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Klaus Wischnewski
Born December 11, 1928 · Kolberg, Prussia, Germany [now Kołobrzeg, Poland]
Died April 30, 2003 · aged 74
Klaus Wischnewski, pseudonym Peter Ahrens, was a German dramaturge, chief dramaturge at the DEFA feature film studio in the GDR, screenwriter, and film critic.
Known For
Streng vertraulich oder Die innere Verfassung · 1990Streng vertraulich oder Die innere Verfassung
1990
MovieDocumentary
Multilayered documentary about the dissolution of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR: Half a hundred buildings, a thousand rooms, bunkers, its own prisons - the Berlin central complex of the former Ministry of State Security. Workplaces of desk jockeys, hunters, surveillance officers. A labyrinth of human alienation.
Verzeiht, daß ich ein Mensch bin · 1988Verzeiht, daß ich ein Mensch bin
★ 10.01988
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
At the end of the 1980s, a film team is about to visit Lukas Wolf, Friedrich Wolf's eldest son, who lives in the state of New York, USA. They carry with them a letter from his half-brother Markus Wolf the Stasi chief from GDR. The brothers have not seen each other since 1933; on the other hand, Lukas met his other half-brother Konrad Wolf once in New York City, where they got along very well, after many years of separation. Johanna and Lukas come from Friedrich Wolf's first marriage with Käthe Gumpold, Markus and Konrad, from the second wife Else Dreibholz.
Sunday Drivers · 1963Sunday Drivers
★ 6.51963
MovieDramaComedy
On August 12, 1961, eight people in three cars set off for Berlin from Leipzig. They want to go to the West. The initiator is the philistine Spiessack, who drives the others, who have embarked on the adventure with mixed feelings. It becomes a journey with numerous incidents and panic, which causes the different characters to clash. When they finally arrive in Berlin the next day, they are not allowed to cross the border. The only option is to return. At home, Spiessack is met by a policeman in his living room - with the slogan "We'll be back" written on the wall.
The Opportunists · 1960The Opportunists
★ 6.71960
MovieDrama
The machinations of an ex-officer and a servant who want to get their hands on a fortune.
At a French Fireside · 1962At a French Fireside
★ 8.81962
MovieDrama
Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldiers are ordered to be kind to the populace, since the West German High Command wishes the French to forget the atrocities that were committed during the Second World War. Klaus falls in love with Jeanne, the daughter of the local mayor. He discovers that his commanders intend to demolish the ruins of a local church, in which civilians were murdered by the German occupation forces at 1944. A local journalist who researches the event discovers that West German General Rucker ordered the massacre, but he is mysteriously murdered. Klaus defies his commanding officer Siebert, who instructs him to steal the documents indicting Rucker, and hands the evidence over to Jeanne.
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