---
name: "Willi Burger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/willi-burger"
fi1m_id: "willi-burger"
tmdb_id: 1385001
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:09:25.727231+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."
---

# Willi Burger

## Identity

Willi Burger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/willi-burger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** willi-burger
- **TMDB ID:** 1385001
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1385001

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1385001

## Biography

Willi Burger was a German actor and blacksmith from Nannhausen in the Hunsrück region. He appeared as Mathias Simon in the 1984 television series *Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany*, directed by Edgar Reitz.

A local amateur performer, Burger initially declined speaking scenes in the production. He died of cancer in December 1981 during filming of episode six.

*Sources: imdb.com, heimat123.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heimat* (1984), Fi1m 91, as Mathias Simon — [page](https://film.one/tv/heimat.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Heimat* (1984), series, as Mathias Simon — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/heimat.md)

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