Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski

October 18, 1926 · 100 years old

Nikolaus Karl Günther Nakszyński, best known as Klaus Kinski (18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991), was a German actor. He appeared in over 130 films, and is perhaps best-remembered as a leading role actor in Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fit…

Known For

54 titles
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For a Few Dollars More

For a Few Dollars More

1965 · 2h 12m · Movie

Two bounty killers with similar intentions but different motivations team up to take down a psychotic Mexican outlaw before he and his gang can carry out an audacious bank robbery.

8.2
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Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

1965 · 3h 17m · Movie

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

7.9
3
Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

1972 · 1h 35m · Movie

In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.

7.8
4
Nosferatu the Vampyre

Nosferatu the Vampyre

1979 · 1h 47m · Movie

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.

7.4
5
Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo

1982 · 2h 38m · Movie

The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle.

7.9
6
The Great Silence

The Great Silence

1968 · 1h 45m · Movie

A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.

7.7
7
My Best Fiend

My Best Fiend

1999 · 1h 35m · Movie

The love-hate relationship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski, the deep trust between the director and the actor, and their independently and simultaneously hatched plans to murder one another.

7.8
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Woyzeck

Woyzeck

1979 · 1h 22m · Movie

Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.

7.0
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Burden of Dreams

Burden of Dreams

1982 · 1h 35m · Movie

A documentary following German auteur Werner Herzog as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather and getting a boat over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film Fitzcarraldo (1982).

7.9
10
Cobra Verde

Cobra Verde

1987 · 1h 51m · Movie

During the 1800s, paroled Brazilian bandit Cobra Verde is sent to West Africa with a few troops to man an old Portuguese fort and to convince the local African ruler to resume the slave trade with Brazil.

6.9
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A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe

A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe

1975 · 2h 6m · Movie

Three rogues set out to rob $300,000 from an Indian-hating cavalry major.

6.2
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A Bullet for the General

A Bullet for the General

1967 · 1h 55m · Movie

A band of Mexican gunrunners employed by a revolutionary General accept an American mercenary into their gang, unaware of his true intentions.

7.0
13
Creature

Creature

1985 · 1h 35m · Movie

After a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.

4.4
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Count Dracula

Count Dracula

1970 · 1h 38m · Movie

Count Dracula, a vampire who regains his youth by drinking the blood of maidens, is pursued in London and Transylvania by Professor Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris.

5.6
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Crawlspace

Crawlspace

1986 · 1h 20m · Movie

A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.

5.3
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Winnetou: The Red Gentleman

Winnetou: The Red Gentleman

1964 · 1h 34m · Movie

Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Castlepool try to prevent this.

6.5
17
Venom

Venom

1981 · 1h 32m · Movie

Terrorists in the process of kidnapping a child get trapped in a house with an extremely deadly snake.

5.8
18
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962 · 2h 20m · Movie

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

7.4
19
Death of a Corrupt Man

Death of a Corrupt Man

1977 · 2h 3m · Movie

Deputy Dubaye kills racketeer Serrano, revealing corrupt dealings. Xavier covers up, but faces difficulties as influential personalities seek documents to blackmail Dubaye.

6.8
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Footprints on the Moon

Footprints on the Moon

1975 · 1h 30m · Movie

After being tormented by dreams about astronauts on the moon, a translator visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her, although she does not know them.

6.6
21
The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl

1984 · 2h 10m · Movie

An American actress with a penchant for lying is forcibly recruited by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, to trap a Palestinian bomber, by pretending to be the girlfriend of his dead brother.

6.1
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Marquis de Sade's Justine

Marquis de Sade's Justine

1969 · 1h 30m · Movie

Penniless and separated from her sister, a beautiful, chaste orphan must endure an endless parade of villains, perverts and degenerates who covet her virtue and life.

5.1
23
Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

1976 · 1h 27m · Movie

A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.

5.3
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Asylum Erotica

Asylum Erotica

1971 · 1h 29m · Movie

A rehabilitation hospital in the Italian countryside which offers treatment for women suffering from various psychological disorders is stalked by a mysterious cloaked killer.

5.0
25
Fruits of Passion

Fruits of Passion

1981 · 1h 23m · Movie

A girl loves an older man. He demands that she goes in a brothel, as evidence that she loves him.

5.4
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And God Said to Cain...

And God Said to Cain...

1970 · 1h 33m · Movie

A man takes his revenge on the family responsible for his wrongful sentence to ten years of hard labor.

6.7
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Death Smiles on a Murderer

Death Smiles on a Murderer

1973 · 1h 28m · Movie

Greta, a mysterious woman with amnesia, is taken in by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. von Ravensbruck. The three soon enter into a love triangle that turns deadly, as Greta's gruesome past is slowly revealed.

5.7
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Vampire in Venice

Vampire in Venice

1988 · 1h 37m · Movie

Professor Paris Catalano visits Venice, to investigate the last known appearance of the famous vampire Nosferatu during the carnival of 1786.

5.1
29
The Soldier

The Soldier

1982 · 1h 28m · Movie

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

5.3
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Grand Slam

Grand Slam

1967 · 2h 1m · Movie

To pull off a daring diamond heist in Rio during Carnival, a retired schoolteacher hires four professionals who must contend with a revolutionary alarm system and a taciturn secretary.

6.8
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The Million Eyes of Sumuru

The Million Eyes of Sumuru

1967 · 1h 35m · Movie

Sumuru, a megalomaniacal femme fatale, makes a bid for world domination by eliminating male leaders and replacing them with her sexy female agents.

3.6
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Dead Eyes of London

Dead Eyes of London

1961 · 1h 44m · Movie

Wealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."

6.4
33
Paganini

Paganini

1990 · 1h 24m · Movie

A biography of Italian violinist Niccolò Paganini.

5.1
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The Indian Scarf

The Indian Scarf

1963 · 1h 33m · Movie

When a wealthy man dies, his relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. He leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle. At the castle, the relatives soon begin to be killed off on...

6.6
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Code Name: Wild Geese

Code Name: Wild Geese

1984 · 1h 41m · Movie

Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia to overthrow the dictator, who is a major manufacturer and dealer of the world's opium.

5.1
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The Door with Seven Locks

The Door with Seven Locks

1962 · 1h 36m · Movie

A woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber, which is already crowded with victims - and he plans to make her his next one.

6.0