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Matthias Schweighöfer
Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer (German: [maˈtiːasˈʃvaɪkˌhøːfɐ]; born 11 March 1981) is a German actor and filmmaker known for his work in several German and American film productions. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Franz Herber in the 2008 film Valkyrie. In 2021, Schweighöfer appeared as Ludwig Dieter in the Netflix film Army of the Dead, di... more

Matthias Schweighöfer (German: [maˈtiːasˈʃvaɪkˌhøːfɐ]; born 11 March 1981) is a German actor and filmmaker known for his work in several German and American film productions. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Franz Herber in the 2008 film Valkyrie. In 2021, Schweighöfer appeared as Ludwig Dieter in the Netflix film Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder. He reprised his role in the prequel film, Army of Thieves, which he also directed.

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Starred In [46]
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Valkyrie
(2008)
Drama, History, Thriller, War
Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the...
Runtime:
121 min
Director:
Bryan Singer
Cast:
Tom Cruise, Carice van Houten, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Kenneth Cranham
7.1
62%
56
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Rabbit Without Ears
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rainbow press reporter Ludo is sentenced to 8 months, but is released on probation. But he has to work 300 hours for a local daycare center and meets Anna who has unfinished business with him.
Runtime:
116 min
Director:
Til Schweiger
Cast:
Til Schweiger, Jürgen Vogel, Nora Tschirner, Matthias Schweighöfer, Armin Rohde
6.5
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N/A
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The Red Baron
(2008)
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
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 begins to understand that his hero status is deceptive. His love for Ka...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Nikolai Müllerschön
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Til Schweiger, Lena Headey, Joseph Fiennes, Volker Bruch
6.4
20%
N/A
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Night Train
(2009)
Crime, Thriller
Two Passengers (Sobieski and Zahn) and the conductor (Glover), discovered that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Brian King
Cast:
Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski, Geoff Bell, Matthias Schweighöfer
5.7
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Friendship!
(2010)
Comedy, Drama
A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: "friendship".
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Markus Goller
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Friedrich Mücke, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Kevin Rankin, Chris Browning
6.6
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Rabbit Without Ears 2
(2009)
Comedy, Romance
Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous...
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Til Schweiger
Cast:
Til Schweiger, Nora Tschirner, Matthias Schweighöfer, Thomas Kretschmann, Ken Duken
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Eight Miles High
(2007)
Comedy, Drama, Music
Achim Bornhak's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's club scene. When she gets to know Rainer Langhans, they move to Berlin and live in "Kommune 1", the first pol...
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Achim Bornhak
Cast:
Natalia Avelon, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Scheller, Victor Norén, Alexander Scheer
6.4
47%
32
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Off Beat
(2004)
Drama
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Hendrik Hölzemann
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Jessica Schwarz, Florian Lukas, Bibiana Beglau, Volker Spengler
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Most Beautiful Day
(2016)
Comedy, Drama
The overambitious pianist Andi and the more laid back Benno have one thing in common: They will both die soon. So the two of them decide to have the most awesome day before its too late.
Runtime:
113 min
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Florian David Fitz, Alexandra Maria Lara
6.5
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N/A
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What a Man
(2011)
Comedy, Romance
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 what is it that makes a man a man?
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Matthias Schweighöfer
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Elyas M’Barek, Thomas Kretschmann, Mavie Hörbiger
5.6
50%
39
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Break Up Man
(2013)
Comedy
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 unwanted partner, Toto, who spoils more or less everything and makes Hen...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Milan Peschel, Nadja Uhl, Anna Bederke, Heiner Lauterbach
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Woman in Love
(2011)
Comedy
An actor's career takes a "Tootsie"-like turn when he lets himself be cast as a woman in a movie.
Runtime:
108 min
5.7
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N/A
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Kokowääh 2
(2013)
Comedy
Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Til Schweiger, Torsten Künstler
Cast:
Til Schweiger, Emma Schweiger, Jasmin Gerat, Samuel Finzi, Nico Liersch
5.5
N/A
N/A
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Soloalbum
(2003)
Comedy, Music, Romance
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...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Gregor Schnitzler
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Tschirner, Oliver Wnuk, Christian Näthe, Lisa Maria Potthoff
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Joy of Fatherhood
(2014)
Comedy
A sperm donor becomes impotent - and so he searches for the woman, who got his sperm, to become a father after all...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Matthias Schweighöfer
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Jasmin Abdelati, Tom Beck, Natalia Belitski, Marc Benjamin Puch
5.6
N/A
N/A
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The Manny
(2015)
Comedy
Young industrialist Clemens Klina doesn't have time for his children and accidentally hires a man who actually came to him, seeking revenge, as a nanny for them.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Matthias Schweighöfer
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Milan Peschel, Paula Hartmann, Arved Friese, Joko Winterscheidt
5.7
N/A
N/A
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Russendisko
(2012)
Comedy
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Oliver Ziegenbalg
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Friedrich Mücke, Christian Friedel, Peri Baumeister, Susanne Bormann
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Bullyparade: The Movie
(2017)
Comedy
A multi-episode movie based on the skit TV show "bullyparade".
Runtime:
100 min
Cast:
Michael Herbig, Christian Tramitz, Rick Kavanian, Jasmin Lord, Jeanne Goursaud
5.0
N/A
N/A
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Frau Ella
(2013)
Comedy
A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.
