Brigitte Mira
Brigitte Mira (20 April 1910 – 8 March 2005) was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Brigitte Mira's mother was German and her father was Jewish Russian. During the Nazi dictatorship, Mira took part in the propaganda series Liese und Miese. She played Miese (germ. bad one)--the bad role model according to Nazi ideology that listened to enemy radio stations and stockpiled rationed food. But her acting skills turned the "bad" character she portrayed into a likeable one. The series was soon cancelled for being counter productive. The propaganda directors did not know that Mira was half-Jewish. Even though she insisted on her naivete as a young woman and the fact she had to hide her identity, she was criticized later by some for taking part in these ads at all.
Even if Mira was born in Hamburg she early on moved to Berlin and through her TV work came to embody the typical Berlin sense of humor.
Notable performances include Emmi Kurowski in Fear Eats the Soul (1974), a role for which she won a German Film Award. In the 1980s Mira achieved another big success with the television series Drei Damen vom Grill.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Mira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7563 |
| Birthday | 1910-04-20 |
| Place of Birth | Hamburg, German Empire [now Germany] |
| Also Known As | Elisabeth Wally Stramm, |
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
7.74/452
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she...
Watch Now
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
2018
Große Klappe, großes Herz
0/0
Who is the funniest Berliner? Helga Hahnemann or Edith Hancke, Brigitte Mira or Cindy from Marzahn? rbb television is looking for the Berliner with th...
Watch Now
Große Klappe, großes Herz
1970
Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli
5.4/5
A murder has taken place in the “Ostend” hotel in St. Pauli and Inspector Canisius is called to the crime scene. Mentally shaken, Canisius takes up th...
Watch Now
Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
7.342/371
The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, dev...
Watch Now
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1959
Schlag auf Schlag
6.5/2
Watch Now
Schlag auf Schlag
1977
Chinese Roulette
7.135/100
Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, plan for the weekend on separate trips, lying to the other about their trysts. However, their itin...
Watch Now
Chinese Roulette
1975
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
7.671/35
Frau Emma Küsters prepares dinner late one seemingly-ordinary afternoon in her seemingly-ordinary Frankfurt kitchen. She wants to add canned sausages...
Watch Now
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
Fear of Fear
6.3/30
After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from postpartum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed menta...
Watch Now
Fear of Fear
1996
Willi und die Windzors
5.5/6
The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want t...
Watch Now
Willi und die Windzors
1958
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
6.5/4
Peter wants to practice for an upcoming jazz competition with his friends Willi, Oskar, and Jupp. But his uncle Tobias, on whose farm Peter lives, mus...
Watch Now
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
1988
Geschminkte Jugend
0/0
Though originally slated for a 1960 release, the full original film was only released in 1988. A heavily altered version with a different directors wa...
Watch Now
Geschminkte Jugend
1968
Der Partyphotograph
4.75/4
A television technician who is mistaken for a star photographer can hardly save himself from girls who are addicted to fame. A simple-minded story of...
Watch Now
Der Partyphotograph
1980
Fabian
5/7
The story of Jacob Fabian, a somewhat liberal Berlin advertising copywriter who witnesses the collapse of the prewar German society during the 1930s.
Watch Now
Fabian
1981
After Midnight
4.5/4
The Political drama shows the denunciation and persecution of the 19-year-old Sanne in the Nazi state. After she falls in love with her cousin, Sanne...
Watch Now
After Midnight
1988
Trouble im Penthouse
7.5/2
Professor Lichtwitz, a successful architect and notorious womanizer, secretly accesses his penthouse via his office. Employee Bodo, assuming Lichtwitz...
Watch Now
Trouble im Penthouse
1970
Prozeß Mariotti
0/0
Watch Now
Prozeß Mariotti
1971
Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf
0/1
Watch Now
Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf
1975
The Secret Carrier
3.667/3
Watch Now
The Secret Carrier
1958
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
6.545/11
Edward Collins wants nothing more than to live a modest life. But as a millionaire with a luxurious villa, chauffeur, and everything his heart desires...
