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Volker Spengler(1939-2020)

  • Actor
  • Art Director
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Ingrid Caven, Lilo Pempeit, and Volker Spengler in In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
A West German man, mistaken by the police for a left wing terrorist, hides in Vienna with a prostitute and her incestuous teen daughter. They become both a threesome and a happy surrogate family, but nothing lasts forever.
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Volker Spengler was born on 16 February 1939 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor and art director, known for Satan's Brew (1976), Chinese Roulette (1976) and In a Year with 13 Moons (1978). He died on 8 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
BornFebruary 16, 1939
DiedFebruary 8, 2020(80)
BornFebruary 16, 1939
DiedFebruary 8, 2020(80)
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Known for

Helen Vita, Katherina Buchhammer, Margit Carstensen, and Kurt Raab in Satan's Brew (1976)
Satan's Brew
6.7
  • Ernst Kranz
  • 1976
Chinese Roulette (1976)
Chinese Roulette
7.2
  • Gabriel
  • 1976
In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
In a Year with 13 Moons
7.3
  • Erwin
  • Elvira Weishaupt
  • 1978
John Malkovich in The Ogre (1996)
The Ogre
6.8
  • Fieldmarshall Göring
  • 1996

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  • Jessica Schwarz and Matthias Schweighöfer in Kammerflimmern (2004)
    Kammerflimmern
    7.1
    • Hundemann
    • 2004
  • Die Perser
    TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Dirty Sky (2003)
    Dirty Sky
    3.5
    • 2003
  • Fandango (2000)
    Fandango
    5.5
    • Pedro Isaax
    • 2000
  • Die 120 Tage von Bottrop (1997)
    Die 120 Tage von Bottrop
    6.0
    • Der Produzent
    • 1997
  • Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Giri
    • 1996
  • John Malkovich in The Ogre (1996)
    The Ogre
    6.8
    • Fieldmarshall Göring
    • 1996
  • Alles Lüge (1992)
    Alles Lüge
    4.9
    • Vegetarier
    • 1992
  • Bismarck (1990)
    Bismarck
    6.7
    TV Mini Series
    • 1990
  • Blackest Heart (1990)
    Blackest Heart
    5.0
    • Hank
    • 1990
  • Kopffeuer (1989)
    Kopffeuer
    • 1989
  • 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989)
    100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker
    5.5
    • Fegelein
    • 1989
  • Schafe in Wales
    TV Movie
    • Shorty
    • 1988
  • Peng! Du bist tot! (1987)
    Peng! Du bist tot!
    6.0
    • Spy
    • 1987
  • Kein schöner Land (1985)
    Kein schöner Land
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Knopf
    • 1985

Art Director



  • Hanna Schygulla in The Third Generation (1979)
    The Third Generation
    6.7
    • Art Director
    • 1979

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  • Born
    • February 16, 1939
    • Bremen, Germany
  • Died
    • February 8, 2020
    • Berlin, Germany(undisclosed)

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    Spengler appeared in about 40 film and television productions between 1966 and 2004, working also with directors such as Christoph Schlingensief and Volker Schlöndorff. In Schlöndorff's Der Unhold, he played Hermann Göring, alongside Gottfried John and John Malkovich.

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