Annekathrin Bürger (born 1937) is a German

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and

television actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. Bürger was a prominent actress in

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

appearing in a number of films made by the state-run

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...

film studios as well as in television series such as ''

Wolf Among Wolves ''Wolf Among Wolves'' (German title: ''Wolf unter Wölfen'') is a novel by Hans Fallada first published in 1937 by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, Berlin. Its first unabridged translation into English by Philip Owens was published in 1938. This novel has a ...

'' (1965) set in 1920s Berlin.Campbell p.88-89 In 1972 she played the female lead in the

Red Western The Ostern (Eastern; , ''Istern''; or остерн) or Red Western was a film genre created in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc as a variation of the Western films that originated in the United States. The word "Ostern" is a portmanteau derived ...

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''.

Personal life

She was married to actor

Rolf Römer Rolf Römer (1935–2000) was a German stage, television and film actor. Römer was a prominent actor of East Germany, appearing in a number of DEFA productions. He was married to actress Annekathrin Bürger, appearing with her in the 1972 Red Wes ...

Selected filmography

Film

* ''

A Berlin Romance ''A Berlin Romance'' (german: Eine Berliner Romanze) is a 1956 East German neo-realist romantic drama film about youth urban life in the divided city of Berlin, directed by Gerhard Klein. It was produced by the DEFA film company. It stars Annekat ...

'' (1956) * '' Reportage 57'' (1959) * ''

Love's Confusion ''Love's Confusion'' (german: Verwirrung der Liebe) is an East German romantic comedy film directed by Slátan Dudow. It was released in 1959. Plot Students Dieter and Sonja, who are a couple for several years, attend a masquerade. Dieter confus ...

'' (1959) * '' Five Days, Five Nights'' (1960) * ''

September Love ''September Love'' (german: Septemberliebe) is an East German film directed by Kurt Maetzig. It was released in 1961. Plot Leading chemist Hans Schramm is betrothed to Hanna, but falls in love with her younger sister Franka. The two attempt to re ...

'' (1961) * ''

Star-Crossed Lovers "Star-crossed" or "star-crossed lovers" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers who, for some external reason, cannot be together. The term also has other meanings, but originally means that the pairing is being "thwarted by a malign star" or ...

'' (1962) * ''

The Second Track ''The Second Track'' (german: Das zweite Gleis) is a 1962 East German drama film directed by Joachim Kunert. It is the only DEFA film looking at the Nazi Germany history in East Germany. Cast * Albert Hetterle - Walter Brock * Annekathrin Bürg ...

'' (1962) * ''

'' (1972)

References

Bibliography

* Campbell, Russell. ''Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema''. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.

External links

* 1937 births Living people German stage actresses German television actresses German film actresses Actresses from Berlin East German actors East German women 20th-century German women {{Germany-actor-stub