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- Actress
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Christiane Maybach was born on 14 March 1932 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for A Study in Terror (1965), Unter uns (1994) and Gaslicht (1960). She died on 12 April 2006 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hanno Brühl was born on 19 February 1937 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Die Andere Seite der Welt (1984), Baff - Fast eine Sendung (1968) and Sehnsucht (1990). He died on 5 October 2010 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Gisela Uhlen was born on 16 May 1919 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), Rembrandt (1942) and The Indian Scarf (1963). She was married to Herbert Ballmann, Wolfgang Kieling, Hans Bertram, Beat Hodel and Kurt Wessels. She died on 16 January 2007 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Art Department
Leonide Massine, dancer and choreographer was born in Moscow in 1895 the son of a soprano & a musician from the Bolshoi Theatre chorus. He studied acting & dance from the age of 8 at Moscow's Imperial Theatre School. He was 19 when he was spotted by Diaghilev and recruited as the principal dancer in the Ballets Russes to replace the recently married Nijinsky. Although many said that as a person he was distant and unemotional, when on stage (or film) he showed a livliness and an ability for the understanding and expressing of strong emotions and tremendous humour. Massine's first original work of choreography was the innovative Parade (1917) with a libretto by Jean Cocteau, music by Erik Satie and decor by Pablo Picasso. Later on his set designers included Matisse, Salvador Dalí and Chagall. He went on to a hugely successful career as an international dancer and choreographer and while his private life remained tempestuous with four marriages and many affairs, his professional career seems to have been totally happy and satisfying for him. he was still dancing in his mid-sixties and was choreographing right up to his death in 1979.- Miriam Pielhau was born on 12 May 1975 in Heidelberg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Cinema TV (1997), Der letzte Bissen (2007) and Zepp (2007). She was married to Thom. She died on 12 July 2016 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
René Deltgen was born on 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. He was an actor, known for The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959), No Way Back (1953) and Journey to the Lost City (1960). He was married to Anita Irene Wapordjieff and Elisabeth Scherer. He died on 29 January 1979 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Hildegard Krekel was born on 2 June 1952 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She was an actress, known for Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977), Tatort (1970) and Zoff (1972). She was married to ? ?. She died on 26 May 2013 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
George Moorse was born on 1 May 1936 in Bellmore, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Inki (1974), 'In Side Out' (1964) and Schnelles Geld (1983). He was married to Barbara Moorse. He died on 30 July 1999 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Helma Seitz was born on 23 February 1913 in Offenbach am Main, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Tod läuft hinterher (1967), Der Kommissar (1969) and Tatort (1970). She was married to Arthus Hartog and Theodor Becker. She died on 11 July 1995 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- John Cannon was born on 26 March 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for I've Got a Secret (1952), Strike It Rich (1951) and Studio One (1948). He was married to Trudy Wilson Cannon. He died on 22 June 2001 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Helga Märthesheimer was born on 27 March 1938 in Kassel, Germany. She was an actress, known for Fear of Fear (1975) and Je später der Abend... (1973). She died on 11 March 2008 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Willy Millowitsch was born on 8 January 1909 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Das Paradies der flotten Sünder (1968) and Der Etappenhase (1956). He was married to Gerda Feldhoff and Linny Lüttgen. He died on 20 September 1999 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Loris Bazzocchi was born on 5 January 1931 in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an actor, known for La piovra (1984), Shoot First, Die Later (1974) and From the Orient with Fury (1965). He died on 19 April 2019 in Cologne, Germany.
