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Peter Gorski
Peter Gorski, (7 September 1921 – 3 March 2007) was a German film director. Early life Peter Gorski was born in Berlin, and was adopted in 1949 by the famous German actor Gustaf Gründgens. Career Gorski started his career in 1955 as the assistant director for the film '' Ripening Youth''. In 1960 Gorski directed the film ''Faust'', based on Goethe's ''Faust'' and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. The film starred his adoptive father Gustaf Gründgens as Mephistopheles, and was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 33rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination. The film also won Gorski a Deutscher Filmpreis for an ''Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film'' in 1961. Lawsuit In 1968, Peter Gorski, as Gustaf Gründgens’ sole heir, sued the ''Nymphenburger Verlagsbuchhandlung'' which had published the novel ''Mephisto'', which was loosely based on the life of his ado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
