Roland Suso Richter (born January 7, 1961 in

Marburg Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...

) is a German

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and producer.

Biography

Richter was born in Marburg and lived there until making his

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in 1980 at the local Elisabethschule. Wanting to pursue a film career, he worked as an intern for video productions and as an actor on stage. In 1982, he appeared as an

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's ''

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''. A year later, he and actor Frank Röth produced their first film, ', which was released in 1985. Many TV films followed until '' 14 Days to Life'' was released in 1997, earning Richter favorable reviews. The 1999 film ''

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'', a fictional account of an 80-year-old

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's trial before a German court, did not receive funding from the German film foundation due to its controversial theme. It was financed privately by lead actor

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and others, and received a number of awards on film festivals. He also directed '' Der Tunnel'', a made-for-television movie loosely based on true events in

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following the closing of the East German border in August 1961 and the subsequent construction of the

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. In 2003, Richter gave his English-language directing debut with the psychological thriller '' The I Inside'', starring

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and

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, which was compared to '' Memento''Anthony Nield
"The I Inside" Review
''DVD Times'' and ''

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''., ''Current Film'' Another of Richter's projects was the television movie '' Mogadischu'', an account of the

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in 1977 and its subsequent storming by the

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counter-terrorism unit.

Filmography

*1984: ' *1990: ''Alles Paletti'' (TV series) *1992: ''Frohes Fest, Lucie!'' (TV film) *1992: ''

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'' (TV series) *1994: ''Svens Geheimnis'' (TV film) *1994: ''

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: Der Name der Nelke'' (TV series episode) *1994: ' (TV film) *1994: ''

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: Samstags, wenn Krieg ist'' (TV series episode) *1995: ''Risiko Null – Der Tod steht auf dem Speiseplan'' (TV film) *1997: '' Buddies'' (TV film) *1997: '' 14 Days to Life'' *1998: ' (TV film) *1999: ''Sara Amerika'' *1999: ''

'' *2000: '' A Handful of Grass'' *2001: '' The Tunnel'' (TV film) *2003: '' The I Inside'' *2004: ''Sterne leuchten auch am Tag'' (TV film) *2005: ' (TV film) *2006: ''

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'' (TV film) *2007: ' (TV film) *2007: ''Annas Alptraum kurz nach 6'' (TV film) *2008: '' Mogadischu'' (TV film) *2010: ' (TV film) *2011: '' Jungle Child'' *2014: ' (TV film) *2014: ''Ein todsicherer Plan'' (TV film) *2014: ''Der Weg nach San José'' (TV film) *2015: ' (TV film) *2016: ' (TV film)

References

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