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Günter Rätz was born on 30 May 1935 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for The Flying Windmill (1982), Filopat und Patafil (1962) and Gleich links hinterm Mond (1959). He died on 1 May 2024 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Rolf Hoppe was born on 6 December 1930 in Ellrich, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Sardsch (1997), La piovra (1984) and Mephisto (1981). He was married to Friederike. He died on 14 November 2018 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Klaus Fuchs was born on 29 December 1911 in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany. He died on 28 January 1988 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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Leon Boden was born on 14 July 1958 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Rosenkavalier (1997), Weibsbilder (1996) and Tatort (1970). He was married to Jutta. He died on 18 April 2020 in Dresden, Germany.- Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar was born on 28 March 1948. She was an actress, known for Karla (1965), Wege übers Land (1968) and Just Don't Think I'll Cry (1990). She was married to Gunther Emmerlich. She died on 20 March 2020 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- 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.
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Hans Werner Henze was born on 1 July 1926 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for The Exorcist (1973), Love Unto Death (1984) and Der junge Lord (1969). He died on 27 October 2012 in Dresden, Germany.- Actress
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Julia Serda was born on 6 April 1875 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress and writer, known for Liebeswalzer (1930), Ein Mädel aus dem Volke (1927) and Nanon (1924). She was married to Hans Junkermann. She died on 3 November 1965 in Dresden, Germany.- Emmy von Rhoden was born on 15 November 1829 in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia [now Germany]. She was a writer, known for Svéhlavicka (1927), A Cabeçuda (1960) and Ilsa (1964). She was married to Hermann Friedrich Friedrich. She died on 17 April 1885 in Dresden, Germany.
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Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers was born on 10 April 1871 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was a producer and director, known for Mein Leopold (1919), Michels eiserne Faust (1914) and Kulissenzauber (1915). He died on 30 January 1938 in Dresden, Germany.- Music Department
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- Soundtrack
Heinrich Schütz was born on 8 October 1585 in Köstritz, Reuss, Holy Roman Empire [now Bad Köstritz, Thuringia, Germany]. Heinrich was a composer, known for Jessica Forever (2018), 13 Conversations About One Thing (2001) and Scream of Stone (1991). Heinrich died on 6 November 1672 in Dresden, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany].- Actor
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Peter Schreier was born on 29 July 1935 in Meißen, Germany. He was an actor, known for The A-Team (2010), The Intouchables (2011) and Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers (1992). He was married to Renate. He died on 25 December 2019 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Joachim Zschocke was born on 11 August 1928 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Geizige (1968), Eva und Adam (1973) and Don't Cheat, Darling! (1973). He died on 27 January 2003 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Gunther Emmerlich was born on 18 September 1944 in Eisenberg, Thüringen, German Reich [now: Germany]. He was an actor, known for Showkolade (1988), Die lustige Witwe (2007) and In aller Freundschaft (1998). He was married to Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar. He died on 19 December 2023 in Villa Maria, Dresden, Germany.
- Hadwig Klemperer was born on 5 March 1926 in Berlin, Germany. She was married to Victor Klemperer. She died on 22 September 2010 in Dresden, Germany.
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Udo Zimmermann was born on 6 October 1943 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. He was a producer and composer, known for Ein April hat 30 Tage (1979), Universum (1987) and Magie der Moore (2015). He was married to Saskia Leistner, Elzbieta Holtorp and Kristina Mann. He died on 22 October 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Paul Paulsen was born on 21 January 1882 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. He was an actor, known for Thomas Müntzer (1956), Das verurteilte Dorf (1952) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 29 June 1963 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.
- Peter Herden was born on 5 May 1918 in Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karl May (1992), Tempel des Satans (1962) and Geheimakten Solvay (1953). He died on 30 October 2013 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Sabine Ball was born on 9 September 1925 in Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia]. Sabine was married to Clifford Ball. Sabine died on 7 July 2009 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Hanns-Jörn Weber was born on 16 December 1941 in Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Die gläserne Fackel (1989) and Karl Marks. Molodye gody (1980). He died on 17 February 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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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.- Soundtrack
Herbert Kegel was born on 29 July 1920 in Großzschachwitz, Dresden, Germany. He was married to Celestina Casapietra and ???. He died on 20 November 1990 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Actor
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Horst Schönemann was born on 19 January 1927 in Wuppertal, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Martin Luther (1983), Die gläserne Fackel (1989) and Das tolle Lamm (1956). He died on 14 June 2002 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Composer
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Hans Hendrik Wehding was born on 3 May 1915 in Dresden, Germany. He was a composer, known for Die lieben Mitmenschen (1972), Die Liebe und der Co-Pilot (1961) and Kein Hüsung (1954). He died on 8 October 1975 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic.- Actor
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Hajo Müller was born on 24 February 1931 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Spuk von draußen (1987), Kai aus der Kiste (1988) and Hilde, das Dienstmädchen (1986). He died on 13 February 2020 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- At the age of 16, Caspar David Friedrich had lessons in Greifswald with the university drawing teacher Quistorp. The early influence remained formative. His teacher pointed out the natural beauty of his home area. Friedrich studied from 1794 to 1798 in Copenhagen at the Royal Academy of Art, among other things. with N. Abildgaard and J. Juel. He then moved to Dresden, which remained his residence throughout his life. The painter and graphic artist Philipp Otto Runge as well as the painters Georg Friedrich Kersting and Johan Christian Dahl from Norway also lived there, with whom Friedrich, together with the two poets Ludwig Tieck and Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), made up an artistic and literary center of Romanticism.
