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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

9 films · 821 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19812009

Born 17 December 1930 · Sovetsk, German Reich [now Russia]

Armin Mueller-Stahl is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician.

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Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 821 frames · top-billed in 3 · 19812009

  • Honorary Golden Bear2011
  • Silver Bear for Best Actor1993
  • Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia2010
  • Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2008
  • Askania Award2014
  • honorary citizen of Schleswig-Holstein2010
  • Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize2009
  • Golden Feather2008
  • Osgar2007
  • Carl Zuckmayer Medal2006
  • Bavarian TV Awards2002
  • Theodor Körner Prize1975

How their films are shot

Measured across 821 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Armin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work Armin takes.

Time of day

Night55%
Day34%
Interior10%

Lighting

Low key55%
Natural31%
High key7%
Chiaroscuro5%

Shot size

Medium46%
Closeup25%
Wide19%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
High angle11%
Low angle6%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense27%
Lonely7%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 821 frames from Armin Mueller-Stahl's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.