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- Fritz Diez was born on 27 February 1901 in Meiningen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Já, spravedlnost (1968), Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955) and Die gefrorenen Blitze (1967). He was married to Martha Beschort-Diez. He died on 19 October 1979 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
- Fredrich von Paulus was born in Germany in 1890 and joined the military academy in Berlin when he was around 18. He rose through the ranks from private to officer within 20 years. When World War II broke out in 1939, he was a member of the German general staff, a position he held during the 1940 invasion of France. In September 1940 he was appointed Quartermaster General of the General Staff. In 1942 he was promoted to Colonel-General and given command of the German 6th Army for the summer drive in the south of Russia, which started in June. Von Paulus was an experienced and capable staff officer, but only an average field commander who was intimidated by his superiors, and who fatally underestimated the Russian strength at Stalingrad, where his men were drawn into savage and costly street fighting by defending Russian troops. On November 19, 1942, the Soviets began a counteroffensive aimed at recapturing Stalingrad and trapping the 6th Army--about 270,000 strong--within the city. Von Paulus followed orders to stay put rather than to break out of the encirclement. For over two months he and his men were forced further and further back into the city by the rapidly increasing numbers of Soviet troops, while their supply lines were slowly being cut off, resulting in severe shortages of everything from food to clothes to ammunition. During the siege Adolf Hitler promoted von Paulus to General and announced that he was awarding him the Iron Cross for his stubborn defense. He also ordered von Paulus to fight to the last man and not to surrender one German soldier or piece of equipment to the Russians. On January 30, 1943, with the imminent defeat of the 6th Army at hand, Hitler promoted von Paulus to Field Marshal, stating that no German commander of that rank had ever surrendered. However, the very next day von Paulus surrendered the remnants of the once powerful 6th Army, now reduced to demoralized, starving, freezing, ill and half-clothed soldiers, to the Russians. He spent the remainder of the war under house arrest near Moscow while his men were marched off to harsh Soviet POW camps, from which only a very few survived. After the war ended von Paulus remained for a few years as a prisoner in the USSR until his release in 1947. Prior to his release he was brought to Germany to testify in the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, and gave testimony against many of the Nazi officials on trial there. After his release from Russian custody von Paulus, by now sympathetic to communism, retired to East Germany, where he died in 1957.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Hanns Eisler was a German-Austrian-American composer and lyricist. He was known for his "Das Lied von der Moldau" ("La Chanson du Moldau", "The Song of the Moldau") used in the TV film Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg (1961) and also sang by Zarah Leander on TV. He did so many more songs in Hollywood, France, Austria and Germany.- Actor
- Cinematographer
Karl Platen was born on 6 March 1877 in Halle, Germany. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for M (1931), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Deception (1920). He died on 4 July 1952 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.- Hannjo Hasse was born on 31 August 1921 in Bonn, Germany. He was an actor, known for Archiv des Todes (1980), Rote Bergsteiger (1968) and Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972). He died on 5 February 1983 in Falkensee, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Carl Balhaus was born on 4 November 1905 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Haus im Feuer (1960), Ein Mädchen von 16 ½ (1958) and Der Teufelskreis (1956). He was married to Eva Schmidt-Kayser and Almuth Dorowa. He died on 28 July 1968 in Eisenach, German Democratic Republic [now Thuringia, Germany].- Erich Petraschk was born on 21 June 1906 in Cottbus, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Thing in the Castle (1979), Bankett für Achilles (1975) and Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1976). He died on 13 October 1981 in Senftenberg, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Fred Mahr was born on 20 May 1907 in Zürich, Switzerland. He was an actor and director, known for Fahndung mit Musik (1967), Die Leute auf Dangaard (1957) and Beton (1959). He died on 12 March 1980 in Kleinmachnow, German Democratic Republic.- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Ernst Busch was born on 22 January 1900 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for The Threepenny Opera (1931), Hell on Earth (1931) and The Lake Calls (1933). He was married to Eva Busch. He died on 8 June 1980 in Bernburg, German Democratic Republic.