Siegfried Lenz was born on March 17, 1926 in Lyck, East Prussia, Germany [now Elk, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland]. He was a writer and actor, known for
The Lightship (1985),
Das Feuerschiff (1963) and
Die Zeit der Schuldlosen (1964). He was married to Liselotte. He died on October 7, 2014 in Hamburg, Germany.