FrameThrower · Actors · Erwin Leder
Erwin Leder
2 films · 127 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1981–1983
Born 30 July 1951 · St. Pölten, Austria
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Erwin Alois Robert Leder is an Austrian actor. He is best known for his role as Chief Mechanic Johann in Das Boot, a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen about a mission of one World War II U-boat and its crew.
In 2003, Leder appeared as the lycan scientist Singe in the gothic horror/action film Underworld. He reprised his role in the sequel in a brief cameo as a corpse.
How their films are shot
Measured across 127 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Erwin takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 55% low key — the look of the work Erwin takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 127 frames from Erwin Leder's 2 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.