Acting
Bill Vanders
Born November 7, 1925 · Hamburg, Germany
Died January 1, 2007 · aged 81
No biography available.
Known For
Death in Venice · 1971Death in Venice
★ 7.21971
MovieDrama
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
The Damned · 1969The Damned
★ 7.31969
MovieDramaHistory
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
The Biggest Battle · 1978The Biggest Battle
★ 4.71978
MovieDramaWar
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
The Night of the Devils · 1972The Night of the Devils
★ 6.31972
MovieHorror
In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country. Upon damaging his car, Nicola sets out for help, only to meet a mysterious family that lives in total fear of someone or something. This evil force slowly penetrates the household and thrusts each of its members into a frenzy of absolute terror.
The Inglorious Bastards · 1978The Inglorious Bastards
★ 6.21978
MovieActionWar
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.
Even Angels Eat Beans · 1973Even Angels Eat Beans
★ 6.41973
MovieCrimeAction
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.
One on Top of the Other · 1969One on Top of the Other
★ 6.41969
MovieMysteryThriller
A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
Date for a Murder · 1967Date for a Murder
★ 6.81967
MovieThrillerAction
Two friends from America come together by chance in the Italian countryside. They decide to meet in Rome after both have done private deals. When one then not show up in Rome starts the other one become suspicious and fearful that something has happened to him. He begins to investigate the case himself and ends up in a spiral of industrial espionage, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder ...
Movies
Death in Venice · 1971Death in Venice
★ 7.21971
MovieDrama
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
The Damned · 1969The Damned
★ 7.31969
MovieDramaHistory
In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.
The Biggest Battle · 1978The Biggest Battle
★ 4.71978
MovieDramaWar
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.
The Night of the Devils · 1972The Night of the Devils
★ 6.31972
MovieHorror
In this adaptation of Tolstoy's story the Wurdulak, a mentally ill patient known as Nicola flashes back to horrifying experiences that he encountered while driving through the country. Upon damaging his car, Nicola sets out for help, only to meet a mysterious family that lives in total fear of someone or something. This evil force slowly penetrates the household and thrusts each of its members into a frenzy of absolute terror.
The Inglorious Bastards · 1978The Inglorious Bastards
★ 6.21978
MovieActionWar
Set in Europe during WWII, a group of American soldiers on their way to military prison are beset upon by a German artillery attack, escaping with Switzerland in their sights. Before making it any farther, they volunteer to steal a V2 warhead for the French Underground - taking them deep into the heart of German territory.
Even Angels Eat Beans · 1973Even Angels Eat Beans
★ 6.41973
MovieCrimeAction
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.
One on Top of the Other · 1969One on Top of the Other
★ 6.41969
MovieMysteryThriller
A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
Date for a Murder · 1967Date for a Murder
★ 6.81967
MovieThrillerAction
Two friends from America come together by chance in the Italian countryside. They decide to meet in Rome after both have done private deals. When one then not show up in Rome starts the other one become suspicious and fearful that something has happened to him. He begins to investigate the case himself and ends up in a spiral of industrial espionage, blackmail, and cold-blooded murder ...
Our Men in Bagdad · 1966Our Men in Bagdad
★ 7.01966
MovieThrillerAction
The USA pass an exceptional top secret contract with a country in the Middle East: they are selling arms in exchange for exclusive rights on the countries rich oil resources. The USSR sent a team of their best secret agents to rob the document, so that later they can apprehend the ship which must pass through one of the Russian ports... After special training in a secret island in the Black Sea, Alex, Sadov and Sonia are sent in to get the documents. All goes according to plan, and Sadov gives the handbag to the mastermind, General Fiodorenko. On opening it though, the handbag explodes. Who is the infiltrated agent in the most secret of the Soviets secret ring?
They Call Him Cemetery · 1971They Call Him Cemetery
★ 6.11971
MovieWestern
John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a member of a gang of extortionists. Fortunately, a mysterious roving gunfighter decides to help the guys out of their jam.
Seven Blood-Stained Orchids · 1972Seven Blood-Stained Orchids
★ 6.21972
MovieHorrorMystery
A maniac on the loose is committing savage acts of slaughter, and one survivor may be the only key to unmasking the serial slayer known as the Half-Moon Killer. The mysterious half-moon lockets he leaves with his victims could be the only key to unraveling his sinister motives, but will that be enough before he completes his ice-cold plot to claim his intended seven victims?
