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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 17, 1926
Died
January 13, 1999
Place of Birth
Ossek (Ossegg), Czechoslovakia [now Osek, Czech Republic]
Also Known As
- Karel František Lifka
Karl Lieffen
0.7 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karl Lieffen (born Karel František Lifka, 17 May 1926 – 13 January 1999) was a German film actor. He appeared in over 140 films on screen and television between 1949 and 1998. He was born in Osek, Czechoslovakia and attended drama classes at Brunswick and the Heer School of Music in Bückeburg. In 1946 he started his theatre career in Freiburg followed by engagements at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, the Munich Kammerspiele and the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt. In 1975 he joined the ensemble of the Bavarian State Theatre (Residenz Theatre) in Munich. From the 1950s on Lieffen became known to a wider public for his film appearances, like the role of brisk chauffeur Fritz in Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three. He died in Starnberg, Germany. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karl Lieffen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
6.3
Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
6.0
Opa Gustav
Rohe Ostern
1996
7.1
Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
5.8
Buselmeier
Rudy, the Racing Pig
1995
🎬
8.0
Hardy van Bellen
Lutz & Hardy
1994
7.0
Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
Nicht von schlechten Eltern
1993
🎬
0.0
De Vries
Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel
1993
🎬
0.0
Mein Mann ist mein Hobby
1993
🎬
0.0
Produzent
Juhnke & Co.
1991
🎬
0.0
o.A.
Rothenbaumchaussee
1991
Credits
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996
6.3
Rohe Ostern
as Opa Gustav
1996
6.0
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
7.1
Rudy, the Racing Pig
as Buselmeier
1995
5.8
🎬
Lutz & Hardy
as Hardy van Bellen
1994
8.0
Nicht von schlechten Eltern
as Dr. Egbert Reckensihl
1993
7.0
🎬
Cluedo - Das Mörderspiel
as De Vries
1993
0.0
🎬
Mein Mann ist mein Hobby
1993
0.0
🎬
Juhnke & Co.
as Produzent
1991
0.0
🎬
Rothenbaumchaussee
as o.A.
1991
0.0
🎬
Der Millionenerbe
as Konsul Reichmann
1990
8.0
🎬
Damals auf Burg Wutzenstein
as Bruder Berthold
1990
0.0
🎬
The Great Debureau
as ředitel Bertrand
1990
0.0
Die schnelle Gerdi
as Reporter
1989
0.0
Forsthaus Falkenau
as Professor H. Bundschuh
1989
5.4
Die Männer vom K3
as Albert Kröger
1988
0.0
🎬
Der Elegante Hund
1987
0.0
🎬
Professor Bernhardi
as Journalist Kulka
1987
0.0
Großstadtrevier
as Podgorsky
1986
5.8
Großstadtrevier
as Rostami
1986
5.8
Irgendwie und Sowieso
as Weininger
1986
5.0
Kir Royal
as Toni Schultze
1986
6.5
Nägel mit Köpfen
as Industrieller
1986
0.0
Die Wächter
as Dr.White
1986
0.0
🎬
Schloßherren
as Sebastian Peuker
1986
0.0
Oliver Maass
as Eickelberg
1985
0.0
Otto - The Movie
as Flopmann
1985
6.5
🎬
Liebt diese Erde
as Lübber
1984
0.0
🎬
Zinsen des Ruhms
as Dr. Francoid
1984
0.0
🎬
Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei
1983
0.0
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Major Blaschenko
1983
2.0
🎬
Lass das, ich hass das
as Uncle Franz
1983
0.0
Der Andro-Jäger
as Russischer Agent
1982
6.0
🎬
Krimistunde
1982
9.0
🎬
Ein gutes Land
1982
0.0
🎬
In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer
1981
8.5
🎬
Der Aufsteiger
as Antonic
1981
0.0
St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
1979
3.8
Locker vom Hocker
as Onkel Jonathan Wehmeier
1979
5.0
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
6.5
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
as Court Assistant
1979
5.0
Der ganz normale Wahnsinn
as Dr. Kornsack
1979
0.0
🎬
Der Wald
1979
0.0
🎬
Die Ängste des Dr. Schenk
1978
0.0
🎬
Eine seltsame Bescherung
as Jack MacCampbell
1978
0.0
Der Alte
as August Ströbel
1977
6.1
🎬
Aus nichtigem Anlaß
as Professor Dr. Ahlgrimm
1976
0.0
🎬
Zwickelbach & Co
as Immanuel Zwickelbach
1976
0.0
Tadellöser & Wolff
as Karl Kempowski
1975
7.5
🎬
Lehmanns Erzählungen
as Sir Bernard
1975
0.0
🎬
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
6.5
Derrick
as Johannes Brusius
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Lagusta
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Mr. Sparke
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Heinrich Gruga
1974
6.0
Derrick
as Albert Rabes
1974
6.0
Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
1974
10.0
🎬
Madame Pompadour
as Maurepas
1974
0.0
🎬
Preussenkorso Nr. 17
1974
0.0
🎬
Goldfüchse
as Zweiter Landstreicher
1974
0.0
Der rote Schal
as James Bashwood
1973
0.0
Lokaltermin
as Sachverständiger Reinhold Feder
1973
0.0
🎬
Krieg im dritten Stock
as Arzt
1973
0.0
Mensch, ärgere dich nicht
as Max
1972
1.0
🎬
Sonderdezernat K1
as Herr Eisenberger
1972
0.0
🎬
Die Erbschaft
as Pitolet
1972
0.0
Manolescu - Die fast wahre Biographie eines Gauners
as Untersuchungsrichter
1972
0.0
🎬
Baden-Badener Roulette
as Self
1971
0.0
🎬
Geschäfte mit Plückhahn
as Otto Rupp
1971
0.0
🎬
Oliver
as Staatsanwalt Lutz
1971
0.0
Dalli Dalli
as Self - Candidate
1971
9.0
Scene of the Crime
as Achim Otto
1970
6.1
🎬
Wie man seinen Gatten los wird
as Ains
1970
0.0
The Angels of the Street
as Radensky
1969
6.4
Should a Schoolgirl Tell?
