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name: "Christoph Bantzer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christoph-bantzer"
fi1m_id: "christoph-bantzer"
imdb_id: "nm0052563"
tmdb_id: 551783
wikidata_id: "Q97745"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 January 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:16:19.838227+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."
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# Christoph Bantzer

## Identity

Christoph Bantzer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christoph-bantzer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christoph-bantzer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0052563
- **TMDB ID:** 551783
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97745
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Bantzer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97745, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/551783

Actor. Born 4 January 1936 in Marburg, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 January 1936, Marburg, Germany
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Bantzer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97745, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/551783

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Funny Games*](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md) (74)

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## Biography

Christoph Bantzer is a German actor. He was born on 4 January 1936 in Marburg and trained at the Max-Reinhardt-Schule in Berlin.

His career has centred on theatre, with long associations including the Schiller Theater in Berlin, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and, since 1985, the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. He has also appeared in numerous television productions, including episodes of *Tatort* and *Derrick*, and the miniseries *Mozart* (1982), in which he played the title role.

On film, Bantzer is known for his role as Fred in Michael Haneke's *Funny Games* (1997) and as Vater Lara in *4 Kings* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Funny Games* (1997), Fi1m 74, as Fred — [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *4 Kings* (2015), as Vater Lara
- *Reported Missing* (2012), as Lothars Vater
- *Die Räuber* (2009), Actor
- *I'm The Father* (2002), as Jakob Ellermann
- *Jud Süß – Ein Film als Verbrechen?* (2001), as Verteidger Zippel
- *The Peppercorns* (1999), series, as Carl Lieven
- *Der letzte Zeuge* (1998), series, as Ernst Meiborg
- *Funny Games* (1997), as Fred — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)
- *Bella Block* (1993), series, as Dr.Hauser
- *Hamburger Gift* (1992), as Personalchef
- *Heimatgeschichten* (1992), series, as Johann
- *Einer zahlt immer* (1992), as Schatz
- *Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution* (1990), as Egon Krenz
- *Julius Caesar* (1988), as Brutus
- *Anwalt Abel* (1988), series, as Nico
- *Music Hall* (1986), as Edouard Bronnen
- *Blaubart* (1984), Actor
- *Mozart* (1982), series, as Mozart
- *Amphitryon* (1982), as Jupiter
- *Der Richter* (1981), as Wolfram
- *Heinrich Heine* (1978), as Heinrich Heine
- *The Devils* (1977), series, as Nicolai W. Stawrogin
- *The Old Fox* (1977), series, as Thomas Mertz
- *Pariser Geschichten* (1976), series, Actor
- *Die Jungfrau von Orleans* (1974), as König Karl VII. von Frankreich
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Egon Scholz, Dr. Kabusch, Dr. Tussner, Walter Kamrau
- *Der Pfandleiher* (1971), as Joe Mandelbaum
- *Dreht euch nicht um – der Golem geht rum* (1971), series, as Jerico
- *Die Frau in Weiß* (1971), series, as Walter Hartright
- *Die Münchner Räterepublik* (1971), as Ernst Toller
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Peter Schatz, Priebek, Oberstaatsanwalt Mertens
- *Ende der Vorstellung 24 Uhr* (1970), as Bakke
- *We Two* (1970), as Andreas
- *Rivalen* (1969), as Charles Faulkland
- *Der Lauf des Bösen* (1969), as Ferdinand
- *Elfer Gespräche* (1969), Actor
- *Asche des Sieges* (1969), as Leutnant Robias
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1969), as Tom Wingfield
- *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Franz Berneis, Jochen Roth
- *Wind in den Zweigen des Sassafras* (1968), as Tom
- *Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden* (1968), as Biff
- *Schmutzige Hände* (1968), as Hugo
- *Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen* (1967), as Lord Arthur Savile
- *Wo wir fröhlich gewesen sind* (1966), as Edward Sterne
- *Die schwarze Hand* (1966), as Prinzregent Alexander
- *Irrungen - Wirrungen* (1966), as Botho von Rienäcker
- *Trauer muß Elektra tragen* (1966), as Orin
- *A Winter's Tale* (1965), as Floritzel
- *Der Drache* (1965), as Lanzelot
- *Tartuffe* (1964), as Valère
- *Caesar and Cleopatra* (1964), as Apollodorus
- *Der Arzt am Scheideweg* (1963), as Louis Dubedat
- *Stalingrad* (1963), as Soldat Gimpf
- *Theorie und Praxis* (1962), as Mike Stewart
- *Schau heimwärts, Engel* (1961), as Eugene Gant

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