Nurses for Sale · 1971Nurses for Sale
★ 4.91971
MovieAdventureAction
Hamburg ship captain Markus Jolly is hired to transport a vaccine to a Latin American port, but when the precious cargo is stolen by mobsters, he is falsely accused of engineering the theft.
Operation Snafu · 1970Operation Snafu
★ 6.71970
MovieWarComedy
World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
Corbari · 1970Corbari
★ 6.11970
MovieWar
The real story of the partisan Silvio Corbari (Giuliano Gemma). Silvio forms a band of partisans in Northern Italy, completely independent from the Italian organized resistance (CLN). Ines (Tina Aumont), leaves her husband to join the band and becomes Silvio's lover. Silvio seems to suceed in creating a free-zone, his personal republic, independent from Nazi-occupied Italy, in a little village called Tregnano.
Your Turn to Die · 1967Your Turn to Die
★ 10.01967
MovieCrime
When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for the rest of the gang, Foster prefers to rely on fashion model Arabella and news paper photographer 'Flash' instead of the more seasoned Inspector Chandler.
Red Roses for the Fuhrer · 1968Red Roses for the Fuhrer
★ 6.51968
MovieWarDrama
James Daly is an American special soldier who goes behind enemy territory during WWII. His Objective: to steal top secret SS document that can change the course of the war.
The Last Chance · 1968The Last Chance
★ 7.01968
MovieCrimeThriller
Giuseppe Rosati's first production as director and only espionage film Scacco internazionale aka The Last Chance concerns an international crime syndicate threatened by certain information given to American journalist Patrick Harris (Tab Hunter) and it sets out to kill him...
L'altra metà del cielo · 1977L'altra metà del cielo
★ 5.81977
MovieComedyRomance
Don Vincenzo, a priest sent to a mining village in Australia, seeks to redeem the Sicilian Susanna.
Tough to Kill · 1979Tough to Kill
★ 6.31979
MovieActionWar
A group of mercenaries escort a man with a million dollar bounty on his head across the African terrain. Double crosses, back stabbing, and gunfire follows.
Assassination · 1967Assassination
★ 4.71967
MovieActionThriller
John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA who have arranged the subterfuge so they can use him as a double agent.
Il sasso in bocca · 1970Il sasso in bocca
★ 7.01970
MovieDocumentaryCrime
The "stone in the mouth" is the scar that the mafia makes on betrayal's corpse. The modern mafia has the historical and sociological roots into the birth of the american capitalism at the time of Roosevelt. The American "Cosa Nostra" applies the similar methods as the sicilian mafia: same apparatus, same "omertà", same power and same terror. Giuseppe Ferrara, journalist and writer, uses fragments footage, film clips, and current news to make this film.
L'oro di Londra · 1968L'oro di Londra
★ 7.01968
MovieCrime
The boss has come up with something: Ed, outwardly a brave London citizen, attacks with a well-trained accomplice a van of the British Central Bank. The gangsters capture a million pounds sterling and can escape unrecognized. Scotland Yard is the target of the mockery, it comes to a government crisis. Only the hint of a child, who happened to witness the coup, brings the genre law enforcers on the right track.
A Gunman Called Dakota · 1972A Gunman Called Dakota
★ 9.01972
MovieWestern
After the Civil War a former officer in the northern army helps to capture the head of a gang of outlaws who is operating under the disguise of a deputy sheriff in order to gain information on gold shipments.
The Devil's Man · 1967The Devil's Man
★ 7.01967
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Journalist Mike Harway decides to help his friend Christine in her search for her father, professor Baker, who mysteriously disappeared. The investigation brings them to Africa where they are captured and brought to the El Faium abandoned fort. It now hosts a laboratory designed by the twisted mind of Devilman, who dreams of swapping his natural brain with an artificial one that will make him perfect.
TV Shows
Return of the Saint · 1978Return of the Saint
★ 7.01978
Series
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.
Vita di Antonio Gramsci · 1981Vita di Antonio Gramsci
★ 8.01981
Series
The life and times of Antonio Gramsci from the establishment of L'Ordine Nuovo newspaper in 1919 to his untimely death in 1937, encompassing the birth of the Italian Communist Party (PCd'I), Gramsci's visits to Moscow where he met his future spouse, his election to Parliament, anti-fascism, trial and conviction.
Geminus · 1969Geminus
1969
SeriesDrama
Intrepid reporter Alberto Piergiorgi stumbles upon thieves stealing a priceless archaeological treasure. When he reports the incident to the police, they dismiss his claims, forcing him to conduct his own investigation.