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Frank Beyer

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German film director (1932-2006)

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Frank Paul Beyer was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED.

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Photos 4

Filmography 33

Trace of Stones1966
Jacob the Liar1974
Naked Among Wolves1963
Five Cartridges1960
The Last U-Boat1993
Carbide and Sorrel1963
The Turning Point1983
Abgehauen1998
Nikolaikirche1995
Geschlossene Gesellschaft1978
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick1997
The Break1989
Star-Crossed Lovers1962
Janus Head1972
DEFA - Es werden ein paar Filme bleiben1996
Das Versteck1978
Two Mothers1957
Der König und sein Narr1981
While All Germans Sleep1995
The Goat Horn1984
The Suspicion1991
Sie und Er1992
Das große Fest1992
Die zweite Haut1981
Polonia-Express1957
An Old Love1959
Das Stacheltier: Fridericus Rex - Part Eleven1957
Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita1973
Das Stacheltier - Das Gesellschaftsspiel1957
Fools Among Us1955
Traces of Time: The Director Frank Beyer1997
Der Egoist1972
Der Geizige1968

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Television 6

3 nach 91974
Grimme Award1964
End of Innocence1991
Rottenknechte1971
Weimarer Salon2001
Die sieben Affären der Dona Juanita1973

Awards 1

1963National Prize of East Germany

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Frank Paul Beyer was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED. His 1975 film Jacob the Liar was the only East German film ever nominated for an Academy Award. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 until his death he mostly directed television films.

Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2006 · aged 74
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21 languages

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