Cast: Wolfgang Preiss

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Wolfgang Preiss. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Train

1964 · Movie · 133 min. · United States

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Burt Lancaster · Paul Scofield · Jeanne Moreau · Michel Simon

Synopsis Oberst von Waldheim wants to bring modern paintings, the ones the Nazis called "degenerate", out of Paris before the Allied Forces liberate Paris. He is able to persuade his bosses to give him the train. Labiche, a French railway official...

7.8

6K votes

7.8

6K votes

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Dawn Addams · Peter van Eyck · Gert Fröbe · Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis Lang's last film. Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barters death in a vision. But a dark force prevents Cornelius from seeing the man...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

A Bridge Too Far

1977 · Movie · 175 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Attenborough

Cast Sean Connery · Edward Fox · James Caan · Dirk Bogarde

Synopsis Richard Attenborough‘s star–studded re–telling of the allies‘ attempts to capture several bridges in Germany during World War II, in a campaign called operation Market Garden.

7.2

11K votes

7.2

11K votes

The Winds of War (TV Miniseries)

1983 · Series · 883 min. · United States

Direction Dan Curtis

Cast Robert Mitchum · Ali MacGraw · Jan-Michael Vincent · John Houseman

Synopsis An engrossing, 1983 television miniseries based on a bestselling work of historical fiction by Herman Wouk, The Winds of War is an admirable production reminiscent of the era of Hollywood's epic features. At the center of the globe-trotting story is...

7.0

191 votes

7.0

191 votes

Is Paris Burning?

1966 · Movie · 175 min. · France

Direction René Clément

Cast Jean-Paul Belmondo · Charles Boyer · Leslie Caron · Jean-Pierre Cassel

Synopsis August 1944. The French and American armies are nearing the French capital. Hitler orders one of his generals to retain control of the city or else destroy it. After the massacre of some students, Colonel Rol incites the public to...

6.9

2K votes

6.9

2K votes

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction George Seaton

Cast William Holden · Lilli Palmer · Hugh Griffith · Klaus Kinski

Synopsis A former American citizen, now living in Sweden, is blackmailed into spying for the Allies during World War II. Reluctant at first, his relationship with a beautiful German agent causes him to realize how important his work is. When he...

6.9

500 votes

6.9

500 votes

Direction Frank Wisbar

Cast Joachim Hansen · Ernst Wilhelm Borchert · Wolfgang Preiss · Carl Lange

Synopsis In the winter of 1943, against the background of battle scenes, a young German Lieutenant who increasingly distrusts the inhuman Nazi ideology struggles with the concept of war.

6.6

374 votes

6.6

374 votes

Canaris: Master Spy

1954 · Movie · 112 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Alfred Weidenmann

Cast O.E. Hasse · Barbara Rutting · Adrian Hoven · Martin Held

Synopsis Admiral Canaris is chief of the intelligence service of Nazi Germany. His department is quite successful and Hitler grants him all the money he wants for new developments. Still he's a thorn in the side of the Nazi chiefs, since...

6.5

181 votes

6.5

181 votes

Ghost of Love

1981 · Movie · 96 min. · Italy

Direction Dino Risi

Cast Romy Schneider · Marcello Mastroianni · Eva Maria Meineke · Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis After witnessing the brutal murder of an elderly lady, a man has an encounter with a bizarre woman who claims to be an old lover of his... A lover who apparently died years ago.

6.3

202 votes

6.3

202 votes

Von Ryan's Express

1965 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Mark Robson

Cast Frank Sinatra · Trevor Howard · Raffaella Carrà · Sergio Fantoni

Synopsis Von Ryan's Express is an excellent war adventure set in Italy during WWII. The movie is about a group of prisoners attempting to escape to freedom by taking over the train they are being transported on. They are led by...

6.3

853 votes

6.3

853 votes

Mill of the Stone Women

1960 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Giorgio Ferroni

Cast Pierre Brice · Scilla Gabel · Wolfgang Preiss · Dany Carrel

Synopsis Hans arrives in a town near Amsterdam to write a story on the reclusive sculptor, Professor Val, who lives on an island in the old mill house the locals call the Mill of the Stone Women. Hans meets the professor's...

6.2

217 votes

6.2

217 votes

Direction Frank Wisbar

Cast Sonja Ziemann · Gunnar Möller · Erik Schumann · Brigitte Horney

Synopsis At the beginning of 1945, 10,000 german refuggees tried to escape from the russian army at the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a pleasure cruise German ship requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in 1939. But on 30 January 1945 the ship...

6.1

98 votes

6.1

98 votes

A Man to Respect (The Master Touch)

1972 · Movie · 112 min. · Italy

Direction Michele Lupo

Cast Kirk Douglas · Giuliano Gemma · Florinda Bolkan · Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis A just released from prison professional thief decides to do one last high-risk heist, which could settle him for life or land him behind bars again.

6.0

59 votes

6.0

59 votes

The Fifth Cord

1971 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

Direction Luigi Bazzoni

Cast Franco Nero · Silvia Monti · Wolfgang Preiss · Ira von Fürstenberg

Synopsis After a high-class party in Rome, there's an assault. The victim is injured but lives. Andrea, an investigative reporter who drinks too much, is assigned the story. Then, always on Tuesdays, there are a series of murders. At each crime...

6.0

170 votes

6.0

170 votes

To Skin a Spy

1966 · Movie · 90 min. · France

5.7

57 votes

5.7

57 votes

Raid on Rommel

1971 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Richard Burton · John Colicos · Clinton Greyn · Wolfgang Preiss

Synopsis The British fleet is enroute to North Africa to engage the Germans, and the best port for them to use is Tobruk. There, they have problems: Germans occupy Tobruk, and have fortified it with devastating heavy artillery which would prevent...

5.3

562 votes

5.3

562 votes

Bloodline

1979 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Terence Young

Cast Audrey Hepburn · Ben Gazzara · James Mason · Claudia Mori

Synopsis When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.

5.2

277 votes

5.2

277 votes

Direction Vittorio Cottafavi

Cast Mark Damon · Antonella Lualdi · Rafael Alonso · Arnoldo Foà

Synopsis Don Fernando, the son of El Cid, rallies peasants and townspeople to overthrow Moorish occupiers in medieval Spain.

5.0

143 votes

5.0

143 votes

Hannibal Brooks

1969 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Winner

Cast Oliver Reed · Michael J. Pollard · Wolfgang Preiss · John Alderton

Synopsis A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the Germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that he's been caring for. Together they head for the Swiss border and freedom.

5.0

33 votes

5.0

33 votes