Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-50 of 185
- Writer
- Music Department
- Director
Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Germany and one of the country's most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. His most famous work was the musical "The Threepenny Opera" (with Kurt Weill), but his dramas such as "Mother Courage and Her Children" or "The Good Person of Sezuan" were equally successful. As he opposed the upcoming Nazi movement, he fled Germany in 1933 and finally emigrated to the United States. After testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, he left Hollywood and returned to Europe. He settled down in East Germany, where he founded the famous "Berliner Ensemble" and became the state's intellectual hero. He died on 14 August 1956 in East Berlin.- Wolfgang Heinz was born on 18 May 1900 in Pilsen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Plzen, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), A Blonde Dream (1932) and Professor Mamlock (1961). He was married to Erika Pelikowsky. He died on 30 October 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Hertha Thiele was born on 8 May 1908 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mädchen in Uniform (1931), Little Man What Now (1933) and Elisabeth und der Narr (1934). She was married to Heinz Klingenberg and Wolfgang Wohlgemuth. She died on 5 August 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Lutz Götz was born on 12 August 1891 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tragödie einer Leidenschaft (1949), Kongo-Express (1939) and Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948). He was married to Anneliese Körner. He died on 3 October 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
He was the son of the German dramatist Friedrich Wolf. He left Germany with his family for the USSR and came back to Germany as a nineteen year old Lieutenant in the Russian Army in 1945. Was a short time commander of the town Bernau near Berlin in Spring 1945. _Ich war 19 (1968)_ is an autobiographical movie about this time.- Jörg Knochée was born on 6 December 1944 in Druxberge, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Karla (1965) and Kit & Co. (1974). He was married to Heike. He died on 27 October 1989 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Script and Continuity Department
Helene Weigel was born on 12 May 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Mother Courage and Her Children (1961), Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955) and Señora Carrar's Rifles (1953). She was married to Bertolt Brecht. She died on 6 May 1971 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Sabine Thalbach was born on 4 August 1932 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1967), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Der Untertan (1951). She was married to Benno Besson. She died on 30 September 1966 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Eduard von Winterstein was born on 1 August 1871 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for The Blue Angel (1930), Die Sonnenbrucks (1951) and Hamlet (1921). He was married to Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein and Minna Mengers. He died on 22 July 1961 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Günther Simon was born on 11 May 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954), Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955) and Das Lied vom Trompeter (1964). He was married to Margaritha. He died on 25 June 1972 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Nico Turoff was born on 6 December 1899 in Kremenchuk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe (1932), G.P.U. (1942) and The Devious Path (1928). He died on 22 June 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Margarete Kupfer was born on 10 April 1881 in Freystadt in Schlesien, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Kozuchów, Lubuskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Nathan der Weise (1922), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Bon Voyage (1933). She died on 11 May 1953 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Friedrich Gnaß was born on 13 November 1892 in Langendreer, Bochum, Province of Westphalia, Prussia [now Bochum, North-Rhine Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor, known for M (1931), Danton (1931) and Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932). He died on 8 May 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Carola Braunbock was born on 9 January 1924 in Vseruby, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Der Untertan (1951), Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) and Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967). She died on 4 July 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
Hans Klering was born on 8 November 1906 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Wege übers Land (1968), Rauschende Melodien (1955) and The Rainbow (1944). He was married to Else Korén and Antonia Nizkowskaja. He died on 30 October 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Theo Shall was born on 24 February 1896 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Moselle, France]. He was an actor, known for Anna Christie (1930), Ten Minute Alibi (1935) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 4 October 1955 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Rolf Herricht was born on 5 October 1927 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Maxe Baumann (1976), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969). He was married to Christa Herricht. He died on 23 August 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Bärbel Wachholz was born on 20 October 1938 in Angermünde, Brandenburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Liebe auf den letzten Blick (1960), Zwischen Frühstück und Gänsebraten (1959) and Bärbel Wachholz: Die Nacht ist viel zu schön (1959). She was married to Armin Kämpf. She died on 13 November 1984 in Berlin-Buchholz, East Germany.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Herwart Grosse was born on 17 April 1908 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Nichts als Sünde (1965), Minna von Barnhelm (1962) and Das Filmmagazin Nr. 1 (1961). He was married to Annemarie Hermann. He died on 27 October 1982 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jochen Diestelmann was born on 3 June 1922 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Immortals (1974), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Die schwarze Galeere (1962). He was married to Hildegard Diestelmann. He died on 20 January 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Ursula Braun was born on 8 August 1921 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Richter von Zalamea (1956), Mirandolina (1967) and Caesar und Cleopatra (1970). She died on 3 December 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Günter Karau was born on 20 April 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Chiffriert an Chef - Ausfall Nr. 5 (1979), Der Mensch neben dir (1966) and Der lange Ritt zur Schule (1982). He died on 26 April 1986 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Gerhard Klein was a native Berliner (born 1920) whose film work keeps coming back to his fascination for that city. He was arrested during World War II for being part of the Resistance against the National Socialists. Self educated, he turned the after the war to work as a cartoonist and in documentary filmmaking. He joined the DEFA company in the East as a screenwriter in 1946 at first for short subjects and documentaries and then starting in 1952 on fiction features.Several of his later films did not meet with regime approval, such as his depiction of rebellious 50s teens or his recreation in The Gleiwitz Case of the justification for the Nazi invasion of Poland. He died in 1970 at age 50.- Friedrich Richter was born on 5 June 1894 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Ein idealer Gatte (1962), The Adventures of Tartu (1943) and Jacob the Liar (1974). He was married to Amy Frank. He died on 3 March 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Actor
- Director
Heinz Kögel was born on 22 November 1916 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Mohr im Hause der Kreuzspinne (1964), Der Rubin (1969) and Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (1970). He died on 25 March 1973 in East Berlin, East Germany.