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Slatan Theodor Dudow (Bulgarian: Златан Дудов, Zlatan Dudov) (30 January 1903 - 12 July 1963) was a Bulgarian born film director and screenwriter who made a number of films during the Weimar Republic and in East Germany.
Slatan Theodor Dudow ( bulgarisch Златан Дудов; * 30. Januar 1903 in Zaribrod, Fürstentum Bulgarien; † 12. Juli 1963 in Fürstenwalde/Spree) war ein bulgarischer Filmregisseur und Drehbuchautor, der hauptsächlich in Deutschland tätig war.
Slatan Dudow was born on 30 January 1903 in Zaribrod, Bulgaria. He was a director and writer, known for Frauenschicksale (1952), Verwirrung der Liebe (1959) and Christine (1963). He died on 12 July 1963 in Fürstenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Slatan Dudow
- July 12, 1963
- January 30, 1903
Jun 20, 2021 · Slatan Dudow's cinematic career took him from rural Bulgaria to working with Bertolt Brecht — making him one of the twentieth century’s most important socialist filmmakers. Yet the director's work has undeservedly been forgotten.
Slatan Dudow died in a car crash near Berlin on July 12, 1963 before he could finish his last film, Christine, a look into the life of a young woman searching for love and success as a female farmer.
Slatan Dudow (1903–1963) was long regarded as the “founder of socialist film” in the GDR for his film Kuhle Wampe (1932). The recently published book scrutinises this nimbus. The Slatan Dudow Archive, which is now being opened, has been analysed for the first time.
One of the first works by acclaimed (East) German documentary director Volker Koepp, this portrait of filmmaker Slatan Dudow (1903-1963) follows his life and work in exile, painting a detailed picture of the Marxist artist.
