Luxembourgish film actors

• The police drama and a sort of comedy about crooks that makes fun of itself and especially of Luxembourg: "Troublemaker" (1988; Andy Bausch)
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", a German road movie featuring Thill Schweiger, in which two terminally ill people escape from hospital, steal a car and rush to the sea... (1997; Thomas Jan)
• "Eine andere Liga", a tragic comedy about a young woman who, following a serious illness, struggles to find her way back into life by playing football (2005; Buket Alakuş)
• "La Revanche" is a humanistic tale on Luxembourgish unemployed people in business suits who create an international football club that starts to win all its games (2004; Andy Bausch)

• "Bad Banks", a German-Luxembourgish TV series where she plays the role of Christelle Leblanc, an ice-cold woman of power in the world of finance (2 seasons since 2018; Letterbox Filmproduktion and Iris Productions)
• "Der Irland-Krimi", in which Cathrin Blake (Désirée Nosbusch), a police psychologist of German origin, lost her bearings after her husband disappeared and became an alcoholic. She lives with her son, who has become a policeman like his father. After overcoming her addiction, she returns to her job, but no longer with the police. (since 2023; Sabina Arnold)
• "Good Morning, Babylon", a drama film about Nicola and Andrea, who emigrate to America to rebuild their fortunes after the bankruptcy of their father's masonry company and soon found themselves in Hollywood... (1987; Paolo and Vittorio Taviani)
• "Die Jahrhundertlawine", a disaster film about a tragic accident that causes the break-up of Anne and Marc's love affair (2008; Jörg Lühdorff)
• "Eine Liebe in Saigon", a two-part TV drama about a married doctor who falls in love with a mine-finder in Vietnam (2006; Uwe Janson)

Here are some other productions he is known for:

• "The Monuments Men", a war film in which an improbable military section of World War II is tasked with rescuing art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners (2014; George Clooney)
• "Babylon Berlin", a German neo-noir TV series based on the novels of German author Volker Kutscher. It tells the story of superintendent Gereon Rath from Cologne who moved to Berlin, the epicentre of political and social change in the 1920's (4 seasons since 2017; Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries et Hendrik Handloegten)
• "De Butteck", an improvisation film with Luxembourgish actors(2019; Luc Feit)
• "Murer, Anatomie eines Prozesses" is a courtroom drama and an Austrian-Luxembourgish coproduction on the trial of the prestigious politician and major farmer Franz Murer, head of the Vilnius ghetto as an SS leader and civil servant of the Nazi party from 1941 to 1943 (2018; Christian Frosch)
• "Der Passfälscher", Berlin 1942. The young Jewish man Cioma Schönhaus helps many people to escape thanks to his talent for perfectly forged passports, but he is increasingly putting himself in danger. (2022; Alexander Fritzemeyer and Martin Kosok)

Here are his most famous films:

• "Das Experiment", a German psychological thriller based on the novel "Das Experiment Black Box" by Mario Giordano: for two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison (2001; Oliver Hirschbiegel)
• "Polizeiruf 110", a German detective series (1971; ARD – Das Erste (Deutsche Fernsehen))
• "Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank", a German drama film that tells the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family in Amsterdam and became a victim of the Holocaust (2016; Hans Steinbichler)
• "Rusty Boys", a comedy about four elderly men planning their future without a nursing home (2017; Andy Bausch)
• "Der Passfälscher", a drama set during the Second World War in Berlin in 1942. (2022; Alexander Fritzemeyer and Martin Kosok)

Here are some of the films where you can discover his talent:

• "The Musketeer", an American action-adventure film featuring Catherine Deneuve, based on Alexandre Dumas' classic novel "The Three Musketeers" (2001; Peter Hyans)
• "Le Tout Nouveau Testament", a Belgian, Luxembourgish and French co-production featuring Benoît Poelvoorde, François Damiens and Catherine Deneuve, about God and his daughter who wants to write a brand new testament (2015; Jaco Van Dormael)
• "Die dunkle Seite des Mondes"is a film about a murder, an adaptation of Martin Suter's best-selling novel (of the same title), with Moritz Bleibtreu and Nora von Waldstätten (2016; Stephan Rick) ​
• "Gutland" is a Luxembourgish, German and Belgian drama featuring Fredrick Lau and Vicky Krieps. It is about a German thief who flees to a small Luxembourgish village only to find out that the inhabitants have their own share of secrets (2017 ;Govinda van Maele)
• "Little Duke" tells the story of two friends, an inheritance and a difficult but wise journey into the world of the rich and powerful. (2023; Andy Bausch)

