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Kurt Maetzig

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 01/25/1911 († 101, 08/08/2012) | Berlin (Germany)
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. After his retirement he lived in Wildkuhl, Mecklenburg, and had three children. ()

Kurt Maetzig was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in the German Democratic Republic. He was also artistic director of the DEFA film studio.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | History

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This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early November 1918, Ernst Thälmann is an unwilling soldier ...

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

Certification unknown

1954 | 2.4/5 | 2h 4min
History, Drama
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A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a ...

Girls in Gingham

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1949 | 3.3/5 | 1h 40min
History, Drama
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Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, Elisabeth, who is Jewish, ignores the advice of a colle ...

Marriage in the Shadows

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1947 | 3.6/5 | 1h 44min
Drama
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The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political ...

The Rabbit Is Me

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1965 | 3.4/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Kurt Maetzig

Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold National Prize of the German Democratic Republic Star of People's Friendship
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Movies with Kurt Maetzig as Actor(1)

1996 DEFA – Es werden ein paar Filme bleiben

TV Shows/Series with Kurt Maetzig as Actor(1)

as himself1963 Zur Person

Movies with Kurt Maetzig as Crew(35)

Directing/Director1975 Man against Man
Writing/Writer1975 Man against Man
Directing/Director1972 Janus Head
Directing/Director1967 The Banner of Krivoi Rog
Directing/Director1967 The Girl on the Diving Board
Directing/Director1965 The Rabbit Is Me
Writing/Writer1965 The Rabbit Is Me
Directing/Director1964 Preludio 11
Directing/Director1962 At a French Fireside
Directing/Director1961 September Love
Directing/Director1961 The Dream of Captain Loy
Writing/Writer1961 The Dream of Captain Loy
Directing/Director1961 The Shadow
Directing/Director1960 First Spaceship on Venus
Writing/Writer1960 First Spaceship on Venus
Directing/Director1958 The Sailor’s Song
Directing/Director1957 Castles and Cottages
Writing/Writer1957 Castles and Cottages
Directing/Director1957 Don’t Forget My Little Traudel
Writing/Writer1957 Don’t Forget My Little Traudel
Directing/Director1955 Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Writing/Writer1955 Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Directing/Director1954 Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Directing/Director1952 Story of a Young Couple
Writing/Writer1952 Story of a Young Couple
Writing/Writer1951 The Sonnenbrucks
Directing/Director1950 The Benthin Family
Directing/Director1950 Immer bereit
Directing/Director1950 Council of the Gods
Directing/Director1949 Girls in Gingham
Directing/Director1947 Marriage in the Shadows
Writing/Writer1947 Marriage in the Shadows
Directing/Director1946 Unity SPD – KPD
Directing/Director1946 The Leipzig Tradefair 1946
Directing/Director1946 Berlin under Construction

Full Name: Kurt Maetzig
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Wednesday, 01/25 1911 (January) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Wednesday, 08/08 2012 (August) in Bollewick (aged: 101)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: German (DE)
Educated at: Technical University of Munich
Member of: Academy of Arts of the GDR, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Other names for Kurt Maetzig (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Курт Метциг"
Kurt Maetzig frequently works together with these people:
Günther Simon (8x, Actor)
Lena Neumann (7x, Crew)
Wilhelm Neef (6x, Crew)
Maria Besendahl (6x, Actress)
Fred Delmare (6x, Actor)
Karl Plintzner (6x, Crew)
Willi Neuenhahn (6x, Actor)
Jean Brahn (5x, Actor)
Harry Hindemith (5x, Actor)
Raimund Schelcher (5x, Actor)
Hans Klering (5x, Actor)
Horst Ehmke (1x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:318372, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024