Frank Beyer
German film director (1932-2006) · Germany · On the map · Directors · Died at 74
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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AbgehauenFilm, Director, Writer1996DEFA - Es werden ein paar Filme bleibenFilm1995
NikolaikircheFilm, Director, Writer1992Das große FestFilm, Director1991
End of InnocenceSeries, Director, Creator
The SuspicionFilm, 1991Director1984
The Goat HornFilm, Director1981
Der König und sein NarrFilm, Director, Writer1978
Das VersteckFilm, Director, Writer19743 nach 9Series1973
Die sieben Affären der Dona JuanitaSeries, Director, Writer1972Der EgoistFilm, Director1971
RottenknechteSeries, Director, Writer1966
Trace of StonesFilm, Director, Writer1964Grimme AwardSeries1963National Prize of East GermanyAward
Carbide and SorrelFilm, 1963Director, Writer1960
Five CartridgesFilm, Director1959
An Old LoveFilm, Director, Writer1955Fools Among UsFilm, Director, Writer1932Born26 May 1932People around Frank
Armin Mueller-Stahl Frank directed Jacob the Liar (1979)
Manfred Krug Frank directed Trace of Stones (1990)
Erwin Geschonneck Frank directed Jacob the Liar (1974)
Fred Delmare Frank directed Naked Among Wolves (1963)- Peter Sturm Frank directed Jacob the Liar (1979)
Hans-Peter Reinecke Frank directed Jacob the Liar (1974)
Jutta Hoffmann Frank directed Trace of Stones and Das Versteck
Hans-Peter Minetti Frank directed Trace of Stones and An Old Love
Günter Naumann Frank directed Five Cartridges (1960)
Jürgen Hentsch Frank directed Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997)
Otto Sander Frank directed The Break and Nikolaikirche
Ulrich Mühe Frank directed The Last U-Boat and Nikolaikirche
Ulrich Plenzdorf Also in Der König und sein Narr (1981)
Rolf Hoppe Frank directed Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997)
Sylvester Groth Frank directed The Turning Point (1984)
Ulrich Matthes Frank directed Nikolaikirche and Abgehauen
Fritz Diez Frank directed Five Cartridges (1960)
Udo Samel Frank directed The Last U-Boat (1992)
Ulrich Thein Frank directed Five Cartridges (1960)
Ezard Haußmann Frank directed Five Cartridges and An Old Love- Hans Finohr Frank directed Five Cartridges and An Old Love
Horst Giese Frank directed The Turning Point (1984)
Fred Düren Frank directed The Turning Point (1984)
Gerry Wolff Frank directed Naked Among Wolves (1963)
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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.
