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Herbert Lichtenfeld
Herbert Lichtenfeld (16 June 1927 in Leipzig – 11 December 2001 in Hamburg) was one of the most successful television screenplay writers in Germany. He wrote over 300 film scripts. Many of his scripts were successful in Germany. Life After graduating in Leipzig, Lichtenfeld moved into the Federal Republic, and there worked as a reporter on several newspapers. In the 1960s he became the television correspondent for Hörzu magazine. At this time he started to write radio plays and books. From 1968 he worked full-time as a screenplay writer. His first television film ''Deutschlandreise'' (German Journey) (1970, co-production between NDR and NRK) was awarded with the Grimme-Preis. A little later he began a partnership with the then still unknown director Wolfgang Petersen. Together they developed a series about police detective Finke (Klaus Schwarzkopf) for the TV series ''Tatort''. These achieved ratings of over seventy per cent. The high point of this series was ''Reifezeug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as well as the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin. Together with Halle (Saale), the city forms the polycentric Leipzig-Halle Conurbation. Between the two cities (in Schkeuditz) lies Leipzig/Halle Airport. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (known as Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster River (progression: ) and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city and those of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire. The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medieval trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Forest Clinic
''The Black Forest Clinic'' (german: Die Schwarzwaldklinik, ) is a German medical drama television series that was produced by and filmed in West Germany. The series was produced between 1984 and 1988 with the original airing being from October 2, 1985 to March 25, 1989 on West Germany's ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) television channel. The series' storyline follows the inner workings of a small fictional hospital in the Black Forest region of Germany as well as the lives of the Brinkmann family of doctors who work at the hospital. Shortly after broadcasting had begun in 1985, ''The Black Forest Clinic'' became a highly popular television event, reaching audiences of over 20 million viewers. 25 years since its debut, it is still highly regarded in Germany. The series had been re-broadcast several times since 1985 and has spawned two television films released 20 years after its initial airing. Background and development The creation of ''The Black Forest Clinic'' was influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietrich Haugk
Dietrich Haugk (12 May 1925 – 28 June 2015) was a German film director and voice actor. He was born in Ellrich/Harz, Germany. He made his stage debut at a theater in Bielefeld in 1946 and has been a noted theater director since 1949 and served as the German dubbing voice of Vittorio Gassman, Dirk Bogarde, Montgomery Clift and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Married four times to actresses, he has three children, a son from his first and a son and a daughter from his fourth marriage. He died in Berlin. He was married four times and had three children. Selected filmography * ' (1960) — (based on ''Minna von Barnhelm'') * ''Agatha, Stop That Murdering!'' (1960) * ''Don't Tell Me Any Stories'' (1964) * '' Adrian der Tulpendieb'' (1966, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Otto Rombach) * ''Der Trinker'' (1967, TV film) — (based on '' The Drinker'' by Hans Fallada) * '' Der Monat der fallenden Blätter'' (1968, TV film) — (based on '' The Month of the Falling Leaves'' by Bruce Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Staudte
Wolfgang Staudte (9 October 1906 – 19 January 1984), born Georg Friedrich Staudte, was a German film director, script writer and actor. He was born in Saarbrücken. After 1945, Staudte also looked at German guilt in the cinema. Alongside Helmut Käutner, he was considered the only German post-war director of any standing who, after 1945, could look back on continuous artistic filmmaking far removed from Heimatfilm and the suppression of history. Staudte's films stood for politically committed cinema as well as for professional craftsmanship, for film art and (good) entertainment with a social claim. His most important work came in the ten years following World War II, in which he worked with the DEFA in East Germany. The main focus of his work was to highlight the limits of German national pride. His work in anti-Nazi films, such as ''Murderers Among Us'' (1946), was also a personal working-through of his film career under the Nazis (he acted in the anti-Semitic film ''Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reifezeugnis
''Reifezeugnis'' is a 1977 German television film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and part of the '' Tatort'' television series. The film starred Nastassja Kinski in her first major role in a feature-length film, it was her breakthrough role which made her famous in Germany. It was also an important movie for Wolfgang Petersen's career as a director. Nastassaja Kinski plays Sina, a good-looking 17-year old schoolgirl, who has a secret affair with her married schoolteacher Helmut Fichte. One of Sina's suitors, Michael, learns about her affair and tries to rape her – Sina kills him with a stone and tells a clever fabrication to the police. Still, Kommissar Finke doesn't trust her story and continues to investigate until the truth is revealed. At the end, he has to stop Sina from killing herself with a gun. ''Reifezeugnis'' is considered to be one of the most legendary films of the ''Tatort'' series, also because the depicted affair between Sina and her teacher was a major scandal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Becker (director, Born 1910)