Watch Now
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
1976
Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr
4.5/4
Anita Drögemöller has transformed herself from a small-time street prostitute into a luxury call girl. But one day she finds her former pimp dead in h...
Watch Now
Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr
1948
The Berliner
7.389/9
Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucra...
Watch Now
The Berliner
1983
Die wilden Fünfziger
3.667/3
The Second World War is over and now begins in post-war Germany, the reconstruction. Jakob Formann sees his chance here and begins a rapid rise as an...
Watch Now
Die wilden Fünfziger
1982
Drei gegen Hollywood
0/0
In the 1930s, three unsuccessful variety artists dream of making it big. When they hear about the rise of sound films in Hollywood, they see their cha...
Watch Now
Drei gegen Hollywood
1976
Everyone Dies Alone
7.4/10
When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and b...
Watch Now
Everyone Dies Alone
1959
Du bist wunderbar
6.25/4
Watch Now
Du bist wunderbar
1982
Kamikaze '89
5.34/25
In a futuristic, totalitarian society wherein the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings...
Watch Now
Kamikaze '89
1985
Girl in a Boot
10/1
An East Berlin woman falls in love with a Swiss cook.
Watch Now
Girl in a Boot
1962
The Tragedy of Silence
9/1
Cautionary drama, with vigorous attack on Germany's laws governing abortion.
Watch Now
The Tragedy of Silence
1991
Murderous Decisions
9/1
A thriller about a maniac murderer who to the outside world is a celebrity TV presenter. His beautiful assistant, a woman who has fallen off the caree...
Watch Now
Murderous Decisions
1990
Rosamunde
4.667/3
Berlin at the beginning of the 1930s, economic crisis, chaos: Bruno, Franz and Emil, three unemployed young men, are looking for a way out of their mi...
Watch Now
Rosamunde
1976
Satan’s Brew
6.309/34
A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his d...
Watch Now
Satan’s Brew
1989
Killer kennen keine Furcht
9/1
Three guests in a luxury hotel. The highly respected managing director of a computer company, an actor and womanizer and finally a bespectacled murder...
Watch Now
Killer kennen keine Furcht
1958
Der Stern von Santa Clara
6.5/2
Carlo del Ponte, a pop star celebrated in the U.S., travels to his hometown of Santa Clara, Italy, to take some time off. Not only does Carlo find him...
Watch Now
Der Stern von Santa Clara
1958
...und abends in die Scala
5/3
The chorus girl Caterina Duval gets the chance of her life when hired as stand-in of a famous star. On the opening night Catarina is singing, dancing...
Watch Now
...und abends in die Scala
1971
Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne
9/1
Watch Now
Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
5.663/46
A German serial killer preys on boys and young men during the so-called years of crisis between the wars. Based on the true story of Fritz Haarmann, a...
Watch Now
Tenderness of the Wolves
1984
Sigi, der Straßenfeger
5.75/2
Street sweeper Sigi finds a box containing not only 300,000 marks, but also a photo of his unsympathetic superior in a compromising situation. Sigi th...
Watch Now
Sigi, der Straßenfeger
1986
Was zu beweisen war
8/1
Watch Now
Was zu beweisen war
1991
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
7/1
Watch Now
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
1993
Der Showmaster
10/1
Watch Now
Der Showmaster
2000
Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen
7/1
Widow Käthe Mühlmann is a little eccentric. Every day she confides her worries to the photo of her husband Hubert, who has been dead for ten years but...
Watch Now
Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen
1982
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
7/1
Watch Now
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
1972
Frau Jenny Treibel
0/0
Set in Berlin in the eighties of the 19th century. The focus is on the upper-class family of Kommerzienrat Treibel and the family of Professor Schmidt...
Watch Now
Frau Jenny Treibel
1983
Der Tod kommt durch die Tür
9/1
Watch Now
Der Tod kommt durch die Tür
1983
Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood
7/1
The industrialist Greskämper, who is responsible for mass redundancies, is kidnapped by terrorists. The kidnappers demand a ransom of 1 million marks....
