Wolfgang Kohlhaase
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| Born | 13 March 1931 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Film director |
| Years active | 1953–present |
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (born 13 March 1931) is a German film director and was one of GDR's most well-known and prolific film screenwriters.[1] He was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.
Early life
Wolfgang Kohlhaase was born to machine fitter Karl Kohlhaase and his wife Charlotte and grew up in Berlin-Adlershof.[2]
Career
He had his first articles published while still attending school. Later on he worked as trainee writer for youth journals and as assistant Dramaturge for DEFA before becoming a freelancer in 1952.[1] In collaboration with director Gerhard Klein he created the so-called 'Berlin Films', a popular genre about young East Berliners inspired by Italian neorealism. In 1980, along with Konrad Wolf, he co-directed the film Solo Sunny. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Renate Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.[3] In 1985, he was a member of the jury at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
Selected filmography
- Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner (dir. Gerhard Klein, 1957)
- The Gleiwitz Case (dir. Gerhard Klein, 1961)
- I Was Nineteen (dir. Konrad Wolf, 1968)
- Mama, I'm Alive (dir. Konrad Wolf, 1977)
- Solo Sunny (dir. Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase, 1980)
- The Turning Point (dir. Frank Beyer, 1983)
- Die Grünstein-Variante (dir. Bernhard Wicki, 1984)
- Begräbnis einer Gräfin (dir. Heiner Carow, 1992, TV film)
- Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (dir. Frank Beyer, 1997, TV film)
- The Legend of Rita (dir. Volker Schlöndorff, 2000)
- Baby (dir. Philipp Stölzl, 2002)
- Summer in Berlin (dir. Andreas Dresen, 2005)
- Whisky mit Wodka (dir. Andreas Dresen, 2009)
- I Phone You (dir. Tang Dan, 2011)
- As We Were Dreaming (dir. Andreas Dresen, 2015)
- In Times of Fading Light (dir. Matti Geschonneck, 2017)
References
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture. Sandford, John, 1944 January 1-. London: Routledge. 1999. ISBN 0415245885. OCLC 48138199.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Wolfgang Kohlhaase".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Berlinale 1980: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
- ^ "Berlinale: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-01-08.
External links
Media related to Wolfgang Kohlhaase at Wikimedia Commons
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase at IMDb
- http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/retrospektive/retro-presse-detail_5419.html
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