Personal Info
Birth date
1897-10-01 (127 Years)
Day of death
1977-09-30
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Zürich, Switzerland
Also known as
-Heinrich Gretler
Biography
Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Source: Article "Heinrich Gretler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
7.652
Overview:
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.The Counterfeiters of Paris
6.981
Overview:
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.The Cow and I
6.702
Overview:
In 1942, a French prisonner of war in Germany decide to escape to France using a cow hold by a lunge as a decoy. He cross all Germany in this way.It Happened in Broad Daylight
7.4
Overview:
The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.Heidi
7.1
Overview:
Heidi, a young orphan girl living with her aunt in Frankfurt, is forced to move to the Swiss Alps to live with her ornery grandfather. At first, he resents her presence, but, after a short while, Heidi manages to pierce his gruff exterior, and the two become close. She also befriends a young shepherd named Peter. After three years, Heidi's aunt arrives and demands Heidi's return to Frankfurt.People on Sunday
7.235
Overview:
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.Und ewig knallen die Räuber
2
Overview:
A meek tailor named Nickolaus decides to form a band of robbers to proof his manliness. Unfortunately he soon draws the attention of an actual gang-leader, Der Rote Rollo.Kohlhiesel's Daughters
5.5
Overview:
Landlord Kohlhiesl has two twin daughters that nevertheless couldn't be more different: Liesel is beautiful, feminine, sophisticated, educated and in love with a fellow, Toni, from back home. The other daughter, Susi, is clumsy, masculine, never left home and wants nothing to do with men. Liesel would dearly love to marry Tony, but her father refuses to allow the wedding until her sister Susi has found a husband first...Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
6.1
Overview:
Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful....und nichts als die Wahrheit
5
Overview:
Dr. Stefan Donat, a doctor from Frankfurt, unexpectedly becomes the sole heir to his wife Agnes' estate after she dies of a terminal illness, even though they had been divorced for years. The change in the will in Stefan's favor was made on the day Agnes died in her apartment between 4 and 6 pm. The original heiress, Mingo Fabian, contested the will. She is 23 years old, Agnes' cousin and was also friends with Stefan Donat. She finds this step very difficult, but her lawyer, Dr. Bernburger, persuades her to take it, as he wants to marry her. The body is exhumed and shortly afterwards Dr. Donat is arrested on suspicion of murder...Heidi und Peter
6.8
Overview:
Heidi lives with Alp-Öhi n the Swiss Alps in the summer, where she helps Peter tend the goats. In winter, she stays in the village and attends school. One day, a letter arrives from Heidi's German friend, Klara Sesemann, announcing her visit. Klara indeed appears the next summer along with her grandmother and the prim governess Miss Rottenmeyer. Klara is quickly convinced to stay with Heidi, but Peter becomes resentful that Heidi now spends so little time with him...The Girl and the Legend
5.6
Overview:
London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet
6.1
Overview:
The farmers of a village decide to postpone the construction of a new school in profit of a concentration to cheese production. From a novel by Jeremias Gotthelf.Rosenmontag
NYR
Overview:
The young lieutenant Hans Rudloff is engaged to the daughter of a councilor of commerce. However, he is in love with the flower arranger Anna. In order to marry her, he is even prepared to resign from his post. But gossip and intrigue don't exactly make things easy for the two of them.The Devil Makes Three
6.1
Overview:
Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich.Inquest
NYR
Overview:
When a prostitute is murdered in a cheap Berlin boarding house, an investigating judge suspects that the killer is her boyfriend, unaware that his own son and daughter are also mixed up in the case.The Venus of Tivoli
NYR
Overview:
Unemployed and homeless actors following the dream of finding the future in South America. The manager Osvaldo Curtis tricks the group of colorful and failed artists to apply for a special visa overseas.No Greater Love
5.2
Overview:
Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, The Alfred Nobel Story - No Greater Love chronicles the life of scientist, inventor, and businessman Alfred Nobel. Nobel built a massive fortune throughout his life, and while much if it was amassed by his inventions--dynamite being perhaps the most notable--he was also revered for his discoveries within the fields of science and economics. Upon his death, Nobel decided that his fortune was simply too great to continue in the form of an inheritance or single charitable donation, opting instead to use the money as reward for the greatest contributors to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and, of course, peace.The Fight for the Matterhorn
9
Overview:
Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.Uli der Knecht
5.8
Overview:
The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed Uli Der Knecht from the start so far as American distribution was concerned. It was another matter in Switzerland, where the film was one of the year's top moneymakers. Uli der Knecht was based on a novel by Jeremias Gottbelf.Madness Rules
6
Overview:
If any one man is responsible for the rejuvenation of the postwar Swiss film industry, that man was director Leopold Lindtberg. Matto Regiert (Madness Rules) was co-adapted for the screen by Lindtberg from a novel by Friedrich Glauser. Heinrich Gretler stars as Police Constable Studer, the hero of several of Glauser's most popular works. This time, Studer must solve the murder of the director of an insane asylum -- and it's not (surprise, surprise) the most likely suspect, manic-depressive patient Herbert Caplaun. For box-office purposes, Matto Regiert stresses a romantic subplot involving Caplaun and nurse Irma Wasem.Acting
1970Immer die verflixten Weiber as Heiri Baer
1970Keine Angst Liebling, ich pass schon auf as Hoteldirektor
1969Der Talisman as Spund
1968Kraft des Gesetzes as Ziehler
1967König Ödipus as Hirt
1967Die Mohrin as Köhlervater
1965A Winter's Tale as Alter Schäfer
1965Das Leben des Horace A.W. Tabor - Ein Stück aus den Tagen der letzten Könige as Alcuin
1964Haben as Nachbar David
1963Freddy und das Lied der Südsee as Kapitän Brinkhoff
1963Stadtpark as Wiener
1963The Invisible Terror as Hauptkommissar
1962Kohlhiesel's Daughters as Vater Kohlhiesel
1962Und ewig knallen die Räuber as Pfarrer
1962Wild Waters as Mautner sr.
