Manfred Zapatka (born 2 October 1942 in
Bremen
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,
Germany
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) is a German
actor
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.
Early life
Zapatka completed his ''
abitur
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'' at Clemens-August-Gymnasium in
Cloppenburg
Cloppenburg (; ; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District and part of Oldenburg Münsterland. It lies 38 km south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch ...
in 1962.
Selected filmography
*1964: '
*1978: ''
Germany in Autumn'' ''(Deutschland im Herbst)''
*1980: ''
Derrick
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'' - Season 7, Episode 7: "Der Tod sucht Abonnenten" (TV)
*1982: ''
War and Peace''
*1983: ''
Utopia
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'' (at the
33rd Berlin International Film Festival)
*1988: ''
Derrick
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'' - Season 15, Episode 12: "Eine Art Mord" (TV)
*1989: ' (''The Officer Factory'', TV miniseries)
*1989: ''
Rivalen der Rennbahn'' (TV series, 11 episodes)
*1990: ''Der Absturz'' a.k.a. ''Der Rausschmeißer'' (TV film)
*1991: ' (TV film)
*1991: ''
Success''
*1993: ''
The Last U-Boat'' (TV film)
*1993: ' (TV miniseries)
*1993: '
*1995: ''The Public Prosecutor'' (TV film)
*1997: ' (TV film)
*1998: ''
Frankfurt Millennium'' (TV film)
*2000: ' (''Erkan & Stefan the Bunnyguards'')
*2000: '
*2001: '
*2002: ''Elephant Heart''
*2003: ''
Tatort: '' (TV)
*2003: ''Der Puppengräber'' (TV film)
*2004: ' (''Nightsongs'', at the
54th Berlin International Film Festival)
*2004: ''
Rosa Roth: Freundeskreis'' (TV)
*2004: ' (TV film)
*2005: ' (TV film)
*2005: ''
Falscher Bekenner'' (''I Am Guilty'')
*2006: ''
Der freie Wille'' (''The Free Will'')
*2006: ''
Offset''
*2006: ''
Eden''
*2006: '
*2007-2010: ''
KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst'' (TV series, 27 episodes)
*2007: ''Autopilots''
*2008: ' (TV film)
*2008: ' (TV film)
*2010: ' (TV film)
*2011: ' (TV film)
*2011: ' (TV film)
*2014: ' (TV film)
*2019: ''
All My Loving''
*2019: ''
The Collini Case'' (''Der Fall Collini'')
External links
*
Hübchen Agency Berlin
1942 births
Living people
Male actors from Bremen (city)
People from Cloppenburg
German male television actors
German male film actors
20th-century German male actors
21st-century German male actors
Male actors from Lower Saxony
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