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Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Germany and one of the country's most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. His most famous work was the musical "The Threepenny Opera" (with Kurt Weill), but his dramas such as "Mother Courage and Her Children" or "The Good Person of Sezuan" were equally successful. As he opposed the upcoming Nazi movement, he fled Germany in 1933 and finally emigrated to the United States. After testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, he left Hollywood and returned to Europe. He settled down in East Germany, where he founded the famous "Berliner Ensemble" and became the state's intellectual hero. He died on 14 August 1956 in East Berlin.- Director
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He was the son of the German dramatist Friedrich Wolf. He left Germany with his family for the USSR and came back to Germany as a nineteen year old Lieutenant in the Russian Army in 1945. Was a short time commander of the town Bernau near Berlin in Spring 1945. _Ich war 19 (1968)_ is an autobiographical movie about this time.- Sabine Thalbach was born on 4 August 1932 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1967), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Musterknaben (1959). She was married to Benno Besson. She died on 30 September 1966 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Carola Braunbock was born on 9 January 1924 in Vseruby, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Der Untertan (1951), Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) and Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967). She died on 4 July 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Ursula Deinert was born on 17 October 1910 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Bal paré (1940), Mordsache Holm (1938) and Pedro soll hängen (1941). She died on 21 December 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Hertha Thiele was born on 8 May 1908 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mädchen in Uniform (1931), Little Man What Now (1933) and Elisabeth und der Narr (1934). She was married to Heinz Klingenberg and Wolfgang Wohlgemuth. She died on 5 August 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Wolfgang Heinz was born on 18 May 1900 in Pilsen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Plzen, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Nosferatu (1922), A Blonde Dream (1932) and Professor Mamlock (1961). He was married to Erika Pelikowsky. He died on 30 October 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Writer
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Hans Székely was born on 7 July 1901 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Arise, My Love (1940), Paris Calling (1941) and Die singende Stadt (1930). He was married to Erzsi Bársony. He died on 16 December 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Friedrich Gnaß was born on 13 November 1892 in Langendreer, Bochum, Province of Westphalia, Prussia [now Bochum, North-Rhine Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor, known for M (1931), Danton (1931) and Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932). He died on 8 May 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Siegfried Seibt was born on 19 August 1920 in Görlitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Zaubermännchen (1960), Spuk unterm Riesenrad (1979) and Bärchens Traum (1979). He died on 6 January 1982 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Helene Weigel was born on 12 May 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Mother Courage and Her Children (1961), Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955) and Señora Carrar's Rifles (1953). She was married to Bertolt Brecht. She died on 6 May 1971 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Actor
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Hans Klering was born on 8 November 1906 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Wege übers Land (1968), Rauschende Melodien (1955) and The Rainbow (1944). He was married to Else Korén and Antonia Nizkowskaja. He died on 30 October 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Theo Shall was born on 24 February 1896 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Moselle, France]. He was an actor, known for Anna Christie (1930), Ten Minute Alibi (1935) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 4 October 1955 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Dieter Franke was born on 13 October 1934 in Harthau, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dach überm Kopf (1980), Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970) and Wer reißt denn gleich vorm Teufel aus (1977). He died on 23 October 1982 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
- Ruth Kommerell was born on 9 May 1923 in Stuttgart, Germany. She was an actress, known for Einer muß die Leiche sein (1978), Gewissen in Aufruhr (1961) and Der Dritte (1972). She died on 1 September 1986 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
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Alan Winnington was born on 16 March 1910 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Milliony Ferfaksa (1981), Tod in der Kurve (1971) and Die gefrorenen Blitze (1967). He died on 26 November 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Rolf Herricht was born on 5 October 1927 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Maxe Baumann (1976), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969). He was married to Christa Herricht. He died on 23 August 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Margarete Kupfer was born on 10 April 1881 in Freystadt in Schlesien, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Kozuchów, Lubuskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Nathan der Weise (1922), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Sumurun (1920). She died on 11 May 1953 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Hanns Eisler was a German-Austrian-American composer and lyricist. He was known for his "Das Lied von der Moldau" ("La Chanson du Moldau", "The Song of the Moldau") used in the TV film Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg (1961) and also sang by Zarah Leander on TV. He did so many more songs in Hollywood, France, Austria and Germany.- Gerd Biewer was born on 9 February 1926 in Saarlouis, Saar Territory [now Saarland, Germany]. He was an actor, known for Das grüne Ungeheuer (1962), Schule der Frauen (1965) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Brigitte Krause. He died on 29 March 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Günther Simon was born on 11 May 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954), Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955) and Das Lied vom Trompeter (1964). He was married to Margaritha. He died on 25 June 1972 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Seghers grew up in a wealthy Jewish home. From 1919 she studied art history, philosophy, history and sinology in Cologne and Heidelberg. In 1924 she completed her studies with the doctoral thesis "Jews and Judaism in the Works of Rembrandt". In the same year she wrote her first story entitled "The Dead of the Island of Djal", which was only published after her death (1985). In 1925 she married the Hungarian social scientist Lásló Radványi, with whom she had two children. In 1927 she first published a story called "Grubetsch". The work appeared in the Frankfurter Zeitung and was marked with Segher's name.