Runtime:
105 min
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Heart Over Head
(2001)
Drama, Romance
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...
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Michael Gutmann
Cast:
Tom Schilling, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sebastian Kroehnert
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben
(2009)
Drama
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.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Dror Zahavi
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Katharina Schüttler, Maja Maranow, Joachim Król, Sylvester Groth
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Schiller
(2005)
Drama
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Martin Weinhart
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Teresa Weißbach, Robert Dölle, Jürgen Tarrach, Christian Näthe
6.3
N/A
N/A
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The Architect
(2008)
Drama
Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes he has made in his personal life. An intense drama in which the four members of the famil...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Ina Weisse
Cast:
Harald Abdelhamed, Josef Bierbichler, Hark Bohm, Maria Hofstätter, Sandra Hüller
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Combat 16
(2005)
Drama
16 year-old Georg is forced to leave his home in the West, which means saying goodbye to his two loves; his girlfriend, and his Taekwondo team, something that is all-important to him. Now living in Cottbus, an economically depressed place where the people are not too fond of things like American culture and foreigners living in their c...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Mirko Borscht
Cast:
Florian Bartholomäi, Falk Rockstroh, Ludwig Trepte, Max Mauff, Maximilian Oelze
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Male Mistakes
(2014)
Comedy
Daniel and Thomas are two friends who are trying to catch girls in various therapy groups.
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Anno Saul
Cast:
Daniel Aminati, Peri Baumeister, Tom Beck, Marie Bäumer, Herbert Knaup
5.6
N/A
N/A
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Friends of Friends
(2002)
Drama, Romance
Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.
Runtime:
89 min
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt
(2003)
Comedy, Drama
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Marco Petry
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Tim Sander, Anna Bertheau, Axel Stein, Denis Moschitto
5.7
N/A
N/A
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12 Paces without a Head
(2009)
Comedy
The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship appears on the horizon. However, Störtebeker is badly wounded in the attempted capture and the pirates suffer ignominious defeat. Not only their ship is down the drain - Störtebeker himsel...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Sven Taddicken
Cast:
Ronald Zehrfeld, Matthias Schweighöfer, Franziska Wulf, Oliver Bröcker, Hinnerk Schönemann
5.5
N/A
N/A
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Polly Blue Eyes
(2005)
Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director:
Tomy Wigand
Cast:
Susanne Bormann, Matthias Schweighöfer, Meret Becker, Ulrich Noethen
5.8
N/A
N/A
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3nity
(2010)
Comedy
Hage, the Holy Spirit, is writing a musical, when Jesus returns to earth at Christmas to prepare the apocalypse. To prevent this, Hage tries to convince him that mankind is worth saving with the help of a beautiful striptease dancer.
Director:
Harald Sicheritz
Cast:
Christian Tramitz, Matthias Schweighöfer, Roland Düringer, Adele Neuhauser, Christian Ulmen
5.3
N/A
N/A
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Cold Spring
(2004)
Drama
A rebellious young woman is thrown out by her wealthy, but marbly parents and gets into a nightmare of poverty, prostitution and sickness.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Dominik Graf
Cast:
Jessica Schwarz, Friedrich von Thun, Mišel Matičević, Matthias Schweighöfer, Markus Boysen
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Bibi & Tina: Bewildered and Bewitched
(2014)
Adventure, Family
Sequel to the Movie "Bibi & Tina - Der Film" about a teen witch, her best friend and their horses.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Detlev Buck
Cast:
Lina Larissa Strahl, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Louis Held, Michael Maertens, Martin Seifert
5.3
N/A
N/A
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Hamlet_X
(2003)
Drama
A great mosaic, a labyrinth of scenes, dialogue splinters, interviews, portraits of people surrounding Hamlet and wanting to be part of his story.
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Fata Morgana
(2007)
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Simon Groß
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Marie Zielcke
5.2
N/A
N/A
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An Old Maid
(2007)
Drama
Runtime:
89 min
6.8
N/A
N/A
Baal
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Baal
(2004)
Drama
Director:
Uwe Janson
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Pasquale Aleardi, Sheri Hagen, Bernhard Piesk, Hyun Wanner
6.0
N/A
N/A
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Kiss Me Frog
(2000)
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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.
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Dagmar Hirtz
Cast:
Anja Knauer, Matthias Schweighöfer, Rufus Beck, Rita Russek, Karoline Herfurth
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Verbotenes Verlangen - Ich liebe meinen Schüler
(2000)
Drama, Romance
Director:
Zoltan Spirandelli
Cast:
Marion Mitterhammer, Matthias Schweighöfer, Stefan Reck, Laura-Charlotte Syniawa, Laura-Charlotte Syniawa
6.3
N/A
N/A
Der blaue Affe
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Der blaue Affe
(2006)
Drama
A short movie about people trying to forget about their everyday life in the Weimarer Republik. But it was not an ordinary day, it was the dark friday - the last night of the golden 1920s.
Runtime:
48 min
Director:
Carsten Unger
Cast:
Matthias Schweighöfer, Steffen Jürgens, Wolfgang Packhäuser, Ingeborg Westphal, Esther Zimmering
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Spuk im Reich der Schatten
(2000)
Adventure, Family, Mystery
7.0
N/A
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