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Maetzig at a screening of the film Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse in 1955. Kurt Maetzig (25 January 1911 – 8 August 2012) was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in East Germany. He was one of the most respected filmmakers of the GDR. [1] After his retirement he lived in Wildkuhl, Mecklenburg ...
Kurt Maetzig. Kurt Maetzig (* 25. Januar 1911 in Berlin; † 8. August 2012 in Bollewick -Wildkuhl) [1] war ein deutscher Filmregisseur. Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen zählen Ehe im Schatten (1947), die zweiteilige Biografie Ernst Thälmann – Sohn seiner Klasse und Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse (1954/1955) sowie Das Kaninchen bin ...
Sep 2, 2012 · Kurt Maetzig, a pioneering East German director whose socialist films scrutinized anti-Semitism, explored corporate complicity in the rise of fascism and helped compel Germans to come to terms ...
Kurt Maetzig. Director: The Rabbit Is Me. Kurt Maetzig was born on 25 January 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Marriage in the Shadows (1947) and Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954).
- Director, Writer, Actor
- January 25, 1911
- Kurt Maetzig
- August 8, 2012
A stalwart of the East German film industry, Maetzig was an influential – and occasionally controversial – director who made such films as Ehe im Schatten (1947), Der Buntkarierten (1949), Rat der Götter (1950), the two part biopic of Ernst Thaelmann (1954-55), Der schweigende Stern (1960) and Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965).
Kurt Maetzig was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1911. His father owned a film duplication facility, and his mother came from a wealthy family of tea merchants from Hamburg and Denmark. During the First World War, Maetzig lived in Hamburg-Harvestehude with his grandmother.
Nov 8, 2012 · Kurt Maetzig, film director: born Berlin 25 January 1911; three children. Died Wildkuhl, Mecklenburg 8 August 2012. More about Cinema Family And Parenting retail Tea. Join our commenting forum.
