Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer (born March 11, 1981) is a German actor and filmmaker. He is best known for portraying Ludwig Dieter in Army of Thieves (2021) and Army of the Dead (2021).

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FearDotCom (2002)

When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Malone
CAST:  Stephen Dorff  •  Natascha McElhone  •  Stephen Rea  •  Udo Kier

When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Malone
CAST:  Stephen Dorff  •  Natascha McElhone  •  Stephen Rea  •  Udo Kier

The Red Baron (2008)

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolai Müllerschön
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Til Schweiger  •  Lena Headey  •  Joseph Fiennes

Richthofen goes off to war like thousands of other men. As fighter pilots, they become cult heroes for the soldiers on the battlefields. Marked by sportsmanlike conduct, technical exactitude and knightly propriety, they have their own code of honour. Before long he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolai Müllerschön
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Til Schweiger  •  Lena Headey  •  Joseph Fiennes

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

Off Beat (2004)

Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hendrik Hölzemann
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Jessica Schwarz  •  Florian Lukas  •  Bibiana Beglau

Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hendrik Hölzemann
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Jessica Schwarz  •  Florian Lukas  •  Bibiana Beglau

Kiss Me Frog (2000)

Modern version of The Frog King. Out of an impulse, 15-year-old Anna kisses a frog which then turns into a prince. But the curse is not solved that easily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dagmar Hirtz
CAST:  Anja Knauer  •  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Rufus Beck  •  Rita Russek

Modern version of The Frog King. Out of an impulse, 15-year-old Anna kisses a frog which then turns into a prince. But the curse is not solved that easily.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dagmar Hirtz
CAST:  Anja Knauer  •  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Rufus Beck  •  Rita Russek

Joy of Fatherhood (2014)

A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Schweighöfer
CAST:  Jasmin Abdelati  •  Tom Beck  •  Natalia Belitski  •  Marc Ben Puch

A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Schweighöfer
CAST:  Jasmin Abdelati  •  Tom Beck  •  Natalia Belitski  •  Marc Ben Puch

Frau Ella (2013)

A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markus Goller
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Ruth-Maria Kubitschek  •  August Diehl  •  Anna Bederke

A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Markus Goller
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Ruth-Maria Kubitschek  •  August Diehl  •  Anna Bederke

Cold Spring (2004)

A rebellious young woman is thrown out by her wealthy, but marbly parents and gets into a nightmare of poverty, prostitution and sickness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominik Graf
CAST:  Jessica Schwarz  •  Friedrich von Thun  •  Mišel Matičević  •  Matthias Schweighöfer

A rebellious young woman is thrown out by her wealthy, but marbly parents and gets into a nightmare of poverty, prostitution and sickness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominik Graf
CAST:  Jessica Schwarz  •  Friedrich von Thun  •  Mišel Matičević  •  Matthias Schweighöfer

Friends of Friends (2002)

Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominik Graf
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Sabine Timoteo  •  Florian Stetter  •  Jessica Schwarz

Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominik Graf
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Sabine Timoteo  •  Florian Stetter  •  Jessica Schwarz

Russendisko (2012)

Three young Russian friends, who move from Moscow to Berlin in a lucky wave of emigration right after the fall of the Berlin wall. They take their chance looking for a better life and find themselves involved in the tales of everyday lunacy on the streets of Berlin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Ziegenbalg
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Friedrich Mücke  •  Christian Friedel  •  Peri Baumeister

Three young Russian friends, who move from Moscow to Berlin in a lucky wave of emigration right after the fall of the Berlin wall. They take their chance looking for a better life and find themselves involved in the tales of everyday lunacy on the streets of Berlin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Ziegenbalg
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Friedrich Mücke  •  Christian Friedel  •  Peri Baumeister

Break Up Man (2013)

BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to separate themselves from their future “ex”-partners. To complete his most important mission he is confronted with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Torsten Künstler
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Milan Peschel  •  Nadja Uhl  •  Anna Bederke

BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to separate themselves from their future “ex”-partners. To complete his most important mission he is confronted with an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Torsten Künstler
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Milan Peschel  •  Nadja Uhl  •  Anna Bederke

Hut in the Woods (2011)

Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Weingartner
CAST:  Peter Schneider  •  Henrike von Kuick  •  Timur Massold  •  Andreas Leupold

Two misfit males, one man-child, one boy, find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them until the hut is destroyed and one of the boys carted off. The former ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans Weingartner
CAST:  Peter Schneider  •  Henrike von Kuick  •  Timur Massold  •  Andreas Leupold

What a Man (2011)

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), which after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Schweighöfer
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Sibel Kekilli  •  Elyas M'Barek  •  Thomas Kretschmann

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), which after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Schweighöfer
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Sibel Kekilli  •  Elyas M'Barek  •  Thomas Kretschmann

Woman in Love (2011)

An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Detlev Buck
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Detlev Buck  •  Maximilian Brückner

An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Detlev Buck
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Alexandra Maria Lara  •  Detlev Buck  •  Maximilian Brückner

Changing Skins (1997)

Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils hijack a teacher in the GDR.//"Andreas Dresen is one of the most successful contemporary German filmmakers whose career began as the Berlin Wall was crumbling."// “Andreas Dresen’s films open a window into the hearts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Dresen
CAST:  Susanne Bormann  •  Fabian Busch  •  Otto Mellies  •  Manfred Möck

Inspired by West German terrorists, two pupils hijack a teacher in the GDR.//"Andreas Dresen is one of the most successful contemporary German filmmakers whose career began as the Berlin Wall was crumbling."// “Andreas Dresen’s films open a window into the hearts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Dresen
CAST:  Susanne Bormann  •  Fabian Busch  •  Otto Mellies  •  Manfred Möck

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DIRECTION:  Marco Petry
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Tim Sander  •  Anna Bertheau  •  Axel Stein

Soloalbum (2003)

Ben is a young editor for a famous german music magazine in the mid 90's. His life is falling apart after his girlfriend breaks up with him. From now on he decides to go solo...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregor Schnitzler
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Nora Tschirner  •  Oliver Wnuk  •  Christian Näthe

Ben is a young editor for a famous german music magazine in the mid 90's. His life is falling apart after his girlfriend breaks up with him. From now on he decides to go solo...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregor Schnitzler
CAST:  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Nora Tschirner  •  Oliver Wnuk  •  Christian Näthe

Heart Over Head (2001)

Jakob, an 18-year-old boy, comes back to Frankfurt after he left after his mothers death one year ago. While trying to sort his life he meets a Polish Au-Pair, Wanda, and falls in love with her. But there are several disappointments on both sides...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gutmann
CAST:  Tom Schilling  •  Alicja Bachleda-Curuś  •  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Sebastian Kroehnert

Jakob, an 18-year-old boy, comes back to Frankfurt after he left after his mothers death one year ago. While trying to sort his life he meets a Polish Au-Pair, Wanda, and falls in love with her. But there are several disappointments on both sides...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gutmann
CAST:  Tom Schilling  •  Alicja Bachleda-Curuś  •  Matthias Schweighöfer  •  Sebastian Kroehnert

Must Love Death (2009)

Disappointed by love, suicidal Norman arranges to meet some like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides turn out to be unscrupulous killers looking for a willing victim. A comical and macabre fight against death begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Schaap
CAST:  Sami Loris  •  Manon Kahle  •  Jörg Buttgereit  •  Narges Rashidi

Disappointed by love, suicidal Norman arranges to meet some like-minded people. But when he arrives at the meeting the alleged suicides turn out to be unscrupulous killers looking for a willing victim. A comical and macabre fight against death begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Schaap
CAST:  Sami Loris  •  Manon Kahle  •  Jörg Buttgereit  •  Narges Rashidi
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