
Jacob Matschenz
Jacob Matschenz (born 1984, Berlin) is a German actor. He is notable for film and television work including The Wave (2008), 12 Paces Without a Head (2009) and The Sinking of the Laconia (2010). He won the Adolf Grimme Award in 2008 for his appearance in An die Grenze.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.015 |
Birthday | 1984-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
Also Known As |

2002

Mutants
6/1
Thirteen-year-old Paula lives with her mother on a well-kept estate in a small town surrounded by nice neighbours. But Paula's view of normality has b...
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Mutants

2008

The Wave
7.485/3374
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe th...
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The Wave

2006

Neandertal
6/1
17-year-old Guido suffers since his early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to the hospital due to a heavy attack, he starts to questi...
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Neandertal

2008

1st of May: All Belongs to You
5.4/5
An eleven-year-old Turkish boy, two young men from a small town, and a cuckolded policeman from the sticks all find their way to Berlin on May Day, wh...
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1st of May: All Belongs to You

2007

42plus
5.4/16
When the beautiful, efficient and successful Christine, 42, arrives at their summer beach home with her husband and teenage daughter, a young hitchhik...
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42plus

2007

An die Grenze
5.4/5
19-year-old NVA soldier, Alex Karow, is sent to the West German-East German border in May 1974, shortly after Willy Brandt's resignation and during th...
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An die Grenze

2009

The Crocodiles
7.1/117
Ten-year-old Hannes, growing up with his young, poor and single mother wants to join the coolest gang in the area, the Vorstadtkrokodile. When the ‘en...
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The Crocodiles

2008

A Year Ago in Winter
6.4/37
A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a commissioned work.
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A Year Ago in Winter

2008

Coxless Pair
4.6/7
The film tells the story of the friendship between Johann and Ludwig as they strive for the ultimate “buddy” relationship. Going beyond, well beyond,...
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Coxless Pair

2021

Whispers of War
6/1
When Khalil, a primary school teacher in Berlin, gets hold of images of war from his Kurdish hometown of Cizre, he is forced to question his entire ex...
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Whispers of War

2006

Wholetrain
6.3/21
This feature takes a look at the graffiti movement and young people who populate the niche culture. Following four such artists as they shape the graf...
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Wholetrain

2023

Weihnachtspäckchen ... haben alle zu tragen
5/1
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Weihnachtspäckchen ... haben alle zu tragen

2003

Sex Up
5.2/10
Three best friends accidentally discover a tropical plant which is actually all-powerful aphrodisiac.The effects of this plant’s juices are amazing: p...
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Sex Up

2009

12 Paces without a Head
6.206/17
The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship a...
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12 Paces without a Head

2011

Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods
5.56/75
When the mighty Viking Halvar suddenly disappears, his clever but timid son Wickie must lead the Vikings on a dangerous journey to rescue his father f...
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Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods

2011

Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around
6.3/18
The police psychologist Jo is supposed to help catch the sex offender Molesch. Since the hotel is fully booked, she stays with her old college friend...
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Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around

2005

Sex Up Your Life!
5.5/7
Ziege, Häschen and Max have now moved to Berlin for studying. They ain't got no money till the mystic plant reappears. Soon they have enough money for...
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Sex Up Your Life!

2011

The Crocodiles: All for One
6.8/79
“The Crocodiles” are back and they are in for quite an adventure! Frank is seriously hurt and needs a liver donation. In order to save him, the gang n...
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The Crocodiles: All for One

2011

The System
4.8/5
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The System

2010

Bis aufs Blut
6.9/4
Fresh out of juvenile prison, Tommy has sworn off the drugs. But when the going gets tough, the only support he finds is from his best friend Sule - w...
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Bis aufs Blut

2010

Run If You Can
7/20
An independent tragicomedy, Run If You Can is the debut feature for director Brüggemann who, along with his sister, also wrote the compelling screenpl...
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Run If You Can

2017

Tomorrow We'll Be Happy
0/0
The overworked and exhausted architect Leon longs for a shoulder to lean on. His confident girlfriend Jenni, however, is angry he's always working and...
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Tomorrow We'll Be Happy