- Jan Hahn was born on 22 September 1973 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frühstücksfernsehen (1987), Pastewka (2005) and Der letzte Bulle (2010). He died on 4 May 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Director
Alfred Greven was born on 9 October 1897 in Elberfeld, Germany. He was a producer and production manager, known for Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933), Goal in the Clouds (1939) and Two Merry Adventurers (1937). He died on 9 February 1973 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Asik Mahzuni Serif was born on 17 November 1940 in Kahramanmaras, Turkey. He was a writer, known for The Bad Penny (2021), The Pit (2016) and Eskiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz (2015). He died on 17 May 2002 in Cologne, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Willi Herren was born on 17 June 1975 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He was an actor, known for Lindenstraße (1985), Tatort (1970) and Lola and Billy the Kid (1999). He was married to Jasmin Herren. He died on 20 April 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Arved Birnbaum was born on 31 March 1962 in Forst, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for In the Face of Crime (2010), We Are the Night (2010) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Sabine. He died on 24 October 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Damo Suzuki was born on 16 January 1950 in Oiso, Japan. He was an actor and composer, known for Broken Embraces (2009), Inherent Vice (2014) and The Gentlemen (2019). He was married to Gitta Suzuki-Mouret. He died on 9 February 2024 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Composer
- Director
- Writer
Mauricio Kagel was born on 24 December 1931 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer and director, known for Antithese (1965), Pas de cinq (1966) and Ludwig van (1970). He was married to Ursula Burghardt. He died on 18 September 2008 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Xao Seffcheque was born in 1956 in Graz, Styria, Austria. He was a writer and actor, known for Ein Jahr - die Anrheiner (1999), Die Kleinen und die Bösen (2015) and Das große Sitzen (1998). He died on 26 May 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mimi Thoma was born on 9 October 1909 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), Fährmann Maria (1936) and Am Ende der Welt (1947). She died on 16 May 1968 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Elisabeth Scherer was born on 30 July 1914 in Cologne, Germany. She was an actress, known for Jetzt oder nie - Zeit ist Geld (2000), Helden und andere Feiglinge (1998) and Tatort (1970). She was married to René Deltgen and Dieter Werner. She died on 18 April 2013 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Ingrid Kalinowski was born in 1937. She was an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Die ProSieben Märchenstunde (2006) and Markus Lanz (2008). She was married to Klaus Kalinowski. She died on 11 May 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
The father immigrated from Sicily. Immediately after Adolf Hitler's Nazi takeover at the beginning of 1933, Giordano moved from elementary school to a respected Hamburg high school. Since his mother was Jewish, the child was exposed to anti-Semitic reprisals from teachers and classmates at high school as a result of the Nuremberg racial laws of 1935. Giordano was arrested several times by the Gestapo and badly beaten during interrogations. In 1940 he had to leave high school early. At that time, Giordano began writing a story about his family, which was to be published in novel form in 1982. After the family lost their home in Hamburg as a result of a bomb attack in the summer of 1943, they temporarily moved to Bösdorf in the Altmark. A year later he returned to Hamburg.
Shortly before the collapse of National Socialist rule, Giordano's mother was threatened with deportation. A friend from Hamburg then hid the family in a cellar, which saved them from the worst. After the end of the war, the 22-year-old decided to investigate the National Socialist crimes in Hitler's Germany. He joined the newly formed Jewish community in Hamburg. At the same time, he initially became politically active on the far left by joining the Hamburg Communist Party in 1946 and also writing for communist newspapers in the following 10 years. Giordano even took part in a writers' school in the GDR. However, Giordano's Stalinism met with increasing criticism until he finally left the Communist Party in 1957. In 1961 he published the book "The Party is Always Right," in which he recapitulated his involvement in the Communist Party with unusual self-criticism. The literary reckoning brought Giordano his first attention in the German media.
In April 1961 he was initially appointed to the East-West editorial team of NDR television in Hamburg. Giordano then went to WDR in Cologne in 1964, where he worked until his retirement in 1988. During these more than two decades he made television documentaries about National Socialism and Fascism, but also about Stalinism. In his 100 television films, he also addressed the problems of the Third World as a further focus, being one of the first to address German involvement in colonialism ("Heia Safari - The Legend of the German Colonial Idyll in Africa"). The television documentarian's special style included making general social grievances visible through the depiction of individual fates. With his book "The Trace" in 1984, Giordano presented a summary of his television work. Giordano published the novel "The Bertinis" in 1982, which describes the persecution of a family under National Socialism and depicts the author's 40-year literary examination of his own family history.
The German and international success of the book (translations into Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, French and Hebrew) led to a film adaptation as a five-part ZDF series, which also found a wide television audience in Israel. As a more political preoccupation with his and German history, Giordano published the book "The Second Guilt or the Burden of Being German" in 1987, which deals with the repression of National Socialism in post-war Germany. However, the journalist and writer was not only concerned with the recent German past, but was also interested in current political events. In the wake of the emergence of a new right-wing extremist youth movement in unified Germany in the 1990s, Giordano repeatedly addressed the public with warnings. His political commitment made Giordano himself a target of right-wing extremist violence: he received more than 200 death threats within a year. However, when he called for more effective state countermeasures in an open letter to Chancellor Helmut Kohl in 1992, he was met with nothing but rejection.
