Sylvester Groth

Sylvester Groth was born in Jerichow, German Democratic Republic on March 31st, 1958. He is an actor with an extensive television and theater career, well known for portraying Goebbels in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Clausen in Dark (2019) and starring in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), Stalingrad (1993) and Deutschland 83 (2015).

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Christoph Waltz  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Diane Kruger

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Christoph Waltz  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Diane Kruger

Stalingrad (1993)

"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the platoon leads his men to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Vilsmaier
CAST:  Dominique Horwitz  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Jochen Nickel  •  Sebastian Rudolph

"Stalingrad" follows the progress of a German Platoon through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After having half their number wiped out and after being placed under the command of a sadistic Captain, the Lieutenant of the platoon leads his men to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Vilsmaier
CAST:  Dominique Horwitz  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Jochen Nickel  •  Sebastian Rudolph

The Third Wave (2003)

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Nilsson
CAST:  Jakob Eklund  •  Irina Björklund  •  Nicholas Farrell  •  Ben Pullen

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Nilsson
CAST:  Jakob Eklund  •  Irina Björklund  •  Nicholas Farrell  •  Ben Pullen

Hilde (2009)

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kai Wessel
CAST:  Heike Makatsch  •  Monica Bleibtreu  •  Michael Gwisdek  •  Dan Stevens

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kai Wessel
CAST:  Heike Makatsch  •  Monica Bleibtreu  •  Michael Gwisdek  •  Dan Stevens

Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben (2009)

The film tells the early life story of Marcel Reich-Ranicki, who was born in Wloclawek, Poland in 1920. During the Third Reich, the family was in great danger. Nevertheless, he returned to Germany with his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dror Zahavi
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Katharina Schüttler  •  Maja Maranow  •  Joachim Król

The film tells the early life story of Marcel Reich-Ranicki, who was born in Wloclawek, Poland in 1920. During the Third Reich, the family was in great danger. Nevertheless, he returned to Germany with his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dror Zahavi
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Katharina Schüttler  •  Maja Maranow  •  Joachim Król

Jenseits (2001)

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DIRECTION:  Max Färberböck
CAST:  Sylvester Groth  •  Anja Kling  •  Krista Posch  •  Peter Franke

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DIRECTION:  Max Färberböck
CAST:  Sylvester Groth  •  Anja Kling  •  Krista Posch  •  Peter Franke

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DIRECTION:  Stefan Dähnert
CAST:  Tobias Moretti  •  Julia Stemberger  •  Teresa Weißbach  •  August Zirner

Der Verleger (2001)

"The Publisher" is about the success story of a visionary man who begins after 1945 with a rickety car and a stack of novels. With his charismatic personality, he convinced the Allies to give him a newspaper license. A radio magazine soon follows, which quickly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernd Böhlich
CAST:  Heiner Lauterbach  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Jürgen Hentsch  •  Claude-Oliver Rudolph

"The Publisher" is about the success story of a visionary man who begins after 1945 with a rickety car and a stack of novels. With his charismatic personality, he convinced the Allies to give him a newspaper license. A radio magazine soon follows, which quickly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernd Böhlich
CAST:  Heiner Lauterbach  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Jürgen Hentsch  •  Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Das Haus am Fluss (1986)

1942. The members of the Voß family, mother, two daughters, a daughter-in-law, and a son-in-law, are living in a house at the river. A fellow soldier of son Paul, who fights at the eastern front, delivers his greetings and an embroidered Russian blouse for Emmi, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Gräf
CAST:  Katrin Sass  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Manfred Gorr  •  Jutta Wachowiak

1942. The members of the Voß family, mother, two daughters, a daughter-in-law, and a son-in-law, are living in a house at the river. A fellow soldier of son Paul, who fights at the eastern front, delivers his greetings and an embroidered Russian blouse for Emmi, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roland Gräf
CAST:  Katrin Sass  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Manfred Gorr  •  Jutta Wachowiak

The Weekend (2012)

Based on a novel by Bernard Schlink (The Reader), The Weekend follows Jens as he leaves prison 18 years after being arrested as an RAF terrorist in Germany. Back with his family, friends, and ex-comrades, including his former lover Inga, Jens’ unexpected arrival ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nina Grosse
CAST:  Sebastian Koch  •  Katja Riemann  •  Barbara Auer  •  Sylvester Groth

Based on a novel by Bernard Schlink (The Reader), The Weekend follows Jens as he leaves prison 18 years after being arrested as an RAF terrorist in Germany. Back with his family, friends, and ex-comrades, including his former lover Inga, Jens’ unexpected arrival ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nina Grosse
CAST:  Sebastian Koch  •  Katja Riemann  •  Barbara Auer  •  Sylvester Groth

Shores of Hope (2012)

In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if they inform on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toke Constantin Hebbeln
CAST:  Alexander Fehling  •  August Diehl  •  Phuong Thao Vu  •  Sylvester Groth

In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if they inform on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toke Constantin Hebbeln
CAST:  Alexander Fehling  •  August Diehl  •  Phuong Thao Vu  •  Sylvester Groth

