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Gottfried John is a Actor Allemand born on 29 august 1942 at Berlin (German)

Gottfried John

Gottfried John
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Nationality German
Birth 29 august 1942 at Berlin (German)
Death 1 september 2014 (at 72 years) at Utting (German)

Gottfried John ([ˈjoːn]; 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German actor.

Biography

Gottfried John est né de père inconnu. Il a grandi dans des foyers pour enfants lorsque le droit de garde fut retiré à sa mère. Il a vécu avec elle de 1960 à 1962 à Paris, ensuite à Berlin. Il a suivi des cours d’art dramatique auprès de Marlise Ludwig. Il fit ses débuts sur scène au théâtre Schiller de Berlin. En 1963 il a joué au théâtre Landesbühne de Hanovre, puis en 1965 à Krefeld, ensuite à Heidelberg.

Il fit ses débuts au cinéma en 1971 dans le rôle principal d'un Heimatfilm critique tourné pour la télévision, Jaider – der einsame Jäger (Jaider, le chasseur solitaire). John travailla ensuite à plusieurs reprises avec Rainer Werner Fassbinder. En 1982 il incarna le missionnaire espagnol, critique de la politique coloniale et défenseur des droits de l’Homme, Bartolomé de Las Casas dans le film de Eberhard Itzenplitz Die Rückkehr der weißen Götter (Le retour des dieux blancs).

Il fait une apparition en tant que figurant dans le James Bond Rien que pour vos yeux en 1981. Il incarne l'un des deux tueurs qui poursuivent James Bond après le tremplin de saut à ski.

Il acquit une renommée internationale en incarnant le général Ourumov dans le film de James Bond GoldenEye de 1995.

Un an plus tard il jouait dans Der Unhold (Le Roi des aulnes) avec John Malkovich, Marianne Sägebrecht et Simon McBurney. Il a tenu aussi un rôle de premier plan (Reinhold Hoffman) dans la version du roman d’Alfred Döblin Berlin Alexanderplatz filmée en 14 épisodes par Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

En 2000 John a incarné Erich Kessler dans L'Échange (avec Meg Ryan et Russell Crowe).

Il a reçu en 2000 le Prix du cinéma de Bavière pour son rôle de Jules César dans Astérix et Obélix contre César comme meilleur acteur secondaire.

En août 2006 il incarna Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum dans une version de L'Opéra de quat'sous de Bertolt Brecht sur la scène du Admiralspalast de Berlin, dans une mise en scène de Klaus Maria Brandauer.

Il meurt d'un cancer le 1er septembre 2014 à l'âge de 72 ans à Utting.

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Filmography of Gottfried John (40 films)

