Cast, Director, Screenplay, Director of photography
Meuselbach Potsdam

Biography

Born in Meuselbach in Thuringia on 13.10.1934. He studied cinematography at the German College of Film Art in Babelsberg from 1954-59, and in 1960 joined the DEFA Studio for Feature Films where he was an influential proponent of modern poetical realism. He began directing in 1970; his films "The House on the River" (1986), "Fallada – The Last Chapter" (1988) and "The Tango Player" (1991) all screened in Competition at the Berlinale. He made his last theatrical feature in 1997 and was subsequently an active figure at the film school HFF.

Source: 61. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Filmography

2001
  • Participation
1994
  • Director
1995
  • Director
1995
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
1991/1992
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1990
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1987/1988
  • Director
  • Scenario
1985/1986
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1982/1983
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Scenario
1981/1982
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Scenario
1977/1978
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1976/1977
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1975/1976
  • Director of photography
1974/1975
  • Director
1972/1973
  • Director of photography
1971/1972
  • Director of photography
1970/1971
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
1970
  • Director of photography
1969
  • Director of photography
1968/1969
  • Director of photography
1967/1968
  • Director of photography
1966
  • Director of photography
1965
  • Director of photography
1965
  • Director of photography
1962
  • Camera operator
1962
  • Director of photography
1961
  • Director of photography
1960
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
1957
  • Director
  • Director of photography
1957
  • Director of photography
1957
  • Director
  • Director of photography