---
name: "Hannes Messemer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hannes-messemer"
fi1m_id: "hannes-messemer"
imdb_id: "nm0582019"
tmdb_id: 23696
wikidata_id: "Q73138"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 May 1924"
died: "2 November 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:20:00.418085+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."
---

# Hannes Messemer

## Identity

Hannes Messemer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hannes-messemer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hannes-messemer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0582019
- **TMDB ID:** 23696
- **Wikidata ID:** Q73138
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Messemer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582019/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23696

Actor. Born 17 May 1924 in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany. Died 2 November 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 May 1924, Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
- **Died:** 2 November 1991
- **Also known as:** Ханнес Мессемер
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes_Messemer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73138, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582019/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23696

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Great Escape*](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md) (82)

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## Biography

Hannes Messemer was a German actor. Born on 17 May 1924 in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, he began acting after the Second World War without formal training. He joined theatre companies in Tübingen, Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, making his film debut in *Rose Bernd* (1956).

Messemer received a Best Actor award for his role in *The Devil Strikes at Night* (1957). He appeared in *General Della Rovere* (1959) as S.S. Colonel Mueller and played General Jodl in *Is Paris Burning?* (1966). He is best known internationally for portraying the camp commandant Von Luger in *The Great Escape* (1963). Other film credits include *The Odessa File* (1974) as General Glücks.

He worked extensively in German television, with roles in series such as *Derrick* (1974). Messemer died on 2 November 1991 in Aachen.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Great Escape* (1963), Fi1m 82, as Von Luger 'The Kommandant' — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md)

