Peter Gorski, (7 September 1921 – 3 March 2007) was a German film director.

Early life

Peter Gorski was born in

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, and was adopted in 1949 by the famous German actor

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Career

Gorski started his career in 1955 as the assistant director for the film '' Ripening Youth''. In 1960 Gorski directed the film ''

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'', based on Goethe's ''Faust'' and adapted from the theater production at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in

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. The film starred his adoptive father

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, and was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 33rd Academy Awards for

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, but did not manage to receive a nomination. The film also won Gorski a

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for an ''Outstanding Documentary or Cultural Film'' in 1961.

Lawsuit

In 1968, Peter Gorski, as

’ sole heir, sued the ''Nymphenburger Verlagsbuchhandlung'' which had published the novel ''

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'', which was loosely based on the life of his adoptive father. The

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ruled that Gründgens’ personal freedom was more important than the freedom of art.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1960), as director * ''Reifende Jugend'' (1955), as assistant director

References

External links

* 1921 births 2007 deaths Artists from Berlin Film directors from Berlin {{Germany-film-director-stub