Alexander von Bentheim was born on June 7, 1931 in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for
Namen, Karteien, Schicksale (1963),
Unsere Sorgen - fern gesehen (1964) and
Olympia-Magazin (1970). He died on December 12, 2006 in Berlin, Germany.