---
name: "Werner Bruhns"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/werner-bruhns"
fi1m_id: "werner-bruhns"
imdb_id: "nm0115834"
tmdb_id: 27597
wikidata_id: "Q2560912"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 October 1928"
died: "16 October 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:11:31.183962+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."
---

# Werner Bruhns

## Identity

Werner Bruhns

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/werner-bruhns
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** werner-bruhns
- **IMDb ID:** nm0115834
- **TMDB ID:** 27597
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2560912
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2560912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27597

Actor. Born 10 October 1928 in Hamburg, Germany. Died 16 October 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 October 1928, Hamburg, Germany
- **Died:** 16 October 1977
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2560912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0115834/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27597

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*1900*](https://film.one/film/1900.md) (70)

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## Biography

Werner Bruhns (1928–1977) was a German actor and voice actor. Born in Hamburg, he attended the Christianeum in Hamburg-Altona and received acting training from Helmuth Gmelin between 1946 and 1948. He made his stage debut in 1946 at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

Bruhns appeared in numerous German television productions, including episodes of *Tatort* and *Derrick*, and had roles in films such as *Der Stern von Afrika* (1957), *Wenn süß das Mondlicht auf den Hügeln schläft* (1969), *The Odessa File* (1974) as Hoffmann, and Bernardo Bertolucci’s *1900* (1976) as Ottavio Berlinghieri. He also worked extensively in dubbing. He was married to journalist Wibke Bruhns.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *1900* (1976), Fi1m 70, as Ottavio Berlinghieri — [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Flucht* (1977), as Henner
- *1900* (1976), as Ottavio Berlinghieri — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/1900.md)
- *Meine beste Freundin* (1976), as Preston Drake
- *Derrick* (1974), series, as Herr Habinger
- *The Odessa File* (1974), as Hoffmann
- *Plus minus null* (1974), as Vance
- *The Devil's Female* (1974), as Professor Falk
- *Tod eines Mannequins* (1974), as Stefan Prager
- *Okay S.I.R.* (1973), series, as Mario Tirelli
- *Geliebter Mörder* (1972), as Lee Warren
- *Ein Toter stoppt den 8 Uhr 10* (1972), as Eberhard Morrisey
- *Eine konsequente Frau* (1971), as John Middleton
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Mezger, Harald Oppermann, Horst Lippens, Pallmert
- *11 Uhr 20* (1970), series, as Minotti
- *The Priest of St. Pauli* (1970), as Hauptkommissar Bossum
- *Nachrichten aus der Provinz* (1969), Actor
- *When Sweet Moonlight Is Sleeping in the Hills* (1969), as Jocelyn Pentecost
- *The Commissioner* (1969), series, as Höfer, Richard Kapp
- *Die Rivalin* (1968), as Frédéric de Rubeck
- *Kampf um Kautschuk* (1967), as Gerard Lemaire
- *Das Arrangement* (1967), as Kommissar
- *Polizeifunk ruft* (1966), series, as Robert Wernicke
- *Der Verrat von Ottawa* (1966), as Igor Guzenko
- *Der Fall Hau* (1966), as Dr. Carl Hau
- *Ein Sommer - ein Herbst* (1964), as Riabowski
- *Ich fahre Patschold* (1964), as Günther Wirsing
- *Das Glück läuft hinterher* (1963), as Dieter Vorbauer
- *Das kleine Hofkonzert* (1963), as Walter von Arnegg
- *Hafenpolizei* (1963), series, as Lars
- *Das Kriminalmuseum* (1963), series, as Wilm Flaaten, Kriminaloberinspektor Stollberg
- *Golden Boy* (1962), as Frank Bonaparte
- *Ein Augenzeuge* (1961), as Fred Collins
- *Kreuze am Horizont* (1960), as Petar
- *Der Traum des Mr. Borton* (1960), as Bob Selder
- *Die Caine war ihr Schicksal* (1959), as Lt. Stephen Maryk
- *Der Mustergatte* (1958), as Jack Wheeler
- *Stahlnetz* (1958), series, as Herr Teichert
- *The Star of Africa* (1957), as Werner Heydenreich

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