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Christian Friedel was born on 9 March 1979 in Magdeburg, East Germany [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He is an actor and music artist, known for The Zone of Interest (2023), 13 Minutes (2015) and Babylon Berlin (2017).- Jessica Boehrs was born on 5 March 1980 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for EuroTrip (2004), Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007) and Storm of Love (2005). She was previously married to Marcus Grüsser.
- Irina Antonenko is an actress, singer, TV presenter and personality.
Born in Magdeburg, Germany.
Currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.
After completing her master's degree in finance, she pursued her dreams of becoming an actress and completed her second master's in The Russian University of Theater Arts - GITIS.
She starred in over 30 films and TV shows.
Awards:
"Krasny" Film
Annual Copenhagen Film Festival. "The best action movie" 2018
International Independent Film Awards "Platinum winner"
"The good job " short film
Award short of the year. Winner.
Award Efebo Corto Film Festival. Winner.
Second Asia International Youth Short Film Exhibition. Winner.
CINETEKON! Mexico. Winner. - Sven Martinek was born on 18 February 1964 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Der Clown (2005), Freunde wie wir (1997) and Der Clown (1996). He was previously married to Xenia Seeberg and Maren Schumacher.
- Born and raised in Magdeburg (Germany), Frank Giering gained first
stage experience as a background actor at the former known
"Maxim-Gorki" theatre Magdeburg". During this time the desire arose to
become an actor even though he said at a later time, that this desire
was mainly animated due to his hunger to get visible and noticed
combined with the unrealistic belief to get more interesting for the
womankind.
Nevertheless he started his studies at the "Westfälischen
Schauspielschule Bochum" (Germany) but changed short time after to the
"Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen" (HFF) in Potsdam Babelsberg
(Germany). But again he felt quite uncomfortable with the education
methods. Some exercises led him to his physical and mental limits.
Furthermore he failed on his teacher's demands to "fill up the space of
the theatre". As he realized that he clenched more and more as soon as
he got instructions to "give more" or to become "louder" he decided to
break off.
His last public theatre performance before leaving the HFF Potsdam in
summer 1994 was the turning point. He gained the attention of an
assistant director, which gave him the possibility to attend a casting
for the television film
Der Verräter (1995), in
which he starred an instable young man searching for acceptance and
affection who got into the claws of a neo-Nazi gang.
Finally - in front of the film camera - he was able to live out his own
belief of acting which was the opposite of the requirements at school.
He loved to reduce and to express feelings solely by glances and a
minimum of gestures and facial expression. According to his teachers in
the theatre he was only able to catch the first row. But now he met the
facility - not to gain the last rows by broaden himself - but to bring
them closer using the camera. At last he felt like coming home.
With his first role he gained the attention of the Austrian director
Michael Haneke, who cast him for two of
his productions. After the Kafka adaption
The Castle (1997), Giering starred the
cine film Funny Games (1997). With
the figure of the sadistic murderer he became popular over night.
The final breakthrough followed 1999 with his performance as Floyd in
Gigantic (1999) by
Sebastian Schipper, a small but
particular film about friendship, longing and farewell and a very last
but magic night in Hamburg. For a short time he was announced as one of
the promising up-and-coming actors of Germany. Comparisons were drawn
with James Dean, much less due to
similarities in visual nature but due to an aura of "lostness" and
lonesomeness which both actors surrounded.
Giering felt quite overstrained to live up this expectation. He
described himself as extremely shy and uncertain, full of feelings of
inferiority and melancholia. Only in front of the camera he felt really
free and secure. Aside of the camera he suffered from fear of loss and
anxiety about the future, which also led to the break of several
relationships. Actually he said once that he couldn't believe in being
loved by someone. Due to the fact that he never had faith in the skills
he owned but only in those he lacked.
His alcohol consumption - to compensate his uncertainties and the
emptiness between the films - raised more and more a problem. In 2001
he decided for a half-yearly rehab. In the following he always stood by
his struggle against alcoholism (and his very own demons) in a quite
public way, also to give impulses and courage for people in the same
situation, something he sadly missed in his own setting.
Giering attended twice at the film festival Berlinale (Berlin,
Germany), 2002 starring Andreas Baader in
Baader (2002), 2004 with the Jon Fosse
adaption
Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder (2004).
Both films were failed by the bigger part of the press and leads to
controversial discussions.
Especially the production of "Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder" (about the
shattering of a love affair and the cruelty of silence in occasions
something rather should have been said) was a matter close to his heart
due to some parallels in his own vita. After this negative experience
Giering mainly gave up the cinema business and focused on television
productions. In his opinion he was much less attackable on the smaller
screen.
From 2006 until his death in June 2010 Giering played - next to
Christian Berkel - the role of
"Kommissar Henry Weber" in the TV series
Der Kriminalist (2006). After
his sudden death during the current production, the figure of Henry
Weber died, too. For paying deep respect and sympathy the production
company decided not to impute a fictional ending. For that reason
episode 7.3 "Tod eines Begleiters" opened with the funeral of Henry
Weber.
In many obituaries was read - due to the quantity and deficient
diligence by selecting his roles - Giering undersold himself and burned
out by less important featured parts. Indeed he seemed not to care
about what he was acting as long as he was acting and able to forget
his fears and lonesomeness for just that moment.
Just as many times it was mentioned that scarcely anybody else in
Germany was able to act with such an intensity and depth. Due to the
fact that he never ever played (simulate) emotions but lived it in the
moment of acting he offered much more of himself than usual and allowed
the audience to get adamantly close to him. That and the fact that
hardly anyone else ever radiated such a sadness and lonesomeness might
be the reason that he was able to deeply move even in his least roles.