Since then she has published all of her works under this pseudonym; Behind the name lies a contemporary of the painter Rembrandt. In 1928 the story "Uprising of the Fishermen of St. Barbara" was published, for which she was awarded the Kleist Prize. The German theater manager and director Erwin Piscator adapted the play into a film in the Soviet Union in 1934. In the same year, Anna Seghers became a member of the KPD, the German Communist Party. The following year, 1929, she joined the "Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Writers" (BPRS). Her novel "The Companions" was published in 1932, in which she warned about the dangers of the emerging fascist rule. After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Seghers was briefly arrested. She then emigrated to France.
There she supported anti-fascist organizations and magazines. Her first exile novel was written in 1933, entitled "The Head Wage," in which she traces the causes of National Socialism. Two years later the novel "The Road Through February" was published. In the years 1938 and 1939 she maintained correspondence with the philosopher Georg Lukács. In the year that German troops invaded France, Anna Seghers withdrew from Paris to unoccupied Marseille. In 1941 she left for Mexico. There she founded the Heinrich Heine Club, which was a German literary and cultural institution that pursued anti-fascist goals under her leadership. The novel "The Seventh Cross" was published in 1942. The work established her international reputation as a writer who defended herself against fascism.
The original was filmed in 1944 by the American director Fred Zinnemann with Spencer Tracy. The novel was first published in English and then published in German by a Mexican exile publisher. "The Seventh Cross" sensitively tells the story of the escape of seven prisoners from a concentration camp in Rhine-Hesse and everyday life in the Third Reich. Seghers used cinematic design tools that realized the narrative structure in a complex way. In 1944 the novel "Transit" was published. It appeared first in Spanish and then in English, and in German it came out in 1948. Seghers had already started the work in France. It describes the author's personal experiences and fears in exile, which she connects with the theme of loss and preservation of identity. The successful book is one of the most important works about the fears in exile.
In 1947 Anna Seghers returned to Europe and initially settled in West Berlin. She joined the SED, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. In the same year she was honored with the Georg Büchner Prize, Germany's most prestigious literary award, for her novel "The Seventh Cross". Anna Seghers was committed to reconstruction in Germany. In 1948 she became vice president of the "Culture Association for the Democratic Renewal of Germany". The following year her social novel "The Dead Stay Young" was published. The work was made into a film in 1968. In 1950, Anna Seghers moved to East Berlin. She became a co-founder of the peace movement in the GDR and joined the presidium of the World Peace Council. In the same year she was one of the co-founders of the German Academy of Arts.
In 1951 she was awarded the GDR's first national prize. A trip to China followed. Anna Seghers was a co-founder of the GDR Writers' Association and headed it from 1952 to 1978. Hermann Kant later became her successor. In 1957 the novella "The Just Judge" was completed. For political reasons, the work was not published until 1990. The University of Jena awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1959. Anna Seghers dealt with the time of Mexican exile again in the story "The Real Blue," which was published in 1967. One of her important late works is the title "The Crossing", a love story that came onto the market in 1971. In 1981 she was made an honorary citizen of Mainz. - Jörg Knochée was born on 6 December 1944 in Druxberge, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Karla (1965) and Kit & Co. (1974). He was married to Heike. He died on 27 October 1989 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Gustav Stähnisch was born on 6 April 1900 in Reinheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967) and Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957). He died on 2 September 1980 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Wolfgang Langhoff was born on 6 October 1901 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die kleinen Füchse (1958), Der Bär (1965) and Iphigenie auf Tauris (1969). He died on 25 August 1966 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Ada Mahr was born on 5 January 1897. She was an actress, known for Natürlich die Nelli (1959), Frauenschicksale (1952) and Stärker als die Nacht (1954). She died on 13 March 1980 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Gerd Ehlers was born on 21 May 1924 in Reinfeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963), Das grüne Ungeheuer (1962) and The Small White Mouse (1964). He died on 27 June 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Karl Brenk was born on 9 November 1904 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955), Trace of Stones (1966) and Leuchtfeuer (1954). He died on 9 April 1989 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
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Harry Hindemith was born on 16 June 1906 in Brussels, Belgium. He was an actor and writer, known for Snow White (1961), Tilman Riemenschneider (1958) and Die Heiratsurkunde (1964). He died on 21 January 1973 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Actress
