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- Fritz Diez was born on 27 February 1901 in Meiningen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Já, spravedlnost (1968), Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955) and Die gefrorenen Blitze (1967). He was married to Martha Beschort-Diez. He died on 19 October 1979 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
- Fredrich von Paulus was born in Germany in 1890 and joined the military academy in Berlin when he was around 18. He rose through the ranks from private to officer within 20 years. When World War II broke out in 1939, he was a member of the German general staff, a position he held during the 1940 invasion of France. In September 1940 he was appointed Quartermaster General of the General Staff. In 1942 he was promoted to Colonel-General and given command of the German 6th Army for the summer drive in the south of Russia, which started in June. Von Paulus was an experienced and capable staff officer, but only an average field commander who was intimidated by his superiors, and who fatally underestimated the Russian strength at Stalingrad, where his men were drawn into savage and costly street fighting by defending Russian troops. On November 19, 1942, the Soviets began a counteroffensive aimed at recapturing Stalingrad and trapping the 6th Army--about 270,000 strong--within the city. Von Paulus followed orders to stay put rather than to break out of the encirclement. For over two months he and his men were forced further and further back into the city by the rapidly increasing numbers of Soviet troops, while their supply lines were slowly being cut off, resulting in severe shortages of everything from food to clothes to ammunition. During the siege Adolf Hitler promoted von Paulus to General and announced that he was awarding him the Iron Cross for his stubborn defense. He also ordered von Paulus to fight to the last man and not to surrender one German soldier or piece of equipment to the Russians. On January 30, 1943, with the imminent defeat of the 6th Army at hand, Hitler promoted von Paulus to Field Marshal, stating that no German commander of that rank had ever surrendered. However, the very next day von Paulus surrendered the remnants of the once powerful 6th Army, now reduced to demoralized, starving, freezing, ill and half-clothed soldiers, to the Russians. He spent the remainder of the war under house arrest near Moscow while his men were marched off to harsh Soviet POW camps, from which only a very few survived. After the war ended von Paulus remained for a few years as a prisoner in the USSR until his release in 1947. Prior to his release he was brought to Germany to testify in the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, and gave testimony against many of the Nazi officials on trial there. After his release from Russian custody von Paulus, by now sympathetic to communism, retired to East Germany, where he died in 1957.
- Hannjo Hasse was born on 31 August 1921 in Bonn, Germany. He was an actor, known for Archiv des Todes (1980), Rote Bergsteiger (1968) and Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972). He died on 5 February 1983 in Falkensee, German Democratic Republic.
- Fred Ludwig was born on 3 March 1921 in Langsdorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Der Zinker (1959) and Tempel des Satans (1962). He died on 14 October 1984 in the German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Carl Balhaus was born on 4 November 1905 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Haus im Feuer (1960), Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ (1958) and Der Teufelskreis (1956). He was married to Eva Schmidt-Kayser and Almuth Dorowa. He died on 28 July 1968 in Eisenach, German Democratic Republic [now Thuringia, Germany].- Hannes Fischer was born on 23 December 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr (1978), Einer muß die Leiche sein (1978) and Der Kirschgarten (1963). He was married to Fischer, Ilse-Maria. He died on 23 January 1989 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Hans Hardt-Hardtloff was born on 8 August 1906 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Schüsse unterm Galgen (1968), Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967) and Das unsichtbare Visier (1973). He died on 24 May 1974 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- 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.
- Horst Jonischkan was born on 19 May 1938 in Liepaja, Latvia. He was an actor, known for Beschreibung eines Sommers (1963), The Divided Heaven (1964) and Das zweite Gleis (1962). He died on 31 October 1979 in Rostock, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Production Manager
Harry Studt was born on 20 February 1899 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor and production manager, known for Zar und Zimmermann (1956), Kein Hüsung (1954) and The Assassination (1964). He died on 23 January 1976 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
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.- Actor
- Cinematographer
Karl Platen was born on 6 March 1877 in Halle, Germany. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for M (1931), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Deception (1920). He died on 4 July 1952 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.- Maria Besendahl was born on 12 November 1901 in Schwerin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957), Great Freedom No. 7 (1944) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). She died on 2 January 1983 in Schwerin, German Democratic Republic.
- 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. - Heinz Liefers was born on 3 February 1909 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Flucht ins Schweigen (1966), Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968) and Das andere Gesicht (1961). He died in 1985 in Erfurt, German Democratic Republic.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ingrid Reschke was born on 13 March 1936 in Berlin, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969), Kennen Sie Urban? (1971) and Wir lassen uns scheiden (1968). She died on 5 May 1971 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Lore Frisch was born on 4 May 1925 in Schwindegg, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Meine Frau macht Musik (1958), Das Tor zum Paradies (1949) and Zar und Zimmermann (1956). She died on 6 July 1962 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- Karla Runkehl was born on 7 November 1930 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Genesung (1956), Nur eine Frau (1958) and Urlaub ohne Dich (1961). She died on 24 December 1986 in Kleinmachnow, German Democratic Republic.
- Paul Paulsen was born on 21 January 1882 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Thomas Müntzer (1956), Das verurteilte Dorf (1952) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 29 June 1963 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Hans Meyer-Hanno was born on 3 June 1906. He was an actor, known for G.P.U. (1942), D III 88 (1939) and Die kleine und die große Liebe (1938). He died on 20 April 1945 in Bautzen, German Democratic Republic.
- 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.
