Egon Monk

Egon Monk (May 18, 1927 – February 28, 2007) was a German actor, director and author.

Biography

Monk was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in Berlin-Wedding. He served in the German Air Force in World War II (1943–1945). After the war he became an actor. Later he worked for RIAS Berlin (1954–1959) and for the NDR. He died in Hamburg, Germany.

Awards and honors

Monk won three Teleplay Awards at the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival (1966, 1973, 1989) and one German Critics Association Award (1988).

Filmography

Television director

• Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar (1953) — (based on Señora Carrar's Rifles)
• Das Geld, das auf der Straße liegt (1958) — (based on a play by Werner Jörg Lüddecke)
• Die Brüder (1958) — (based on Pierre et Jean)
• Leben des Galilei (1962) — (based on Life of Galileo)
• Anfrage (1962) — (based on a novel by Christian Geissler)
• Schlachtvieh (1963) — (screenplay by Christian Geissler)
• Wassa Schelesnowa (1963) — (based on Vassa Zheleznova)
• Mauern (1963) — (screenplay by Gunther Reinhold Lys)
• Wilhelmsburger Freitag (1964) — (screenplay by Christian Geissler)
• Ein Tag – Bericht aus einem deutschen Konzentrationslager (1965) — (based on a memoir by Gunther Reinhold Lys)
• The Moment of Peace (1965, TV anthology film, co-directors: Georges Franju, Tadeusz Konwicki)
• Preis der Freiheit (1966) — (screenplay by Dieter Meichsner)
• Über den Gehorsam. Szenen aus Deutschland, wo die Unterwerfung des eigenen Willens unter einen fremden als Tugend gilt (1968)
• Goldene Städte (1969) — (based on Their Very Own and Golden City by Arnold Wesker)
• Die Räuber (1969) — (based on The Robbers)
• Industrielandschaft mit Einzelhändlern (1970)
• Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben (1973, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Hans Fallada)
• Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar (1975) — (based on Señora Carrar's Rifles)
• Die Geschwister Oppermann (1983, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger)
• Die Bertinis (1988, TV miniseries) — (based on a novel by Ralph Giordano)

External links

Egon Monk at IMDb