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Egon Günther

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 03/30/1927 († 90, 08/31/2017) | Schneeberg (Germany)
Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017) was a German film director and writer. His film Lotte in Weimar was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. In 1985, his film Morenga was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. He was a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany. ()

Critics describe Egon Günther as an avant-gardist of East German cinema, who was known for stylistically sophisticated films that could compete with international productions.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | History

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was the author of Werther, the romantic novel that was transformed into a play during Goethe's lifetime and which initiated the whole German romantic movement. T ...

Lotte in Weimar

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1975 | 2.6/5 | 2h 5min
Drama
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Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director ...

When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

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1966 | 2.3/5 | 1h 11min
Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
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Based on a novel of the same title by Uwe Timm and set in 1904 in South Africa, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, ...

Morenga

Certification unknown

1985 | 1h 52min
Adventure
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Lenz

Certification unknown

1992 | 1h 30min
 
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Awards & Nominations for Egon Günther

National Prize of the German Democratic Republic
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Movies with Egon Günther as Actor(3)

1996 DEFA – Es werden ein paar Filme bleiben
as Archie1979 Blue Bird
as Leutnant Mahnitz1973 Erziehung vor Verdun

TV Shows/Series with Egon Günther as Actor(1)

as himself1963 Zur Person

Movies with Egon Günther as Crew(48)

Directing/Director2002 Bronnen – A Chaotic Life
Writing/Writer2002 Bronnen – A Chaotic Life
Directing/Director1999 Die Braut
Directing/Director1999 Else – Story of a Passionate Woman
Directing/Director1997 Das 7. Jahr - Ansichten zur Lage der Nation
Directing/Director1997 Danny und Britta
Writing/Writer1997 Danny und Britta
Directing/Director1992 Lenz
Writing/Writer1992 Lenz
Directing/Director1991 Stein
Writing/Writer1991 Stein
Directing/Director1990 Rosamunde
Directing/Director1988 Heimatmuseum
Writing/Writer1988 Heimatmuseum
Directing/Director1986 Die letzte Rolle
Directing/Director1985 Mamas Geburtstag
Directing/Director1983 Hanna von acht bis acht
Directing/Director1982 Euch darf ich’s wohl gestehen
Directing/Director1979 Weimar, du Wunderbare
Writing/Writer1979 Weimar, du Wunderbare
Directing/Director1978 Ursula
Directing/Director1976 The Sorrows of Young Werther
Writing/Writer1976 The Sorrows of Young Werther
Directing/Director1975 Lotte in Weimar
Writing/Writer1975 Lotte in Weimar
Directing/Director1974 The Keys
Writing/Writer1974 The Keys
Directing/Director1973 Erziehung vor Verdun
Writing/Screenplay1973 Erziehung vor Verdun
Directing/Director1972 Her Third
Writing/Screenplay1972 Her Third
Directing/Director1971 Anlauf
Writing/Writer1971 Anlauf
Directing/Director1970 Junge Frau von 1914
Writing/Writer1970 Junge Frau von 1914
Directing/Director1968 Farewell
Writing/Writer1968 Farewell
Directing/Director1966 When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam
Writing/Writer1966 When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam
Writing/Writer1965 The Criminal on Vacation
Directing/Director1965 Lot's Wife
Writing/Writer1965 Lot's Wife
Writing/Screenplay1964 Alaska - Foxes
Writing/Writer1963 Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
Writing/Writer1962 Ärzte
Writing/Writer1961 Der Fremde
Directing/Director1961 Das Kleid
Writing/Writer1961 Das Kleid

TV Shows/Series with Egon Günther as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1981 Exil

Full Name: Egon Günther
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Wednesday, 03/30 1927 (March) in Schneeberg (Germany)
Died: Thursday, 08/31 2017 (August) in Potsdam (aged: 90)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: German (DE)
Member of: Saxon academy of arts, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Other names for Egon Günther (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Эгон Гюнтер"
Egon Günther frequently works together with these people:
Jutta Hoffmann (9x, Actress)
Karl-Ernst Sasse (7x, Crew)
Rita Hiller (7x, Crew)
Erich Gusko (7x, Crew)
Fred Delmare (6x, Actor)
Wolfgang Greese (6x, Actor)
Klaus Piontek (6x, Actor)
Helga Schütz (6x, Crew)
Walter Lendrich (5x, Actor)
Rolf Ludwig (5x, Actor)
Gerry Wolff (5x, Actor)
Wolfgang Kieling (1x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:47407, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024