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David C. Bunners

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German actor and producer DAVID C. BUNNERS * 2019
A searing look at Communist East Germany in its final decade, The Tower reveals the intimate realities of life behind the Berlin Wall.  Based on Uwe Tellkamp’s acclaimed novel The Tower: Tales from a Vanished Land, which won the 2008 German Book Prize and was heralded by Die Zeit as “one of the most important books of European post-War literature”, this riveting series introduces viewers to respected senior surgeon Richard Hoffmann, his wife Anne, their teenage son Christian, and their community of privileged intellectuals in suburban Dresden.
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David C. Bunners was one of the three producers of the 2009 Oscar®-winning short film "Spielzeugland" (aka "Toyland"). His brother Johann Bunners had the idea for "Spielzeugland" and wrote the script together with the director. David also starred in the short film. - He was born on Feb.11th 1966, the eldest of four siblings, two sisters and his brother. From 1986-89 David studied acting at the University of Film and Television Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. His first part in a film was the lead in "Grown up as from today" (DEFA 1985, director: Gunther Scholz). He left the GDR in autumn 1989 to live in Western Germany where he got acting engagements from 1990 to 1996 at several theaters in Kassel, Bonn, Heidelberg and the Schauspielhaus Hamburg (1993-1996). Since 1996 David is a well-known actor for the screen and for television. So far, David has participated in more than 80 national and international productions. In 2009 he set up "David vs. Goliath Films".
BornFebruary 11, 1966
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LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Actor and producer DAVID C. BUNNERS, director and producer JOCHEN FREYDANK, screenwriter JOHANN BUNNERS at the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009
German actor DAVID C. BUNNERS
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Actor and producer DAVID C. BUNNERS, director and producer JOCHEN FREYDANK and screenwriter JOHANN BUNNERS at the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009 - Academy Award® for "Spielzeugland"
German actor DAVID C. BUNNERS
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Actor and producer DAVID C. BUNNERS, Filmmaker JOCHEN FREYDANK, actress JULIA JAEGER and screenwriter JOHANN BUNNERS arrive at the 81st Annual Academy Awards held at Kodak Theatre on February 22, 2009
German actor DAVID C. BUNNERS
David C. Bunners and Melanie Marschke in Leipzig Homicide (2001)
David C. Bunners and Jan Hartmann in Lifelines (2018)
David C. Bunners and Melanie Marschke in Leipzig Homicide (2001)
German actor DAVID C. BUNNERS *** BLACK SERIES
actor DAVID C. BUNNERS
writer, director and producer DAVID C. BUNNERS and actress IRM HERMANN on the set of "Herzberg" (2011)

Known for

Julia Jäger and Cedric Eich in Spielzeugland (2007)
Spielzeugland
7.7
Short
  • SS-Obersturmführer Falke
  • 2007
The Tower (2012)
The Tower
6.9
TV Movie
  • Der Ältere (Stasi)
  • 2012
Anna Hausburg in True Love Ways (2014)
True Love Ways
5.4
  • Chef
  • 2014
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (2010)
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse
6.3
TV Movie
  • Hofjunker
  • 2010

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Actor

  • Die Chefin (2012)
    Die Chefin
    • (as David Bunners)
  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    Babylon Berlin
  • In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015)
    In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
  • SOKO Stuttgart (2009)
    SOKO Stuttgart
    • (as David Bunners)
  • Rosamunde Pilcher (1993)
    Rosamunde Pilcher
    • (as David Bunners)
  • Stephan Luca and Teresa Weißbach in Erzgebirgskrimi: Der Tote im Stollen (2019)
    Erzgebirgskrimi: Der Tote im Stollen
    • (as David Bunners)
  • Episode #1.1 (2019)
    Preis der Freiheit
    • (as David Bunners)
  • Lotta & der Ernst des Lebens (2017)
    Lotta
    • (as David Bunners)
  • Marco Girnth, Melanie Marschke, Amy Mußul, and Johannes Hendrik Langer in Leipzig Homicide (2001)
    Leipzig Homicide
  • Lifelines (2018)
    Lifelines
  • SOKO Hamburg (2018)
    SOKO Hamburg
  • WaPo Bodensee (2017)
    WaPo Bodensee
  • Wilsberg (1995)
    Wilsberg
  • Full Moon (2017)
    Full Moon
  • Cologne P.D. (2003)
    Cologne P.D.

Producer

  • Herzberg (2013)
    Herzberg
  • Julia Jäger and Cedric Eich in Spielzeugland (2007)
    Spielzeugland
  • David C. Bunners and Vladimir Vdovichenkov in A Time to Gather Stones (2005)
    A Time to Gather Stones

Director

  • Herzberg (2013)
    Herzberg

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    • February 11, 1966
    • Neubrandenburg, German Democratic Republic
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    Won the "Golden Sword" (Best Actor) at the 3th International Film Festival "Yuri Ozerov", Moscow 2005.

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