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Rainer Basedow
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Rainer Basedow

1938 – 2022 · Mühlhausen-Germany · Active 1957–2024

Rainer Basedow, born in the late 1940s in Germany, made his mark in the world of cult cinema with a series of notable performances. He appears in Jet Generation (1968), where his youthful energy captures the essence of the swinging sixties, and in Four Times That Night (1971), where he navigates the complexities of desire and intrigue. Basedow's work in Hansel and Gretel Lost in the Forest (1970) further solidifies his connection to the surreal and experimental narratives that define the era's exploitation films.

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Jet Generation

Jet Generation

1968 ★ 3.5
as Mentler

In the "Swinging Munich" of the late 1960s: The young millionaire daughter Carroll Buchheim, an American, flew from the United States to Germany to visit her brother, who is missing.

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Filmography

154 credits
2020s 1 credit
2010s 2 credits
2013
Movie ★ 6.5
2010
Fear & Shivers as Hubert Birnbaum
Movie ★ 7.0
2000s 15 credits
2009
Champions as Helmut Ziesche
Movie ★ 5.0
2009
Vom Reich zur Republik as Paul von Hindenburg
TV
2008
Movie ★ 5.2
2006
Heavyweights as Bobclub-Präsident
Movie ★ 6.4
2006
TV ★ 7.7
2006
Alles über Anna as Heinz Hoffmann
TV
2005
Mein Vater und ich as Mario Soffriti
Movie ★ 8.0
2004
Der Heiland auf dem Eiland as Bischof Schlesinger
TV
2003
Bewegte Männer as Herr Gutbrod
TV ★ 7.5
2003
TV ★ 7.3
2003
TV ★ 7.0
2001
Movie ★ 9.0
2001
Rocks as (voice)
Movie ★ 7.2
2001
Movie ★ 10.0
2001
Closely Knit as Determann
Movie ★ 9.0
1990s 23 credits
1999
Wir vom Revier as Lütjens
TV ★ 9.0
1999
TV ★ 4.4
1998
Movie ★ 6.5
1998
Movie ★ 4.3
1998
Zugriff as Stadtrat Schuster
TV ★ 8.0
1998
TV ★ 7.7
1998
TV
1997
Movie ★ 8.0
1997
Küstenwache as Kalle Schneidewind
TV ★ 5.8
1997
TV ★ 6.0
1996
TV ★ 8.2
1996
Der Bulle von Tölz as Wolfgang Bachmaier
TV ★ 8.2
1996
TV ★ 7.0
1995
Unser Charly as Johannes Rautenberg
TV ★ 5.7
1995
TV ★ 10.0
1995
Für alle Fälle Stefanie as Bruder Bertram
TV ★ 2.5
1993
TV ★ 7.9
1992
Movie ★ 7.0
1992
TV ★ 9.0
1991
TV
1990
TV ★ 6.7
1980s 21 credits
1989
Die schnelle Gerdi as Verheirateter Fahrgast
TV ★ 10.0
1989
TV ★ 9.0
1988
Movie ★ 5.5
1987
Nachtcafé as Self
TV ★ 4.7
1986
Movie ★ 10.0
1986
Großstadtrevier as Kapitän Blohm
TV ★ 6.0
1985
Ein Heim für Tiere as Heinz Kamer
TV ★ 8.0
1985
Ein Heim für Tiere as Albert Kamer
TV ★ 8.0
1984
Die andere Seite des Mondes as Kaufhaus-Detektiv
Movie ★ 8.0
1984
Is was, Kanzler? as Detective
Movie ★ 10.0
1984
Movie ★ 4.7
1984
Der Fahnder as Klobatsch
TV ★ 7.3
1983
A Love in Germany as Stackmann's Son (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1983
TV ★ 7.0
1982
Piratensender Powerplay as Einsatzleiter Pluderer
Movie ★ 5.4
1982
What a Mess as Otto Bronski
Movie ★ 4.2
1982
TV ★ 7.5
1982
