All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
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Wolfgang Staudte was a German film director, script writer and actor who worked in East and West Germany after World War II. He is known for his politically committed and artistically crafted films, such as The Murderers Are Among Us, Der Untertan and Three Penny Opera.
Wolfgang Staudte was born on 9 October 1906 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Ciske de Rat (1955), Rotation (1949) and Murderers Among Us (1946). He was married to Angelika Hoffmann, Rita Heidelbach, Ingmar Zeisberg and Renate Praetorius.
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Wolfgang Staudte—one of the most important German film directors and one of very few who made films in both East and West Germany—died on January 19, 1984, while the TV series Der eiserne Weg was still being filmed.
Wolfgang Staudte war ein deutscher Filmregisseur der Nachkriegszeit, der politisch engagierte Filme wie Die Mörder sind unter uns und Der Untertan machte. Er arbeitete auch als Synchronsprecher, Schauspieler und Theaterregisseur.
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Berlin in 1945 after Germany's defeat in the war. The former military surgeon Dr. Hans Mertens (Ernst Wilhelm Borchert) stumbles down the street, drunk. He suffers from flashbacks of the war and has an aversion to people in pain, which prevents him from practicing medicine. Instead, he spends his days drinking. An artist and Nazi concentration camp...
To get permission for the film, Staudte had gone to the British, the French, and the Americans, but they all rejected the proposal, citing its political nature as the reason for refusing to grant the film a license. The Soviets, on the other hand, accepted the script with a change to the film's ending. Originally the film was supposed to be named D...
In the post-war period, it was a goal of both the American and the Soviet authorities to reeducate the German public. For the Americans, this meant exporting American films to West Germany. For the Soviets, this meant the establishment of DEFA. The Soviets believed film could be used to reeducate the public. With The Murderers Are Among Us, the aim...
The picture sold 6,468,921 tickets. Most of the reviews were positive, although some criticized the fact that the characters appeared in modern and trendy clothes, which did not reflect the reality of the living conditions of Berliners in the immediate post-war period. In this film, Staudte was not only dealing with Germany's past, but also with hi...
The Murderers Are Among Us (UK) Murderers Among Us (US) Die Mörder sind unter uns (Germany) at IMDbThe Murderers Are Among Us (UK) Murderers Among Us (US) Die Mörder sind unter uns (Germany) at AllMovieWolfgang Staudte was born on October 9, 1906 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Ciske de Rat (1955), Rotation (1949) and Murderers Among Us (1946). He was married to Angelika Hoffmann, Rita Heidelbach, Ingmar Zeisberg and Renate Praetorius.
Biographies & Filmographies. “Original Exposé: The Man I Will Kill,” by Wolfgang Staudte, 1945. “Revenge or Redemption amongst the Rubble,” by Eddie Muller, president of the Film Noir Foundation. “ The Responsibility of the Director,” journalist Margit Voss in conversation with director Wolfgang Staudte, 1966.