Watch Now
Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood
1977
Adolf and Marlene
7/3
When Hitler watches Marlene Dietrich in a movie, he falls in love with her. He persuades her to come back to Germany to be with him, but upon her arri...
Watch Now
Adolf and Marlene
1980
Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt
8/1
Nine-year-old Primel’s single mother must leave town, so her apartment building’s seven tenants take turns babysitting. Primel’s boundless energy spar...
Watch Now
Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt
1959
Die Liebe des Jahres
7/1
Watch Now
Die Liebe des Jahres
1970
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
0/0
Watch Now
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
1978
Die beiden Freundinnen
4/3
Berlin 1923: A murder case shakes the city. Carpenter Elli poisoned her husband because he wanted to end her love relationship with Grete. For the tor...
Watch Now
Die beiden Freundinnen
1982
Leben im Winter
10/1
Watch Now
Leben im Winter
1993
Klippen des Todes
10/1
Watch Now
Klippen des Todes
1960
Im Namen einer Mutter
7/1
A young widow shoots the murderer of her young daughter because the court had to declare the sex offender—who had already killed two children—mentally...
Watch Now
Im Namen einer Mutter
1960
Der Prozeß Mary Dugan
0/0
Watch Now
Der Prozeß Mary Dugan
1978
Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau?
0/0
Watch Now
Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau?
1978
The Woman Across the Way
9/1
A middle-aged man's doubts about himself transform themselves into paranoia about his younger wife's behavior in this psychological thriller. The husb...
Watch Now
The Woman Across the Way
1966
Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball
9/1
Watch Now
Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball
1967
Im Ballhaus ist Musike
0/0
Watch Now
Im Ballhaus ist Musike
1982
Ab in den Süden
7/1
Watch Now
Ab in den Süden
2002
Angst isst Seele auf
8.125/4
Shot with striking immediacy by a subjective camera, “Angst isst Seele auf” assumes the point of view of a black actor in Germany dealing with racist...
Watch Now
Angst isst Seele auf
1993
Die Spur führt ins Verderben
9/1
Edgar Allen Poe fanatic and literature professor Dudley (Heinz Hoenig) is an extraordinary chamber scholar, in whose life the mysterious Annabel (Step...
Watch Now
Die Spur führt ins Verderben
2001
Aszendent Liebe
5/4
The Berlin Observatory is facing the financial end. Against the will of the renowned physicist Robert von Reichenbach, the astrologer Lena Moosbach is...
Watch Now
Aszendent Liebe
1971
Dreißig Silberlinge
0/0
Watch Now
Dreißig Silberlinge
1980
Pension Schöller
8/2
Watch Now
Pension Schöller
1973
Kleiner Mann, was nun?
8/1
Emma Morschel, known as Lämmchen, is expecting a child. So she marries her boyfriend, Johannes Pinneberg. The young marriage gets off to a rocky start...
Watch Now
Kleiner Mann, was nun?
1987
Vicky und Nicky
9/1
A movie directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb.
Watch Now
Vicky und Nicky
1992
Geheimakte Lenz
0/0
Watch Now
Geheimakte Lenz
1974
Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
10/2
Watch Now
Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
1963
Feuerwerk
8/1
Watch Now
Feuerwerk
1974
Loriots Telecabinet
0/0
A sharp-witted parody of the talk show format, this self-conceived television special by legendary German comedian Loriot blends satire and sketch com...
Watch Now
Loriots Telecabinet
1985
Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste
3/3
The head of a newly created office against illegal employment exchange is supposed to stop undeclared work and the shadow economy in his sphere of inf...
Watch Now
Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste
1965
Mrs. Cheney's End
0/0
Watch Now
Mrs. Cheney's End
1962
So toll wie anno dazumal
5.5/2
Watch Now
So toll wie anno dazumal
1975
Fox and His Friends
7.2/151
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. He enters an abusive r...
