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Carl Schenkel

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer | * 05/08/1948 († 55, 12/01/2003) | Bern (Switzerland)
Carl Schenkel (8 May 1948 – 1 December 2003), also known by the pseudonym Carlo Ombra, was a Swiss film director. His 1984 film Abwärts won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction in 1985. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | TV Movies

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Dave knows what it is to suffer. Especially when he takes the rap for a gang of motorbike thieves and ends up in jail. All for the love of Corinna, his beautiful girlfriend. Refused parole and nearly ...

Strike Back

Certification unknown

1981 | 2.9/5 | 1h 27min
Crime, Drama
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A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. After he gets a call from the killer urging him to ...

Knight Moves

R

1992 | 2.9/5 | 1h 56min
Mystery, Thriller
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It's Friday evening. The lift repairman leaves the building and wants to finish his work on Monday. But he doesn't know there are four men in the building. They use the lift but stay in it about 100 m ...

Out of Order

Certification unknown

1984 | 2.8/5 | 1h 30min
Thriller
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A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series. ...

The Hitchhiker

Certification unknown

1983 | 3.1/5 | 30min per episode
Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Carl Schenkel

Sitges Film Festival Best Director Award Max Ophüls Award
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Movies with Carl Schenkel as Actor(1)

as himself1987 Uncle Meat

Movies with Carl Schenkel as Crew(24)

Directing/Director2001 Hostile Takeover
Directing/Director2001 Murder on the Orient Express
Directing/Director2001 Missing Pieces
Directing/Director1998 Tarzan and the Lost City
Directing/Director1997 Kalte Küsse
Directing/Director1996 In the Lake of the Woods
Directing/Director1995 The Surgeon
Directing/Director1994 Beyond Betrayal
Directing/Director1992 Knight Moves
Directing/Director1990 Silhouette
Directing/Director1989 The Edge
Directing/Director1989 Silence Like Glass
Production/Producer1989 Silence Like Glass
Writing/Writer1989 Silence Like Glass
Directing/Director1989 The Mighty Quinn
Directing/Director1987 Bay Coven
Directing/Director1984 Out of Order
Writing/Screenplay1984 Out of Order
Directing/Director1981 Strike Back
Writing/Screenplay1981 Strike Back
Directing/Director1979 Dracula Blows His Cool
Directing/Assistant Director1979 She's 19 and Ready
Directing/Assistant Director1976 The Pussy in the Bathhouse
Production/Producer1971 200 Motels

TV Shows/Series with Carl Schenkel as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1983 The Hitchhiker

Full Name: Carl Schenkel
Citizenship: Switzerland
Born: Saturday, 05/08 1948 (May) in Bern (Switzerland)
Died: Monday, 12/01 2003 (December) in Los Angeles (aged: 55)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: German (DE)
Carl Schenkel frequently works together with these people:
Frank Zappa (7x, Actor)
Erich Tomek (5x, Crew)
Norbert Herzner (4x, Crew)
Dietrich Lohmann (4x, Crew)
Karl Spiehs (4x, Crew)
Uschi Zech (3x, Actress)
Gerhard Heinz (3x, Crew)
Hannes Jaenicke (3x, Actor)
Christopher Franke (3x, Crew)
Jacques Steyn (3x, Crew)
Tony Palmer (3x, Crew)
Garwin Sanford (2x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1375820, Added: 09/04/2019, Last updated: 03/23/2024