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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.
Sep 2, 2012 · Kurt Maetzig, a pioneering East German director whose socialist films scrutinized anti-Semitism, explored corporate complicity in the rise of fascism and helped compel Germans to come to...
Kurt Maetzig war ein deutscher Filmregisseur. Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen zählen Ehe im Schatten, die zweiteilige Biografie Ernst Thälmann – Sohn seiner Klasse und Ernst Thälmann – Führer seiner Klasse sowie Das Kaninchen bin ich. Er prägte maßgeblich den Film der DDR. Zudem war er Mitbegründer, Mitlizenzträger und ...
Kurt Maetzig was born on 25 January 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Marriage in the Shadows (1947) and Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954). He was married to Yvonne Merin, Bärbel and Marion Keller.
- Director, Writer, Actor
- January 25, 1911
- Kurt Maetzig
- August 8, 2012
Aug 9, 2012 · German director Kurt Maetzig, who was banned by the Nazis from making films but went on to co-found Communist East Germany's state-owned film production company, died on Wednesday, a former...
Sep 3, 2012 · Kurt Maetzig, a pioneering figure in East Germany’s socialist film industry after World War II who became one of the country’s most respected directors, not least for compelling...
A stalwart of the East German film industry, Maetzig was an influential – and occasionally controversial – director who made such films as Ehe im Schatten (1947), Der Buntkarierten (1949), Rat der Götter (1950), the two part biopic of Ernst Thaelmann (1954-55), Der schweigende Stern (1960) and Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965).