Krimistunde as Kenny
TV ★ 9.0
1981
TV ★ 5.6
1980
TV
1970s 59 credits
1979
Cola, Candy, Chocolate as Johnny Smith (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 3.8
1979
Movie ★ 8.0
1979
TV ★ 9.0
1979
Locker vom Hocker as Herr Regenbogen
TV ★ 5.0
1979
Locker vom Hocker as Superman / Meier 2 / Chefkommissar
TV ★ 5.0
1979
TV ★ 6.6
1978
SOKO München as Tressler
TV ★ 5.9
1978
SOKO München as Werner Kohout
TV ★ 5.9
1977
Movie ★ 9.0
1977
The Old Fox as Robert Neukirch
TV ★ 6.3
1977
The Old Fox as Dicker
TV ★ 6.3
1977
The Old Fox as Bartolomäus Möller
TV ★ 6.3
1977
Polizeiinspektion 1 as Gernot Vilsmeier
TV ★ 10.0
1977
Polizeiinspektion 1 as Gerd Mühlbauer
TV ★ 10.0
1976
The Clown as Zohnerer, Schniers Agent
Movie ★ 6.3
1976
Montana Trap as Minenarbeiter
Movie ★ 6.3
1976
Notarztwagen 7 as Peter Kroegel
TV ★ 7.0
1976
Plattenküche as Regisseur Vincent Spinelli
TV ★ 4.0
1975
Movie ★ 7.6
1974
Movie ★ 6.7
1974
Zwei im siebenten Himmel as Fritz Weinwurm
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
Movie ★ 8.0
1974
Movie ★ 7.8
1974
Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
TV ★ 7.0
1974
TV ★ 8.0
1974
Motiv Liebe as Seemann
TV ★ 1.0
1974
TV ★ 8.0
1974
TV ★ 7.1
1974
Derrick as Schalke
TV ★ 6.1
1973
Der Sieger von Tambo as Der Schnurrbärtige
Movie ★ 7.0
1973
Movie ★ 8.0
1973
Zwischen den Flügen as Ewald Bohlan
TV ★ 10.0
1973
Okay S.I.R. as Peter Wagner
TV ★ 8.0
1972
Movie ★ 5.1
1972
Movie ★ 5.7
1972
Movie ★ 4.9
1972
Movie ★ 10.0
1972
TV ★ 8.0
1971
The Tiger Gang as Tef Woolner
Movie ★ 6.8
1971
Movie ★ 5.4
1971
Movie ★ 6.3
1971
Movie
1971
Movie ★ 4.5
1971
Hurra, bei uns geht's rund as Wachtmeister Knoll
Movie ★ 7.0
1971
Hours of Terror as Roger Fritz Böllensteen
Movie ★ 4.0
1970
Movie ★ 5.8
1970
When the Mad Aunts Arrive as Inspektor Grassinger
Movie ★ 4.8
1970
Movie ★ 5.3
1970
Movie ★ 3.0
1970
Bite Me, Darling as Totengräber
Movie ★ 8.0
1970
Movie ★ 9.0
1970
Scene of the Crime as Alfred Paganini
TV ★ 6.2
1970
TV ★ 6.2
1970
TV ★ 6.2
1970
TV ★ 6.2
1960s 32 credits
1969
Movie ★ 6.7
1969
Movie ★ 4.4
1969
Carnal Circuit as Donovan's henchman
Movie ★ 4.0
1969
Movie ★ 4.0
1969
Movie ★ 4.4
1969
Movie ★ 3.7
1969
The Commissioner as Willi Hausmann
TV ★ 8.0
1969
The Commissioner as Heinz Brenner
TV ★ 8.0
1969
TV ★ 8.0
1968
Movie ★ 8.0
1968
Quartet in Bed as Manager der Jacob Sisters
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
Movie ★ 7.5
1968
Movie ★ 8.5
1968
Movie ★ 4.8
1968
Movie ★ 9.5
1968
Movie
1967
Movie ★ 7.5
1967
Movie
1967
Der Schpunz as Dromart
Movie
1967
Movie ★ 5.9
1967
Trace of a Girl as Landwirt
Movie ★ 7.0
1967
Der Trinker as Junger Mann
Movie ★ 9.0
1967
Das Bild as Pohle
Movie
1967
TV ★ 6.5
1967
TV ★ 8.0
1965
Rückkehr von den Sternen as Fernand (Michel)
Movie
1965
Christinas Heimreise as Pferdeknecht
Movie ★ 7.0
1963
Das Kriminalmuseum as Anton Marlitzki
TV ★ 8.0
1963
Das Kriminalmuseum as Kriminalkommissar Mügge
TV ★ 8.0
1963
TV ★ 8.0
1963
TV ★ 6.0
1950s 1 credit
1957
TV ★ 6.3