Mario Adorf

Acting

Mario Adorf

Born September 8, 1930 · Zürich, Switzerland

Died April 8, 2026 · aged 95

Mario Adorf (born 8 September 1930) was an Italian-German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum and The Italian Connection.

Known For

The Tin DrumThe Tin Drum · 1979
The Tin Drum
7.01979
MovieDramaHistory
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
LolaLola · 1981
Lola
6.91981
MovieDrama
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Apache GoldApache Gold · 1963
Apache Gold
6.91963
MovieWesternAdventure
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
FedoraFedora · 1978
Fedora
6.71978
MovieDramaMystery
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
MomoMomo · 1986
Momo
7.01986
MovieComedyFantasy
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.
Smilla's Sense of SnowSmilla's Sense of Snow · 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.31997
MovieDramaThriller
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
The Dirty GameThe Dirty Game · 1965
The Dirty Game
6.01965
MovieDramaThriller
A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.
Mein SchulfreundMein Schulfreund · 1960
Mein Schulfreund
8.31960
MovieComedyDrama
In the midst of World War II, postman Ludwig Fuchs writes a letter to his former school friend Field Marshal Hermann Göring, urging him to work for peace. He is declared mentally incompetent. After the war, he struggles to shake off the stigma of alleged mental illness. Göring is executed. Fuchs forces the court to examine him: he vandalizes the lobby of Post Office 122 in Munich and is rehabilitated (with full salary compensation for lost years).

Movies

The Tin DrumThe Tin Drum · 1979
The Tin Drum
7.01979
MovieDramaHistory
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
LolaLola · 1981
Lola
6.91981
MovieDrama
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Apache GoldApache Gold · 1963
Apache Gold
6.91963
MovieWesternAdventure
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
FedoraFedora · 1978
Fedora
6.71978
MovieDramaMystery
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
MomoMomo · 1986
Momo
7.01986
MovieComedyFantasy
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.
Smilla's Sense of SnowSmilla's Sense of Snow · 1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow
6.31997
MovieDramaThriller
Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.
The Dirty GameThe Dirty Game · 1965
The Dirty Game
6.01965
MovieDramaThriller
A U.S. intelligence general recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet, French and Italian spies.
Mein SchulfreundMein Schulfreund · 1960
Mein Schulfreund
8.31960
MovieComedyDrama
In the midst of World War II, postman Ludwig Fuchs writes a letter to his former school friend Field Marshal Hermann Göring, urging him to work for peace. He is declared mentally incompetent. After the war, he struggles to shake off the stigma of alleged mental illness. Göring is executed. Fuchs forces the court to examine him: he vandalizes the lobby of Post Office 122 in Munich and is rehabilitated (with full salary compensation for lost years).
BrainwashedBrainwashed · 1960
Brainwashed
7.11960
MovieDrama
Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Tender SharksTender Sharks · 1967
Tender Sharks
9.01967
MovieActionComedy
While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.
The Bird with the Crystal PlumageThe Bird with the Crystal Plumage · 1970
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
7.11970
MovieHorrorMystery
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite him and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
DisobedienceDisobedience · 1981
Disobedience
4.01981
MovieDrama
Luca Manzi is a fourteen year old boy when the Northern Italy Republic of Salò is governed by the Fascists. He becomes a partisan but when the war ends he is disappointed because things have not changed as he had hoped they wood, and he decides to let himself die. He is saved by Edith who tries to introduce him to sex. Based on the novel by Alberto Moravia.
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre FilmsOpen Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films · 2017
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
6.02017
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about German cinema from 1960 to 1990. It follows "Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film."
Epsteins NachtEpsteins Nacht · 2002
Epsteins Nacht
9.02002
MovieDrama
Jochen Epstein is released from prison after serving 15 years for murder. He is determined to emigrate from Germany and leave the past behind him forever. But familiar places, repressed memories and a never-forgotten girlfriend break the armor that the old man has built around himself. It all began on his last night in freedom: during a chance visit to a Christian service, Epstein believes he recognizes his former concentration camp tormentor Giesser in the parish priest.
PinocchioPinocchio · 2013
Pinocchio
4.82013
MovieDramaFantasy
The world's most loved fairy tale is back in a whole new fantastic imagining in Pinocchio. When a piece of pine-wood falls into the hands of the poor old toy maker, Geppetto, he carves it into a puppet which he names Pinocchio. To Geppetto's delight, Pinocchio comes to life - and like most little boys, he's full of reckless whims and wild ideas! His crazy escapades lead him into a series of madcap adventures from joining the circus to visiting the inside of whale! Along his journey, and throughout all the fun, Pinocchio learns to be considerate and courageous and learns what it takes to become a real boy.
Lion of the DesertLion of the Desert · 1981
Lion of the Desert
7.31981
MovieHistoryWar
Resistance leader Omar Mukhtar opposes Italian colonization before World War II. The brutal guerrilla war against Italian General Rodolfo Graziani and the Fascist forces of Benito Mussolini highlights the struggle for Libyan independence and the harsh tactics utilised by the colonisers.
Caliber 9Caliber 9 · 1972
Caliber 9
7.51972
MovieCrimeThriller
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.
Ten Little IndiansTen Little Indians · 1965
Ten Little Indians
6.31965
MovieCrimeMystery
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.
I Knew Her WellI Knew Her Well · 1965
I Knew Her Well
7.41965
MovieDrama
A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
MitGiftMitGift · 1976
MitGift
4.61976
MovieCrime
Edgar Burgman, after collaborating to assassinate the elder senator husband of Alice Young, the wife remarried. The woman, after a short period, doubts of love Edgar and convinces more and more that, having married out of interest, now wants to eliminate the possession of his great assets.
Altersglühen - Speed Dating für SeniorenAltersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren · 2014
Altersglühen - Speed Dating für Senioren
5.12014
MovieComedy
13 people between the end of 60 and the middle 80: they have already experienced many things in their lives. Everyone has their own hopes, desires, conflicts and problems. What unites them is the longing for closeness — for a loving partner and the somewhat unusual way they have chosen to escape their loneliness: speed dating.
Major DundeeMajor Dundee · 1965
Major Dundee
6.71965
MovieWesternWar
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas.
Schwester BonaventuraSchwester Bonaventura · 1958
Schwester Bonaventura
9.01958
MovieDramaTV Movie
Inspector Welling, the warden Miss Pierce and the convicted murderess Sarat Carn are on their way back to Norwich from London. They are returning from a court hearing at which Carn's appeal against the death sentence imposed on her was rejected...
Café EuropaCafé Europa · 1990
Café Europa
8.01990
MovieComedy
A pair of mismatched cops stumble onto a major protection racket involving a seedy restaurant.