## Complete filmography (92)

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

- *Langusten* (1989), as Ernst
- *Paulchen* (1985), as Patient
- *Das zerbrochene Haus* (1985), Actor
- *Gespenstergeschichten* (1985), series, as Schloßherr
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Lersch
- *Die Dame und die Unterwelt* (1984), as Pfarrer
- *August der Starke* (1984), Actor
- *Diese Drombuschs* (1983), series, as Herr Diehl
- *Konsul Möllers Erben* (1983), series, as Konsul Vollquardsen
- *Die Geschwister Oppermann* (1983), series, as Gutwetter
- *The Oppermanns* (1983), as Gutwetter
- *Frau Jenny Treibel* (1982), as Leutnant a.D. Vogelsang
- *Der kleine Bruder* (1982), as Reini
- *Fleeting Acquaintances* (1982), as Paul
- *Collin* (1981), series, as Havelke
- *Die Hinrichtung* (1981), Actor
- *Kennwort Schmetterling* (1981), as Bouwmeester
- *Die Ursache* (1980), Actor
- *Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen* (1980), as Herr Schirmer
- *Die Paulskirche* (1980), Actor
- *Union der festen Hand* (1979), as von Zander
- *Ein Hut von ganz spezieller Art* (1978), as Herr Wühlisch
- *SOKO München* (1978), series, as Cornelsen
- *The Devils* (1977), series, as Professor Stepan Trofimowitsch Werchowenskij
- *Polizeiinspektion 1* (1977), series, as Bettler
- *Onkel Silas* (1977), as Onkel Silas
- *Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht* (1977), as Divisionsgeneral Galliéni
- *Die Fastnachtsbeichte* (1976), as Panezza
- *Das Fräulein von Scuderi* (1976), as René Cardillac
- *Oblomows Liebe* (1976), as Erzähler
- *Der tödliche Schlag* (1975), as Odysseus
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Ulrich Hauff, Egon Peiss, Herr Obermann
- *The Odessa File* (1974), as General Glücks
- *Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen* (1974), as Jean-Pierre Pinaud
- *Sergeant Berry* (1974), series, as Commissioner Deeds
- *Ein Fall für Goron* (1973), as Goron
- *Alle lieben Célimare* (1973), as Vernouillet
- *Der 21. Juli* (1972), as Goerdeler
- *Sonderdezernat K1* (1972), series, as Herr Wehrmeister, Karl Heidenreich
- *Aus Mangel an Beweisen* (1971), as Roberto Galimberti
- *Mit sich allein* (1970), as Keith Bailey
- *Die Verschwörung* (1969), as Cäsar
- *Bericht einer Offensive* (1969), as Colonel Henriot
- *Das Trauerspiel von Julius Caesar* (1969), as Brutus
- *König Richard II* (1968), as König Richard II.
- *Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki* (1967), as Salazar
- *Bericht eines Feiglings* (1967), as Pavel Karpisiak
- *Is Paris Burning?* (1966), as General Jodl
- *Flieger Ross* (1966), as Allenby
- *The Defector* (1966), as Dr. Saltzer
- *Once a Greek* (1966), as Fahrcks
- *Alle mal herhören, auch die, die schwerhören..!* (1966), as Premierminister
- *Congress of Love* (1966), as Fürst Metternich
- *Die Räuber* (1966), as Franz
- *Rollenbilder im Wandel der Jahrhunderte* (1966), series, as Franz Moor
- *Jörg Preda berichtet* (1966), series, as Sir Richard Blake
- *Plädoyer für einen Rebellen* (1965), as Keller
- *Ninotschka* (1965), as Krasnow
- *Der arme Mann Luther* (1965), as Mönch
- *Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua* (1964), as Fiesko - Graf von Lavagna
- *Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt* (1964), as Ulysses
- *Bericht von den Inseln* (1964), as José
- *Mission to Venice* (1964), as Carl Natzka
- *Interpol* (1963), series, as Baron von Falkenhausen, Attaché
- *The Great Escape* (1963), as Von Luger 'The Kommandant' — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-escape.md)
- *Reporter* (1963), as Hildy Johnson
- *Die fünfte Kolonne* (1963), series, as Dr. Gregor
- *Amphitryon 38* (1963), as Amphitryon
- *Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker* (1963), as Andreas Kartak
- *Liebe im September* (1962), as Graham Colby
- *Er ging an meiner Seite* (1961), as Coney
- *Der Transport* (1961), as Leutnant Bleck
- *Auf Engel schießt man nicht* (1960), as Suarez
- *Die Brücke des Schicksals* (1960), as Klaus Urban
- *Die rote Hand* (1960), as Mahora Khan
- *Escape by Night* (1960), as Baron Von Kliest
- *Schatten der Helden* (1960), as János Kádár
- *Lampenfieber* (1960), as Hannes Messemer
- *The High Life* (1960), as Ernst Moos
- *Ein Tag, der nie zu Ende geht* (1959), as Bill Robson
- *General Della Rovere* (1959), as S.S. Colonel Mueller
- *Babette Goes to War* (1959), as General von Arenberg
- *People in the Net* (1959), as Braun
- *Twelve Hours by the Clock* (1959), as Serge
- *Taiga* (1958), as Roeder
- *The Doctor of Stalingrad* (1958), as Oberleutnant Pjotr Markow
- *Escape from Sahara* (1958), as Robert Altmann
- *The Glass Tower* (1957), as Dr. Krell
- *The Devil Strikes at Night* (1957), as SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
- *Die Kraft und die Herrlichkeit* (1957), as Leutnant
- *The Sins of Rose Bernd* (1957), as August Keil
- *Herzlich willkommen?* (1956), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-80a9ca05202c.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Der_marquis_von_Keith%2C_texte_de_Frank_Wedekind_-_btv1b8419976c_%2801_of_23%29.jpg/1280px-Der_marquis_von_Keith%2C_texte_de_Frank_Wedekind_-_btv1b8419976c_%2801_of_23%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-65537b5c64ce.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Der_marquis_von_Keith%2C_texte_de_Frank_Wedekind_-_btv1b8419976c_%2822_of_23%29.jpg/1280px-Der_marquis_von_Keith%2C_texte_de_Frank_Wedekind_-_btv1b8419976c_%2822_of_23%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-37832c8311fb.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Der_marquis_von_Keith%2C_texte_de_Frank_Wedekind_-_btv1b8419976c_%2823_of_23%29.jpg/1280px-Der_marquis_von_Keith%2C_texte_de_Frank_Wedekind_-_btv1b8419976c_%2823_of_23%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-bdfc2c9f944b.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Die_Dreigroschen_Oper%2C_texte_de_Bertolt_Brecht_-_btv1b84199786_%2801_of_24%29.jpg/1280px-Die_Dreigroschen_Oper%2C_texte_de_Bertolt_Brecht_-_btv1b84199786_%2801_of_24%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hannes Messemer](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-fc7139dc5c54.jpg) Hannes Messemer — Image via TMDB
- ![Hannes Messemer](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-57f6cf4e544f.jpg) Hannes Messemer — Image via TMDB
- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-4fe02c91a568.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Die_Dreigroschen_Oper%2C_texte_de_Bertolt_Brecht_-_btv1b84199786_%2802_of_24%29.jpg/1280px-Die_Dreigroschen_Oper%2C_texte_de_Bertolt_Brecht_-_btv1b84199786_%2802_of_24%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/103641/gallery-48e3d07d4f90.jpg) Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : PhoSpec1 Langue : sans contenu linguistique Éditeur : Roger Pic (Paris) (1957) — Pic, Roger (1920-2001). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Die_Dreigroschen_Oper%2C_texte_de_Bertolt_Brecht_-_btv1b84199786_%2804_of_24%29.jpg/1280px-Die_Dreigroschen_Oper%2C_texte_de_Bertolt_Brecht_-_btv1b84199786_%2804_of_24%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Grimme-Preis 1970: Grimme-Preis (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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