FrameThrower · Actors · Thomas Kretschmann
Thomas Kretschmann
10 films · 696 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2023
Born 8 September 1962 · Dessau, German Democratic Republic [now Germany]
Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor best known for playing Leutnant Hans Von Witzland in the 1993 film Stalingrad, Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist, Hermann Fegelein in Der Untergang, and Captain Englehorn in the 2005 remake of King Kong.
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Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 696 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2023
- Osgar2006
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award2006
How their films are shot
Measured across 696 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Thomas takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Thomas 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.
The Pianist
2002 · Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
Infinity Pool
2023 · Thresh
Gran Turismo
2023 · Patrice Capa
The Young Victoria
2009 · King Leopold
Wanted
2008 · Cross
Valkyrie
2008 · Otto Ernst Remer
King Kong
2005 · Captain Englehorn
Downfall
2004 · SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004 · Major Cain
Blade II
2002 · Damaskinos
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 696 frames from Thomas Kretschmann's 10 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.