TV Shows

Wetten, dass..?Wetten, dass..? · 1981
Wetten, dass..?
5.41981
SeriesDrama
A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.
BambiBambi · 1948
Bambi
9.01948
Series
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Markus LanzMarkus Lanz · 2008
Markus Lanz
5.52008
Series
TV presenter Markus Lanz invites prominent guests and experts from all areas of public life to his colourful talk show. As a rule, there are four guests, introduced individually to contribute their personal experiences to the topics.
Die Harald Schmidt ShowDie Harald Schmidt Show · 1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show
7.21995
Series
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
DAS!DAS! · 1991
DAS!
4.71991
Series
Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.
NDR Talk ShowNDR Talk Show · 1979
NDR Talk Show
6.61979
Series
Kölner TreffKölner Treff · 1976
Kölner Treff
6.81976
Series
Leute heuteLeute heute · 1997
Leute heute
5.21997
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheLes Rendez-vous du dimanche · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.01975
Series
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
NachtcaféNachtcafé · 1987
Nachtcafé
4.71987
Series
BeckmannBeckmann · 1999
Beckmann
4.31999
Series
Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.
Dalli DalliDalli Dalli · 1971
Dalli Dalli
9.31971
Series
Die MontagsmalerDie Montagsmaler · 1974
Die Montagsmaler
8.01974
Series
KulturplatzKulturplatz · 2004
Kulturplatz
6.02004
SeriesDocumentary
Heut' abendHeut' abend · 1980
Heut' abend
7.01980
Series
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche DuellKlein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell · 2011
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
6.52011
Series
Klein gegen Groß – Das unglaubliche Duell is a family game show that has been broadcast on the first channel since 2011, on ORF 1 since March 2017 and on SRF 1 since November 2020. The format is produced by i&u TV. Kai Pflaume acts as host and moderator.
Stars in the RingStars in the Ring · 1959
Stars in the Ring
5.31959
Series
Every year there was a Gala of the Stars at the Zirkus Krone in Munich.
The Cave of the Golden RoseThe Cave of the Golden Rose · 1991
The Cave of the Golden Rose
7.01991
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
The king desires nothing more than a male heir. But his wife gives birth to a girl Fantaghirò. When she refuses to marry years later, she is sent in the forest where she learns how to ride and fight like a man. She appears disguised in a duel with Prince Romualdo, the son of her father's adversary. Both fall in love, but their marriage brings no peace to the united kingdom. Evil forces are trying to seize power.
Rosa RothRosa Roth · 1994
Rosa Roth
4.81994
SeriesCrime
Rosa Roth is a German television series.
Marco PoloMarco Polo · 1982
Marco Polo
6.71982
SeriesDrama
The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.
Smiley's PeopleSmiley's People · 1982
Smiley's People
7.71982
SeriesDramaMystery
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.
The Adventures of PinocchioThe Adventures of Pinocchio · 1972
The Adventures of Pinocchio
7.31972
SeriesComedyFamily
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.
Kir RoyalKir Royal · 1986
Kir Royal
6.71986
SeriesDramaComedy
A six-part television series, a parody of the Munich newspaper, its gossip reporter Michael Graeter, and its publisher Anneliese Friedmann. The series centres around the tabloid reporter Baby Schimmerlos, who plays in the Munich "Schicki-Micki" scene of the 1980s.
Am laufenden BandAm laufenden Band · 1974
Am laufenden Band
7.01974
SeriesFamily