During his time in Dresden he tried oil painting for the first time; previously he only used the sepia technique. In 1799 he exhibited his works at the art academy exhibition. Promoted by Goethe, his pictures first attracted the attention of a larger audience in 1805, including the future Emperor of Russia, Nicholas I, from 1820 onwards. He was enthusiastic about the artist's style of painting and purchased some of his works. He became one of his most important clients. These sales temporarily secured the painter's economic survival. In 1808 he created the landscape painting "The Cross in the Mountains" for the house chapel of Tetschen Castle, which contemporaries were outraged about because of its outrageousness as an altarpiece. This work only benefited the painter's fame, and this also resulted in modest financial success.
Caspar David Friedrich undertook a trip to Rügen and Greifswald. He then hiked through the Giant Mountains. On these ventures he consciously perceived nature and was inspired by it in his work. This is how the title "Morning in the Giant Mountains" came about in 1810/1811. In 1810 he was admitted to the Berlin Academy and six years later to the Dresden Art Academy. In 1818 Caspar David Friedrich married the 25-year-old Caroline Bommer. In 1835 the artist had to stop painting completely due to a stroke. He was then quickly forgotten by his contemporaries. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that a new reception of his works began. Frederick was not subject to the Italian art trend and was also not a follower of the ancient masters. In his understanding, art should mediate between people and nature.
Against this background, he approached the natural beauties by processing moods and feelings. His works are therefore not images of nature, but also objectify the incomprehensible. The realistic, emotional depiction of the landscapes is also characterized by a seemingly endless expanse. In addition, his landscape paintings are an allegory of the patriotic mood around the time of the liberation struggles in the German states. The "Lonely Tree", synonymous with Germany, in the 1921 work of the same name was damaged by the French occupation. However, the tree's environment - including the rising daylight - indicates better development. The meaning of his pictures suited the current German public taste, Friedrich's pictures were in demand.
The demand for his works only temporarily improved his financial circumstances. After the wars of liberation, however, the patriotic mood turned into reactionary behavior on the part of those in government. His picture themes therefore later met with rejection. Despite his fame, Caspar David Friedrich, who came from a poor background, never became rich. Even after the demand for his pictures waned, an economically difficult situation quickly arose again, which was further exacerbated by his illness in the last years of his life. The shy artist increasingly blocked himself from his fellow human beings and became isolated. Access to him also became increasingly difficult for his wife and two children.
Although Friedrich's paintings were not granted long-term success during his lifetime, his painting style shaped not only the Romantic era, but also the subsequent art eras of his century. With his sensitive atmospheric images at different times of the year or day, he is considered the most important landscape painter of the Romantic era.
Caspar David Friedrich died on May 7, 1840 in Dresden. - Otto Julius Bierbaum was born on 28 June 1865 in Grünberg, Silesia, Germany [now Zielona Góra, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Prinz Kuckuck - Die Höllenfahrt eines Wollüstlings (1919) and Der lustige Ehemann (1903). He was married to Gemma Pruneti-Lotti and Gusti Rathgeber. He died on 1 February 1910 in Dresden, Germany.
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Lutz Stützner was born on 14 April 1957 in Königsbrück, German Democratic Republic. He was a director and writer, known for The Breakdown (1990), Sunday (1971) and The Monument (1990). He died on 6 September 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Victor Klemperer was born on 9 October 1881 in Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany [now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Klemperer - Ein Leben in Deutschland (1999), Language Does Not Lie (2004) and Ich möchte Zeugnis ablegen bis zum Letzten (1999). He was married to Hadwig Klemperer and Eva Schlemmer. He died on 11 February 1960 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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Monika Anderson was born on 3 December 1929 in Tallinn, Estonia. She was a director and writer, known for Krakonos a správce Markvart (1977), Alle helfen Teddy (1960) and Die Geschichte vom Weihnachtsmann (1961). She died on 16 July 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Actor
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Albert Paul was born on 2 February 1856 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Die Kaukasierin (1917), Homunculus (1916) and Ganz ohne Krause (1918). He died on 5 August 1928 in Dresden, Germany.- Matthias Henkel was born on 29 June 1962. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall (1995) and Leipzig Homicide (2001). He died on 15 November 2020 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Martin Andersen Nexø was born on 26 June 1869 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Pelle the Conqueror (1987), Ditte, Child of Man (1946) and Dockpojken (1993). He was married to Johanna May and Margrethe Thomsen. He died on 1 June 1954 in Dresden, Germany.
