Ralf Kirsten
Ralf Kirsten | |
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Born | |
Died | 23 January 1998 Berlin, Germany | (aged 67)
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1955–1986 |
Ralf Kirsten (30 May 1930 – 23 January 1998) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed 22 films between 1955 and 1986. His 1984 film Where Others Keep Silent was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[2]
Life and career
After doing an apprenticeship as an electrician, Kirsten went to university to study German literature and theatre, first at Humboldt University of Berlin, and later the Theater Institute in Weimar.[1] He then went on to study film direction at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) alongside fellow East German Frank Beyer.[3] He graduated in 1956, and began working in television.[1]
In 1960, Kirsten joined
In 1966, Kirsten directed a film adaptation of
When DEFA closed following the
Filmography
- Bärenburger Schnurre (Bärenburger Farce, 1957)
- Skimeister von morgen (Ski Champions of the Future, 1957)
- Steinzeitballade (Stone Age Ballad, 1960)
- Auf der Sonnenseite (On the Sunny Side, 1961)
- Beschreibung eines Sommers (It Happened One Summer, 1962)
- Mir nach, Canaillen!(Follow Me, Scoundrels, 1964)
- Der verlorene Engel (The Lost Angel, 1966, released 1971)
- Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (Lady Venus and Her Devil, 1967)
- Netzwerk (Network, 1969)
- Zwei Briefe an Pospischiel (Two Letters for Pospischiel, TV mini-series, 1970)
- Elexire des Teufels (The Devil’s Elixir, 1972)
- Junger Mann (Young Man, TV, 1973)
- Unterm Birnbaum (Under the Pear Tree, 1973)
- Eine Pyramide für mich (A Pyramid for Me, 1975)
- Ich zwing dich zu leben (I'll Force You to Live, 1977)
- Lachtauben weinen nicht (Doves Don’t Cry, 1979)
- Wo andere schweigen(Where Others Keep Silent, 1984)
- Käthe Kollwitz – Bilder eines Lebens (Käthe Kollwitz: Images of a Life, 1986)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kirsten, Ralf". DEFA Film Library. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "14th Moscow International Film Festival (1985)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ Berghahn, Daniela (15 July 2005). Hollywood Behind The Wall: The Cinema of East Germany. Manchester University Press. p. 78. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
External links
- Ralf Kirsten at IMDb