Heiner Carow (19 September 1929 – 1 February 1997) was a German

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and

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. His 1986 film '' So Many Dreams'' was entered into the

37th Berlin International Film Festival The 37th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 20 February to 3 March 1987. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Soviet Union film ''Tema'' directed by Gleb Panfilov. The retrospective was in honour of Armenian-American film and ...

. The following year, he was a member of the jury at the

38th Berlin International Film Festival The 38th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 February 1988. The festival opened with musical film ''Linie 1'' by Reinhard Hauff. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Chinese film '' Red Sorghum'' directed by Zhang Yimo ...

. In 1990, his film ''

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'' won the

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for an outstanding artistic contribution at the

40th Berlin International Film Festival The 40th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 February 1990. The festival opened with ''Steel Magnolias'' by Herbert Ross, which was shown out of competition. The Golden Bear was awarded ''ex aequo'' to the American fi ...

. Carow died in 1997, aged 67. His grave is located in

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Selected filmography

* '' Sheriff Teddy'' (1957) * '' Sie nannten ihn Amigo'' (1959) * '' Die Hochzeit von Länneken'' (1964) * '' The Legend of Paul and Paula'' (1973) * '' So Many Dreams'' (1986) * ''

'' (1989) * ' (1992, TV film) * '' The Mistake'' (1992) * ''Vater Mutter Mörderkind'' (1993, TV film) * ' (1996, TV film)

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* 1929 births 1997 deaths People from Rostock People from the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mass media people from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Recipients of the Heinrich Greif Prize German male writers {{Germany-film-director-stub