Due to the East German PEN members' failure to come to terms with the Stasi past in the wake of the merger of West and East German PEN, Giordano resigned from the writers' association in the spring of 1997. Even after the red-green government change in September 1998, Giordano had reason to speak out critically. In the spring of 2002, he protested in an open letter to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the writer Martin Walser against the history-falsifying statements made by Walser, who had been admitted as an official speaker on the anniversary of the end of the war at the SPD headquarters in Berlin. Giordano was honored with numerous media awards such as the Grimme Television Prize (1968/69). In 1990 he received the Heinz Galinski Prize and the Federal Association First Class Service Cross. Since the same year he has been an honorary doctorate from the University of Kassel and has been a recipient of the North Rhine-Westphalian Order of Merit since 1992. In 2001 the journalist was awarded the Hermann Sinsheimer Prize for literature and journalism. In September 2003 he received the Leo Baeck Prize.
As a literary product of a trip to his father's homeland, on which he got to know the roots of his own origins, Giordano published the book "Sicily, Sicily! A Homecoming" in 2002. In October 2004, the journalist was awarded the Surp Sahak-Surp Mesrop Order by the Armenian Apostolic Church for an ARD documentary in which Giordano reported in 1986 about the Armenian genocide in 1915 in the former Ottoman Empire. Giordano was married to Helga in his first marriage from 1913 to 1984, his second marriage to Tanja from 1987 to 1988 and his third marriage from 1994 to Roswitha Everhan, who died in 2002.
Ralph Giordano died on December 10, 2014 in Cologne.- Producer
- Writer
- Production Manager
After graduating from school with a high school diploma, Alfred Biolek studied law. Following his doctorate, he worked as a legal advisor at ZDF from 1963 to 1970. From 1970 Biolek worked as a producer for "Bavaria GmbH" in Munich. The programs "Am churning" with Rudi Carrell and "Bios Bahnhof" from 1978 to 1985, which was also moderated by him, were created here. The content of the shows was humorous reports on current topics, with numerous stars and starlets from the media industry being guests. The evening was accompanied by games, music and conversations. For these productions, Biolek was awarded the "Adolf Grimme Prize" in 1983. From 1985 to 1991, the program "Mensch Meier" was broadcast under the moderation of Bioleks.
From 1990 he worked as an honorary professor at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. The successful show "Boulevard Bio" started in late 1991, in which the popular talk show host had conversations with various personalities from art, politics, sports and media in a relaxed and sometimes private atmosphere. From 1994 onwards, Biolek also presented the cooking show "alfredissimo", in which he cooked for his guests and they cooked for him. After 12 years and 485 editions of "Boulevard Bio", the TV presenter stopped his popular talk show on June 11, 2003. However, Biolek continued to stay with the television audience through his cooking show "alfredissimo". Biolek also appeared with his company "Pro GmbH" as a producer for successor Sandra Maischberger, who has occupied the slot of the departed talk show host on ARD since September 2, 2003 with her talk show "People at Maischberger".
He was the first German to be appointed UN Special Ambassador for World Population on November 23, 2000 in New York. His charitable work is dedicated to the AIDS problem in Africa, to help which he founded the "Alfred Biolek Foundation - Help for Africa" in 2005. During his career, Biolek was awarded several prestigious awards, including the "Golden Camera" (1993), the "Bambi" (1994), the "German Book Prize" (2002) and the "Karl Valentin Order" (2003). . In 2008 he was honored with the "Golden Camera" for his life's work. In 2009, Biolek was awarded the German Television Prize - honorary award for his life's work. On July 9, 2009, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, ARD broadcast a gala entitled "Thank you, Bio" from the Cologne E-Werk.
Alfred Biolek died on July 23, 2021 in Cologne.- Claudia Doren was born on 4 November 1931 in Neunkirchen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Känguru (1985), Plattenküche (1976) and Am laufenden Band (1974). She was married to Roland Kovac. She died on 19 February 1987 in Cologne, Germany.