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Theo Adam was born on 1 August 1926 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Fidelio (1968), Fidelio (1979) and Gala unter den Linden (1977). He was married to Eleonore. He died on 10 January 2019 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Petra Ehlert was born on 28 October 1966 in Eisenach, German Democratic Republic. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), The Legend of Rita (2000) and Superstau (1991). She died on 2 March 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Rolf Dietrich was born on 6 July 1933 in Meißen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Forbidden Love (1990) and Mercenaries' Trap (1981). He died on 14 March 2012 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Józef Korzeniowski was born on 19 March 1797 in Brody, Galicia, Habsburg Monarchy [now Ukraine]. Józef was a writer, known for Karpaccy górale (1915) and Mistrz tanca (1969). Józef died on 17 September 1863 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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Hedda Gehm was born on 5 January 1943 in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She was a writer, known for Die Leuchtturminsel (1977), Theo schützt sich vor Lärm (1978) and Dornröschen war ein schönes Kind (1988). She died on 1 January 2024 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Lotte Meyer was born on 22 February 1909 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Einmal ist keinmal (1955), Das alte Lied... (1992) and Seine Kinder (1965). She died on 7 June 1991 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
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Lothar Barke was born on 20 January 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Katzenmusik (1954), Poor Miller's Boy and the Kitten (1971) and Vom Hasen, der nicht lernen wollte (1956). He died on 4 November 2010 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Christian Habicht was born on 24 December 1952 in Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Old Fox (1977), Sophie - Braut wider Willen (2005) and Tanja (1997). He died on 15 May 2010 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Karl Gjellerup was born on 2 June 1857 in Roholte, Denmark. He was a writer, known for Kvarnen (1921) and Møllen (1943). He was married to Eugenia Bendix. He died on 11 October 1919 in Dresden, Germany.
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Sepp Klose was born on 8 May 1925 in Glumpenau, Silesia, Germany [now Glebinów, Opolskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Tecumseh (1972), Die schwarze Galeere (1962) and Kabale und Liebe (1959). He was married to Christa Klose. He died on 1 June 2000 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Lili Elbe was a Danish artist and writer who was assigned male at birth, experienced what is now called gender dysphoria, and underwent the world's first documented sex reassignment surgery. Born as Einar Wegener studied art at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and met Gerda Gottlieb there. The two fell in love and got married about 1905. Wegener realized his true gender identity when Gerda, a successful painter and fashion illustrator, asked him to don women's clothing and sit as her model. The couple eventually moved to Paris, where Wegener felt free to appear in public sometimes as Einar Wegener and sometimes as Lili Elbe. The first of five highly experimental surgeries that Elbe underwent was performed in 1930. She died of complications not long after the fifth procedure in 1931. During her last year she published her autobiography "From Man to Woman: Lili Elbe's Confessions" under her pen-name Lili Elvenes. Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe's and Gerda Wegener's life was dramatized by David Ebershoff in his novel "The Danish Girl" published in 2000. The book was filmed by Tom Hooper in 2015 featuring Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander as the Wegener couple.
- Ernst Eckstein was born on 6 February 1845 in Gießen, Germany. He was a writer, known for Themis (1920) and Der Besuch im Karzer (1961). He was married to Elisabeth Bolle. He died on 18 November 1900 in Dresden, Germany.
- Hasso Mager was born on 15 May 1920 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was a writer, known for Police Call 110 (1971). He died on 8 January 1995 in Dresden, Germany.
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Otto Gerd Müller was born on 8 December 1924. Otto Gerd is known for Das Zauberschloß (1975) and Der Teufel auf Besuch (1967). Otto Gerd died on 12 August 1992 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.- Ernst Günther was born on 8 October 1938 in Germany. He was married to Linda. He died on 19 September 2021 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
- Wilhelm Kleinoschegg was born in 1885 in Graz, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He died on 1 September 1955 in Dresden, Germany.
- King Albert of Saxony was born on 23 April 1828 in Saxony [now Germany]. He was married to Princess Carola of Vasa. He died on 19 June 1902 in Dresden, Saxony [now Germany].