1962Liebling, ich muß dich erschießen as Der alte Krüty
1962The 42nd Heaven as Trautwein
1962A Roof Over Your Head as Gustav Eidenbenz
1961The Counterfeiters of Paris as Tauchmann
1961Via Mala as Amtmann Bonatsch
1961Die Gejagten as Wachtmeister Müller
1961Anne Bäbi Jowager, Part 2 - Jakobli and Meyeli as Zyberlihoger-Joggi
1960Immer will ich dir gehören as Moosgruber
1960Waldhausstraße 20 as Bischof
1960Anne Bäbi Jowäger I. Part - How Jakobli comes to a woman as Zyberlihoger-Joggi
1960Scheidungsgrund: Liebe as Richter
1960Himmel, Amor und Zwirn as Feller Hansi
1959Old Heidelberg as Gastwirt Rüder
1959The Cow and I as Bockmann
1959The Ideal Woman as Stadtrat Niggelmann
1959Hast noch der Söhne jaa... as Abraham Schlachter
1958The Cheese Factory in the Hamlet as Vater von Felix und Gemeindepräsident
1958Children of the Mountains as Pfarrer Polding
1958Der schwarze Blitz as Chief Strobl
1958...und nichts als die Wahrheit as Haas
1958It Happened in Broad Daylight as Polizeikommandant
1957Der Pfarrer von St. Michael as Bischof
1957Die Heilige und ihr Narr as Professor Guter
1957Der 10. Mai as Wachmeister Grimm
1957Der König der Bernina as Landrat Zinner
1957Der Jungfrauenkrieg as Kaslatterer, Bürgermeister
1957The Girl and the Legend as Mr.Wilde
1956The Mountains Between Us as Posthalter
1956Der Schandfleck as Josef Reindorfer
1956Kleines Zelt und große Liebe as Herr Kummer
1956Der Glockengießer von Tirol as Schwaiger
1956Das Erbe vom Pruggerhof as Heinrich Prugger, Sägewerksbesitzer
1955Die Försterbuben as Köhler
1955Sohn ohne Heimat as Gottlieb Peukert
1955Rosenmontag as Heinrich Krüger
1955Der Fischer vom Heiligensee as Fischer-Bartl
1955Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld as Sepp Riedl, Gastwirt
1955Ein Mann vergißt die Liebe as Unknown
1955Heidi und Peter as Alp-Öhi
1954Little Friends as Onkel Abegg
1954Uli der Knecht as Johannes, Bodenbauer
1954Die Sonne von St. Moritz as Herr Thuregg
1953Dein Herz ist meine Heimat as Bürgermeister Percht
1953Mit siebzehn beginnt das Leben as Pfarrer
1953Junges Herz voll Liebe as Großvater Moosleitner
1953The Venus of Tivoli as Knüsli
1953Das Dorf unterm Himmel as Pfarrer Randlmann
1952Die große Versuchung as Bürgermeister Max Händel
1952Der Weibertausch as Bürgermeister
1952Heidi as Alp-Öhi / Alp-Ochi, Heidi's Grandfather
1952The Devil Makes Three as Herr Keigler
1952No Greater Love as Graf Fürstenberg
1952Nights on the Road as Spediteur Carl Falk
1952Gefangene Seele as Unknown
1951Der Stein des Anstoßes as The mayor
1951Der letzte Schuß as Scharrer, Neuwirt
1951Der fidele Bauer as Lindoberer
1950Chased by the Devil as Paul Hendrix
1950Föhn as Christian Glucker
1950Weißes Gold as Vergeiner
1950Der Seelenbräu as Matthias Hochleithner
1949Swiss Tour as Biber, Gemeindepräsident
1947Madness Rules as Wachtmeister Studer
1944Marie-Louise as Director Rüegg
1942Steibruch as Arnold Murer
1941Landammann Stauffacher as Werner Stauffacher
1941Gilberte de Courgenay as Friedrich Odermatt
1940Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe as Schulpfleger
1939Sergeant Studer as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer
1938Füsilier Wipf as Leu
1935Jä-soo! as Handwerker
1933Wie d'Warret würkt as Heiri Mettler
1933The Testament of Dr. Mabuse as Unknown
1933The Only Girl as Sanitäter
1932Five from the Jazzband as Judge
1931Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf as Kofferdieb
1931Inquest as Kurt Brann, sein Untermieter
1930The Flute Concert of Sans-souci as Grenzjäger
1930The Last Company as Pelle
1930People on Sunday as Heinrich
1929Der Mann mit dem Laubfrosch as Unknown
1928The Fight for the Matterhorn as Seiler, Hotelwirt