Thomas Mitscherlich (11 December 1942 – 18 March 1998) was a German

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed ten films between 1972 and 1996. His 1993 film ''

Just a Matter of Duty ''Just a Matter of Duty'' (german: Die Denunziantin) is a 1993 German drama film directed by Thomas Mitscherlich, about a German war crimes trial following World War II. It was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Cast In ...

'' was entered into the

43rd Berlin International Film Festival The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993. The Golden Bear was awarded to American-Taiwanese film ''The Wedding Banquet'' directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film '' Xiāng hún nǚ'' directed by Xie Fe ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1993) * ''Journey Into Life: Aftermath of a Childhood in Auschwitz'' (1996)http://www.jewishfilm.org/pdf/The%20Holocaust%20on%20Film.pdf

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* 1942 births 1998 deaths Mass media people from Heidelberg German documentary film directors Film people from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-film-director-stub