Gottfried Kolditz

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Gottfried Kolditz

Born December 14, 1922 · Goldbach-Altenbach, Haut-Rhin, France

Died June 15, 1982 · aged 59

Gottfried Kolditz (14 December 1922 – 15 June 1982) was a German movie actor and director. Kolditz was born in Goldbach-Altenbach to a farm family. Between 1945 and 1949 he studied German philology at the University of Leipzig, and took a course of direction and acting in 1947–1949 at the Leipzig Higher School of Music and Drama. In the early 1950s he worked as an actor and director at various th…

Known For

In the Dust of the StarsIn the Dust of the Stars · 1976
In the Dust of the Stars
★ 4.71976
MovieScience Fiction
A radio signal attracts a team of astronauts to a mysterious planet. Once there, they are warmly welcomed by an alien race, but are soon suspicious of what is really occurring on this strange land.
ApacheApache · 1973
Apache
★ 5.41973
MovieWesternAdventure
The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through the territory. His people have become inured to the treacherous ways of the white man, however, and are now reliant on them for booze, 'relief flour' and beef steak.
Trail of the FalconTrail of the Falcon · 1968
Trail of the Falcon
★ 4.51968
MovieDramaWestern
In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and adventurers flock to the region. Among them is the hard-hearted land speculator Bludgeon, who tries to expel the Lakota using brutal methods. Lakota warriors retaliate, and soon the gold diggers' town becomes a battlefield.
Signals: A Space AdventureSignals: A Space Adventure · 1970
Signals: A Space Adventure
★ 5.21970
MovieScience Fiction
In the middle of the next century, a spaceship loses its bearings, and the commander of another space crew, seemingly on a routine check flight, decides to investigate. The result is an unusual suspense adventure.
UlzanaUlzana · 1974
Ulzana
★ 5.01974
MovieWesternAdventure
This rather unconventional Western movie is set in the middle of the 19th century in Arizona. The film portrays an Indian tribe, the Mimbreno Appacheans, who are celebrating their Thanksgiving, building an irrigation plant, carrying on commerce, and trying to settle down in a rather constricted territory. But the confrontation with the white Americans changes their situation as the mercantile "gentlemen" want to prevent the Indian tribe to become independent from the white men′s business practices. Thus, they destroy the irrigation plant and chase the Indian tribe in an inhospitable territory where they cannot survive. Led by their chief Ulzana, the Appacheans thus start a bitter fight to preserve their habitat.
The Thing in the CastleThe Thing in the Castle · 1979
The Thing in the Castle
★ 7.51979
MovieScience Fiction
A senior professor is kidnapped in the park by residents of a veterans home. Once there, he is asked to invent a "rejuvenating machine" to restore their youth.
The Golden GerThe Golden Ger · 1961
The Golden Ger
★ 6.61961
MovieFantasyDrama
Herder Pagwa lives in a hut in a valley of beautiful flowers, where he hoards a mysterious chest whose secret is not revealed even to his three sons. The elder two believe that the chest is filled with gold and precious stones, so they break it open. From then on, water floods the valley, the earth withers and the people and animals start dying of thirst. The youngest son seeks out the wise Arat to ask for advice.
Snow WhiteSnow White · 1961
Snow White
★ 6.21961
MovieFantasyFamily
Hated by her jealous and bloodthirsty stepmother, Snow White flees a murder attempt and seeks shelter in the woods with seven kindly dwarfs. Feeling she is safe from harm, Snow White welcomes the disguised queen into her home...with fatal consequences.

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