Vera Tschechowa
Vera Tschechowa was a German actress, producer, director, and screenwriter from a distinguished artistic family. She was the daughter of actress Ada Tschechowa and the granddaughter of Russian-born actors Olga Tschechowa and Michael Chekhov; her great-great-uncle was the famous playwright Anton Chekhov. She became known as “The Girl with the Cat Eyes” after starring in Eugen York's film of the same name.
Tschechowa began her career in film and theater in the late 1950s, making her screen debut in 1957. She appeared in over 90 film and television productions, earning critical recognition for roles such as Ulla Wickweber in Das Brot der frühen Jahre.
In addition to acting, she co-founded Atossa Filmproduktion in 1980 and later focused on directing documentaries and television portraits of notable figures from politics and the arts. Her autobiography Überwiegend heiter: Mein ziemlich bewegtes Leben was published in 2022.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3195 |
| Birthday | 1940-07-22 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Also Known As | Wera Cecova, |
1957
Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
6.088/17
Father Scherzer generally buries himself in the books of the castle library, which he is responsible for managing. He is a warm-hearted but somewhat o...
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Witwer mit 5 Töchtern
2022
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
4.1/5
Rex Gildo’s songs and musicals made him very popular. His best-known song was “Fiesta Mexicana” from 1972. Rosa von Praunheim tells the story of his l...
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Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
1975
Cold Blood
5.389/9
Corinna witnesses how three guys chase and shoot a man in front of her lonesome house. As only witness, they force her to come with them and care for...
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Cold Blood
1975
Euridice BA 2037
6.684/19
Euridice in Hades, code number ΒΑ 2037, is waiting for Orpheus to free her and lead her to the Upper World. She’s waiting for orders that will allow h...
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Euridice BA 2037
1962
The Bread of Those Early Years
6.5/4
A young electrical engineer, engaged to his boss's daughter and on the way to a secure existence, breaks out of his usual life when he meets a childho...
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The Bread of Those Early Years
1958
The Doctor of Stalingrad
7.5/4
Dr. Fritz Böhler is a prisoner of war doctor in the Soviet POW camp 5110/47 near Stalingrad. Despite the harshest conditions, he tries to help his fel...
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The Doctor of Stalingrad
1960
The Young Sinner
5.5/2
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The Young Sinner
1964
The Curse of the Hidden Vault
5.867/15
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
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The Curse of the Hidden Vault
1982
The Axe of Wandsbek
8/1
1934, Hamburg. Adolf Hitler is about to visit the city. Hamburg's executioner falls ill, and is unable to deliver the sentence of four communists who...
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The Axe of Wandsbek
1982
Desperado City
3.667/3
Skoda is the son of a wealthy, overbearing banker and rather than put up with his father to keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the re...
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Desperado City
1959
Freddy unter fremden Sternen
7/2
Freddy can hardly believe his good fortune: His uncle has left him some land in the Rocky Mountains, and, together with orphan Stefan, he's taking of...
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Freddy unter fremden Sternen
1958
Meine 99 Bräute
9/0
Nicki Montag is considered a true Casanova in the Munich suburbs. However, this is obviously not only down to him, but also to the numerous women who...
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Meine 99 Bräute
1980
Panic Time
7.75/2
The musician Udo Lindenberg (played by himself) is kidnapped during the party after a concert. Nobody realises this until the next day, when he doesn'...
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Panic Time
1978
Der Schimmelreiter
8/1
After the death of his father, the ambitious farmhand Hauke Haien works his way up to become the successor to the old dyke count, whose daughter Elke...
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Der Schimmelreiter
1959
And That on Monday Morning
8/1
Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his buttoned-down...
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And That on Monday Morning
1984
Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
9/1
"Meeting place at Infinity" - Combines interviews with family members, contemporary witnesses, experts and critics, text passages as well as photo and...
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Treffpunkt im Unendlichen
1978
… von Herzen mit Schmerzen
0/0
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… von Herzen mit Schmerzen
1964
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk
7/1
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Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk
1986
Tarot
6/3
A director, his fiancee, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length.
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Tarot
1966
Call Girls of Frankfurt
5.688/8
After the brutal murder of the prostitute Vera Paterny, Inspector Reinisch hardly makes any progress with the investigation. Vera's colleague Sonja re...
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Call Girls of Frankfurt
1963
Wassa Schelesnowa
10/1
Wassa Schelesnowa, a manipulative matriarch who will stop at nothing to keep her business afloat and her family together. Infanticide, forgery, murder...
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Wassa Schelesnowa
1957
Unter Achtzehn
10/1
The social worker Luise Gottschalk dedicates all her passion to the Viennese caretakers and derailed young people. Tirelessly, she advertises to adult...
