Armin Mueller-Stahl made his screen debut in the 1956 Heimliche Ehen-directed East German comedy film ‘Heimliche Ehen’ where he played the role of ‘Norbert.’ Following his debut, he went on to appear in films like ‘Die Flucht aus der Hölle’ (1960), ‘Star-Crossed Lovers’ (1962), ‘Naked among Wolves’ (1963), and ‘Preludio 11’ (1964). In 1965, he joined the cast of the East German television series ‘Wolf Among Wolves’ where he portrayed ‘Wolfgang Pagel.’ The show was based on Hans Fallada’s 1938 novel of the same name. It was also the first East German television series to be aired in West Germany. He next starred in films like ‘Ein Lord am Alexanderplatz’ (1967), ‘Ways across the Country’ (1968), ‘Tödlicher Irrtum’ (1970), ‘Her Third’ (1972), ‘Die Hosen des Ritters von Bredow’ (1973), and ‘Kit & Co’ (1974). In 1974, he starred as ‘Roman Schtamm’ in the war drama film ‘Jacob the Liar’ directed by Frank Beyer. The film was widely praised by critics and went on to become the only East German film to earn an Academy Award nomination. He continued to star in films such as ‘Die Flucht’ (1977), ‘Lola’ (1981), ‘Veronika Voss’ (1982), ‘Glut’ (1983), ‘A Love in Germany’ (1983), ‘Tausend Augen’ (1984), ‘Colonel Redl’ (1985), ‘The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time’ (1985), ‘Momo’ (1986), ‘Lethal Obsession’ (1987), ‘Killing Blue’ (1988), ‘Spider's Web’ (1989), and ‘Music Box’ (1989).
He portrayed ‘Sam Krichinsky’ in the 1990 American drama film ‘Avalon’ directed by Barry Levinson. The film opened to wide critical acclaim and received 4 Academy Award nominations. Mueller-Stahl was next seen in films like ‘Night on Earth’ (1991), ‘Kafka’ (1991), ‘Utz’ (1992), ‘The Power of One’ (1992), ‘Red Hot’ (1993), ‘The House of the Spirits’ (1993), ‘Taxandria’ (1994), ‘Holy Matrimony’ (1994), ‘A Pyromaniac's Love Story’ (1995), ‘Shine’ (1996), ‘The Ogre’ (1996), and ‘In the Presence of Mine Enemies’ (1997). In 1997, he played the role of ‘Anson Baer’ in the David Fincher-directed American thriller film ‘The Game.’ The film was warmly received by the critics and was an average box office success, grossing over $109.4 million on a budget of $70 million. That same year, he also appeared in the American political action thriller film ‘The Peacemaker’ directed by Mimi Leder. Even though the film opened to a mixed critical response, it enjoyed a decent run at the box office and grossed over $110.4 million on a budget of $50 million.
Mueller-Stahl went on to appear in films like ‘The X-Files’ (1998), ‘The Thirteenth Floor’ (1999), ‘Jakob the Liar’ (1999), ‘Mission to Mars’ (2000), ‘The Long Run’ (2001), ‘The Story of an African Farm’ (2004), ‘Local Color’ (2006), ‘Eastern Promises’ (2007), ‘Buddenbrooks’ (2008), ‘The International’ (2009), ‘Angels & Demons’ (2009), and ‘Attack on Leningrad’ (2009). He was last seen in the 2015 American drama film ‘Knight of Cups’ directed by Terrence Malick. The film received a mixed response from critics.
The Game is a psychological thriller focusing on a lonely investment banker who is gifted a voucher for a unique game by his estranged brother that ends up wreaking havoc in his life. Starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn as the two brothers, this film sees Douglas lose all his money in this game that becomes intrinsically connected to his real life.
Night on Earth is an anthology comedy drama film, which tells us the story of five different cab drivers in five different cities, and the bond they form with their passengers during their journeys on the same eventful night.
