Peter Berling

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Mar 20, 1934 (91 years old)
Death date
Nov 21, 2017

Peter Berling

Known For

Half Brothers
1h 57m
Movie 2015

Half Brothers

Julian, Yasin and Addi learn from the executor of their deceased mother's will that the three men, who had previously been complete strangers, are brothers. The news hits like a bomb. A German family man with a penchant for tricks, a spoiled, ambitious Turk and a rapping African – the three siblings immediately hate each other and it would all be nice if their paths were to separate again soon.

Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg
1h 33m
Movie 2014

Nachrichten vom Großen Krieg

The Officer as a Philosopher
0h 24m
Movie 2005

The Officer as a Philosopher

Gangs of New York
2h 48m
Movie 2002

Gangs of New York

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

The Flexible Entrepreneur
0h 15m
Movie 2001

The Flexible Entrepreneur

As indicated in the subtitle Tiehrmehlfabrikant Dr. Fred Eicke weiss Auswege, this work centres on the animal food producer Fred Eicke (a part played by Peter Berling). The title refers to The Corrosion of Character (translated into German as Der Flexible Mensch), a book from 1998 by the American sociologist Richard Sennett. In it, Sennett describes the effect of the ‘new’ flexible capitalism on society’s shifting system of norms and values.

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor
0h 45m
Movie 2000

Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actor

Klaus Kinski is one of the few German actors who has achieved international fame. He made headlines. And disappeared behind them. Kinski lived his parts 24/7. This film tells the story of a man who no longer could understand the difference or distinguish between fantasy and reality.

Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard
Movie 2000

Ich war Hitlers Bodyguard

A portrait of Manfred Pichota, played by Peter Berling, tells about the period in which he was the Führer's bodyguard.

Spaceflight as an Internal Experience
0h 15m
Movie 1999

Spaceflight as an Internal Experience

Short science fiction film, a companion piece to Kluge's Der Große Verhau and Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte.

Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome
0h 1m
Movie 1998

Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome

A short by Alexander Kluge.

Praxis Dr. Hasenbein
1h 37m
Movie 1997

Praxis Dr. Hasenbein

Before WWII: Dr. Hasenbein lives with his son Peter in a small town. Aunt Uschi's orphanage houses many children and a hamster. When the hamster falls ill, Dr. Hasenbein is given something to do. The tailor, Mr. Voss, is also treated by Dr. Hasenbein: for tendinitis. During the war, Dr. Hasenbein has to go away. When he comes back after 30 years, everything has changed...

Biography

Peter Berling (20 March 1934 – 21 November 2017) was a German actor, film producer and writer. He has worked on several occasions with director Werner Herzog, among them his collaborations with actor Klaus Kinski like Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde.

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