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Unter Achtzehn
1996
Suspicion of Guilt
8/1
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Suspicion of Guilt
1986
Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
7/1
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Das Geheimnis von Lismore Castle
1958
The Girl with the Cat Eyes
9/1
A police commissioner investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector.
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The Girl with the Cat Eyes
1975
Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek
10/1
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Polly oder Die Bataille am Bluewater Creek
1979
Jahreszeiten der Liebe
0/0
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Jahreszeiten der Liebe
1965
Anatomie eines Unfalls
0/0
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Anatomie eines Unfalls
1958
Angel in a Taxi
9/3
Marietto is a very lively and creative orphaned child, housed in a boarding school of nuns. One day, while browsing a newspaper, he sees a photo of a...
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Angel in a Taxi
1976
Erika's Passions
4.25/2
Erika and Franziska haven't seen each other for 4 years. 10 years earlier they both felt that they had the same chances in life: both were young, attr...
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Erika's Passions
1965
Die chinesische Mauer
7/1
A gigantic masked ball is held at the court of the Chinese emperor Hwang Ti. The builder of the wall surrounding the vast land The builder of the enor...
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Die chinesische Mauer
1992
Neptun und Isolde
7/1
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Neptun und Isolde
1961
Froher Herbst des Lebens
0/0
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Froher Herbst des Lebens
1970
Krebsstation
0/0
Pavel Rusanov is admitted to an overcrowded cancer ward.
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Krebsstation
1967
Der eine Tag im Jahr
0/0
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Der eine Tag im Jahr
1991
Love at First Sight
4/3
After the German reunification: A widowed, unemployed archaeologist with two children and a single futurologist with a little daughter in Berlin fall...
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Love at First Sight
1965
Verhör am Nachmittag
8.5/2
An elderly gentleman lies dead in bed. For the employees of the Cologne funeral home, this is nothing unusual. Apparently, Mr. Dressler died of tuberc...
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Verhör am Nachmittag
1977
Zeit der Empfindsamkeit
7/1
"Times of Sensibility" - about the conflicts of a woman during pregnancy.
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Zeit der Empfindsamkeit
1979
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
8/1
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Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
1984
Blaubart
3/3
An internist is accused of murdering the sixth of his seven wives. During the court hearing, numerous statements, especially those made by his former...
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Blaubart
1960
Der Schleier fiel…
8/1
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Der Schleier fiel…
1970
Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
4.667/3
A German sociologist goes to Sweden to investigate whether the Swedish sin is myth or not. He stations himself in a student home for girls. His fiancé...
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Do You Believe in Swedish Sin?
2008
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
0/0
One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey through his life. The film begins in the US and Hollywood - where Ballhaus establishe...
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Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
1973
The First Circle
6.5/2
The story of the life of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag. Based on the book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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The First Circle
1973
Olifant
7/1
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Olifant
1964
Leocadia
0/0
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Leocadia
1989
Frei zum Abschuß
7/1
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Frei zum Abschuß
1963
Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
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Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker
1984
Tausend Augen
6.25/4
Hamburg student Gabriele constantly dreams of her boyfriend in Australia. The reality is different, because while she sits in lecture halls during the...
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Tausend Augen
1989
Earthbound
8/1
The movie "Earthbound" is based on an authentic story: Franz Seeliger, a 75 year old psychiatric patient wants to steer a self-built, muscle propelled...
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Earthbound
1964
Thomas More
0/0
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Thomas More
1965
Der Rebell, der keiner war
0/0
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Der Rebell, der keiner war
2011
Directing Hell
5.5/4
A Documentary about Nikos Nikolaidis' work. Nikos Nikolaidis was an acclaimed film director and author from Greece. He is famous for creating controve...
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Directing Hell
1968
Love and So Forth
10/1
Munich, 1968: a period of liberation, student revolts, state repression. Amidst the restlessness, chemistry student Robbie meets the Irish cello playe...
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Love and So Forth
1983
Haus Vaterland
0/0
From 1928 to 1943, Haus Vaterland was a large restaurant and entertainment palace in Berlin on Potsdamer Platz, originally run by Kempinksi, with arou...
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Haus Vaterland
1984
Reserl am Hofe
7/1
Reserl, a young girl from the country is sent so be a friend to Princess Isabella in the capital of a German principality. Allthough it take quite som...
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Reserl am Hofe
1962
Love at Twenty
6.765/51
Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. Th...
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Love at Twenty
1959
Melodie und Rhythmus
5.833/3
Father and son have the same taste in women, but different tastes in music: both love the beautiful Linda, but while the father leads a successful dan...
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Melodie und Rhythmus
1985
Tschechow in meinem Leben
8/1
Documentary about Anton Chekhov and his descendants in Moscow. Vera Tschechowa, who is the great-grandniece of the poet and writer, meets with family...
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