---
name: "Wolf Kahler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wolf-kahler"
fi1m_id: "wolf-kahler"
imdb_id: "nm0434759"
tmdb_id: 659
wikidata_id: "Q67469"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 April 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T12:12:49.430286+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."
---

# Wolf Kahler

## Identity

Wolf Kahler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wolf-kahler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wolf-kahler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0434759
- **TMDB ID:** 659
- **Wikidata ID:** Q67469
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Kahler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/659

Actor. Born 3 April 1940 in Kiel, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 April 1940, Kiel, Germany
- **Active:** 1975–2011
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 7 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 75 (2), 1980s 70 (2), 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 48 (1), 2010s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 62 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Drama 3, Romance 3, Adventure 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,159m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Kahler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67469, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/659

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Raiders of the Lost Ark*](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md) (93)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Wolf Kahler is a German character actor born on 3 April 1940 in Kiel. He has worked in stage, film, television and voice acting, appearing in many English-language American and British productions since 1975.

Kahler played the Prince of Tübingen in Stanley Kubrick's *Barry Lyndon* (1975) and Kaiser Wilhelm II in *The Riddle of the Sands* (1979). He is known for the role of Colonel Hermann Dietrich in *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), a Wehrmacht general in the miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001), and Dr Hoffmanstahl in *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011). Other credits include *The Boys from Brazil* (1978), *Firefox* (1982), *The Remains of the Day* (1993), *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004) and *Wonder Woman* (2017).

He has also provided voices for video games, including Kaiser Vlad in *Battalion Wars*.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

### Performed in (7) — the average rests on these

- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Fi1m 58, as Doctor Hoffmanstahl — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Fi1m 48, as Commentator — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md)
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), Fi1m 88, as German ambassador — [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *Shining Through* (1992), Fi1m 47, as Border Commandant — [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Firefox* (1982), Fi1m 47, as KGB Chairman Andropov — [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Fi1m 93, as Colonel Dietrich — [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, as Prince of Tübingen — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), Fi1m 65, as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-eagle-has-landed.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

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

- *Whispers of Freedom* (2024), as Bruno Kabát
- *The Great Escaper* (2023), as Heinrich
- *Cognition* (2020), as Doctor Zoger
- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, as Hans Weber
- *Damascus Cover* (2017), as Colonel Ludwig Streicher
- *Wonder Woman* (2017), as German Commander
- *Cold Warrior* (2012), as Bochinsky
- *Cockneys vs Zombies* (2012), as Nazi Officer
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), as Doctor Hoffmanstahl — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Shanghai* (2010), as German Consul
- *Haber* (2008), as Ludendorff
- *Inspector George Gently* (2008), series, as Gunter Schmeikel
- *The Somme: From Defeat to Victory* (2006), as General von Plessen
- *Einstein's Big Idea* (2005), as Horlein
- *The Girl in the Café* (2005), as Herr Gerhardt
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), as Commentator — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-jones-the-edge-of-reason.md)
- *The Lost Battalion* (2001), as Major General (Generalmajor) Freidrich Wilhelm Von Sybel
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as German General — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), as German 2nd
- *Perfect World* (2000), series, as Senior Group Head
- *Britannic* (2000), as Submarine Captain
- *Doomwatch: Winter Angel* (1999), as Director of Ortogene
- *Firelight* (1998), as Sussman
- *Loch Ness* (1996), as Dr Muller
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Dieter Klausen
- *Backbeat* (1994), as Bert Kaempfert
- *The Remains of the Day* (1993), as German ambassador — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-remains-of-the-day.md)
- *The Countess Alice* (1993), as Werner
- *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, as German 2nd
- *Shining Through* (1992), as Border Commandant — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/shining-through.md)
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Doctor Heller
- *The Man Who Lived at the Ritz* (1988), as Kropp
- *War and Remembrance* (1988), series, as Anton Burger
- *The Bourne Identity* (1988), series, as Gold Glasses
- *The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission* (1987), as Col. Krieger
- *Make and Break* (1987), as Doctor
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Alexander Chernov — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Mussolini: The Untold Story* (1985), series, as Skorzeny
- *A Zed & Two Noughts* (1985), as Felipe Arc-en-Ciel
- *Florence Nightingale* (1985), as Gunther
- *The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission* (1985), as Gen. Sepp Dietrich
- *Unfair Exchanges* (1985), as German Interviewer
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as German Interviewer
- *Mistral's Daughter* (1984), series, as Major Schmidt
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as King of Bohemia
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1984), series, as King of Bohemia
- *The Odd Job Man* (1984), series, as Tauber
- *The Keep* (1983), as S.S. Adjutant
- *Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime* (1983), series, as The German
- *The Secret Adversary* (1983), as The German
- *Ascendancy* (1983), as Muller
- *Remembrance* (1982), as Dutch Matelot
- *Firefox* (1982), as KGB Chairman Andropov — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/firefox.md)
- *Q.E.D.* (1982), series, as Technician
- *Priest of Love* (1981), as German Officer
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), as Colonel Dietrich — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *The Sea Wolves* (1980), as Trompeta
- *Rough Cut* (1980), as De Gooyer
- *At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)* (1980), as Wolfgang Leonhard
- *The Riddle of the Sands* (1979), as Kaiser Wilhelm II
- *The House on Garibaldi Street* (1979), as Real Estate Agent
- *The Lady Vanishes* (1979), as Helmut
- *The Boys from Brazil* (1978), as Arno Schwimmer
- *Hess* (1978), Actor
- *The Sandbaggers* (1978), series, as Lincke
- *Force 10 from Navarone* (1978), as German Soldier
- *BBC2 Play of the Week* (1977), series, as SS Sgt. Major
- *March or Die* (1977), as First German
- *The Eagle Has Landed* (1976), as Hauptsturmführer Fleischer (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-eagle-has-landed.md)
- *Arnhem: The Story of an Escape* (1976), as Ss Sergeant Major
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), as Prince of Tübingen — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)

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