Wolfgang Becker (1910–2005) was a German film director and film editor.Bock & Bergfelder p. 32 Selected filmography Editor * ''The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * ''Spoiling the Game'' (1932) * ''Spell of the Looking Glass'' (1932) * ''The Star of Valencia (French-language film), The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * ''The Country Schoolmaster (1933 film), The Country Schoolmaster'' (1933) * ''A Door Opens'' (1933) * ''Gold (1934 film), Gold'' (1934) * ''Love, Death and the Devil'' (1934) * ''Frisians in Peril'' (1935) * ''Marriage Strike (1935 film), Marriage Strike'' (1935) * ''Ninety Minute Stopover'' (1936) * ''The Coral Princess'' (1937) * ''Meiseken'' (1937) *''The Chief Witness (film), The Chief Witness'' (1937) * ''The Great and the Little Love'' (1938) * ''The Woman at the Crossroads (1938 film), The Woman at the Crossroads'' (1938) * ''Via Mala (1945 film), Via Mala'' (1945) * ''And the Heavens Above Us'' (1947) * ''The Last Illusion'' (1949) Director * ' (1956) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Von Sydow
Rolf von Sydow (18 June 1924 – 16 June 2019) was a German film director and author. Life Von Sydow worked as a film director in Germany. He married on three occasions. As an author, Sydow wrote several books and audible books. Works by Sydow As film director * 1957: ''Mensch und Technik'' (short educational film about the Bundeswehr) * 1958: ''Der Alltag des Soldaten'' (short educational film about the Bundeswehr) * 1958: ''Der Sanitätsdienst in der Bundeswehr'' (educational film about the Bundeswehr) * 1960: ' * 1962: ' * 1969: ' * 1983: ' * 1989: ' — (based on a novel by ) As television director * 1960: ''Mein Freund Hazy'' * 1961: ''Das nasse Leben – Erinnerungen einer Brustschwimmerin'' * 1962: ''Typisch Lucy'' (TV series, 6 episodes) * 1962: ''Mit Musik kommt alles wieder'' * 1962: ''Warten auf Dodo'' — (based on a play by Eugène K. Ilyin and Gerard Willem Van Loon) * 1962: ''Drei Jungen und ein Mädchen'' — (based on a play by Roger Ferdinand) * 1963: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Umgelter
Fritz Umgelter (18 August 1922 – 9 May 1981) was a German television director, television writer, and film director. Umgelter worked mainly in television as both a writer and director. He received directing credit for 68 TV films or series, and received writing credits for 22 TV films or series segments. He also directed 7 cinema films (of which he received directing credit for 6), but these were not critically acclaimed, and he remains best known for his television works. Awards In 1967 his television film, ''Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen'' (based on the play ''Chips with Everything'' by Arnold Wesker), he won the Teleplay Award at the . This award is presented by the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste and is a German analog to a BAFTA or Emmy Award. Filmography His film releases were: * 1958 '' All the Sins of the Earth'' * 1958 ' (American re-edited version 1962: ''The Bellboy and the Playgirls'') * 1958 ' * 1961 ''Only the Wind'' * 1965 '' Tread Softly'' * 1967 ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fantl
Thomas Fantl (9 December 1928 – 20 July 2001) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 23 films between 1964 and 1986. His 1964 film ''Time of the Innocent'' was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Time of the Innocent'' (1964) — based on a play by Siegfried Lenz * ''Das Rendezvous'' (1965, TV film) — screenplay by Gabriele Wohmann * ''Das Haus der sieben Balkone'' (1965, TV film) — based on the play ''La casa de los siete balcones'' by Alejandro Casona * ''Wovon die Menschen leben'' (1965, TV film) — based on Leo Tolstoy's short story '' What Men Live By'' * ''Die Gefährtin'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by Jean-Louis Curtis * ''Stunde der Nachtigallen'' (1967, TV film) — based on a play by James Parish * ''In aller Stille'' (1967, TV film) * ''Interpol: ... geborene Lipowski'' (1967, TV series episode) * ''Das ausgefüllte Leben des Alexander Dubronski'' (1967, TV film) — screenplay by * ''Nachtca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vater Wider Willen
is a German family drama television series broadcast on Das Erste from 1995 to 2002. It consists of three pilot films and two seasons of 13 episodes each. Synopsis Successful conductor Max takes over the South German Symphony, whose chief conductor has recently died of a heart attack. He subsequently gets a visit from his ex-wife, Ingrid. She is a paleontologist and has received a research assignment in the Andes. She wants Max to bring their three daughters, Gitti, Beatrice, and Marlene, to South America; he does so reluctantly. Various unexpected events ensue. Marlene gets involved with a religious sect, Beatrice quits her medical studies to become a paramedic, and Gitti has kidney failure. Max meets Helen, an American soprano, and they begin to date. Helen has two adoptive sons, Henry and William. William's birth mother starts a custody battle, Henry experiments with drugs, and eventually, the two brothers try to run away from home when they become convinced that Max wants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Paradies
Hotel Paradies was a sitcom that aired on ZDF with a total of 27 episodes. It aired twice a week from January 16, 1990, to April 12, 1990, on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:50 PM. The show was written by Herbert Lichtenfeld. From episodes 1 to 12, Claus-Peter Witt was the Director, being replaced in episodes 13 to 27 with Michael Günther. The series premiere on January 16, 1990, gave ZDF 17.82 million viewers during prime time. Plot The married couple Max and Lisa Lindemann run the ''Hotel Paradies'' as a family business on the Spanish island of Mallorca, which accommodates mainly German vacationers. The two sons Frank, paraplegic since a serious accident, and Michael, a motorcycle freak and heartthrob, help their parents at the reception and grandpa also makes himself useful. Among others, the park hotel owner Agostino Kroll, who had to sell the ''Hotel Paradies'' to Grandpa Lindemann some time ago due to lack of money, provides intrigue. Now wealthy, he wants the prestigious pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