Outside Time (1995)

Outside Time is the second feature film of Andreas Kleinert, a German director who grew up in the GDR and who started making films at the time of the fall of the Wall. The film is set in a small town somewhere in Brandenburg, a place which is rapidly falling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Kleinert
CAST:  Rosel Zech  •  Julia Jäger  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Christine Schorn

Outside Time is the second feature film of Andreas Kleinert, a German director who grew up in the GDR and who started making films at the time of the fall of the Wall. The film is set in a small town somewhere in Brandenburg, a place which is rapidly falling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Kleinert
CAST:  Rosel Zech  •  Julia Jäger  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Christine Schorn

Nevermore (2006)

One night he will fetch the silver from the night sky Jonas loves his fathers magical stories. When Helge dies, Jonas ends up in an orphanage whereupon dreariness and discipline rule his life until a group of circus performers appear in the village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toke Constantin Hebbeln
CAST:  Rolf Becker  •  Leonard Proxauf  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Tom Lass

One night he will fetch the silver from the night sky Jonas loves his fathers magical stories. When Helge dies, Jonas ends up in an orphanage whereupon dreariness and discipline rule his life until a group of circus performers appear in the village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toke Constantin Hebbeln
CAST:  Rolf Becker  •  Leonard Proxauf  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Tom Lass

A Pact (2013)

A dark psychological thriller, A Pact tells the twisted story of a contentious love triangle. As teenagers, Paul tricked Georg into handing over his girlfriend Anna to him. Georg agrees, on the condition that he can have her back whenever he wishes. After decades ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Dercourt
CAST:  Mark Waschke  •  Marie Bäumer  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Sophie Rois

A dark psychological thriller, A Pact tells the twisted story of a contentious love triangle. As teenagers, Paul tricked Georg into handing over his girlfriend Anna to him. Georg agrees, on the condition that he can have her back whenever he wishes. After decades ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denis Dercourt
CAST:  Mark Waschke  •  Marie Bäumer  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Sophie Rois

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DIRECTION:  Christian Görlitz
CAST:  Maxim Mehmet  •  Andreas Schmidt  •  Susanne Lothar  •  Anna Fischer

Buddenbrooks (2008)

Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heinrich Breloer
CAST:  Armin Mueller-Stahl  •  August Diehl  •  Jessica Schwarz  •  Justus von Dohnányi

Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Heinrich Breloer
CAST:  Armin Mueller-Stahl  •  August Diehl  •  Jessica Schwarz  •  Justus von Dohnányi

Tom Sawyer (2011)

Tom Sawyer has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly with Tom and his half-brother Sid in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hermine Huntgeburth
CAST:  Louis Hofmann  •  Heike Makatsch  •  Benno Fürmann  •  Joachim Król

Tom Sawyer has a head full of pranks and drives when he invents is not just a new adventure, preferably around with his best buddy Huck Finn - much to the chagrin of his Aunt Polly with Tom and his half-brother Sid in the town of St. Petersburg on the Mississippi river.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hermine Huntgeburth
CAST:  Louis Hofmann  •  Heike Makatsch  •  Benno Fürmann  •  Joachim Król

Beate Uhse - das Recht auf Liebe (2011)

Beate Uhse was a German pilot and entrepreneur. The only female stunt pilot in Germany in the 1930s, after World War II she started the first sex shop in the world. The company she started, Beate Uhse AG, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and is the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hansjörg Thurn
CAST:  Franka Potente  •  Hans-Werner Meyer  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Sylvester Groth

Beate Uhse was a German pilot and entrepreneur. The only female stunt pilot in Germany in the 1930s, after World War II she started the first sex shop in the world. The company she started, Beate Uhse AG, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and is the world ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hansjörg Thurn
CAST:  Franka Potente  •  Hans-Werner Meyer  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Sylvester Groth

Farewell to Agnes (1995)

A psychodrama based on the criminal activities of the former STASI (state security police) in the now defunct German Democratic Republic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gwisdek
CAST:  Michael Gwisdek  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Johannes Gwisdek  •  Robert Gwisdek

A psychodrama based on the criminal activities of the former STASI (state security police) in the now defunct German Democratic Republic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gwisdek
CAST:  Michael Gwisdek  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Johannes Gwisdek  •  Robert Gwisdek

Verlorene Landschaft (1992)

Elias, born at the end of the war, receives an anonymous phone call on his 47th birthday: his parents are dead. He is now a successful politician, but thirty years ago he had fled from his home and parents in the East to seek a new life in the West. The return to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Kleinert
CAST:  Roland Schäfer  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Friederike Kammer  •  Werner Dissel

Elias, born at the end of the war, receives an anonymous phone call on his 47th birthday: his parents are dead. He is now a successful politician, but thirty years ago he had fled from his home and parents in the East to seek a new life in the West. The return to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Kleinert
CAST:  Roland Schäfer  •  Sylvester Groth  •  Friederike Kammer  •  Werner Dissel
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