Cast & creator
Klaus Doldinger
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, DAS!
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Klaus Doldinger (born 12 May 1936) was a German saxophonist, especially well known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards. He died October 16, 2025 in Icking, Germany. Doldinger was born in Berlin, and entered a Düsseldorf conservatory in 1947, originally studying piano and then clarinet, graduating in 1957. In his student years, Doldinger gained professional performing experience, starting in 1953 in the German Dixieland band The Feetwarmers, and recording with them in 1955. Later that year he founded Oscar's Trio, modeled on Oscar Peterson's work. During the 1960s he worked as a tenor saxophonist, working with visiting American jazz musicians and recording in his own right. Doldinger is perhaps best known for his film scores to the acclaimed German U-boat film Das Boot (1981) and later The NeverEnding Story (1984). Doldinger married Inge Beck in 1960; they have three children, Viola, Melanie and Nicolas Doldinger. Since 1968 they have resided in Icking, a small Bavarian village, south of Munich. Doldinger's jazz band Passport (2008) Doldinger's recurring jazz project Passport, started in 1971 (then called "Klaus Doldinger's Passport"), still enjoys huge success in Germany. In its influence it was sometimes called the European version of Weather Report. At various times members of Passport included Peter O'Mara (guitar), Roberto DiGioia (keyboards), Patrick Scales (bass, since 1994), Ernst Stroer (de:Ernst Ströer) (percussion, since 1989), Christian Lettner (drums, since 2000), Michael Hornek (keyboard since 2009), Biboul Darouiche (percussion, since 1995) and others. Guests include Brian Auger (1973), Johnny Griffin (1973) and Pete York (1973).[3] The first true Passport album had strong ties to Amon Düül II containing contributions from Olaf Kübler, Lothar Meid and Jimmy Jackson, it remains an off-the-radar Krautrock essential.
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television credits
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1958–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
Scene of the Crime
Original Music Composer
1970Scene of the Crime
Music
1970
DAS!
Self
1991Volle Kanne
Self
1999ZIBB
Self
2003
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Abendschau
self
2000
Polizeiruf 110
Original Music Composer
1971
Riverboat
Self
1992Alpha Forum
Self
19983 nach 9
Self
1974
A Case For Two
Original Music Composer
1981
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self
2007Grimme Award
Self
1964Blauer Panther
Self
1989Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992
Musikladen
Self
1972Nachtlinie
Self
2007
The NeverEnding Story
Original Music Composer
1984
Das Boot
Original Music Composer
1981Disney Club Deutschland
Self
1991
Das Boot
Sound Director
1985NeXt
Self
1994
Alles außer Mord
Original Music Composer
1994
Abenteuer Airport
Erster Saxophonist
1990Germany, Your Artists
Self
2008
Eichholz & Söhne
Music
1977
Tonspur – Der Soundtrack meines Lebens
Self
2010
Der Erfolg ihres Lebens
Original Music Composer
1990
Doomsday: World War I
Music
2012
Flug in die Hölle
Music
1985
Palmetto
Original Music Composer
1998
Alle Jahre wieder – Die Familie Semmeling
Original Music Composer
1976
Me and Him
Original Music Composer
1988
Salt on Our Skin
Music
1992NDR Jazz Workshops
Self
1958The Leading Man
Music
1977
...But Johnny!
Original Music Composer
1973
To the Bitter End
Original Music Composer
1975
Four Against the Bank
Original Music Composer
1976
Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films
2017
Black and White Like Day and Night
Original Music Composer
1978
Love is Forever
Original Music Composer
1983
Udo Lindenberg: Stärker als die Zeit - Live
2016
A Father's Revenge
Original Music Composer
1988
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Self - Das Boot Music Composer
2021Ein Leben wie im Flug
Original Music Composer
2007
Life After the NeverEnding Story
Self
2024
Negresco
Original Music Composer
1968
Wacht am Rhein
Straßenmusiker
2017
Der Bulle und das Landei - Tödliches Heimweh
Music
2010
Василиса
Music
2000
Wer hat Angst vorm Weihnachtsmann?
Music
1996
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Music
1978The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Original Music Composer
1978
One or the Other of Us
Original Music Composer
1974Living Dead
Original Music Composer
1997
The Swiss Conspiracy
Music
1976
The Roaring Fifties
Original Music Composer
1983
The Fall
Music
1979
Zimmer mit Frühstück
Music
2000
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach
Music
1971
The Case of Mr. Spalt
Original Music Composer
1988The Case of Mr. Spalt
Music
1988Satan ist auf Gottes Seite
Original Music Composer
1983
Baal
Original Music Composer
1970Hurenglück
Original Music Composer
1991Fernsehgeschichte(n). Deutsch
Self
2007
Paradiso
Music
1977Alles wegen Robert De Niro
Original Music Composer
1996
Jazzfieber - The Story of German Jazz
2023
The Net
Original Music Composer
1975Eine Rose für Jane
Music
1970
Das doppelte Lottchen
Original Music Composer
2017
ManDoki Soulmates: Wings Of Freedom
Self
2019
Die Frau, die im Wald verschwand
Music
2009
Sing! Inge, Sing!
Himself
2011
Meine Welt ist die Musik
Self
2019Die Wildnis
Music
1993
Moritz, Dear Moritz
Original Music Composer
1978Wirb oder stirb
Music
1968
Klaus Doldinger's Passport - Live in Leverkusen 2019
Musiker
2019