Peter Fleischmann
Peter Fleischmann | |
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Born | Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany | 26 July 1937
Died | 11 August 2021 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany | (aged 84)
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Awards | Deutscher Filmpreis |
Peter Fleischmann (26 July 1937 – 11 August 2021)[1] was a German film director, screenwriter and producer. He worked also as an actor, cutter, sound engineer, interviewer and speaker. Fleischmann belonged to the New German Cinema of the 1960s and 1970s. He is known for directing the 1969 Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria), but he produced films of many genres.
Life and career
Peter Fleischmann was born in
His first full-length film was released in 1969,
In Fleischmann's later works, often the seemingly villainous character would turn out to be a good person. In
Fleischmann's films were often critically acclaimed, but not successful at the box office, which reduced the potential for projects in the 1980s. Schlöndorff described him as a
In the 1990s, Fleischmann was on the board of the Babelsberg Studios of the former UFA and DEFA, and was instrumental in the rescue of the studios, finding investors from European countries.[12] He was a founding member of the Deutsche Filmakademie in 2003. His last residence was in Werder near Potsdam, where he died at age 84 after a bad fall.[13]
Awards
- 1966 – Special Prize for Educative and Didactic Film for Children of the Venice Film Festival for Alexander and a Car without the Left Headlight[7]
- 1969 –
- 1972 – Prix Luis Buñuel of the Cannes Festival[7]
- 1991 – Kurd Laßwitz Award in the category Best Film (Movie) for Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein[7]
Films
Fleischmann was active as actor, director, script writer and producer, among others.[12]
Director
Films directed by Fleischmann include:[12]
- 1957: Die Eintagsfliege (The Mayfly), short film[5]
- 1961: Geschichte einer Sandrose (Story of a Sand Rose), short documentary, also script
- 1962: Brot der Wüste (Bread of the Desert), short film
- 1963: Begegnung mit Fritz Lang (A Meeting with Fritz Lang), short documentary
- 1964: Der Test (The Test), short film
- 1965: Alexander und das Auto ohne linken Scheinwerfer (Alexander and the Car with the missing Headlight), short film, also producer
- 1967: Herbst der Gammler , documentary
- 1969: Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern (Hunting Scenes from Bavaria), based on Martin Sperr's 1965 play Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern, also script[1]
- 1972: Das Unheil (Havoc), screenplay with Martin Walser, also producer
- 1973: Dorotheas Rache (Dorothea's Revenge), screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière, also producer
- 1975: Weak Spot, screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière and Martin Walser, based on Antonis Samarakis' 1965 novel To Lathos, also co-producer
- 1979: Die Hamburger Krankheit (The Hamburg Syndrome), screenplay with Roland Topor and Otto Jägersberg , also producer[14]
- 1983: Frevel (Sacrilege or Mischief), screenplay with Jacques Rozier, also actor, cutter, producer
- 1987: Der Al Capone von der Pfalz, documentary, also actor, script, commentary, interviews, sound, producer
- 1989: Hard to Be a God, screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière, based on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1964 novel Hard to Be a God, also producer
- 1991: Deutschland, Deutschland (Germany, Germany), documentary, also actor, script, interviews, producer
- 1993: Mein Onkel der Winzer, TV documentary, also speaker, script, interviews, producer
- 2006: Mein Freund der Mörder (My Friend the Murderer), documentary, also speaker, script, interviews, producer
Screenwriter
- 1986: Exploits of a Young Don Juan, directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi, screenplay with Jean-Claude Carrière — based on Guillaume Apollinaire's 1911 novel[15]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Peter Fleischmann mit 84 Jahren gestorben". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Interview mit Peter Fleischmann zum 80. Geburtstag". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). 25 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Herbst der Gammler". Deutsches Filminstitut (in German). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84-150582-4.
- ^ a b c "Kino: Al Capone der Pfalz kommt in den Nordwesten". Nordwest-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ "DVD-Tipp: Neuer Deutscher Film" (in German). Deutsche Welle. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Peter Fleischmann – Biografie". deutsches-filmhaus.de. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Dorotheas Rache". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ ""Hamburger Krankheit": Kultfilm sah schon 1979 die Corona-Krise voraus". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). 14 April 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Seidl, Claudius (13 August 2021). "Zum Tod von Peter Fleischmann: Das unwiderstehliche Bild eines Traums von der Freiheit". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Biographie". Peter Fleischmann (in German). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Peter Fleischmann (in German) filmportal.de 2021
- ^ "Zentrale Figur des Neuen Deutschen Films: Peter Fleischmann ist tot, der Regisseur von "Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern"". Der Spiegel (in German). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- Süddeutsche.de(in German). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Die Abenteuer des jungen Don Juan". MUBI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Peter Fleischmann at IMDb