Wilhelm von Homburg
Birthday: 1940-08-25
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Biography: Norbert Grupe (born August 25, 1940 – March 10, 2004), better known outside Germany by his stage name Wilhelm von Homburg, was a German boxer, actor, and professional wrestler known for his villainous supporting roles in various high-profile films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II, the henchman James in Die Hard, and Souteneur in Werner Herzog's Stroszek.
Movies
The Last of the Secret Agents?
Marty and Steve, American tourists in France, are given a multipurpose umbrella and pitted against a...
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The Hell with Heroes
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggle...
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In the Mouth of Madness
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popu...
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Ghostbusters II
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff...
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Stroszek
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expe...
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Midnight Cabaret
A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightm...
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Torn Curtain
During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and ...
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Night of the Warrior
A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nigh...
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Diggstown
Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns ...
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The Boxing Prince
The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name ...
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Die Hard
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when,...
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I Am My Films: A Portrait of Werner Herzog
Interview film with German director Werner Herzog revisiting the films he made up to ca. 1977....
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The Package
Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Bo...
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The Wrecking Crew
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion ...
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The Swiss Conspiracy
A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The b...
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The Devil's Brigade
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called ...
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Gentlemen in White Vests
Bruno Stiegler, a boxing promoter with a disreputable past, returns from America to Berlin to make s...
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The Silence of the Hams
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal...
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Eye of the Storm
At a highway gas station/motel/diner where they live, two young brothers witness their parents murde...
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