Christoph Eichhorn (born 8 September 1957, in Kassel,

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Life

He is the son of German actor Werner Eichhorn. From 1972 to 1977 Eichhorn worked as actor at

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. As film actor he played in various films. In February 2021, Eichhorn came out as gay.''«Wir sind schon da».''
in: ''SZ-Magazin'', 4 February 2021.

Selected filmography

Actor

* 1973: '' The Tenderness of Wolves'' * 1979: ' (TV miniseries) * 1979: ''Neonschatten'' (TV film) * 1980: ''Kaiserhofstraße 12'' (TV film) * 1980: ' (TV film) * 1981: '' Exil'' (TV miniseries) * 1982: ''Die Chance'' (Short) * 1982: ''

The Magic Mountain ''The Magic Mountain'' (german: Der Zauberberg, links=no, ) is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in German in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentieth-century German literature. Mann s ...

'' * 1983: ' * 1985: ''

Westler ''Westler'' is a 1985 film originally produced for West German television and later released in cinema. It was directed by Wieland Speck and broadcast on ZDF. Synopsis Felix is visited in West Berlin by an American friend from Los Angeles. T ...

'' * 1985: ''Die Frau mit den Karfunkelsteinen'' (TV film) * 1986: '' Peter the Great'' (TV miniseries) * 1987: ' * 1988: ' * 1989: ''

Joan of Arc of Mongolia ''Joan of Arc of Mongolia'' (german: Johanna D'Arc of Mongolia) is a 1989 West German drama film directed by Ulrike Ottinger. It was entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2017, it screened for a week at the Museum of Moder ...

'' * 1989: ''The Dancing Girl'' (舞姫) * 1989: '' Hard Days, Hard Nights'' * 1990: ''

The Plot to Kill Hitler ''The Plot to Kill Hitler '' is a 1990 television film based on the July 20 plot by German High Command to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944. Brad Davis stars as Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, who plants a bomb in the conference room of ...

'' * 1991: ' (TV film) * 1991: ' (TV film) * 1993: ''

Just a Matter of Duty ''Just a Matter of Duty'' (german: Die Denunziantin) is a 1993 German drama film directed by Thomas Mitscherlich, about List of Axis war crime trials, a German war crimes trial following World War II. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin Internat ...

'' * 1993: ' * 1994: ''Tödliches Erbe'' (TV film) * 1995: ''

Großstadtrevier ''Großstadtrevier'' (roughly ''(Big) City Police Station'') is a German television series, broadcast on Germany's Das Erste of the ARD. First aired on 16 December 1986, the show is one of the most popular television series in the country. It fo ...

'' (TV series, 4 episodes) * 1996: '' The Secret of Sagal'' (TV series) * 1985–1995: ''

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'' (TV series, 8 episodes) * 1978–1996: '' The Old Fox'' (TV series, 6 episodes) * 2000: ''Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story''

Director

* 1982: ''Die Chance'' * 1988: ''Der Weg zum Ruhm'' * 1989: ''Jenseits von Blau'' * 1995: ''Der Mann auf der Bettkante'' * 1996: ''

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ("Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police") is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police (Autobahnpolizei), originally set in Berlin and since 1999 i ...

'' (TV series) * 1998: ''

Im Namen des Gesetzes ''Im Namen des Gesetzes'' ( en, in the name of the law) is a German television series. It follows the work of Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and populati ...

'' (TV series) * 2001: ''Die Kumpel'' (TV series) * 2002: ''Denninger – Der Mallorcakrimi'' (TV series) * 2002–2003: '' Balko'' (TV series) * 2007–2010: ''

Ein Fall für Zwei ''Ein Fall für zwei'' (''"A case for two"'') is a German television series, which premiered on 11 September 1981 on ZDF. The series, set in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private inves ...

'' (TV series) * 2007–2010: ''

Krimi.de ''KRIMI.DE'' is a German crime drama series, aired by the German television channel KiKA between 2005 and 2013. The format of the show involves presenting criminal cases from the perspective of children which then get solved by the child protag ...

/Erfurt'' (TV series) * 2007–2009: ''

Leipzig Homicide ''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leip ...

'' (TV series) * 2010: '' Stuttgart Homicide'' (TV series) * 2010: ''

Cologne P.D. Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...

'' (TV series)

External links

*
Director Christoph Eichhorn about "Krimi.de/Erfurt" (TV series). Interview (deutsch).
* http://christopheichhorn-kino.com Unofficial Website (rus-de).

References

1957 births Living people German male television actors 20th-century German male actors Mass media people from Kassel German gay actors Actors from Kassel 21st-century LGBT people {{Germany-tv-actor-stub