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Director. Writer. Studied at the Deutsches Institut fuer Film und Fernsehen (DIFF) in Munich, Germany, as well as at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques (IDHEC) in Paris, France. In 1969 he founded the production company Hallelujah Film together with Volker Schlöndorff. Since 1992 he is co-manager of the Babelsberg studios in Potsdam, Germany (former UFA/DEFA).

Tilly Lauenstein was born on 28 July 1916 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for The College Girl Murders (1967), Cäsar und Cleopatra (1969) and Die Troerinnen (1966). She was married to ???. She died on 8 May 2002 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Angela Brunner was born on 12 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Wolf unter Wölfen (1964), Genesung (1956) and Eine Handvoll Noten (1961). She was married to Walter Kaufmann. She died on 17 June 2011 in Kleinmachnow, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg, Germany.

Erwin Stranka was born on 3 January 1935 in Kadan, Czechoslovakia. He was a director and writer, known for Sabine Wulff (1978), Zwei schräge Vögel (1989) and Verliebt und vorbestraft (1963). He died on 14 April 2014 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Joachim Tomaschewsky was born on 1 April 1919 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Reader (2008), Archiv des Todes (1980) and Everyone Dies Alone (1970). He was married to Gisela Morgen. He died on 8 February 2019 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Traute Sense was born on 2 December 1920 in Goldenstein, Czechoslovakia [now Branná, Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Krupp und Krause (1969), Maxe Baumann (1976) and Die schwarze Galeere (1962). She was married to Werner Röwekamp. She died on 30 March 1997 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Werner Dissel was born on 26 August 1912 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das grüne Ungeheuer (1962), Immenhof (1994) and Solange Leben in mir ist (1965). He died on 22 January 2003 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Bärbl Bergmann was born on 5 September 1931 in Berlin, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Rüpel (1963), Wegweiser Gesundheit - Eingliederung hirngeschädigter Kinder und Jugendlicher in der Arbeitsprozeß (1978) and Die Achatmurmel (1960). She was married to Helmut Bergmann. She died in May 2003 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Ernst Kunstmann was born on 25 January 1898 in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany. He was a cinematographer, known for Metropolis (1927), The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and The Last Laugh (1924). He died on 30 May 1995 in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany.

Peter Jahoda was born on 30 November 1952 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zwerg Nase (1978), Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (1984) and Spuk von draußen (1987). He died in 1990 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Ilse Korseck was born on 12 May 1911 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Der Schuß im Tonfilmatelier (1930), Madame hat Ausgang (1931) and Wie werde ich reich und glücklich? (1930). She died on 22 February 1933 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Roland Gräf was born on 13 October 1934 in Meuselbach, Thuringia, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for P.S. (1979), Fallada: The Last Chapter (1988) and Der Tangospieler (1991). He was married to Christel Gräf and Christel Gräf. He died on 11 May 2017 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Lothar Bellag was born on 27 November 1930 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Daniel Druskat (1976), Johann Sebastian Bach (1985) and Wie ein Vogel im Schwarm (1990). He died on 8 August 2001 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Herbert Ehler was born on 10 August 1931. He was a production manager and producer, known for Stein (1991), Die Flucht (1977) and Addio, piccola mia (1979). He was married to Doris Borkmann. He died on 22 October 2017 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Walter E. Fuß was born on 24 May 1921 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Zum goldenen Anker (1962). He died on 1 April 1996 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Rolf Losansky was born on 18 February 1931 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Hut ab, wenn du küßt! (1971), ...verdammt, ich bin erwachsen (1974) and Der Revolver des Korporals (1967). He was married to Annelore Losansky. He died on 15 September 2016 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Holger Eckert was born on 2 November 1903 in Schneidemühl, Prussia, Germany [now Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), The Thing in the Castle (1979) and Archiv des Todes (1980). He died on 17 May 1993 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Otto Hunte qualified with a degree from the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg. He first came to notice as a stage designer in Berlin around the turn of the century. When he entered films in 1919 as a set decorator and costume designer, he joined a highly skilled team (usually working in tandem with top craftsmen like Erich Kettelhut and Karl Vollbrecht), frequently for the director Fritz Lang. As production designer/art director, Hunte was especially renowned for the darkly sinister, gothic sets he created for Lang's mammoth "Nibelungen" saga. In perfect contrast to these were his stylised futuristic designs for the underground Metropolis (1927); the monumental and richly ornate architecture for the sacrificial temple of Eschnapur in the two-part epic "Das Indische Grabmal" (and, similarly, for the city of Ophir in the fifth instalment of "Die Herrin der Welt").

With the advent of sound, Hunte's work adapted to more contemporary requirements, such as the seedy night club setting for The Blue Angel (1930). An atomic reactor designed for the film Gold (1934) was apparently so convincing, that the Allies confiscated all prints of the film after the war. During the mid-1930's, Hunte sadly blotted his copy book by working on several notorious Nazi propaganda films. Ironically, his penultimate contribution was the anti-Nazi drama Murderers Among Us (1946). This, the first so-called 'Trümmer-film', was an immensely effective evocation of devastated post-war Germany.

Helmut Bergmann was born on 15 February 1926 in Niederkaina, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Verwirrung der Liebe (1959), Aus unserer Zeit (1970) and Der Hauptmann von Köln (1956). He was married to Bärbl Bergmann. He died on 15 March 1998 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Ilse Bastubbe was born on 30 April 1935 in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany. She was an actress and assistant director, known for Geheimcode B 13 (1967), Eine Handvoll Noten (1961) and Kein Hüsung (1954). She died on 26 June 2010 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Erich Schlossarek was born on 22 April 1928 in Spremberg, Germany. Erich was a writer, known for Zwischen vierzig und fünfzig (1974), Plantagenstraße 19 (1979) and Der zweite Mann (1978). Erich died on 10 June 2011 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Alfred Struwe was born on 22 April 1927 in Marienburg, East Prussia, Germany [now Malbork, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Front ohne Gnade (1984) and Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981). He was married to Brigitte. He died on 12 February 1998 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Walter Gronostay was born in 1906 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for Straßenmusik (1936), The Tunnel (1933) and Der Tunnel (1933). He died on 10 October 1937 in Sacrow, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Willi Neuenhahn was born on 25 January 1928 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967), Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961) and Das unsichtbare Visier (1973). He was married to Leonore Neuenhahn-Henke. He died on 25 August 1993 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.

Harald Engelmann was born on 8 May 1933 in Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Zille und ick (1983), Mir nach, Canaillen (1964) and Das unsichtbare Visier (1973). He was married to Andrea Meissner. He died on 22 December 2023 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.