as Staatsanwalt Grundeis
1969
2.5
🎬
Peter Brauer
as Schmolcke
1969
0.0
🎬
Damenquartett
as Göbel - Auskunfteibesitzer
1969
0.0
🎬
Vom Teufel geholt
as Frederiksen
1969
0.0
Heidi
as Sebastian
1968
6.2
🎬
Der Eismann kommt
as Willie Oban
1968
0.0
🎬
Die Geschichte von Vasco
as Leutnant Barberis
1968
0.0
🎬
Napoleon in New Orleans
as Carotte
1968
0.0
🎬
Madame Bovary
as Lheureux
1968
0.0
🎬
Die Benachrichtigung
as Hans Kubsch
1968
0.0
Der Monat der fallenden Blätter
as Britischer Geheimdienstchef
1968
0.0
Jack of Diamonds
as Helmut
1967
4.2
When Night Falls on the Reeperbahn
as Karlchen Dincke
1967
4.2
Dem Täter auf der Spur
as Inspecteur Janot
1967
10.0
🎬
Siedlung Arkadien
as Dinga Mingh
1967
0.0
🎬
Die Mohrin
as Pierre
1967
0.0
🎬
Kapitän Brassbounds Bekehrung
as Redbrook
1967
0.0
🎬
Im weißen Rößl
as Sigismund Sülzheimer
1967
0.0
🎬
Destry reitet wieder
as Slade
1966
0.0
The Defector
as Major Windisch
1966
5.5
🎬
Adrian der Tulpendieb
as Kaspar
1966
0.0
🎬
Der Ritter vom Mirakel
as Lofraso
1966
0.0
🎬
Der Richter von London
as Hodge
1966
0.0
🎬
Pflicht ist Pflicht
as Sawinsky
1966
0.0
Pater Brown
as Mister Level
1966
0.0
Die Katze im Sack
as Blend
1965
0.0
🎬
Zweierlei Maß
as Lucio
1964
9.0
Stunden der Angst
as Hank Griffin
1964
10.0
🎬
Die Reise um die Erde
as Fix
1964
6.0
🎬
Zwei Herren aus Verona
as Turio
1964
8.0
The Waltz King
as Stieglitz
1964
0.0
🎬
Einer wird gewinnen
as Self
1964
7.0
Piccadilly Zero Hour 12
as Lee Costello
1963
6.9
The Pirates of the Mississippi
as Doc Monrove
1963
6.6
🎬
Talente und Verehrer
as Bakin
1963
0.0
🎬
Bartleby
as Duncan
1963
0.0
Das Kriminalmuseum
as Kornatzky
1963
8.5
🎬
Schwiegerväter
as Philippe, Diener des Hauptmanns
1963
0.0
Verrückt und zugenäht
as Kralle Kaktus
1962
0.0
🎬
Wenn beide schuldig werden
as Ulbach, Landtagsabgeordneter
1962
0.0
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
as Osrick
1961
2.5
🎬
Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour
as Moritz
1961
0.0
One, Two, Three
as Fritz
1961
7.5
🎬
Jack Mortimer
1961
0.0
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
as Santamaria
1961
5.0
When Worlds Collide
as Ein Staatsanwalt
1961
0.0
Die Sendung der Lysistrata
as Dr. Hellwig
1961
0.0
Agatha, let the murdering be!
as Thomas Lorenzen
1960
4.2
Die Brücke des Schicksals
1960
10.0
Es ist soweit
as Pelford
1960
0.0
Eine Frau fürs ganze Leben
as Magier
1960
0.0
Conny und Peter machen Musik
as Grossi, Osteria-Wirt
1960
6.3
Der Schleier fiel…
as Populescu
1960
0.0
🎬
Orientalische Nächte
as Pierre
1960
0.0
Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht
as McGlade
1959
0.0
She Walks by Night
as Zuhälter
1959
4.2
The Man Who Walked Through the Wall
as Herr Hintz - der Dandy
1959
6.9
Ship of the Dead
as belgischer Kripobeamter
1959
6.5
Beautiful Adventure
as Fortuné Tallon
1959
7.0
🎬
Kasimir und Karoline
as Arzt
1959
0.0
Melody and Rhythms
as Herr Mattusch
1959
4.8
🎬
Der Winterschläfer
as Kabinetts-Chef
1959
0.0
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer
as Nick Knatterton
1959
6.8
🎬
Ein gewisser Judas
as Der Polizist
1958
0.0
A Song Goes Round the World
as Pianist Schlange
1958
0.0
Aren't We Wonderful
as Obmann Wehackel
1958
6.5
Resurrection
1958
6.0
Mikosch, der Stolz der Kompanie
as Stabsarzt
1958
0.0
Der Bettelstudent
as Major Wangenheim
1958
7.0
Eva Only Kisses Directors
as Herr Fuchs
1958
0.0
Sharks and Little Fish
as Dr.Timmler
1957
5.0
🎬
Zum blauen Bock
as Self
1957
6.0
🎬
Sensation im Savoy
1950
0.0
Begegnung mit Werther
as Bursche
1949
6.0