Cast, Director, Assistant director, Screenplay
Nobitz Berlin

Biography

Frank Beyer was born in 1932 in Nobitz. From 1952-1957, he studied at the FAMU film school in Prague. From 1958-1966, he was a director at the DEFA Studio in Babelsberg, but was forced to leave following his film "The Trace of Stones" ("Spur der Steine", 1966), which was considered a critical affront by the government of the German Democratic Republic, and was forbidden to work in Berlin and Potsdam. He was director at the State Theater in Dresden from 1967-1969 and began making TV films for East German Television in 1970. He started making features for DEFA again in 1974. After the banning of his film "Geschlossene Gesellschaft", he was permitted to make films in West Germany.

His films include: "Five Cartridges" ("Fuenf Patronenhuelsen", 1960), "Invincible Love" ("Koenigskinder", 1962), "Naked Among Wolves" ("Nackt unter Woelfen", 1963), "Carbide and Sorrel"("Karbid und Sauerampfer", 1964), "Traces of Stone" ("Spur der Steine", 1966), "Jacob the Liar" ("Jakob der Luegner", 1974), "The Hiding Place" ("Das Versteck", 1978), "The Turning Point" ("Der Aufenthalt", 1983), "Bockshorn" (1984), "Der Bruch" (1989), and "Nikolaikirche" (TV, 1995), among others.

Frank Beyer died October 1, 2006 after a long illness.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Filmography

1997/1998
  • Director
  • Co-author
1994/1995
  • Participation
1995
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1992
  • Director
1992
  • Director
1991
  • Director
1990/1991
  • Director
1990/1991
  • Director
1988/1989
  • Director
1983/1984
  • Director
1982/1983
  • Director
1981
  • Director
1980/1981
  • Director
1978
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1977/1978
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1974
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1972/1973
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1971/1972
  • Cast
1969/1970
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1965/1966
  • Director
  • Scenario
1963
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1962/1963
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1961/1962
  • Director
1959/1960
  • Director
1958/1959
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1957
  • Assistant director
  • Screenplay
  • Scenario
1956/1957
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1957
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1955
  • Assistant director