Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017)
in:

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, 31 August 2017. was a German film director and writer. His film '' Lotte in Weimar'' was nominated for the

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at the

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. In 1985, his film '' Morenga'' was nominated for the

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at the

35th Berlin International Film Festival The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1985. The retrospective was dedicated to ''Special effects''. The Golden Bear was jointly awarded to '' The Woman and the Strangler'' directed by Rainer Simon a ...

. He was a member of the

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Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (co-director:

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, 1961) — (based on ''

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'') * ''Lots Weib'' (1965) * ''Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam'' (1966, released 1990) * ' (1968) — (based on a novel by Johannes R. Becher) * ' (1970, TV film) — (based on a novel by

Arnold Zweig Arnold Zweig (; 10 November 1887 – 26 November 1968) was a German writer, pacifist, and socialist. Early life and education Zweig was born in Glogau, Prussian Silesia (now Głogów, Poland), the son of Adolf Zweig, a Jewish shipping agent and ...

) * ''Anlauf'' (1971, TV film) — (based on a story by Benito Wogatzki) * ''

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'' (1971) — (based on a story by

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) * ''Erziehung vor Verdun'' (1973, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

) * ''Die Schlüssel'' (1974) * '' Lotte in Weimar'' (East Germany/West Germany, 1974) — (based on '' Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns'') * ' (1976) — (based on ''

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'') * ' (Switzerland/East Germany, 1978, TV film) — (based on a novel by

Gottfried Keller Gottfried Keller (19 July 1819 – 15 July 1890) was a Swiss poet and writer of German literature. Best known for his novel '' Green Henry'' (German: ''Der grüne Heinrich'') and his cycle of novellas called '' Seldwyla Folks'' (''Die Leute von Se ...

) * '' Exil'' (1981, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

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) * ''Euch darf ich's wohl gestehen'' (1982, TV film) — (film about

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and Chancellor von Müller) * ''Hanna von acht bis acht'' (1983, TV film) * '' Morenga'' (1985) — (based on a novel by

Uwe Timm Uwe Timm (; born 30 March 1940 in Hamburg) is a German writer. Life and work Uwe Timm was born in 1940 in Bad Kreuznach, and was the youngest son in his family. His brother, 16 years his senior, was a soldier in the and died in Ukraine in 1943 ...

) * ''Mamas Geburtstag'' (1985, TV film) * ''Die letzte Rolle'' (1986, TV film) * ' (1988, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by

Siegfried Lenz Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's b ...

) * ' (1990) * ' (1991) * ''Lenz'' (1992, TV film) — (film about

and

Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (; ; 23 January 1751 ( OS 12 January 1750) – 4 June 1792 .S. 24 May 1792 was a Baltic German writer of the ''Sturm und Drang'' movement. Life Lenz was born in Seßwegen (Cesvaine), Governorate of Livonia, Russia ...

) * ' (1999) — (film about

and

Christiane Vulpius Johanna Christiana Sophie Vulpius von Goethe (1 June 1765 – 6 June 1816) was the longtime lover and later wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Biography Vulpius spent her childhood in ''Luthergasse'', one of the oldest parts of Weimar. Her pat ...

) * ''Else – Geschichte einer leidenschaftlichen Frau'' (2000, TV film) — (based on a novel by Angelika Schrobsdorff)

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* 1927 births 2017 deaths People from Schneeberg, Saxony East German writers Writers from Saxony Mass media people from Saxony Socialist Unity Party of Germany members Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin German male writers {{Germany-film-director-stub