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Hannes Messemer

Actor · 71 credits · 6 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Great Escape (1963)

Frequent collaborators: Walter Buschhoff, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Maria Schell, Ruth Leuwerik, Charles Regnier

Movies (71 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Great Escape

    1963 · ★ 7.9 (2,914 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, War

    1

  2. General Della Rovere

    1959 · ★ 7.5 (151 votes)

    Drama, War

    2

  3. The Odessa File

    1974 · ★ 6.6 (201 votes)

    Thriller

    3

  4. The Devil Strikes at Night

    1957 · ★ 7.1 (34 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    4

  5. Taiga

    1958

    Drama

    5

  6. Escape by Night

    1960 · ★ 7.0 (24 votes)

    Drama, War

    6

  7. The Defector

    1966 · ★ 5.8 (9 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    7

  8. Die Verschwörung

    1969

    Drama

    8

  9. König Richard II

    1968

    Drama

    9

  10. The Doctor of Stalingrad

    1958 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    Drama, War, Romance

    10

  11. Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker

    1963

    Drama

    11

  12. The Sins of Rose Bernd

    1957 · ★ 6.3 (5 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. Flieger Ross

    1966

    Drama

    13

  14. Aus Mangel an Beweisen

    1971

    Drama

    14

  15. Liebe im September

    1962

    Comedy

    15

  16. Fleeting Acquaintances

    1982

    Drama

    16

  17. Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki

    1967

    Drama

    17

  18. Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    1990

    Documentary

    18

  19. Ninotschka

    1965 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    19

  20. Der Transport

    1961 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Drama, War

    20

  21. Schatten der Helden

    1960

    Drama

    21

  22. Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt

    1964

    Drama

    22

  23. August der Starke

    1984

    Comedy

    23

  24. Wer stirbt schon gerne unter Palmen

    1974 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    24

  25. Bericht von den Inseln

    1964

    Drama

    25

  26. Congress of Love

    1966 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    26

  27. Er ging an meiner Seite

    1961

    Drama

    27

  28. Paulchen

    1985

    Comedy

    28

  29. Bericht eines Feiglings

    1967 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    29

  30. Die Brücke des Schicksals

    1960 · ★ 9.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.