Watch Now
Fox and His Friends
1981
Lili Marleen
6.449/88
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helpin...
Watch Now
Lili Marleen
1985
Die Spur der anderen
0/0
Watch Now
Die Spur der anderen
1979
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
8/1
Watch Now
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
1982
Bühnenbild mit Dame
7/1
Watch Now
Bühnenbild mit Dame
1977
Love Living, Live Loving
0/0
The gentle inhabitants of a quaint Berlin apartment house, damaged by the Second World War but possessing an elegance of its own, love the place where...
Watch Now
Love Living, Live Loving
1966
Wie lernt man Reisen?
7/1
Watch Now
Wie lernt man Reisen?
1978
Die Geburtstagsfeier
0/0
Watch Now
Die Geburtstagsfeier
2000
Fassbinder's Women
5.333/9
An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder."
Watch Now
Fassbinder's Women
1963
Jack and Jenny
9/1
Saleswoman Jenny is crazy about the painter Jack. But Jack does not want to marry, even though he loves Jenny passionately. So Jenny looks elsewhere...
Watch Now
Jack and Jenny
2006
War’n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt?
9/1
"Did you ever fall in love with me?" - that was how the popular comedian Max Hansen ironically yet endearingly attacked Adolf Hitler as a homosexual....
Watch Now
War’n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt?
2007
When Fear Eats the Soul
10/1
Mixing scenes of Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows and Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, François Ozon creates a new film about cinephilic con...
Watch Now
When Fear Eats the Soul
1972
Der Fall Opa
0/0
Watch Now
Der Fall Opa
1966
Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute
0/0
Watch Now
Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute
1988
Dem Tod auf der Spur
0/0
Watch Now
Dem Tod auf der Spur
1965
Annie Get Your Gun
0/0
Watch Now
Annie Get Your Gun
1964
Frau Luna
0/0
Fritz Steppke and his friends Lämmermeier and Pannecke fly to the moon in a steerable balloon. Mrs. Pusebach has also joined the adventurous traveling...
Watch Now
Frau Luna
1961
Wie einst im Mai
10/1
1838: Fritz Jüterbog and Ottilie von Henkeshofen love each other, but the difference in status is too great for Ottilie's parents to give their consen...
Watch Now
Wie einst im Mai
1959
Drei Orangen
0/0
Watch Now
Drei Orangen
1953
Was nicht im Baedecker steht: Bitte, einsteigen zu Käses Rundfahrt!
8/1
Watch Now
Was nicht im Baedecker steht: Bitte, einsteigen zu Käses Rundfahrt!
1963
Berlin-Melodie
10/1
Watch Now
Berlin-Melodie
1963
Die Belagerung der Josephine
0/0
Watch Now
Die Belagerung der Josephine
1962
Bubusch
9/1
Watch Now
Bubusch
1968
Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft
0/0
Watch Now
Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft
1961
Die Marquise von Arcis
8/1
Watch Now
Die Marquise von Arcis
1982
Die Murmel
7/1
Watch Now
Die Murmel
1997
The sweetness of strangers
8/1
Once upon a time very much alike the twenties in Germany, a little town is frightened to death by an uncaught child murderer. Since somebody has to be...
Watch Now
The sweetness of strangers
1975
Like a Bird on a Wire
5.929/7
A pseudo variety show about the Aufbau-Era, the time of the German 'economic miracle'. Brigitte Mira recounts her four husbands through song and joke,...
Watch Now
Like a Bird on a Wire
1981
Und ab geht die Post
7/1
Watch Now
Und ab geht die Post
1974
1 Berlin-Harlem
3/4
An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his white girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man. After...
Watch Now
1 Berlin-Harlem
1997
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
7.188/8
"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue Note Records, the jazz label t...
Watch Now
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
2022
Kino im Rausch - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
8/2
Watch Now
Kino im Rausch - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
1971
Die Computer-Show
0/0
Watch Now