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Konrad Wolf

Film Director / Politician / Screenwriter / Military Personnel | * 10/20/1925 († 56, 03/07/1982) | Hechingen (Germany)
Konrad Wolf (20 October 1925 – 7 March 1982) was an East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf. "Koni" was his nickname. ()

Konrad Wolf was born in Hechingen in 1925 and died in Berlin in 1982. In 1933, his family emigrated to the Soviet Union. At the age of 18, he joined the Red Army and came to Germany as a lieutenant in 1945. He studied Directing at the Moscow Film School in 1949 and worked as an assistant director to Kurt Maetzig at the DEFA Studios in 1953.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Music | War

Known for these Movies & Shows

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. ...

Solo Sunny

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1980 | 3.3/5 | 1h 40min
Music, Drama
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Professor Hans Mamlock is the distinguished chief of surgery in a university hospital. The year is 1933, and although the Professor is Jewish, he remains unconcerned with politics and the growing Nazi ...

Professor Mamlock

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1961 | 3.6/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although they go to the frontlines, their new Russ ...

Mama, I’m Alive

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1977 | 2.3/5 | 1h 43min
Adventure, Drama, War
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As a painter in the court of King Carlos IV, Goya has attained wealth and reputation. He believes in King and Church, yet he is also a Spaniard who dearly loves his people. This contradiction presents ...

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

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1971 | 3.0/5 | 2h 16min
Drama, History
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Awards & Nominations for Konrad Wolf

4x National Prize of the German Democratic Republic Erich-Weinert-Medaille Johannes-R.-Becher-Medaille Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic Art Award of The Fdgb Honorary citizenship Order of Karl Marx Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver Order of the Red Star Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For Battle Merit"
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Movies with Konrad Wolf as Actor(1)

1936 Der Kampf

Movies with Konrad Wolf as Crew(24)

Directing/Director1982 Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Directing/Director1980 Solo Sunny
Writing/Writer1980 Solo Sunny
Directing/Director1977 Mama, I’m Alive
Writing/Writer1977 Mama, I’m Alive
Directing/Director1974 The Naked Man in the Stadium
Writing/Writer1974 The Naked Man in the Stadium
Directing/Director1972 The Little Prince
Directing/Director1972 Sun Seekers
Directing/Director1971 Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Writing/Writer1971 Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
Directing/Director1968 I Was Nineteen
Writing/Writer1968 I Was Nineteen
Directing/Director1964 Divided Heaven
Writing/Screenplay1964 Divided Heaven
Directing/Director1961 Professor Mamlock
Writing/Writer1961 Professor Mamlock
Directing/Director1960 People with Wings
Directing/Director1959 Stars
Directing/Director1957 Lissy
Writing/Writer1957 Lissy
Directing/Director1956 Genesung
Directing/Director1955 Einmal ist keinmal
Writing/Writer1955 Einmal ist keinmal

Full Name: Konrad Wolf
Citizenships: Soviet Union (former country), East Germany / German Democratic Republic (GDR) (former country)
Born: Tuesday, 10/20 1925 (October) in Hechingen (Germany)
Died: Sunday, 03/07 1982 (March) in East Berlin (aged: 56)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: German (DE)
Educated at: Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Karl Liebknecht School
Employer: Soviet Military Administration in Germany, DEFA
Member of: Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany
Spouses (current/former): Christel Bodenstein
Siblings: Markus Wolf, Thomas Naumann
Other names for Konrad Wolf (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Конрад Вольф"
Konrad Wolf frequently works together with these people:
Werner Bergmann (12x, Crew)
Evelyn Carow (5x, Crew)
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (5x, Crew)
Karl Georg Egel (4x, Crew)
Christa Wernicke (4x, Crew)
Paul Wiens (4x, Crew)
Hilmar Thate (4x, Actor)
Brigitte Krause (3x, Actress)
Agnes Kraus (3x, Actress)
Ernst Busch (3x, Actor)
Albert Zahn (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:622887, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024