- Christoph Hemrich was born on 29 June 1956 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Feuerengel (1997), Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (1997) and De Partizanen (1995). He died on 20 May 2012 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Friedrich Fussbroich was born on 16 September 1940. He was married to Annemarie Fussbroich. He died on 18 October 2022 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Actress
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Lucy Millowitsch was born on 8 November 1905 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for The Unknown (1936), Die spanische Fliege (1958) and Das große Spiel (1942). She was married to Josef Haubrich. She died on 21 June 1990 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Franz Grothe was born on 17 September 1908 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer and actor, known for The Good Liar (2019), Waltz Melodies (1938) and Das Schloß in Flandern (1936). He was married to Kirsten Heiberg and Gerda Eckert. He died on 12 September 1982 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lotti Krekel was born on 23 August 1941 in Roetgen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tim Frazer (1963), Die spanische Fliege (1958) and Familie Heinz Becker (1992). She was married to Ernst H. Hilbich. She died on 11 April 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Alan Barton was born on 16 September 1953 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987), Smokie: My Heart Is True (1988) and Smokie: Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1989). He died on 23 March 1995 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Producer
- Writer
Ica Souvignier was a producer and writer, known for Shoot the Duke (2009), Fatal Rescue (2009) and Perfect Hideout (2008). She was married to Michael Souvignier. She died on 7 July 2012 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Arno Görke was born on 18 December 1923 in Valparaíso, Chile. He was an actor, known for Herodes und Mariamne (1965), Der Strick um den Hals (1975) and Der dritte Handschuh (1967). He died on 5 October 1992 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Hans Schulze was born on 7 October 1930 in Bochum, Germany. He was an actor, known for Macbeth (1974), Na krawedzi (1973) and Tatort (1970). He died on 29 August 2023 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Albertus Magnus was born in 1193 in Lauingen, Bavaria, Germany. Albertus died on 15 November 1280 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Hannelore Lübeck was born on 5 April 1927 in Wuppertal, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Kammerflimmern (2004) and Narren (2003). She died on 25 October 2014 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Actor
Wilhelm Vorwerg was born on 6 August 1899 in Saarau, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Zarów, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Goal in the Clouds (1939), The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse (1964) and Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958). He died on 15 July 1990 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Erika Berger was born on 13 August 1939 in Munich, Germany. She was an actress, known for Total Normal (1989), Lilli Lottofee (1992) and Scheidungsgericht (1995). She was married to Richard Mahkorn and ???. She died on 15 May 2016 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Christian Bauer was born on 9 September 1947. He was a producer and director, known for Missing Allen - Wo ist Allen Ross? (2001), The Secret of the Snake Goddess (2008) and The Ritchie Boys (2004). He died on 27 July 2009 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Hans Böckler was born on 26 February 1875 in Trautskirchen, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Magdalena Böckler. He died on 16 February 1951 in Cologne, Germany.
- Renate Dissel was born in 1943. She was an actress, known for Voll normaaal (1994), Tatort (1970) and Die Musterknaben (1997). She died on 19 September 2012 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Alfred H. Unger was born on 20 January 1902 in Hohensalza, Posen, Germany [now Inowroclaw, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland]. Alfred H. was a writer, known for Der Fall Winslow (1961), Das Abschiedsgeschenk (1956) and Lockende Tiefe (1962). Alfred H. died on 7 November 1989 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Costume Designer
- Actor
Helmut Holger was born on 16 March 1926 in Essen, Germany. He was a costume designer and actor, known for Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964), Stephanie in Rio (1960) and Und das am Montagmorgen (1959). He died on 17 January 2012 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Werner Höfer was born on 21 March 1913 in Kaisersesch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was married to Petra Moschiri and Elfriede Scheurer. He died on 26 November 1997 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Hannelore Heimanns was born in 1936. She was an actress, known for Weil du arm bist, mußt du früher sterben (1956) and Unter einem Regenschirm... - Eine kleine Traumreise durch verregnete Zeitläufte (1955). She died on 3 December 1956 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Michael Erlhoff was born on 27 May 1946 in Hildesheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Demokratie des Könnens (1984), Lonely Designers (2022) and Scobel (2008). He died on 1 May 2021 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Ruth Brück was born in 1923 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Loose Connections (1983) and Nobody Loves Me (1994). She died on 27 July 1998 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Peter Herbolzheimer was born on 31 December 1935 in Bucharest, Romania. He was a composer, known for Schtonk (1992), Das Traumhaus (1980) and So lebten sie alle Tage (1984). He was married to Gisela. He died on 27 March 2010 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.