
Heiner Müller
Known for Acting · 38 credits
- Born
- 1929-01-09
- Died
- 1995-12-30
- Place of birth
- Hamburg, Germany
- Also known as
- Max Messer
Biography
Heiner Müller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.
Known For

Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
1979
as Self

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
as Self
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
1991
The Voice of the Playwright
1995
Autoren erzählen
2012
as Self
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
2009
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows (3)
Movies (35)
Rome, as Far Away as the Moon
1991
The Voice of the Playwright
1995
Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller
2009
as Self (archive footage)

"Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics
1981
as Self

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
Keine Hand wäscht die Andere
1988
Under the Sign of Mars
1994
“Wastage” of humans / Comrade Mauser / “Victim of History”
1991
Conversation with Heiner Müller in Garath
1989

Unter Deutschen
1995
as Self

Der Ausländer
2004
On the Way to a Theater of Darknesses
1995
The World is Not Bad, but Full
1994
Frederick of Prussia
1992
My Rendezvous with Death
1995
He Who Smokes Looks Cold-Blooded
1996
Every Frozen Structure has its Academy
1991
The Death of Seneca
1993

Die Zeit ist aus den Fugen
1990
At Work in the Ruins of Morality
Queen of Hearts on Judgment Day
1995
Anti-Opera
1993
Heiner Müller in Time Flight
1996
The Poet as Metaphor Slingshot
1997
Plowshare of Evil
1993
Mind, Power, Castration
1993
Some Kind of Shadow Machines Were Passing by
1990
Heiner Müller on Legal Questions
1990

Happy Lamento
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Last of the Mohicans
1993
I Owe the World a Dead Person
1994
Portrait of Heiner Müller for his 60th Birthday
1989
Epic Theater & Post-heroic Management
1996
Omnivore Democracy
1995
Rigor Was His Mark of Quality
2012
About Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller was a German dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre. With 38 credits spanning from 1979 to 2018, Heiner Müller has appeared in 35 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Heiner Müller Movies
- Rome, as Far Away as the Moon (1991)
- The Voice of the Playwright (1995)
- Ich will nicht wissen, wer ich bin - Heiner Müller (2009) — as Self (archive footage)
- "Kino 81" - Stillness, a film magazine by film critics (1981) — as Self
- Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987)
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