Gottfried Kolditz (14 December 1922 – 15 June 1982Gottfried Kolditz, The Internet Movie database
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Biography

Kolditz was born in Goldbach-Altenbach to a farm family. Between 1945 and 1949 he studied German philology at the University of Leipzig, and took a course of direction and acting in 1947–1949 at the Leipzig Higher School of Music and Drama. In the early 1950s he worked as an actor and director at various theaters in East Germany. After 1955 he worked at DEFA, the East German film studio, in a wide range of genres: fairy tales ("Ms. Blizzard," from the story of the same name by the Brothers Grimm), adventure films, musicals, and science fiction ("Signals" and "B dust of stars" on themes similar to ''2001: A Space Odyssey''). He wrote scripts both for himself and for other directors. He was widely acclaimed for his Red Westerns with actor Gojko Mitić: "Next Falcon", "Apache" and "Ulzana." He died in 1982 in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia while preparing the shooting of a new film from his script, "Chief White Feather," which was later completed by another director.

Selected filmography as director

*'' Mit Oswald in der Oper'' (1956) *'' Von nun ab, Herr Kunze'' (1956) *'' Tanz in der Galerie'' (1957) *''Der junge Engländer'' (1958) *''Simplon-Tunnel'' (1959) *'' Weißes Blut'' (1959) *''

Die schöne Lurette ''Die schöne Lurette'' is an East German film. It is an adaptation of the opéra comique ''Belle Lurette]'' by Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and imp ...

'' (1960) *''Die goldene Jurte'' (1961) *'' Snow White (1962 film), Snow White'' (1961) *''

Midnight Revue ''Midnight Revue'' (german: Revue um Mitternacht) is an East German musical film directed by Gottfried Kolditz and starring Christel Bodenstein, Manfred Krug and Werner Lierck Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name an ...

'' (1962) *''Frau Holle'' (1963) *'' Geliebte weiße Maus'' (1964) *''

Das Tal der sieben Monde ''Das Tal der sieben Monde'' is an East German 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 dissol ...

'' (1966) *''

Spur des Falken ''Spur des Falken'' is an East German film. It was released in 1968. The film was followed by a sequel, '' Weiße Wölfe'' (1969). Cast * Gojko Mitić: Weitspähender Falke * Hannjo Hasse: Joe Bludgeon * Barbara Brylska: Catherine Emerson * La ...

'' (1968) *''Signale – Ein Weltraumabenteuer'' (1970) *''Apachen'' (1973) *'' Ulzana'' (1974) *''

In the Dust of the Stars ''In the Dust of the Stars'' (German: ''Im Staub der Sterne'', Romanian: ''Revoltă în cosmos'') is a 1976 East German science fiction film, co-produced with Romania and directed by Gottfried Kolditz. Some of the film's props were part of a 2009 ...

'' (1976) *''Das Ding im Schloß'' (1979)

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: ''Leim für die Venus.'' Der Science-Fiction-Film in der DDR, in: ''Das Science Fiction Jahr 2007'' (ed. Sascha Mamczak, Wolfgang Jeschke, pp. 803–888

Personal life

His son, Stefan Kolditz (born 1956), is a novelist and playwright.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolditz, Gottfried 1922 births 1982 deaths German male film actors German film directors People from Haut-Rhin