Ernst Jacobi
German actor (1933-2022) · Germany · On the map · Actors · Died at 88
Ernst Gerhard Ludwig Jacobi-Scherbening, professionally called Ernst Jacobi, was a German actor. He was known for serious character roles, especially in the 1979 film The Tin Drum, as Hans in Germany, Pale Mother (1980), as Adolf Hitler in Hamsun (1996), and as the narrator in The White Ribbon (2009).
Ernst Jacobi is read about 66 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Twilight EternalFilm, Magnus Dutt2009
Geld.Macht.LiebeSeries, Friedrich Blessmann2007Im Chaos der GefühleFilm, Arzt2005Mörder in Weiß - Der Tod lauert im OPFilm, Prof. Winkler1998Alpha ForumSeries1996
HamsunFilm, Adolf Hitler1995
Girl friends - Freundschaft mit HerzSeries, Dr. Ahlbaum1994Einmal Macht und zurück - Engholms FallFilm1993
MorlockSeries, Drebkod1991SuccessFilm, Dr. Siegbert Geier1989BastardSeries, Vandenberg1982KrimistundeSeries1980
Germany Pale MotherFilm, Hans1979Der MörderFilm, Frans1978
SOKO MünchenSeries, Victor Schreiber1976Berliner KunstpreisAward1975Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander MärzFilm, Alexander März19743 nach 9Series1971
Polizeiruf 110Series, Claus Grübner1970AbseitsFilm, Edmund Geuge1968
Affäre DreyfussSeries, Oberstleutnant von Schwartzkoppen1966Thérèse RaquinFilm, Camille Raquin1963MauernFilm, Hans Nast1960Das Fenster zum FlurFilm, Herbert Wiesner1957
The Big ChanceFilm, Tommy Reichmann1933Born11 July 1933People around Ernst
Close ties
Helmut Ashley Directed Die Dame aus Amsterdam and Die Stimme
Horst Tappert Also in Paddenberg and Die Dame aus Amsterdam
Fritz Wepper Also in Paddenberg and Die Dame aus Amsterdam- Herbert Reinecker Wrote Paddenberg and Die Dame aus Amsterdam
Helma Sanders-Brahms Directed Germany, Pale Mother (1980)- Franz Seitz Jr. Produced The Tin Drum (1979)
Gert Haucke Also in Mauern and Schlachtvieh- Egon Monk Directed Mauern and Schlachtvieh
Hartmut Reck Also in Die Dame ist nicht fürs Feuer and Mauern
Eva Mattes Also in Germany, Pale Mother (1980)
Walter Höllerer Produced Germany, Pale Mother (1980)
Mario Adorf Also in The Tin Drum and The Day the Rains Came
Dalila Di Lazzaro Also in Imperfect Crimes (1993)- Axel Corti Directed Tatort: Herzjagd (1980)
Alfred Weidenmann Directed Abendessen mit Bruno (1994)
Hans Quest Directed The Big Chance (1957)
Heinz Bennent Also in The Tin Drum and Paddenberg
Martin Böttcher Wrote The Day the Rains Came (1959)
Franz Peter Wirth Directed Paddenberg (1975)
Helmut Ringelmann Produced Paddenberg (1975)- Ottokar Runze Produced Der Mörder (1979)
Anatole Dauman Produced The Tin Drum (1979)
Gertrud Kückelmann Also in The Casino Affair and Michael Kramer
Herbert Weißbach Also in The Day the Rains Came and The Tin Drum
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
120 credits on file
Television 23
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
He appeared in over 200 television productions and worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1977 to 1987, and at the Schauspielhaus Zürich from 1987 to 1992. In 1975 he won the Berliner Kunstpreis for his portrayal of Alexander März in the television film Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März.
