporário desaparecimento da sua mulher Clemmie - um solitário mas desafiador Churchill tenta de todas as formas avisar o mundo de uma tentativa de poder pela força por um político Austríaco emergente chamado Adolf Hitler.
Der Solist - In eigener Sache
Martin Krohn
Prova de Vida
Eric Kessler
Alice Bowman é viajada e experiente, mas nada a podia preparar para isto. Rebeldes de um país latino-americano em convulsão raptaram o seu marido e estão a pedir um resgate. O valor: 3 milhões de dólares. Meg Ryan interpreta o papel de Alice e Russell Crowe é Terry Thorne, o especialista em libertação de reféns que se torna a única esperança de Alice para manobrar um jogo perigoso com terroristas que dão mais valor ao dinheiro que à vida, num filme recheado de suspense, considerado pela Time como um dos 10 melhores do ano. Tayler Hackford dirige, dominando com firmeza a tensão emocional, à medida que Terry e Alice tentam descobrir os criminosos e salvar o refém (David Morse)... ao mesmo tempo que ambos se defrontam com a preocupante descoberta de que estão atraídos um pelo outro.
Mary Magdalene
Erode Antipa
Employed as a spy and given the task of investigating the threat posed by John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene is overwhelmed by John's powerful message of the coming of the Messiah. Gazing into John's eyes before he dies, Mary is left with the certainty that her place is at the side of this great man, Jesus Christ.
Balzac: A Life Of Passion
Count Hanska
This is the sprawling saga of Honoré de Balzac, a man who created a great literary oeuvre from the dramas and adventures of his own life - a life that he shaped into one spectacular and unforgettable blaze of passion. At the heart of the story are the women in Balzac's life. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.
Beckmann und Markowski: Gehetzt
Max Beckmann
Asterix & Obelix Contra César
Jules César
A pequena aldeia de Asterix e Obelix é a pedra no sapato do imperador Júlio César: de toda a França, a aldeia gaulesa é o único local que não é controlado pelo Império Romano. O maior problema, segundo os comandantes da legião romana, é a força descomunal dos gauleses, conseguida através de uma poção mágica preparada pelo druida Panoramix. Entretanto, o comandante Detritus tem um plano para derrotar os gauleses: capturar Obelix e o druida Panoramix.
Die Fremde in meiner Brust
Richard Keller
Am I Beautiful?
Herbert
German people having trouble with love and identity.
Life, Love & Celluloid
Documentary musing upon the work of German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Mein zweites Leben
Richard Keller
Glatteis
Kurt Wallmann
La casa dove abitava Corinne
Michele Wolf
The story of Doriana, a young lawyer, who moves to Rome, because a criminal she convicted has escaped prison and threatens to kill her. But the flat she takes in Rome doesn't bring her any luck either: In her new flat, unbeknownst to her, a call girl called Corinne has been stabbed to death almost a year ago, and the killer has never been caught. As soon as she lives there, she gets anonymous telephone calls and other hints to the murder. When she learns about the unsolved case, she starts to investigate by herself.
Beckmann und Markowski: Im Zwiespalt der Gefühle
Kommissar Beckmann
O Guardião da Floresta
Chief Forester
O francês Abel Tiffauges é um homem ingênuo que vive uma vida simples trabalhando como um mecânico. Falsamente acusado de ser um pedófilo, ele é recrutado como soldado no início da Segunda Guerra Mundial, mas logo é capturado e levado ao coração da Alemanha nazista.
007 Contra GoldenEye
General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov
James Bond precisa impedir que o controle do poderoso satélite GoldenEye, capaz de causar pane em qualquer equipamento eletrônico do mundo, caia em mãos erradas. Para isso, contará com a ajuda da bela especialista em computação Natalya Siminova.
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Herr Benjamenta
Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?
Brüder auf Leben und Tod
Renato Calvi
Die Zeit danach
man from Klagenfurt
An economics expert from the West is contracted by a large firm to assist in the reorganization of a debt-ridden steel plant in the former Eastern Bloc. Believing himself to be eagerly awaited, he finds that his position has already been taken: Another man has already begun the job in his name, obviously with official approval. What first appears to be a strange mix-up soon turns into a threat to his existence when he discovers that not only his professional, but also his private identity has been assumed by the stranger.
Ein letzter Wille
Paul Elling
Deadly Web
Kommissar Max Beckmann
Abraão
Eliezer
Deus decide fazer uma nova promessa à humanidade depois das calamidades que culminaram no desastre da Torre de Babel. Abraão é escolhido para torna-se o "Pai das Nações" e a história da redenção se inicia.
Das Sahara-Projekt
Collani
Novalis - Die blaue Blume
Sophies Vater
The Mistake
Jacob Alain
It is 1988. Jacob (Gottfried John), from Hamburg in West Germany, falls in love with Elisabeth (Angelica Domröse) in East Germany. When they secretly meet in East Berlin, it seems the Stasi (secret police) knows about it. When Jacob visits her village, someone informs on him and he is deported. Elisabeth knows who begrudges her this love and takes her revenge. Critics note that in this film, director Heiner Carow revisits the themes of his 1972 smash hit, The Legend of Paul and Paula, which became a cult film throughout Germany.
