---
name: "Bernd Lepel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernd-lepel"
fi1m_id: "bernd-lepel"
imdb_id: "nm0503254"
tmdb_id: 8805
wikidata_id: "Q81481074"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T20:25:47.179494+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bernd Lepel

## Identity

Bernd Lepel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernd-lepel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernd-lepel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0503254
- **TMDB ID:** 8805
- **Wikidata ID:** Q81481074
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81481074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503254/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8805

Production designer. Born 1 January 1944 in Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1944, Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
- **Active:** 2004–2008
- **Frequently works with:** [Bernd Eichinger](https://film.one/person/bernd-eichinger.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81481074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503254/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8805

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Downfall*](https://film.one/film/downfall.md) (81)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65)

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## Biography

Bernd Lepel is a German production designer and costume designer. Born in 1944 in Murnau, Bavaria, he studied art and worked initially as a stage designer at the Staatstheater Stuttgart and the opera in Frankfurt.

He began working in film in the late 1970s. His credits include *The Tin Drum* (1979), *Death Watch* (1980), *Rosa Luxemburg* (1986), *Get Real* (1998), *Downfall* (2004), *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), *Pope Joan* (2009), *3096 Days* (2013), *Colonia* (2015) and *Balloon* (2018). He received the Award for Best Production Design at the Venice Film Festival for *Burning Secret* (1988).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *Downfall* (2004), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *How Can I Help* (2026), Production Design
- *Manitou's Canoe* (2025), Production Design
- *A Thousand Lines* (2022), Production Design
- *The Conference* (2022), Production Design
- *Unterleuten: The Torn Village* (2020), series, Production Design
- *Balloon* (2018), Production Design
- *The Same Sky* (2017), series, Production Design
- *Colonia* (2016), Production Design
- *Das Zeugenhaus* (2014), Production Design
- *Buddy* (2013), Production Design
- *3096 Days* (2013), Production Design
- *Bliss* (2012), Production Design
- *Handel: Admeto* (2010), Costume Design
- *Times Change You* (2010), Production Design
- *Pope Joan* (2009), Production Design
- *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Production Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md)
- *The Fisherman and His Wife* (2005), Production Design
- *Downfall* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)
- *Bear's Kiss* (2002), Production Design
- *Vera Brühne* (2001), series, Production Design
- *The Calling* (2000), Production Design
- *Get Real* (1998), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Crimetime* (1996), Production Design
- *Innocent Lies* (1995), Production Design
- *The Cement Garden* (1993), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Rosa Luxemburg* (1986), as Set Decoration
- *Angels of Iron* (1981), as Set Decoration
- *Death Watch* (1980), as Art Direction

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