2011

Dreileben: One Minute of Darkness
6.857/14
An ailing police inspector (Stefan Kurt) hunts a dangerous criminal who escaped from custody.
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Dreileben: One Minute of Darkness

2011

Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
6.5/16
Johannes is a loner who wants a better job. And then he meets Ana. Ana is attractive and even though her job is even less prestigious than Johannes's,...
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Dreileben: Beats Being Dead

2012

Move
6.5/50
Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas, Dina – all in their twenties and mutually lonesome. And...
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Move

2005

Das Lächeln der Tiefseefische
6.7/6
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Das Lächeln der Tiefseefische

2012

Finn und der Weg zum Himmel
0/0
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Finn und der Weg zum Himmel

2024

Max and the Senior Squad
8/2
Max can hardly believe his luck: In a retirement home, he has finally found a gang that will let him join! Admittedly, it's the oldest and most wrinkl...
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Max and the Senior Squad

2014

Jack
7/54
Ten-year-old Jack has to take care of his little brother, six-year-old Manuel, every day from the time he gets up to the time he goes to bed. When Man...
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Jack

2013

GrossStadtklein
5.1/14
A comedy about a crazy summer of young provincial guy in Berlin.
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GrossStadtklein

2023

Wolfsjagd
7.2/2
Wildlife ranger Sara Jahnke prefers to live in the solitude of Canada's forests rather than among people. In her home in Brandenburg, with her father...
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Wolfsjagd

2014

Die Pilgerin
5.3/9
In the 14th century, a young merchant's daughter from southern Germany sets off on the adventurous Way of St. James to faraway Santiago de Compostela...
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Die Pilgerin

2012

The Guardians
6/112
15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she has nobody she can trust. When corrupt businessman Thom...
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The Guardians

2022

A Murder of Crows
0/0
Empathy is a two-edged sword, especially for Martin. Tormented by the past, haunted by the present, the chief inspector is a brilliant investigator an...
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A Murder of Crows

2022

Meine Freundin Volker
6/2
Vivian Bernaise is the star of the Hamburg drag scene. After a glamorous performance in the Hamburg drag club "Die Donauwelle", she witnesses a mafia...
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Meine Freundin Volker

2009

Tod in der Eifel
6/2
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Tod in der Eifel

2004

Experiment Bootcamp
7/2
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Experiment Bootcamp

2015

3 Türken und ein Baby
5.5/107
The Yildiz brothers - Celal, Sami and Mesut - still live under one roof - despite their differences. The family bridal shop is doing really badly and...
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3 Türken und ein Baby

2007

Auf dem Vulkan
7/1
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Auf dem Vulkan

2004

Liberated Zone
4.3/3
A financially devastated German town receives an encouraging boost with the arrival of a popular soccer star, though a heated love triangle threatens...
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Liberated Zone

2013

Sputnik
6.1/15
November 9, 1989, the day the Berlin Wall came down. A 10-year-old girl and her friends attempt to use their teleportation device to beam her uncle ba...
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Sputnik

2005

Rose
6.3/3
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Rose

2013

Break Up Man
5.9/144
BREAK UP MAN is an odd couple road movie and tells the story of Henri, who works for a break up agency in Berlin and on behalf of those who want to se...
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Break Up Man

2011

Adam's End
3.3/3
A coming of age story of people who are already adults. Torn between emotional dependency and physical attraction, Adam grows desperate between what h...
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Adam's End

2015

Heil
4.974/39
An African-German Author loses his memory and is used by a modern National Socialist Party as promotion-figure for more political power over Germany.
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Heil

2015

Nachspielzeit
6/1
Cem is mid 20's and is making its voluntary service in the retirement home. There he falls in love with Astrid, which helps as a dance therapist resid...
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Nachspielzeit

2009

Der gestiefelte Kater
5.2/4
Once upon a time there was a miller who had three sons. When the miller died, the three sons shared the inheritance. The oldest, Hermann, got the mill...
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Der gestiefelte Kater