Ich schenk’ Dir die Sterne
Robert Dallburg
An eccentric pop singer from a dreary social background in a Munich suburb turns men's heads by the dozen and makes an unexpected career when a serious businessman asks for her hand in marriage. This could put her life in new order, but the practicing tantric, whose top priority is always to say yes, is only at the beginning of her complicated existence.
Elfenbein
Nicholas Messier
Wings of Fame
Zlatogorski
A famous movie actor claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengefully kills him but then dies as a result of an accident. Next, they both find themselves in after-life, where souls of all famous people are gathered.
Death Has A Bad Reputation
Rodimstev
Adaptation from a novel by Frederick Forsyth.
Schön war die Zeit
Franz Bauer
Pattberg's Legacy
Ulrich Vogtmann
Of Pure Blood
Paul Bergmann
A mother investigating her son's mysterious death finds much more than she bargained for. Casting director Alicia Browning (Remick) takes leave of her job in NYC to investigate what happened to her son Mark (Browning) in Germany. Her persistence uncovers perplexing details that lead to the discovery of some very unsettling, and dark personal memories!
Mata Hari
Wolff
Mata Hari é um exótica dançarina nascida em Paris que, durante a I Grande Guerra Mundial, dormiu com inúmeros oficiais, tanto franceses, quanto alemães, e se tornou um peão da intriga internacional.
Otto - The Movie
Sonnemann
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
Die Mitläufer
Verworrene Bilanzen
Karl M. Kronen
Bartolome oder Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter
Bartolomé de las Casas
Chinese Boxes
Zwemmer
An American in West Berlin finds himself caught up in murder and intrigue after his associate is killed and a diplomat's daughter is found dead in his room.
Super
The Earth shortly before its end. The houses in the cities are deserted, the streets smashed. The sky shimmers dark gray.
Die Matrosen von Kronstadt
Petritschenko
Lili Marlene
Aaron
Ao gravar a canção "Lili Marlene", Wilkie (Hanna Schygulla) se torna a cantora mais popular da Alemanha de Hitler. Mas mesmo no auge da fama, não encontra a felicidade por viver um amor proibido com Robert (Giancarlo Giannini), um músico judeu que participa da resistência contra os nazistas. Baseado na autobiografia da cantora Lale Andersen.
Theodor Chindler - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Familie
Clemens Koch
O Casamento de Maria Braun
Willi Klenze
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maria e Hermann Braun se casam apressadamente, mas ficam juntos menos de 24 horas porque Hermann precisa voltar à frente de batalha. Ao final da guerra, ele é dado como desaparecido. Maria se emprega em um bar, conhece um soldado americano e fica grávida. Certa noite, Hermann volta para a casa e a surpreende com o soldado. Enfurecido, ele os agride e acaba sendo preso. Pouco depois, Maria vai trabalhar para um homem de negócios, sendo sua secretária e confidente. Ao sair da prisão, Hermann decide tentar a sorte em outro país. Alguns anos mais tarde, ele e Maria se reencontram e procuram esclarecer seu trágico passado.
Die Ratten
Bruno Mechelke
Wo die Liebe hinfällt
In a Year with 13 Moons
Anton Saitz
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.
1982: Gutenbach
Peter Kessel
A Segunda Dimensão
Perebrodov
Berlim, década de 1930, durante a ascensão do nazismo. Hermann Hermann, um emigrante russo e fabricante de chocolate, casado com a caprichosa Lydia, perde cada vez mais a calma nas suas relações com os seus trabalhadores e outros empresários; até conhecer Felix, um vagabundo, que parece ser fisicamente idêntico a ele; um facto desconcertante que leva Hermann Hermann a traçar um caminho particular para sair de um mundo falso que ele realmente odeia.
Marija
Filipp
Fedora
Kritos
O produtor decadente Barry “Dutch” Detweiler tenta convencer a emblemática Fedora, aposentada e reclusa, a voltar a atuar para relançar a carreira de ambos. Mas a privacidade dela é difícil de conquistar, e com boas razões. Quando ela comete suicídio, Detweiler fica desconfiado e decide investigar.
A Mulher do Chefe da Estação
The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town’s siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
A Mulher do Chefe da Estação
Finkelberger
The lackluster and plodding Bolweiser has the (mis)fortune to be married to the town’s siren; his trusting nature leads him into serious trouble when she beds nearly every available guy.
Mamã Küster vai para o Céu
Jörg Niemeyer
After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.
Carlos
Carlos
In the Southwest of 1915 Carlos backs an intended uprising of the common countymen against his father Phillip, a despotic landowner who exploits the rural poors in his silver mines. But Carlos' indecision and his love for his young and beautiful stepmother leads into a failure.
Jaider, O Caçador Solitário
Jaider
Café Oriental