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Claus Theo Gärtner is a Actor Allemand born on 19 april 1943 at Berlin (German)

Claus Theo Gärtner

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Birth name Claus Theo Gärtner
Nationality German
Birth 19 april 1943 (81 years) at Berlin (German)
Awards Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Claus Theo Gärtner (born 19 April 1943) in Berlin, Germany is a German television actor mainly known for his role as Josef Matula, the main character in the German detective show series Ein Fall für Zwei (A Case For Two).

Gärtner spent his youth in Austria, the United States and southeastern Asia. He has studied music in Braunschweig and Hannover. He made his theatre debut in Göttingen. In his youth, Gärtner was actively involved in the activities of the German socialistic students' association.

Since 1981, Gärtner has starred as the private detective Josef Matula in over 240 episodes. Gärtner is also known as a car enthusiast. Since 1967 he participated in numerous car races, and drove cars as a test-driver for a German manufacturer. He does his own car stunts in the series.

On 20 September 2008 he married his fiancée Sarah Würgler, 35 years his junior, in Winterthur. Claus Theo and Sarah had been having a relationship for 6 years prior to the wedding.

Usually with

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Volker Vogeler
(1 films)
Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
(1 films)
Herbert Strabel
Herbert Strabel
(1 films)
Berta Drews
Berta Drews
(1 films)
Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersen
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Claus Theo Gärtner (3 films)

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One or the Other of Us
One or the Other of Us (1974)
, 1h45
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Jürgen Prochnow, Elke Sommer, Ulla Jacobsson, Claus Theo Gärtner, Berta Drews, Otto Sander
Roles Kalle Prötzel
Rating68% 3.4152053.4152053.4152053.4152053.415205
Ziegenthals (Jürgen Prochnow), a failed student, makes ends meet as an academic ghost writer. By accident he discovers that the respected professor of sociology, Rüdiger Kolczyk (Klaus Schwarzkopf), has plagiarized his doctoral dissertation by translating the work of an American scholar. He decides to blackmail Kolczyk and to ask for 10,000 DM and additional monthly payments of 1,500 DM. Kolczyk initially agrees, but vows to Ziegenhals that "only one of us will survive". Looking for a way to fight back, Kolczyk tries to gather information about Ziegenhals from Miezi (Elke Sommer), a prostitute and a housemate and friend of Ziegenhals. As Miezi has saved enough money she is thinking of leaving her profession. At the same time her violent ex-boyfriend and former pimp, Kalle Prötzel (Claus Theo Gärtner), has been released from prison; he murders her and steals her savings. During the investigations the police finds out that Miezi had an appointment with Kolczyk and discovers the payments Kolczyk makes to Ziegenhals. Being the main suspects in the murder investigation only increases the hatred between Kolczyk and Ziegenhals, who fight with all means available. Kolczyk, learning that Ziegenhals thinks that Kolczyk wants to kill him, starts playing with Ziegenhals' mind. For example, he sends him a package with an alarm clock, making Ziegenhals think that he has received a mail bomb. Ziegenhals meanwhile befriends Kolczyk's daughter Ginny (Kristina Nel) and makes her his lover. Although this forces the both to have to pretend in public that they are friends, the final disaster cannot be averted.