2002

Juls Freundin
3.5/2
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Juls Freundin

2011

Men in the City 2
6.3/76
The sequel of the "Men in the city" movie which reunites all the characters.
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Men in the City 2

2016

The Pasta Detectives 3
6/21
The friends and amateur detectives Rico and Oskar experiencing their last adventure together. Here everything is really only one well, because now the...
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The Pasta Detectives 3

2004

Fliehendes Land
4/1
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Fliehendes Land

2017

Forwards Ever!
5.7/14
A stage actor's turn as GDR leader Erich Honecker inspires an outlandish scheme to keep his daughter safe during the Leipzig protests of 1989.
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Forwards Ever!

2024

Pärchenabend
6.2/3
Three couples arrange a dinner between friends. But no one is really in the mood for a reunion, as there are still some unspoken conflicts in the room...
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Pärchenabend

2017

My Blind Date with Life
7.551/277
An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
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My Blind Date with Life

2020

Chasing Paper Birds
2/1
Mia, Keks and Ian are at a turning point in their lives, searching for happiness but not sure of what will happen if they actually find it. Over a lon...
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Chasing Paper Birds

2006

Tollpension
1/1
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Tollpension

2012

Calm at Sea
6.441/17
October 1941. Eighteen months into France’s occupation by German troops, young Communist members of the Resistance shoot dead an officer of the German...
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Calm at Sea

2016

Alone in Berlin
6.689/375
Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with...
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Alone in Berlin

2009

Fly
0/0
Dima, a petty criminal, is in constant fear of his imminent deportation from Germany.This fear he compensated by carelessness. As he meets one day Sar...
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Fly

2018

The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs
5.9/37
En route to a party they are not keen on attending, the Famous Five are almost relieved when Aunt Fanny's car breaks down, stranding them in a small t...
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The Famous Five and the Valley of Dinosaurs

2017

Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt
6.3/47
Under the auspicious name "Magical Mystery" the Berlin techno label BummBumm Records wants to go on a rave tour. Karl Schmidt aka Charly himself was o...
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Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt

2017

Gratisgeld
0/0
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Gratisgeld

2010

Kalte Karibik
0/0
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Kalte Karibik

2006

Ludgers Fall
0/0
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Ludgers Fall

2016

LenaLove
5.3/35
Set in your average suburban town, a young girl suddenly disappears after being in contact with a strange boy on a social networking platform, and aft...
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LenaLove

2018

Never Look Away
7.8/682
German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR regim...
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Never Look Away

2019

Mord geht immer - Der Koch ist tot
6.5/2
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Mord geht immer - Der Koch ist tot

2019

A Regular Woman
7.433/67
Hatun Aynur Sürücü, a German woman of Kurdish origin, was shot dead by her brothers at a bus stop in 2005. The story of a woman who fought for her fre...
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A Regular Woman

2001

Circling
0/0
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Circling

2019

Rest in Greece
2/1
David, an author in his mid-30s, travels to the Greek island of Tinos with his wife Nina to spend time in a secluded beach house in the off-season. Wh...
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Rest in Greece

2020

Undine
6.5/248
Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a...
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Undine

2020

It's for Your Own Good
6.122/41
Three fathers who are also brothers-in-law make a pact to save their daughters from their boyfriends.
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It's for Your Own Good

2021

My Wonderful Wanda
5.9/15
The Polish woman Wanda, 35, looks after Joseph, 70, in his family villa by the lake. She is there for him around the clock and also helps his wife Els...
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My Wonderful Wanda

2021

The Black Square
5.1/22
VINCENT, a struggling art-thief and failed artist, stole Malewitsch’s legendary abstract painting the „Black Square”. The sale and handover to a Russi...
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The Black Square

2008

Unschuld
0/0
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Unschuld

2024

Für immer Freibad
0/0
High school graduate Simon has a crush on lifeguard Mira. The outdoor pool in Niederwülst at the end of the 90s becomes a place of longing for the 19-...
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Für immer Freibad

2025

Fünf Finger sind ne Faust
0/0
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