- Frank Beyer
Frank Beyer (
26 May 1932 , Nobitz, Germany -1 October 2006 ,Berlin ) was a Germanfilm director .He studied theatre science and worked as a director for small plays before studying film at the Prager film school. In 1957 came his debut film, "Zwei Mütter". But it was "Nackt unter Wölfen" and "Jakob, der Lügner" which made him famous for their portrayals of life in the
concentration camp andGhetto .His later work came increasingly under the censorship of
East Germany , culminating in the outright ban of 1966's "Spur der Steine" (starringManfred Krug ) three days after its release. The film was not shown there again until after the fall of theBerlin Wall .After 1989, his work was mainly produced for television, working with writers such as
Carl Zuckmayer andErich Loest . Beyer died onOctober 1 2006 , aged 74, in Berlin after long illness. [cite_web | url = http://www.tagesschau.de/aktuell/meldungen/0,,OID5964152,00.html | title = Regisseur Frank Beyer gestorben | accessdate = 2006-10-03 | publisher = tagesschau.de | date =2006-10-02 | language = German ]Filmography (selection)
*1957 - "Zwei Mütter"
*1963 - "Nackt unter Wölfen "
*1963 - "Karbid und Sauerampfer "
*1966 - "Traces of Stones "
*1974 - "Jakob, der Lügner"
*1983 - "Der Aufenthalt" ("The Turning Point")
*1995 - "Nikolaikirche" (TV)
*1997 - "Hauptmann von Köpenick " (starringHarald Juhnke ,Rolf Hoppe , Udo Samel, Sophie Rois)References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079906/ IMDb entry] .
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