- Born as Josef Michel Dischel to a religious Jewish family, he changed his name to pursue an acting career. A member of Austria's illegal Communist Party, he spent six months in prison during 1935 and then joined Leon Askin 'ABC Cabaret' in Vienna. After Austria was annexed to Nazi Germany, he was sent to Dachau on May 1938, from where he was transferred to Buchenwald on August. Released on April 1939, he was allowed to emigrate to Italy. Sturm then illegally crossed the border into France, where he was interned in the Camp de Milles as an enemy alien when WWII started. After the Fall of France, he resided in Marseilles, and was deported by the German occupation authorities to Auschwitz in August 1942. At January 1945, Sturm was evacuated to Buchenwald again. He survived the death march to the camp and joined Buchenwald's underground resistance. After liberation, Sturm acted in Vienna's New Theater in the Scala, which held a pro-Soviet line and was supported by the Soviet occupation authorities. Following the Soviet retreat from Austria at 1956 and the Scala's closure, Sturm moved to East Berlin. He had a long career in East German cinema and television until his death at 1984.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ingrid Reschke was born on 13 March 1936 in Berlin, Germany. She was a director and writer, known for Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969), Kennen Sie Urban? (1971) and Wir lassen uns scheiden (1968). She died on 5 May 1971 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Dieter Franke was born on 13 October 1934 in Harthau, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dach überm Kopf (1980), Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970) and Wer reißt denn gleich vorm Teufel aus (1977). He died on 23 October 1982 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
- Ilse Voigt was born on 3 February 1905 in Pirna, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Seine Hoheit - Genosse Prinz (1969) and Der Leutnant vom Schwanenkietz (1974). She was married to Fritz Meindl and Hans Wahlberg. She died on 3 June 1990 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic.
- Karin Schersinski was born on 10 February 1955 in Nordhausen, East Germany. She was an actress, known for ...verdammt, ich bin erwachsen (1974), Gefährliche Fahndung (1978) and Police Call 110 (1971). She died on 28 November 1976 in Kyritz, German Democratic Republic.
- Hannes Fischer was born on 23 December 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr (1978), Einer muß die Leiche sein (1978) and Der Kirschgarten (1963). He was married to Fischer, Ilse-Maria. He died on 23 January 1989 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Actor
- Writer
Albert Zahn was born on 13 June 1918 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). He was married to Gisela Graupner. He died on 9 June 1975 in Görlitz, German Democratic Republic.- Fred Ludwig was born on 3 March 1921 in Langsdorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Der Zinker (1959) and Tempel des Satans (1962). He died on 14 October 1984 in the German Democratic Republic.
- Alexander Papendiek was born on 12 February 1928 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Emilia Galotti (1958), Blaulicht (1959) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Brigitte Papendiek-Plotzki. He died on 27 August 1974 in East Berlin, German Democratic Republic.
- Friedrich Teitge was born on 8 May 1899 in Potsdam, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957) and Der fliegende Holländer (1964). He died on 6 October 1976 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- Günther Polensen was born on 20 May 1910 in Tiegenhof, West Prussia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Unknown (1936), Ein Robinson (1940) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). He died on 26 February 1989 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.
- Liselott Baumgarten was born on 12 December 1906 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress, known for Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957), Hedda Gabler (1980) and Die Suche nach dem wunderbunten Vögelchen (1964). She died on 23 January 1981 in Görlitz, German Democratic Republic.
- Heinz Liefers was born on 3 February 1909 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Flucht ins Schweigen (1966), Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968) and Das andere Gesicht (1961). He died in 1985 in Erfurt, German Democratic Republic.
- Berthold Schulze was born on 23 July 1929 in Peitz, Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Fridolin (1987) and Der Teufelskreis (1982). He died on 4 June 1988 in the German Democratic Republic.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Bruno J. Böttge was born on 11 February 1925 in Teutschenthal, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Zauberschere (1957), The Bremen Town Musicians (1955) and Der Wunschring (1958). He died on 5 November 1981 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Jürgen Pörschmann was born in 1943. He was an actor and writer, known for Der erste Tag der Freiheit (1975), Der Kinnhaken (1962) and Liebling, Du irrst (1979). He was married to Ilona Grandke. He died on 29 December 1979 in the German Democratic Republic.