Juergen Flimm was born in Giessen in 1941 and studied Theater Studies, German and Sociology in Cologne. He has staged around 70 plays at theaters in Germany and abroad since 1971 and has been the director at theaters in Mannheim, Hamburg, Munich, Bochum, Frankfurt, and Cologne. A selection of his television films include: "Polly" (1974), "Turandot" (1975), "Die Geburtstagsfeier" (1978), "Uns reicht das nicht" (1978), "Polnischer Sommer" (1981), "Civil Wars" (1984), "Die Wupper" (1984), "Wer zu spaet kommt" (1990), "Through Roses" (1996), and "Kaethchens Traum" (2003).

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