- Ulrich von der Trenck was born on 30 September 1883 in Greiz, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Leuchtfeuer (1954), Der Ochse von Kulm (1955) and Hexen (1954). He was married to Rosa Schmidt and Ida Wiesmann . He died on 28 September 1958 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Fred Mahr was born on 20 May 1907 in Zürich, Switzerland. He was an actor and director, known for Fahndung mit Musik (1967), Die Leute auf Dangaard (1957) and Beton (1959). He died on 12 March 1980 in Kleinmachnow, German Democratic Republic.- 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, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Production Manager
- Producer
Adolf Fischer was born on 18 November 1900 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor and production manager, known for Murderers Among Us (1946), Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1958) and Verwirrung der Liebe (1959). He died on 21 October 1984 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Bert Brunn was born on 30 August 1923 in Waldenburg, Silesia, Germany [now Walbrzych, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Heimkehr in ein fremdes Land (1976), Feuer unter Deck (1979) and Solange Leben in mir ist (1965). He was married to Roma Rumland. He died on 13 August 1984 in the German Democratic Republic.
- 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.
- Günther Polensen was born on 20 May 1910 in Tiegenhof, West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Unknown (1936), Ein Robinson (1940) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). He died on 26 February 1989 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- Johannes Wieke was born on 31 May 1913 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957), Rote Bergsteiger (1968) and Trace of Stones (1966). He died on 20 July 1982 in Ostseebad Prerow, German Democratic Republic.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Paul Dessau was born on 19 December 1894 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a composer, known for Adventures of Casanova (1948), The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) and The Novel of Werther (1938). He was married to Ruth Berghaus, Antje Ruge, Elisabeth Hauptmann and Gudrun Kabisch. He died on 28 June 1979 in Königs Wusterhausen, German Democratic Republic.- Brigitte Reimann was born on 21 July 1933 in Burg, Germany. She was a writer, known for Die Frau am Pranger (1962). She was married to Rudolf Burgartz, Jon K., Siegfried Pitschmann and Günter Domnik. She died on 20 February 1973 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Ernst Busch was born on 22 January 1900 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for The Threepenny Opera (1931), Hell on Earth (1931) and The Lake Calls (1933). He was married to Eva Busch. He died on 8 June 1980 in Bernburg, German Democratic Republic.- Jac Diehl was born on 25 September 1901 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Boccaccio (1936), Die kleine und die große Liebe (1938) and Two Friends (1938). He died on 10 December 1978 in Rostock, German Democratic Republic.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Erwin Anders was born on 8 September 1908. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Hart am Wind (1970), Besondere Kennzeichen: keine (1956) and Die Antike Münze (1965). He died on 30 June 1972 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Berthold Schulze was born on 23 July 1929 in Peitz, Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Fridolin (1987) and Der Teufelskreis (1982). He died on 4 June 1988 in the German Democratic Republic.
- Production Manager
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Georg Honigmann was born on 6 October 1903 in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was a production manager and writer, known for Das Stacheltier - Gisela May singt und spricht Kurt Tucholsky (1963), Das Backwunder (1954) and Das Stacheltier - Eine Bären Geschichte (1954). He was married to Gisela May, Liselotte Zinserling and Alice Kohlmann. He died on 4 November 1984 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.- Ursula Körbs was born on 22 November 1939 in Arnsdorf, Germany. She was an actress, known for Much Ado About Nothing (1964), The Crucible (1957) and Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ (1958). She was married to Gerhard Vogt. She died on 28 January 1964 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Christine van Santen was born on 22 September 1931 in Bochum, Germany. She was an actress, known for Lysistrate und die NATO (1975). She was married to Hanns Anselm Perten. She died on 10 April 1984 in Rostock, German Democratic Republic.
- Günther Haack was born on 20 February 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Hexer (1962), Zar und Zimmermann (1956) and Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot (1961). He died on 16 June 1965 in Halle, German Democratic Republic.
- Hans-Dieter Schlegel was born on 31 December 1925 in Halle/Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Der Hexer (1962). He died on 17 December 1987 in Bautzen, German Democratic Republic.
- Walter Martin was born on 30 May 1901 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mein blauer Vogel fliegt (1975), Spring Symphony (1983) and Goldene Zeiten - Feine Leute (1977). He died on 19 September 1985 in Halle, German Democratic Republic.
- Ilse Voigt was born on 3 February 1905 in Pirna, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Seine Hoheit - Genosse Prinz (1969) and Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz (1974). She was married to Fritz Meindl and Hans Wahlberg. She died on 3 June 1990 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic.
- Hermann Wagemann was born on 7 December 1906 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eine Berliner Romanze (1956), Castles and Cottages (1957) and Die Unbesiegbaren (1953). He died on 31 May 1984 in Rostock, German Democratic Republic.
- Hansjoachim Büttner was born on 2 November 1900 in Coburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Richter von Zalamea (1956), A Certain Mr. Gran (1933) and Geheimcode B 13 (1967). He died on 28 July 1973 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- Werner Wieland was born on 18 October 1910 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dny zrady (1973), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). He died on 9 June 1984 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- Johannes Maus was born on 27 December 1916 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Small White Mouse (1964), Geheimakten Solvay (1953) and Die Suche nach dem wunderbunten Vögelchen (1964). He died on 5 February 1985 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
- Arthur Reppert was born on 23 February 1893 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mein Herz sehnt sich nach Liebe (1931), Die lustigen Weiber (1936) and Capriccio (1938). He died in 1970 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic.
- Werner Wenzel was born on 29 January 1913 in Görlitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Seine Hoheit - Genosse Prinz (1969), Das Märchenschloß (1961) and Der Ochse von Kulm (1955). He died on 22 May 1978 in Meiningen, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Willi Narloch was born on 18 July 1910 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der letzte der Mohikaner (1956), Die Häuser des Herrn Sartorius (1955) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). He died on 18 April 1973 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.