Konrad Petzold (26 April 1930, Radebeul - 12 November 1999, Kleinmachnow) was a German film director, writer, and actor.[1]

Konrad Petzold
BornApril 26 1930
DiedNovember 12, 1999(1999-11-12) (aged 69)
NationalityGerman
OccupationFilm Director

Biography

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Born 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Konrad-Petzold-Archiv". archiv.adk.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Elsaesser, Thomas (2005). European Cinema: Face to Face with Hollywood. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 340–341. ISBN 978-90-5356-594-0.
  4. ^ Powell, Larson; Shandley, Robert (2016-08-01). German Television: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives. Berghahn Books. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-78533-113-8.
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