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Iris Berben is a Actor Allemande born on 12 august 1950 at Detmold (German)

Iris Berben

Iris Berben
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Birth name Iris Berben
Nationality German
Birth 12 august 1950 (73 years) at Detmold (German)
Awards Bavarian Order of Merit, Munich "München leuchtet" award, Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Iris Berben (born 12 August 1950 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actress. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant.

After the Six-day War in 1967 she travelled to Israel, and afterwards became the partner of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim. Since then she has been associated with the pro-Israel lobby and has campaigned against antisemitism. She had a son, Oliver, in 1971, but never revealed the identity of the father.

In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz she was elected president of the German Film Academy.

Best films

Sing
Sing
(2016)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Iris Berben (11 films)

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Actress

Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
, 1h45
Directed by Dexter Fletcher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Sports films, Films about the Olympic Games, Children's films, Sports d'hiver, Ski
Actors Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Mark Benton, Keith Allen, Iris Berben
Roles Petra
Rating72% 3.6487353.6487353.6487353.6487353.648735
Michael « Eddie » Edwards n’a jamais été sportif. Il rêve cependant depuis l'enfance de participer aux Jeux olympiques. Au fil du temps, son envie et sa volonté demeurent intactes, malgré son niveau sportif, le manque de soutien et les diverses moqueries qui n’ont jamais entamé sa volonté. À la surprise de beaucoup, Eddie parvient à participer à l'épreuve de saut à ski aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1988 à Calgary. Avec l’aide de Bronson Peary, un entraîneur aussi atypique que lui, Eddie va marquer les esprits à sa façon.
Sing
Sing (2016)
, 1h50
Directed by Garth Jennings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Matthew McConaughey, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Alexandra Maria Lara Claudia Paolina, Nick Offerman, Reese Witherspoon
Roles Nana Noodleman (Voice)
Rating71% 3.5501253.5501253.5501253.5501253.550125
A koala named Buster hires a black sheep who is also his best friend to help him run his business of theater.
Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks (2008)
, 3h
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Jessica Schwarz, August Diehl, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Iris Berben, Léa Bosco, Alexander Fehling
Roles Konsulin Bethsy Buddenbrook
Rating58% 2.94892.94892.94892.94892.9489
Buddenbrooks portrays the decline of a wealthy merchant family of Lübeck, the Buddenbrooks, through three generations — Consul Johann "Jean" Buddenbrook (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and his wife Elisabeth "Bethsy" Buddenbrook (Iris Berben); their children Thomas (Mark Waschke), Christian (August Diehl) and Antonie "Tony" Buddenbrook (Jessica Schwarz); and Thomas' son Hanno (Raban Bieling).
Killer Condom
Killer Condom (1996)
, 1h43
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Comedy horror films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Udo Samel, Iris Berben, Peter Lohmeyer, Leonard Lansink, Evelyn Künneke, Ralf Wolter
Roles Frau Dr. Riffleson
Rating54% 2.701882.701882.701882.701882.70188
Set in the seedy parts of New York City, Killer Condom follows gay Detective Luigi Mackeroni (Udo Samel), who has been hired to investigate a series of bizarre attacks at the Hotel Quickie in which male guests have all had their penises mysteriously bitten off. While at the crime scene, he enlists the services of a gigolo named Billy and invites him up to the crime room. Before the two men engage in sex, a carnivorous living condom interrupts them and bites off Mackeroni's right testicle.
Rudy, the Racing Pig
Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995)

Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about pigs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ulrich Mühe, Iris Berben, Edgar Selge, Karl Lieffen, Walter Buschhoff, Horst Krause
Roles Almut Gützkow
Rating47% 2.387872.387872.387872.387872.38787
La famille Gutzkow se rend à une fête. Ils gagnent la tombola un petit cochon. Ils l'adoptent et le baptisent Rudy. Mais ce mignon petit porcelet se transforme bien vite en un énorme cochon grassouillet qui crée la panique dans cette maison bien tenue ! Bruyant, turbulent et encombrant, Rudy va entraîner toute la famille dans une série d'aventures inattendues.
Compañeros
Compañeros (1970)
, 1h58
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Franco Nero, Tomás Milián, Fernando Rey, Jack Palance, José Bódalo, Iris Berben
Roles Lola
Rating71% 3.592293.592293.592293.592293.59229
During the Mexican Revolution, a peasant named El Vasco (Milian) starts a revolt in his town by killing the army colonel in charge. Rebel leader and self-appointed General Mongo (Bódalo) soon arrives on the scene and hires El Vasco to his revolutionary gang. However, Mongo is more interested in gaining fortune for himself than for his country. Yodlaf Peterson (Nero), a Swedish mercenary arrives in Mexico to sell guns to General Mongo. The safe containing the money is locked and only Professor Xantos (Rey) knows the combination. Xantos is the leader of a student counter-revolution that opposes violence, and is held in a prison by the United States army, after he tried to find funding from the US and did not agree to give the monopoly of his country's entire oil wealth in return.
The Man with the Glass Eye
The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
, 1h27
Directed by Alfred Vohrer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner, Hubert von Meyerinck, Fritz Wepper, Iris Berben, Ilse Pagé
Roles Ann
Rating57% 2.8548152.8548152.8548152.8548152.854815
Leila, danseuse des "Las Vegas Girls", un club de Londres, a rendez-vous dans un hôtel avec Mr. Jefferson, son amant, pour un nouveau contrat. Jefferson est tué sous les yeux de Leila par un lanceur de couteaux masqué. Horrifiée, elle reste dans l'hôtel. L'inspecteur Perkins et Sir Arthur de Scotland Yard trouvent dans la poche du pyjama de l'assassiné un œil de verre. Le portier de l'hôtel rapporte qu'un peu avant Jefferson a reçu des queues de billard. Perkins et son assistant, le sergent Pepper, découvrent que Jefferson était impliqué dans un trafic de femmes international. Peu avant la prochaine répétition au théâtre de l'Odéon, Leila est victime d'un empoisonnement. Dans les coulisses, ils soupçonnent de nombreuses personnes comme Eric le ventriloque ou Rubiro le lanceur de couteaux, à qui il en manque un. Par ailleurs, la danseuse Yvonne Duval, qui est amoureuse de Bruce Sharringham, fait son apparition. Lady Sharringham, sa mère, s'oppose au mariage de son fils avec une danseuse. Yvonne a du mal à le croire, car il obéit à sa mère et il est héroïnomane.
Le commissaire Polt reprend du service
Le commissaire Polt reprend du service
, 1h30
Directed by Julian Pölsler
Origin Austria
Genres Crime
Actors Iris Berben, Michael Mendl, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Roles Mira Martell
Rating64% 3.225823.225823.225823.225823.22582
Dans un village viticole d'Autriche, l'ancien commissaire Simon Polt vit tranquillement rendant visite à quelques amis de son age. Il écoute les confidences d'une ancienne actrice, Mira Martell, qui n'a jamais eu de succès. Une jeune fille, Laura Eichinger, est retrouvée noyée dans la petite rivière qui traverse l’agglomération. Un ancien collègue, Bastian Priml, devenu alcoolique lui demande de l'aider à enquêter car ses supérieurs concluant à un suicide veulent classer l'affaire. Les parents de Laura le rencontrent pour le même motif.