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Actor

Emerald Green, 1h52
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Jannis Niewöhner, Maria Ehrich, Josefine Preuß, Peter Simonischek, Katharina Thalbach, Rolf Kanies
Roles Dr. White (archive footage)
Rating60% 3.034123.034123.034123.034123.03412
Gideon a découvert les notes du comte de Saint-Germain, contenant les prophéties interprétées par ce dernier. Celle du Rubis doit s'accomplir coûte que coûte, et la vie de Gwendolyn pourrait bien être menacée... Et cela va au-delà de ce qu'ils avaient pu imaginer : le comte de Saint-Germain veut prendre le contrôle de la société et devenir le maître du monde. Le monde actuel est menacé. Les héros devront découvrir le véritable but du Cercle et de son nouveau Grand Maître, M. Whitman, et par-dessus tout empêcher le comte d'atteindre son but.
Kung Fu Panda 3, 1h35
Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Animation, Martial arts
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Martial arts films, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, Kung fu films, Wuxia films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Panda
Actors Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Rebel Wilson, Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen
Roles Shifu (voice D/GER)
Rating70% 3.547063.547063.547063.547063.54706
Po reunites with his biological father and travels with him to a secret sanctuary of pandas where, to his surprise, he does not fit in. There he meets Mei Mei, an overly eager panda, who had been promised to Po through an arranged marriage when they were children. To make matters worse, an evil ancient spirit called Kai begins terrorizing China and stealing the powers of defeated kung fu masters. Now, in the face of incredible odds, Po must learn to train a village of clumsy, fun-loving pandas to become a band of Kung Fu Pandas.
Sapphire Blue
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Jannis Niewöhner, Maria Ehrich, Rufus Beck, Kostja Ullmann, Bastian Trost, Peter Simonischek
Rating63% 3.190263.190263.190263.190263.19026
Gwendolyn (Maria Ehrich) est le Rubis : elle possède le pouvoir inné de voyager dans le temps. Accompagnée de Gideon (Jannis Niewöhner) le Diamant, dont elle est éperdument amoureuse, elle a pour mission de traverser les époques à la recherche de 10 autres voyageurs du temps. Mais les ennuis ne font que commencer pour Gwen car en voulant percer les mystères du Cercle qui lui cache quelque chose au sujet d'une mystérieuse prophétie, elle va découvrir des secrets bien plus terribles au sujet de sa propre famille... car Lucy Montrose et Paul de Villiers sont en réalité ses parents biologiques.
Ruby Red
Ruby Red (2013)
, 1h57
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Jannis Niewöhner, Maria Ehrich, Veronica Ferres, Uwe Kockisch, Katharina Thalbach, Sibylle Canonica
Roles Dr. White
Rating61% 3.0562653.0562653.0562653.0562653.056265
Gwendolyn est une lycéenne londonienne comme les autres. Lui apparaît bientôt un don lui permettant, pendant quelques instants, de voyager dans le temps. Ce qu'on appelle, communément, un « saut ». Mais c'est Gwendolyn qui développe cette aptitude ; mais, contrairement à Charlotte, elle n'a jamais pris de cours de « mystère », ni d’escrime et de danse, et elle se retrouve vite perdue lorsqu'elle doit rattraper Gideon de Villiers, un des 11 autres voyageurs dans le temps. Bientôt, elle va devoir rencontrer le comte de Saint-Germain, le fondateur de la secte secrète (douteuse) des voyageurs dans le temps. Mais le comte est-il vraiment celui que tout le monde respecte ?
Aghet
Aghet (2010)
, 1h33
Origin German
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films
Actors Martina Gedeck, Sylvester Groth, Joachim Król, Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, Burghart Klaußner
Roles Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein
Rating68% 3.4441453.4441453.4441453.4441453.444145
Aghet, se traduisant par « catastrophe » en arménien, est le mot utilisé pour désigner le massacre de plus d'un million d'Arméniens de l'Empire ottoman de 1915 à 1917. Le documentaire débute en évoquant le meurtre du journaliste Hrant Dink pour continuer sur le refus de la Turquie de reconnaître le génocide, les déclarations du premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan ou encore le refus d'intervention du gouvernement impérial de l'Allemagne à l'époque, préfiguration d'un autre génocide, celui de la Shoah.
John Rabe
John Rabe (2009)
, 2h14
Directed by Florian Gallenberger
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Dagmar Manzel, Tetta Sugimoto, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny
Roles Dr. Oskar Trautmann
Rating71% 3.5976453.5976453.5976453.5976453.597645
The film begins in Nanking during late 1937, where German businessman John Rabe, director of the local Siemens subsidiary, and his wife Dora have resided for almost thirty years. The thought of transferring management to his successor Fliess and returning to Berlin is a substantial professional setback for him. During the farewell ball in his honor, Nanking is bombarded by planes of the Japanese forces. Rabe opens the company gate and saves the panicked civilians.
Flood
Flood (2007)
, 1h50
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Météorologie, Catastrophe climatique, Disaster films
Actors Robert Carlyle, Jessalyn Gilsig, David Suchet, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Whalley, Gottfried John
Roles Arthur Moyes
Rating48% 2.4061352.4061352.4061352.4061352.406135
A devastating flood strikes London when the Thames Barrier is overwhelmed by a huge surge of water. A storm surge travels between the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, raising sea levels and coinciding with the spring tide. Several parts of Scotland are devastated, including Wick.
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, 1h39
Directed by Frères Quay
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna
Roles Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Rating61% 3.09933.09933.09933.09933.0993
