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name: "Klaus Wennemann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/klaus-wennemann"
fi1m_id: "klaus-wennemann"
imdb_id: "nm0921044"
tmdb_id: 5229
wikidata_id: "Q73899"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 December 1940"
died: "7 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T10:49:11.096466+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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# Klaus Wennemann

## Identity

Klaus Wennemann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/klaus-wennemann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** klaus-wennemann
- **IMDb ID:** nm0921044
- **TMDB ID:** 5229
- **Wikidata ID:** Q73899
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Wennemann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921044/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5229

Actor. Born 18 December 1940 in Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany. Died 7 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 December 1940, Bad Aibling, Bavière, Germany
- **Died:** 7 January 2000
- **Active:** 1981–1985
- **Frequently works with:** [Dean Riesner](https://film.one/person/dean-riesner.md), [Herbert Grönemeyer](https://film.one/person/herbert-gronemeyer.md), [Hubertus Bengsch](https://film.one/person/hubertus-bengsch.md), [Jürgen Prochnow](https://film.one/person/jurgen-prochnow.md), [Martin Semmelrogge](https://film.one/person/martin-semmelrogge.md), [Wolfgang Petersen](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-petersen.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Wennemann, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73899, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921044/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5229

## Fi1m on Klaus Wennemann

> Klaus Wennemann’s weary chief engineer helps make the crew of *Das Boot* believable as men at work. We value that grounded acting, while recognising that the film gives some of those men too little individual character.

In *Das Boot* (1981), Klaus Wennemann’s chief engineer has the submarine’s technical operations to oversee, and he carries the weariness of the job into the part. He is reserved and convincing, an actor who helps us accept that these men know how to work together. We were gripped by the crew’s predicament because that sense of shared work made them worth worrying about. Wennemann contributes to it without needing the prominence that Jürgen Prochnow has as the captain.

That credibility does not remove our reservation about Wolfgang Petersen’s film: the men are unevenly developed. Wennemann and Herbert Grönemeyer’s Werner belong to a convincing working group, but several individuals remain easier to identify by their duties than by their personalities. Prochnow supplies much of the dramatic weight, and he cannot give everyone else an inner life. A little more distinction among the crew would have made the anxiety more personal.

The engineer was his film breakthrough, but television subsequently gave him a sustained leading role. In *Der Fahnder* (1984–1993), he played the unconventional detective Faber for more than 90 episodes, becoming widely recognised in Germany. The move from a submarine crew to the centre of a crime series is the important change in how audiences encountered him. His film work also includes Heinz in *Abwärts* (1984), a lift thriller alongside Götz George.

We would start with *Das Boot*, where our recommendation is firm despite the uneven characterisation. There is no need to promote Wennemann over Prochnow to make a case for his value. His engineer’s competence helps the submarine feel like a workplace, which is essential if its danger is to mean much. Watch it for the crew as well as the captain, and do not expect to know every man equally well.

## Biography

Klaus Wennemann was a German actor. He was born on 18 December 1940 in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia, and died on 7 January 2000 in Bad Aibling, Bavaria.

He trained at the Folkwang School in Essen and began his career in the theatre, with engagements including the Stadttheater Landshut, the Württemberg State Theatre in Stuttgart and the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt. He later worked freelance from 1980.

Wennemann is best known for his role as the Chief Engineer in Wolfgang Petersen's *Das Boot* (1981). He also appeared in the television series *Der Fahnder* (1984–1993) as the investigator Faber, and in films including *Abwärts* (1984).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Das Boot* (1985), Fi1m 84, as Leitender Ingenieur — [page](https://film.one/tv/das-boot-1985.md)
- *Das Boot* (1981), Fi1m 89, as Chef Ingenieur — [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Morgen gehört der Himmel dir* (1999), as Oberst Rieger
- *Siska* (1998), series, as Busse
- *Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt* (1998), series, as Kommissar Schuster
- *Is’ was Trainer?* (1997), series, as Hardy Fuchs
- *Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast* (1997), series, as Horst-Wolfgang König
- *Der Mordsfilm* (1997), series, as Adolf von Meck
- *Helden haben es schwer* (1996), as Jörg Winter
- *Jury Trial* (1995), series, as Staatsanwalt Adelbert von Meck
- *Kissenschlacht* (1995), as Heinz
- *Zwei Brüder* (1994), series, as Hentschel
- *Schwarz greift ein* (1994), series, as Henning Schwarz
- *RTL Samstag Nacht* (1993), series, Actor
- *Vater braucht eine Frau* (1993), series, as Andreas Einstein
- *Happy Holiday* (1993), series, as Helmut
- *Schuld war nur der Bossa Nova* (1992), as Heike's Vater
- *Neuner* (1990), Actor
- *Pyjama für drei* (1989), series, as Manfred
- *The Adventures of Superhero* (1987), as Peter Benjamin
- *Liebling Kreuzberg* (1986), series, as Rechtsanwalt Keller
- *Das Boot* (1985), series, as Leitender Ingenieur — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/das-boot-1985.md)
- *EL SUBMARINO Mini Serie TV* (1985), series, as Ingeniero jefe Fritz Grade
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Hannes Faber
- *Out of Order* (1984), as Heinz
- *Love Is Not an Argument* (1984), Actor
- *Rote Erde* (1983), series, as Betriebsführer
- *Landluft* (1983), series, as Heinz Lippert
- *The Power of Emotion* (1983), as Richter
- *Das Boot* (1981), as Chef Ingenieur — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)
- *Auf Achse* (1980), series, as Hans Korff
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Frieder Schoen
- *Bis ans Ende der Nacht*, as Faber

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