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Kai Wessel(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Kai Wessel in Hilde (2009)
Kai Wessel was born on 19 September 1961 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage (2022), Zeit der Helden (2013) and Fog in August (2016).
BornSeptember 19, 1961
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BornSeptember 19, 1961
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    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 12 nominations total

    Known for

    Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage (2022)
    Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
    7.9
    • Director
    • 2022
    Zeit der Helden (2013)
    Zeit der Helden
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Ivo Pietzcker in Fog in August (2016)
    Fog in August
    7.3
    • Director
    • 2016
    Klemperer - Ein Leben in Deutschland (1999)
    Klemperer - Ein Leben in Deutschland
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • Jean-Yves Berteloot and Burghart Klaußner in An einem Tag im September (2025)
      An einem Tag im September
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Howalds Fall (1990)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022–2023
    • Ramstein: Das durchstoßene Herz (2022)
      Ramstein: Das durchstoßene Herz
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage (2022)
      Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
      7.9
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Spreewaldkrimi (2006)
      Spreewaldkrimi
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006–2021
    • Die verlorene Tochter (2020)
      Die verlorene Tochter
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Fabian Busch, Maria Simon, and Athena Strates in Aufbruch ins Ungewisse (2017)
      Aufbruch ins Ungewisse
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Maria Simon in Im Tunnel (2016)
      Im Tunnel
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Ivo Pietzcker in Fog in August (2016)
      Fog in August
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Pampa Blues (2015)
      Pampa Blues
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Frau Roggenschaubs Reise (2015)
      Frau Roggenschaubs Reise
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Zeit der Helden (2013)
      Zeit der Helden
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Lena Fauch (2012)
      Lena Fauch
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Mord in Ludwigslust (2012)
      Mord in Ludwigslust
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Es war einer von uns (2010)
      Es war einer von uns
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2010

    Writer

    • Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage (2022)
      Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
      7.9
      • co-writer
      • 2022
    • Alles Liebe (2010)
      Alles Liebe
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • Florian Bamberg and Evren Sahin in Die Spur der roten Fässer (1996)
      Die Spur der roten Fässer
      7.3
      • Writer
      • 1996

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Der veruntreute Himmel
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1990
    • Michael Degen in Die Bombe (1988)
      Die Bombe
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • second assistant director
      • 1988
    • Hamburg - Bilder aus einer großen Stadt
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1987

    Personal details

    • Born
      • September 19, 1961
      • Hamburg, West Germany

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