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Konrad Petzold (26 April 1930, Radebeul - 12 November 1999, Kleinmachnow) was a German film director, writer, and actor.[1]
Konrad Petzold | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 26 1930 |
| Died | November 12, 1999 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Film Director |
Biography
editBorn the youngest of six children in a poor family, he was the son of a worker and a housewife. After an internship at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), he shot his first feature film in Czechoslovakia in 1955, a comedy called The Fools Among Us. His next film was an adventure film, A Dog in the Marsh, which brought him national recognition, especially among young people.[citation needed] However his next movie The Dress (1961), based on "The Emperor's New Clothes", was accused of hidden political satire, and he was temporarily dismissed from the profession.[2]
Petzold, along with other directors such as Konrad Wolf, Heiner Carow, and Egon Günther, were part of the so-called "second DEFA generation" born in East Germany between 1920 and 1930.[3]
In 1969, Petzold shot the first of five "american-indian films" (. After Gottfried Kolditz died suddenly on an aneurysm on 15 June 1982, Petzold directed his film Der Scout (The Scout), released 1983.[4]
Selected filmography
edit- Die Fahrt nach Bamsdorf (1956)
- Abenteuer in Bamsdorf (1958)
- Natürlich die Nelli (1959)
- Der Moorhund (1960)
- The Dress (co-director: Egon Günther, 1961)
- Die Jagd nach dem Stiefel (1962)
- Das Lied vom Trompeter (1964)
- Alfons Zitterbacke (1966)
- Weiße Wölfe (1969)
References
edit- ^ "Konrad-Petzold-Archiv". archiv.adk.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ Hochscherf, Tobias; Laucht, Christoph; Plowman, Andrew (2010-12-01). Divided, But Not Disconnected: German Experiences of the Cold War. Berghahn Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-84545-646-7.
- ^ Elsaesser, Thomas (2005). European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 340–341. ISBN 978-90-5356-594-0.
- ^ Powell, Larson; Shandley, Robert (2016-08-01). German Television: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives. Berghahn Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-78533-113-8.