August Diehl — Actor (15)
The Emperor of Paris (2018) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
L'Empereur de Paris
director: Jean-François Richet actor: Vincent Cassel / Patrick Chesnais
other title: Vidocq - Herrscher der Unterwelt / L'Empereur de Paris
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
The Master and Margarita (2024) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Мастер и Маргарита
director: Michael Lockshin actor: Evgeny Tsyganov / Yuliya Snigir
other title: Il maestro e Margherita / Der Meister und Margarita
A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him without income. He then writes a novel about a mysterious dark visitor and gradually starts confusing his real life with the story.
The Ice Tower (2025) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData NeoDB
La tour de glace
director: Lucile Hadžihalilović actor: Marion Cotillard / Clara Pacini
other title: Herz aus Eis / La tour de glace
1970s. From her high mountain village, 15-year-old Jeanne dreams of leaving her childhood orphanage and discovering the world. Fleeing to the city of lights, she finds refuge in a shed. In the morning, the Snow Queen appears to her, dazzling. The shed turns out to be a studio where a film adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Snow Queen, is being shot. Cristina, the star, who embodies the Queen, reigns supreme on the set. Fascinated by this cruel woman with a disturbing charm, both powerful and vulnerable, Jeanne becomes her protege and her confidante as the trap closes in on her.
Salt (2010) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban
Salt
6.6 (9 ratings) director: Phillip Noyce actor: Angelina Jolie / Liev Schreiber
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
Allied (2016) [Movie] TMDB
Allied
director: Robert Zemeckis actor: Brad Pitt / Marion Cotillard
other title: Allied - Un'ombra nascosta / Aliados
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
The Young Karl Marx (2017) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Le Jeune Karl Marx
director: Raoul Peck actor: August Diehl / Stefan Konarske
other title: Il giovane Karl Marx / Den Unge Karl Marx
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
The Counterfeiters (2007) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Die Fälscher
director: Stefan Ruzowitzky actor: Karl Markovics / August Diehl
other title: Il falsario - Operazione Bernhard / Forfalskerne
The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
The Perfumier (2022) [Movie] TMDB
Der Parfumeur
director: Nils Willbrandt actor: Emilia Schüle / Ludwig Simon
other title: Il profumiere / Der Parfumeur
To regain her sense of smell and get back her lover, a detective joins forces with a perfume maker who uses deadly methods to create the perfect scent.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. (2024) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
director: Todd Komarnicki actor: Jonas Dassler / Phileas Heyblom
other title: Bonhoeffer / 上帝的间谍
As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer is swept into the epicenter of a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler. With his faith and fate at stake, Bonhoeffer must choose between upholding his moral convictions or risking it all to save millions of Jews from genocide. Will his shift from preaching peace to plotting murder alter the course of history or cost him everything?
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
Night Train to Lisbon
director: Bille August actor: Jeremy Irons / Mélanie Laurent
other title: Treno di notte per Lisbona / Comboio Noturno para Lisboa
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.
Fatherland (2026) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Fatherland
director: Paweł Pawlikowski actor: Sandra Hüller / Hanns Zischler
other title: 1949 / 1949/Vaterland
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
23 (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
23
director: Hans-Christian Schmid actor: August Diehl / Fabian Busch
other title: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking — he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
Disappearance (2024) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
La Disparition
director: Kirill Serebrennikov actor: August Diehl
other title: La Disparition / The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Follows the story of notorious Nazi doctor Josef Mengele during his fugitive years, from Paraguay to the Brazilian jungle.