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Andrew Thorndike

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 08/30/1909 († 70, 12/14/1979) | Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Andrew Thorndike (30 August 1909 – 14 December 1979) was a German documentary film director. He directed 16 films between 1949 and 1977. His 1950 documentary, Der Weg nach oben, won the Best Documentary Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1951. He was a member of the jury at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. At the 11th Moscow International Film Festival in 1979, he was awarded the Honorable Prize for his contribution to cinema. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | History

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The economic and cultural improvements of the Soviet Occupied Sector are documented with scenes from the years 1945 to 1950. The film deals with the land reform, the founding of the Socialist Unity Pa ...

Der Weg nach oben

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1950 | 1h 21min
Documentary
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Basing his work on documentary material, Andrew Thorndike tells the life story of Wilhelm Pieck: from young worker to fighter for the German working class, and from enemy of national-socialism to the ...

Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten

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1952 | 1h 20min
Documentary
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Unternehmen Teutonenschwert

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1958
Documentary
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Die alte neue Welt

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1977 | 1h 42min
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Awards & Nominations for Andrew Thorndike

Banner of Labor National Prize of the German Democratic Republic Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze Order of Lenin
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Movies with Andrew Thorndike as Crew(15)

Directing/Director1977 Die alte neue Welt
Directing/Director1971 My Whole Life Long
Directing/Director1969 Diary of a German Woman
Directing/Director1963 Das russische Wunder
Writing/Writer1963 Das russische Wunder
Directing/Director1958 Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
Editing/Editor1958 Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
Writing/Writer1958 Unternehmen Teutonenschwert
Directing/Director1957 Vacation in Sylt
Directing/Director1956 Du und mancher Kamerad
Writing/Writer1956 Du und mancher Kamerad
Directing/Director1952 Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
Writing/Writer1952 Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
Directing/Director1950 Der Weg nach oben
Writing/Writer1950 Der Weg nach oben

Full Name: Andrew Thorndike
Born: Monday, 08/30 1909 (August) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Died: Friday, 12/14 1979 (December) in Berlin (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: German (DE)
Member of: Academy of Arts of the GDR, National Committee for a Free Germany
Other names for Andrew Thorndike (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Андре Торндайк"
Andrew Thorndike frequently works together with these people:
Annelie Thorndike (11x, Crew)
Paul Dessau (3x, Crew)
Harry Hindemith (2x, Actor)
Klaus Alde (2x, Cast)
Kurt Stanke (2x, Crew)
Walter Fehdmer (2x, Crew)
Gerry Wolff (2x, Actor)
Feodor Pappe (1x, Crew)
Fritz Erpenbeck (1x, Crew)
Sergey Kiselev (1x, Cast)
Bruno Kleberg (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:238183, Added: 08/06/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024