Klaus Doldinger(1936-2025)

Composer
Music Department
Actor

In the year 1500 AD. A monk mets a peasant in the forest, who is relentlessly pursued by a knight. The peasant begs the monk for help to lead him out of the woods. The odd couple forms an alliance and a dangerous journey into the closest city begins ..

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The Mandrake and the Sword (2015)

Klaus Doldinger was born on 12 May 1936 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Das Boot (1981), The NeverEnding Story (1984) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). He was married to Inge Beck. He died on 16 October 2025 in Icking, District of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany.

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Awards
- 6 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Das Boot

8.3

Composer

1981

The NeverEnding Story

7.3

Composer

1984

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Casey Affleck, Elliott Gould, Scott Caan, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Eddie Jemison, and Shaobo Qin in Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

Ocean's Thirteen

6.9

Soundtrack

2007

One or the Other

6.9

Composer

1974

Credits

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Composer

Tatort
7.0
TV Series
- Composer
- 1971–2018
Das doppelte Lottchen
6.2
TV Movie
- music by
- 2017
Schätze der Welt - Erbe der Menschheit
7.9
TV Series
- Composer
- 2013–2017
The Mandrake and the Sword
6.0
Short
- Composer
- 2015
Doomsday: World War I
7.4
TV Mini Series
- Composer
- 2013
Police Call 110
6.5
TV Series
- Composer
- 1996–2013
Pfarrer Braun
5.8
TV Series
- Composer
- 2012
Der Bulle und das Landei
5.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 2010–2011
Ein Schatz fürs Leben - Abenteuer in Panama
5.4
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2011
A Case for Two
6.4
TV Series
- Composer
- composer
- 1981–2010
Die Frau, die im Wald verschwand
5.7
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2009
Rosa Roth
6.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 2007
Ein Leben wie im Flug
5.4
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2007
Home
Short
- Composer
- 2006
Drei Schwestern made in Germany
5.7
TV Movie
- Composer
- 2006

Music Department

Tatort
7.0
TV Series
- theme music
- drummer: theme music
- composer: theme music (uncredited, uncredited) ...
- 1977–2019
Das Boot
7.6
TV Series
- composer: theme music
- 2018
Samy Deluxe: SaMTV Unplugged
7.6
- composer: "Das Boot"
- 2018
Weltenbrand
7.5
TV Series
- composer: title theme
- 2012
A Case for Two
6.4
TV Series
- composer: title theme
- 1981–2006
Wolffs Revier
5.0
TV Series
- title music
- 1992–1998
Palmetto
6.1
- orchestrator
- 1998
Hitler's Generals
7.7
TV Series
- music
- 1996
Lady Cop
6.0
TV Series
- composer: title theme
- 1994–2006
Love Is Forever
4.9
TV Movie
- conductor
- orchestrator
- 1983
Ein zauberhaftes Biest
7.9
TV Series
- composer theme music
- 1981
Das Boot
8.3
- conductor
- music arranger
- music producer (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited, uncredited) ...
- 1981
Ein Lied für Edinburgh
6.4
TV Special
- composer: song "Hallelujah Man"
- 1972
Negresco - Eine tödliche Affäre
5.5
- musician (as Paul Nero Sounds)
- 1968
Show Real
TV Series
- arranger
- 1967

Actor

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The mandrake and the sword

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The Mandrake and the Sword

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The Mandrake and the Sword

Personal details

Official site
- klaus-doldinger.com
Alternative names
- Klaus-Doldinger-Quartett
Born
- May 12, 1936
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- October 16, 2025
- Icking, District of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Inge BeckApril 9, 1960 - October 16, 2025 (his death, 3 children)
Other works
Formed the fusion band Passport.