Kurt Gloor (8 November 1942 – 20 September 1997) was a Swiss

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and

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. He directed eleven films between 1967 and 1992. His 1976 film '' The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner'' was entered into the

26th Berlin International Film Festival The 26th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June – 6 July 1976. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson'' directed by Robert Altman. The Japan ...

. Five years later, his 1981 film ''

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'' was entered into the

31st Berlin International Film Festival The 31st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 February 1981. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Spanish film '' Deprisa, Deprisa'' directed by Carlos Saura. The retrospective was dedicated to British film producer Mic ...

. In 1984, his film ''

Man Without Memory ''Man Without Memory'' (german: Mann ohne Gedächtnis) is a 1984 Swiss drama film directed by Kurt Gloor. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * as the man without memory * Lisi Mangold as Lisa Brunner * Hannel ...

'' was entered into the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Love Streams'' directed by John ...

. He committed suicide shortly after completing his final film.

Filmography

* '' Ffft'' (1967) * '' Die Landschaftsgärtner'' (1969) * ''

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'' (1972) * '' Die besten Jahre'' (1974) * '' The Sudden Loneliness of Konrad Steiner'' (1976) * '' Em Lehme si Letscht'' (1977) * ''

Der Chinese Der or DER may refer to: Places * Darkənd, Azerbaijan * Dearborn (Amtrak station) (station code), in Michigan, US * Der (Sumer), an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq * d'Entrecasteaux Ridge, an oceanic ridge in the south-west Pacific Ocean ...

'' (1980) * ''

'' (1981) * ''

'' (1984) * ''

William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...

'' (1992)

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* 1942 births 1997 suicides German-language film directors Swiss film directors Swiss screenwriters Male screenwriters Swiss film producers 20th-century screenwriters Suicides in Switzerland {{Switzerland-film-director-stub