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Jarmila Ksírová was born on 29 December 1911 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Rauschende Melodien (1955), Mazurka der Liebe (1957) and Veselá bída (1939). She died on 27 November 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Alexander Papendiek was born on 12 February 1928 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emilia Galotti (1958), Blaulicht (1959) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Brigitte Papendiek-Plotzki. He died on 27 August 1974 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Walter Richter-Reinick was born on 14 April 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der letzte der Mohikaner (1956), Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1960) and Der Fächer der Madame de Pompadour (1964). He died on 14 December 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Gustav Püttjer was born on 15 May 1886 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Die lustigen Weiber (1936), Wie der Hase läuft (1937) and Comradeship (1931). He died on 11 August 1959 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Actor
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Ralph Boettner was born on 11 February 1923 in Erfurt, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die Explosion auf der Maine (1974), Tod am Mississippi (1974) and Geheimcode B 13 (1967). He died on 22 March 1982 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Actor
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Jochen Diestelmann was born on 3 June 1922 in Darmstadt, Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Immortals (1974), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Die schwarze Galeere (1962). He was married to Hildegard Diestelmann. He died on 20 January 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Production Designer
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Arthur Schwarz was born on 2 September 1890 in Berlin, Germany. He was a production designer and art director, known for Das Schloß in Flandern (1936), Homecoming (1928) and Ich kenn' dich nicht und liebe dich (1934). He died on 4 October 1957 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Composer
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Ernst Roters was born on 6 July 1892 in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was a composer, known for Murderers Among Us (1946), Geheimakten Solvay (1953) and Der Weg zu Isabel (1940). He died on 25 August 1961 in Berlin, East Germany.- Peter Kiwitt was born on 4 December 1904 in Oberhausen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Musterknaben (1959) and Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser (1957). He died on 10 March 1969 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Günter Hauk was born on 6 May 1932 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was a composer, known for Streng geheim (1963), Anflug Alpha I (1971) and Die Hosen des Ritters Bredow (1973). He was married to Ingrid Borstorff. He died on 13 October 1979 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Fredi Sieg was born on 28 September 1878 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Corinna Schmidt (1951), A Night in May (1938) and Aafa-Kunterbunt I (1932). He died on 25 February 1962 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Axel Triebel was born on 13 December 1899 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Licht auf dem Galgen (1976), Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967) and Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967). He died on 10 February 1976 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Brigitte Reimann was born on 21 July 1933 in Burg, near Magdeburg, Germany. She was a writer, known for Unser kurzes Leben (1981) and Erster Verlust (1990). She died on 20 February 1973 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Lutz Götz was born on 12 August 1891 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tragödie einer Leidenschaft (1949), Patriots (1937) and Kongo-Express (1939). He was married to Anneliese Körner. He died on 3 October 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Gerhard Klein was a native Berliner (born 1920) whose film work keeps coming back to his fascination for that city. He was arrested during World War II for being part of the Resistance against the National Socialists. Self educated, he turned the after the war to work as a cartoonist and in documentary filmmaking. He joined the DEFA company in the East as a screenwriter in 1946 at first for short subjects and documentaries and then starting in 1952 on fiction features.Several of his later films did not meet with regime approval, such as his depiction of rebellious 50s teens or his recreation in The Gleiwitz Case of the justification for the Nazi invasion of Poland. He died in 1970 at age 50.- Frank Michelis was born on 26 February 1905 in Trier, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der letzte der Mohikaner (1956), The Rabbit Is Me (1965) and Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957). He was married to Ingeborg Olbricht . He died on 22 October 1975 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Wilhelm Zaisser was born on 19 January 1893 in Rotthausen [now Gelsenkirchen], Germany. He died on 3 March 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Ursula Braun was born on 8 August 1921 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Richter von Zalamea (1956), Mirandolina (1967) and Caesar und Cleopatra (1970). She died on 3 December 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Willi Bredel was born on 2 May 1901 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a writer, known for Dein unbekannter Bruder (1982), Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He was married to Maj Olson. He died on 27 October 1964 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
- Raimund Schelcher was born on 27 March 1910 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957) and Castles and Cottages (1957). He was married to Annelies Wanckel and Lore Hansen. He died on 27 March 1972 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Gert Andreae was born on 16 March 1927 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for On the Sunny Side (1962), Reportage 57 (1959) and Die Leute von Karvenbruch (1968). He was married to Helga Piur. He died on 2 October 1972 in East Berlin, East Germany.