A 19th-century opera singer is murdered on-stage shortly before her forthcoming wedding. Soon after being slain by the nefarious Dr. Emmanuel Droz during a live performance, Malvina van Stille is spirited away to the inventor's remote villa to be reanimated and forced to play the lead in a grim production staged to recreate her abduction. As the time for the performance draws near, piano tuner of earthquakes Felisberto sets out to activate the seven essential automata who dot the dreaded doctor's landscape and make sure all the essential elements are in place. Once again instilled with life after her brief stay in the afterworld, amnesiac Malvina is soon drawn to the mysterious Felisberto as a result of his uncanny resemblance to her one-time fiancé Adolfo.
A Pirate's Heart, 3h
Origin German
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Ken Duken, Claire Keim, Gottfried John, Stephan Luca, Frank Giering, Gudrun Landgrebe
Roles Konrad von Wallenrod
Rating54% 2.7118852.7118852.7118852.7118852.711885
Au XIV siècle, en Europe. La vie du jeune Klaus Störtebeker, le fils d'un pêcheur, bascule de manière dramatique lorsque ses parents sont tués par l'impitoyable clan Wallenrod. Depuis ce jour, le garçon décide de faire régner la justice contre le despotisme. Quelques années plus tard, Störtebeker retrouve son amour d'enfance, Elisabeth. Sa joie de la revoir retombe rapidement lorsqu'il apprend qu'elle va être mariée de force à son principal ennemi, Simon de Wallenrod.
Julie, chevalier de Maupin
Directed by Régis Musset, Charlotte Brändström
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Sarah Biasini, Pierre Arditi, Gottfried John, Thure Riefenstein, Jürgen Prochnow, Catherine Spaak
Roles Henri, duc d'Armagnac
Rating57% 2.858752.858752.858752.858752.85875
Téléfilm en deux parties : La jeune Julie va découvrir ses véritables origines en même temps qu'elle part sur les traces de l'assassin de son père. Sur fond de trahisons, duels et rebondissements à la cour du Roi Soleil, elle devra livrer un combat sans merci pour découvrir l'identité de ses parents, mais aussi pour s'imposer comme cantatrice et enfin pouvoir aimer Gaspard, son compagnon d'infortune.
Augustus: The First Emperor, 3h20
Directed by Roger Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Peter O'Toole, Vittoria Belvedere, Charlotte Rampling, Benjamin Sadler, Ken Duken, Gottfried John
Roles Cicero
Rating61% 3.097843.097843.097843.097843.09784
Augustus is on his death bed. He looks back on his life to a conversation he had with his beloved daughter, Julia. After an attempt on Augustus' life, he is shocked to learn his closest friend and Julia's husband Marcus Agrippa is dead. Livia suggests that for the safety of Rome, her stepdaughter Julia should marry her son Tiberius. Her reluctance to marry Tiberius causes Augustus to sit down and tell her the story of how he became the emperor of Rome.
Julius Caesar, 2h58
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Actors Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Valeria Golino, Chris Noth, Heino Ferch
Roles Cicéron
Rating65% 3.29853.29853.29853.29853.2985
The series begins in 82 BC when Julius Caesar is an eighteen-year-old man. He is out in the town with his daughter Julia when news comes that Lucius Cornelius Sulla is just outside the city walls and intends to take the city with his army. The guards sent with the news post death lists on the senate door. When he sees that his father-in-law's name is there he rushes to his house to try and help him escape. However, Pompey arrests him and takes him to Sulla. Caesar's mother, Aurelia, asks Sulla to show him mercy; out of respect for her, he promises to let Caesar live if he divorces his wife, Cornelia, but Caesar refuses. Sulla lets him go but orders Pompey to kill him and bring his heart to him. Pompey follows Caesar and tells him to leave Rome, which he does. Pompey buys a swine's heart from the market and tells Sulla that the heart is Caesar's.
The Gathering Storm, 1h36
Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Historical
Actors Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Lena Headey, Tom Wilkinson
Roles Friedrich von Schroder
Rating73% 3.6956653.6956653.6956653.6956653.695665
The film opens in 1934 with Winston Churchill deep in his wilderness years, and struggling to complete his biography of his ancestor the Duke of Marlborough, which he hopes will revive his fortunes. Winston is chided by his wife Clemmie for their lack of money and is aware that as a 'man of destiny' his moment may have passed. At the same time he struggles in the House of Commons as a backbencher to get a hearing for his concerns about German re-armament under Hitler and the policy of appeasement.
Proof of Life, 2h15
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, David Caruso, Gottfried John, Flora Martínez
Roles Eric Kessler
Rating62% 3.1488753.1488753.1488753.1488753.148875
Alice Bowman (Meg Ryan) moves to the (fictional) South American country of Tecala because her husband, Peter (David Morse), has been hired to assist with building a dam. Though Alice is unhappy at this most recent move, she agrees to stay. When Peter is in the city one day, a convoy of automobiles (including his) is ambushed by guerrilla rebels of the Liberation Army of Tecala (ELT). Believing that Peter actually works for an oil pipeline company, ELT soldiers abduct him and lead him into the country's jungles.
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar, 1h45
Directed by Claude Zidi
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Circus films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Asterix films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni, Laetitia Casta, Gottfried John, Claude Piéplu
Roles Jules César
Rating60% 3.0001853.0001853.0001853.0001853.000185
Julius Caesar is celebrating his victory over all of Gaul, but Lucius Detritus has kept from him that one village has managed to resist them. Detritus travels to the garrison near the village where Caius Bonus (Crismus Bonus), the garrison's commanding Centurion, explains that the Gauls have a magic potion, which makes them invincible. Detritus decides to capture the potion for himself, and hearing that the clever Asterix and permanently invincible Obelix are the backbone of the Gaulish forces, attempts and fails to eliminate them.