• "The Girl in the Spider's Web" is an action thriller featuring Claire Foy as the main lead playing the role of a young computer hacker who finds herself being caught - with a journalist - in a network of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt officials (2018 ; Fede Álvarez)
• "Das Boot", is a German TV series that is a sequel to a feature film of the same name by Wolfgang Petersen, in which an inexperienced U-boot crew must survive a secret mission during World War II (2018; Johannes W. Betz et Tony Saint)
• "Elly Beinhorn - Alleinflug" is a German film that tells the story of Elly Beinhorn, the first German female aviator to fly around the world in an aircraft, which made her a national hero in the 1930s (2014; Christine Hartmann)
• "Corsage", in which Elisabeth, Empress of Austria celebrating her 40th birthday, travels to England and Hungary to reunite with her youth, visit former lovers and political allies and protect her heritage. (2022; Marie Kreutzer)
• "Serre-moi fort", a family drama in which Clarisse leaves the marital home, leaving her husband Marc to bring up their two children alone. (2021; Mathieu Amalric)

Up until now, Tommy Schlesser has mainly made himself a name in Luxembourg and Germany. Here are some of the most famous roles he played:

• "Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten", a long-term German TV series (since 1992; RTL Deutschland)
• "Superjhemp retörns", a Luxembourgish feature film about a national superhero based on the Luxembourgish comics "Superjhemp" by Roger Leiner and Lucien Czuga (2018; Félix Koch)
• "Rosamunde Pilcher: Die Braut meines Bruders", a romantic film about a young couple that opens a snack-bar and sandwich delivery business in London, by investing their small inheritance. When she gets pregnant out of the blue, he disappears after emptying their bank account (2019; ZDF – Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen)
• "Inga Lindström: Liebe verjährt nicht", dramatic romance: Maren wants to open a surfing school in Brittany. Before she does, she attends her parents' silver wedding anniversary, not knowing what awaits her there... (2020; ZDF)
• "Läif a Séil", the first Luxembourg western set in 1838, tells the story of a young girl who, as an adult, seeks revenge on her tormentors (2023; Loïc Tanson).

In the "Club des chômeurs" (2001; Andy Bausch), Myriam Muller has one of the lead roles: an employee of the employment agency in charge of Geronimo's file (main character) who falls in love with him. She also appeared in the Luxembourgish productions "Doudege Wénkel" (2012; Christophe Wagner) a detective film in which inspector Hastert deals with his last case before retiring - the investigation into the death of a police colleague, "Mammejong" (2015; Jacques Molitor) where a man-child must break unhealthy ties with his mother in order to win over the heart of a young woman, "Rusty Boys" (2017; Andy Bausch) and "Kommunioun" (2023; Jacques Molitor), the story of Martin, a boy like no other..

Today, she is especially known for her work as a stage director and as Art Director of the Théâtre du Centaure. 

Other must watch films and series featuring Jules Werner:

• "Eng nei Zäit" (A New Era) (2015 ; Christophe Wagner), a post-war drama where everyone works towards rebuilding their life in a country torn by four years of war
• "Péitruss" (2019; Max Jacoby), a detective thriller about Lara, who begins a passionate new relationship with the beautiful and mysterious Joakim, who will soon be accused of committing a series of unsolved murders in the Péitruss Valley in Luxembourg
• "Capitani", (2019; Christophe Wagner) TV series about a mysterious crime: who killed Jenny Engel?
• "Kommunioun" (2023; Jacques Molitor)
• "Läif a Séil" (2023; Loïc Tanson)

• "Rusty Boys", (2017; Andy Bausch)
• "D'Symmetrie vum Päiperléck", (2012; Paul Scheuer et Maisy Hausemer) a romantic comedy related to chess
• "Déi zwéi vum Bierg", (1985; Menn Bodson, Gast Rollinger and Marc Olinger) a film about World War II and the situation in a small village in the north of the country
• "Succès Fox" (2014; Désirée Nosbusch), a documentary and journey through the life and career of Fernand Fox

Fernand Fox died in September 2024 at the age of 90.