Konrad Wolf ( German Konrad Wolf , Konrad Friedrich Wolf [1] ; October 20, 1925 , Hechingen , Germany - March 7, 1982 , Berlin , Germany ) - German film director , son of the writer Friedrich Wolf , younger brother of the leader Foreign Intelligence Markus Wolf . The representative of the Soviet school of cinema (graduated from VGIK ), however, he worked mainly in the GDR . The most famous of Wolf’s films is “Goya, or the Hard Way of Knowledge” based on the novel of the same name by L. Feuchtwanger with Donatas Banionis in the title role.
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| Date of Birth | October 20, 1925 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Hechingen , Germany | ||||
| Date of death | March 7, 1982 (56 years old) | ||||
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany | ||||
| Citizenship |  Germany → →  GDR | ||||
| Profession | filmmaker | ||||
| Career | 1955 - 1982 | ||||
| Direction | drama | ||||
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Biography
After the Nazis came to power, he emigrated with his parents from Germany and since 1934 he lived in the USSR. He participated in the Second World War as part of the Red Army. He served as a translator in the political department of the 47th Army. Lieutenant . He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medal "For Military Merit" [2] . In 1945 (at age 19) he was appointed military commandant of the city of Bernau . The experience of the war years is reflected by the director in the films “ I was nineteen ” and “ Mom, I am alive ”.
In 1949 he entered VGIK (Moscow) at the directing department, course of S. A. Gerasimov .
After graduating from VGIK, he lived and worked in the GDR. President of the Academy of Arts of the GDR (1965-1982). Laureate of the National Prize of the GDR (1959, 1968).
Filmography
- 1955 - Once Upon a Time / Einmal ist keinmal
- 1956 - Healing / Genesung (in the Soviet box office Love and Duty )
- 1957 - Lissy
- 1958 - The Sunseeker / Sonnensucher
- 1959 - Stars / Sterne (with NRB )
- 1960 - People with Wings / Leute mit Flügeln
- 1961 - Professor Mamlock
- 1964 - Broken Skies / Der Geteilte Himmel
- 1966 - The Little Prince / Der Kleine Prinz (TV)
- 1968 - I was nineteen / Ich war neunzehn
- 1971 - Goya, or the Hard Path of Knowledge / Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis
- 1974 - Naked at the Stadium / Der Nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz
- 1977 - Mom, I'm Alive / Mama, ich lebe
- 1980 - Solo Sunny
- 1982 - Bush sings - Six films about the first half of the 20th century / Busch singt - Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts (TV)
Notes
- ↑ Angel Wagenstein “My Brother Koni”
- ↑ Award documents on the site “FEAT OF PEOPLE” Archived on March 13, 2012.
Literature
- Rubanova I.I. Konrad Wolf. - M .: Art , 1973. - 184, [32] p. - ( Masters of foreign cinema art ). - 30,000 copies.
- Naum Kleiman . "The Broken Sky" by Konrad Wolf . Cinematographic notes, No. 76 (January 5, 2008). Archived on September 28, 2009.
Links
- Wolf Conrad - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- Conrad Wolf on the movie diary site
- Presentation of C. Wolf's retrospective on the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation website
- Apprentice with Presny Conrad Wolf