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Christoph Gottschalch

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1828 in the Hanseatic port city of Bremen: Senator Droste would like his town to be first in Germany to adopt a railroad line, but temporarily has to serve as president of the Criminal Court. Called upon to investigate a case of rat poison found on food, he believes in routine coincidence. But as a beautiful and mysterious woman asks for his help and protection, Droste and new assistant Cato discover an abundance of fatalities in the Pelzerstrasse neighborhood. The true story of Gesche Gottfried, one of the first female serial killers ever identified, who was found guilty of murdering 15 people with rat poison between 1813 and 1827. Coming Fall 2019 | Directed by Udo Flohr Trailer by Jean-Pierre Meyer-Gehrke / Von Anfang Anders Filmproduktion
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Effigy: Poison and the City (2019)
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Christoph Gottschalch was born in 1969 in Hamburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Effigy: Poison and the City (2019), Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999) and Calvin Fragmenti (2015).
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    Uwe Bohm, Suzan Anbeh, Christoph Gottschalch, Roland Jankowsky, Marc Ottiker, and Elisa Thiemann in Effigy: Poison and the City (2019)
    Effigy: Poison and the City
    7.2
    • Senator Droste
    • 2019
    Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999)
    Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Dr. Roland Freisler
    • Reinhard Gehlen
    Calvin Fragmenti (2015)
    Calvin Fragmenti
    • Joachim
    • 2015
    A Clear Felling (2018)
    A Clear Felling
    5.7
    • Saxon father
    • 2018

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    Actor

    • Die Sachsen - Piraten · Heiden · Kaiser
      TV Movie
      • Widukind von Corvey
      • 2025
    • Milena Tscharntke and Franz Hartwig in Die stillen Mörder (2024)
      Die stillen Mörder
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Dr. Fabian Papke
      • 2024
    • Großstadtrevier (1986)
      Großstadtrevier
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Gerhard Hansen
      • 2021
    • Uwe Bohm, Suzan Anbeh, Christoph Gottschalch, Roland Jankowsky, Marc Ottiker, and Elisa Thiemann in Effigy: Poison and the City (2019)
      Effigy: Poison and the City
      7.2
      • Senator Droste
      • 2019
    • 8:27 (2018)
      8:27
      7.4
      Short
      • Mr. Pilz
      • 2018
    • A Clear Felling (2018)
      A Clear Felling
      5.7
      • Saxon father
      • 2018
    • SOKO Wismar (2004)
      SOKO Wismar
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Herr Baudewig
      • 2018
    • Meer (2016)
      Meer
      Short
      • Rolf
      • 2016
    • Alwara Höfels and Maximilian Ehrenreich in Mein Sohn, der Klugscheißer (2016)
      Mein Sohn, der Klugscheißer
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Physiker (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Calvin Fragmenti (2015)
      Calvin Fragmenti
      • Joachim
      • 2015
    • Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999)
      Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Dr. Roland Freisler
      • Reinhard Gehlen
      • 2012–2013
    • Rote Rosen (2006)
      Rote Rosen
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Hoteltester Gorman
      • 2012
    • Hallo Robbie! (2001)
      Hallo Robbie!
      4.2
      TV Series
      • Peter
      • 2007
    • Coast Guard (1997)
      Coast Guard
      4.8
      TV Series
      • 2006
    • Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall (1995)
      Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Archivar
      • Herr Lüders
      • 1998–2004

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      • Hamburg, Germany

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