FrameThrower · Actors · Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler
3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1976–2014
Born 18 June 1947 · Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Hanns Zischler is a German actor most famous in America for his portrayal of Hans in Steven Spielberg's film Munich. According to the Internet Movie Database, Zischler has appeared in 171 movies since 1968.
Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1976–2014
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2011
- Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge-Preis2022
- August-Graf-von-Platen-Preis2022
- Cicero Orator Prize2016
- Preis der Literaturhäuser2013
- Deutscher Hörbuchpreis2010
- Heinrich Mann Prize2009
- Friedrich-Baur-Preis2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hanns takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 59% of their frames are day, 52% natural — the look of the work Hanns 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 195 frames from Hanns Zischler's 3 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.