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August Diehl has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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The Spy Gone North
2018
Drama · History

An Officer and a Spy
2019
History · Drama

The Innocents
2016
Drama · History

Ret
2015
Drama · History

Labyrinth of Lies
2014
Drama · History

Coriolanus
2011
Drama · Thriller

The Collini Case
2019
Drama · Thriller

Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
2016
Drama · History
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Dir. Robert Zemeckis · With Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris

The story of Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, who was coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky · With Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Dir. Terrence Malick · With August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon

A writer in 1930s Moscow has his work banned and is expelled from the official union, leaving him without income. He then writes a novel about a mysterious dark visitor and gradually starts confusing his real life with the story.
Dir. Michael Lockshin · With August Diehl, Yuliya Snigir, Evgeny Tsyganov

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
Dir. Christian Schwochow · With George MacKay, Jannis Niewöhner, Jeremy Irons

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
Dir. Phillip Noyce · With Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor

26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
Dir. Raoul Peck · With August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid · With August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris

Germany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families were killed by the Nazis. They dream of retaliation on an epic scale for the Jewish people. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Max starts identifying with the group's monstrous plans...
Dir. Doron Paz, Yoav Paz · With August Diehl, Sylvia Hoeks, Michael Aloni

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.
Dir. Bille August · With Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston

Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek

A soldier and member of the Dutch resistance investigates stolen art in the wake of the Second World War, including a Vermeer sold to the Nazis by a flamboyant forger.
Dir. Dan Friedkin · With Guy Pearce, Claes Bang, Vicky Krieps

When a singer is found murdered, with her scent glands excised from her body, detectives probe a group of friends who attended boarding school with her.
Dir. Eva Kranenburg, Oliver Berben, Philipp Kadelbach · With Friederike Becht, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Juergen Maurer

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
Dir. Jean-François Richet · With Vincent Cassel, Patrick Chesnais, August Diehl