Shine is a 1996 biographical drama film, which tells the story of pianist David Helfgott, who has to struggle a lot throughout his childhood due to the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. Due to this, he suffers a mental breakdown years later, but manages to return as a legend.
Anna Khitrova, a British midwife of Russian origin, comes across the diary of Russian teenager Tatiana who died during childbirth, and learns that she was raped, drugged and forced into prostitution by Russian crime-lord Semyon. In her quest to deliver the baby to Tatiana's family, she finds an unlikely ally in Nikolai, Semyon's driver and family "cleaner".
Herr von Bohm is a reputed building commissioner, who falls for a woman named Marie Louise, a single mother, who is the daughter of his landlady. However, he doesn’t know that she is also a singer working at a bordello, and is the mistress of Schuckert, a corrupt builder.
Ann Talbot is a lawyer who needs to defend her father, who has been accused of heinous war crimes during the battle of Budapest. She soon discovers that there is a lot more to the case than it seems.
After migrating to the US during the mid-twentieth century, Sam, a Polish Jewish immigrant, and his family struggle to secure their personal and professional lives. With more and more families moving into the suburbs of the US, they face several issues while trying to adjust to the American culture and lifestyle.
The Power of One is a drama film which tells the story of an English boy named Peekay, living in Africa during the time of the Second World War. He lives in a village where most of the people he cares about are leaving the place or passing away. He befriends an older man and learns boxing from him, and soon he also falls for a girl named Maria.
FBI special agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, are assigned to investigate a bomb in a Dallas Federal building; however, they fail to stop the destruction that kills four people inside. Risking their lives they dig deep, and unearth a faction of powerful people determined to cover up a dangerous conspiracy concerning a devastating alien virus capable of destroying the life on Earth.
Based on a novel of the same name, this drama film is set during the military dictatorship in Chile. It revolves around the life of a young woman named Clara, and her husband Esteban Trueba and his political career.
Kafka is a clerk working for an insurance company, who is drawn into a strange world of mystery and danger when a close friend and colleague disappears all of a sudden. Eventually, this event leads him to discover a mysterious and underground society, having strange objectives.
Based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel ‘Angels & Demons’, the movie sees the return of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. The story follows him to Rome where he uncovers a secret conspiracy to murder the Pope and the truth behind the resurgence of the ancient brotherhood of the Illuminati.
Interpol agent, Louis Salinger, teams up with Assistant District Attorney, Eleanor Whitman, to investigate and stop the International Bank of Business and Credit from funding terrorism, money laundering, etc. This, however, puts their lives at risk from powerful people who will stop at nothing.
Jakob the Liar is a war drama film which tells the story of Jakob, an ordinary man who tries to keep the hopes of the people high during the days of Nazi Germany, when Hitler was in power. Meanwhile, he also tries to hide a young Jewish girl from the authorities.
A US Army Colonel, Thomas Devoe, and Julia Kelly, a nuclear expert, is on a mission to find a set of Russian nuclear weapons which are believed to be stolen by terrorists.
Leningrad is a war drama film which takes us to the time of the Second World War. It tells the story of Kate Davies, a journalist, who is presumed dead after she misses her plane during the Nazi invasion of Soviet city Leningrad. Left alone in the city, she soon teams up with a young and idealistic police officer named Nina Tsvetnova, and fights for their own survival as well as for the people of the city.
The first manned mission to Mars ends in disaster when after landing, Commander Luke Graham, gets sucked into a giant opening with a humanoid face. When the rescue mission Mars II reaches Luke on the red planet, they decide to investigate the opening and discover the origins of humanity.
Rick is a successful screenwriter living in Los Angeles, California, but his life is filled with emptiness. He searches for love and for himself via a series of adventures with six different women.
The first manned mission to Mars ends in disaster when after landing, Commander Luke Graham, gets sucked into a giant opening with a humanoid face. When the rescue mission Mars II reaches Luke on the red planet, they decide to investigate the opening and discover the origins of humanity.
