Cast

Ernst Jacobi

1933 – 2022

Active years (films on this site)

1996–2009

Genres

DramaBiographyWarMysteryThriller

Schools and movements

Contemporary European Art CinemaScandinavian Cinema

Directors worked with

Jan Troell1 filmMichael Haneke1 film

Biography

Ernst Gerhard Ludwig Jacobi-Scherbening, professionally called Ernst Jacobi, was a German actor. He was known for serious character roles, especially in the 1979 film The Tin Drum, as Hans in Germany, Pale Mother (1980), as Adolf Hitler in Hamsun (1996), and as the narrator in The White Ribbon (2009). He appeared in over 200 television productions and worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1977 to 1987, and at the Schauspielhaus Zürich from 1987 to 1992. In 1975 he won the Berliner Kunstpreis for his portrayal of Alexander März in the television film Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• Berliner Kunstpreis 1976

2 films on this site

1. Hamsun 1996 · Jan Troell · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
2. The White Ribbon 2009 · Michael Haneke · IMDb 7.8 · Cast