Frank Giering died on 23th of June 2010. The official cause of dead is
given by multiple organ failure due to an acute bilious colic. On 9th
of July 2010 he was buried at the "Neustädter Friedhof" in Magdeburg
(Germany). - Petra Schmidt-Schaller was born on 28 August 1980 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Unknown (2011), Marnow Murders (2021) and Runaway Horse (2007).
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Born February 23 1685 in Halle, Germany, he was christened "Georg
Friederich Händel" but always signed his name "Georg Friedrich Händel".
His father intended for him to go into law, but Händel studied music
clandestinely and was eventually allowed to study under an organist. He
achieved some success early on, and toured Italy in 1706. He briefly
worked in Hannover before departing for London in 1711. While in
England Händel composed a number of anthems, operas, and church music,
and in 1723 he became a British citizen. He premiered "Messiah" in
Ireland as a charity aid, and this quickly became his most famous work.
He died early in the morning on 14 April 1759, and was buried in
Westminster Abbey under a monument that reads: "George Frederic
Handel". 3,000 people attended his funeral.- Actress
- Director
Born in 1895 in Magdeburg, Germany, Margarete Schön made her stage debut in 1912. She was a member of the Deutschen Theater in Hannover from 1915-18 and Berlin's Staatstheater from 1918-45. She had a few roles in silent films, notably as Kriemhild in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924) and Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924), but with the coming of sound she went from starring roles to supporting parts as mothers and wives. After World War II she was under contract to the East German film company Defa, from 1948-50. She later worked on radio doing plays and narrating documentaries, as well as plays for children. She died in Berlin in 1985.- Hans-Peter Reinecke was born on 16 May 1941 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der fliegende Holländer (1964), Nakovalnya ili chuk (1972) and Trace of Stones (1966). He was married to Hildegard Alex. He died on 20 November 2005 in Berlin, Germany.
- Marie Rönnebeck was born in 1981 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), Schulmädchen (2002) and Professor T. (2017).
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Henny Porten was born January 7, 1890, in Magdeburg, Germany. She had
one of the longest careers of any German actress and was highly sought
after because of her wonderful thespian skills. Henny's career would
stretch over six decades, from 1906 to 1955. Her first film was in
Apachentanz (1906), making her one of the earliest film actresses anywhere in the
world. At the age of 65, Henny filmed her last production entitled Die
Schätze des Teufels (Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1955)). Henny died in Berlin, Germany, on
October 15, 1960, at the age of 70.- Writer
- Director
- Music Department
Robert A. Stemmle was born on 10 June 1903 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for The Ballad of Berlin (1948), Sündige Grenze (1951) and Die unvollkommene Ehe (1959). He was married to Gerda Maurus and Annelise Lippert. He died on 24 February 1974 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.- Gustav Schäfer was born on 8 September 1988 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tokio Hotel: Durch den Monsun (2005), Tokio Hotel: Schrei (2005) and Tokio Hotel: Rette mich (2006).
- Katja Streso was born on 10 December 1980 in Magdeburg, East Germany [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany].
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Manon Straché was born on 27 March 1960 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Freundschaft mit Herz (1995), Hotel Elfie (2000) and Susi (2020). She has been married to Peer Jäger since 1993.- Thomas Lawinky was born on 3 October 1964 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for The Pianist (2002), Ein Schiff wird kommen (2003) and Die rote Meile (1999).
- Ursula Lillig was born on 2 September 1938 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. She was an actress, known for Girl from Hong Kong (1961), Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion (1966) and The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time (1985). She died on 16 June 2004 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Karl Wallenda was born on 21 January 1904 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Wallendas (1978), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). He was married to Helen Kreis and Martha Schepp. He died on 22 March 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Rolf Herricht was born on 5 October 1927 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Maxe Baumann (1976), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Der Weihnachtsmann heißt Willi (1969). He was married to Christa Herricht. He died on 23 August 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Director
- Writer
Janett Eger was born on 2 January 1985 in Magdeburg, East Germany [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. She is a director and writer, known for Unterwegs in Sachsen-Anhalt (2016), MDR Zeitreise (2007) and Einfach genial (1996).- Kurt Rackelmann was born on 21 April 1910 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Friedrich Ebert - Geburt einer Republik (1969), First Spaceship on Venus (1960) and Der fliegende Holländer (1964). He died on 31 March 1973 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Georg Hartmann was born on 22 January 1926 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cabaret (1972), König Richard III (1964) and Der Rebell, der keiner war (1965). He died on 14 November 2013.
- Additional Crew
- Director
- Actor
Andreas Kriegenburg was born on 15 November 1963 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is a director and actor, known for Ein Volksfeind (1998), Another Fucking... (2011) and Kabale und Liebe (2009).- Henning von Tresckow was born on 10 January 1901 in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire [now Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was married to Erika von Falkenhayn. He died on 21 July 1944 in Królowy Most, German-occupied Poland [now Królowy Most, Poland].
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Georg Philipp Telemann was born on 14 March 1681 in Magdeburg, Duchy of Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia, Holy Roman Empire [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was a composer, known for Hereditary (2018), Casanova (2005) and Equals (2015). He was married to Maria Textor and Amalie Eberlin. He died on 25 June 1767 in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany].- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Michael Blume was born on 10 February 1960 in Magdeburg, Germany. Michael is a director and writer, known for ...es wird jemand kommen, der ja zu mir sagt (2006) and Die Geschichte vom traurigen Wanka (2013).- Harry Giese was born on 2 March 1903 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Herr über Leben und Tod (1955), Der Fuchs von Paris (1957) and Germanin - Die Geschichte einer kolonialen Tat (1943). He died on 20 January 1991 in Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
- Director
Achim Benning was born on 20 January 1935 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Haus Herzenstod (1968), Sommergäste (1981) and Elektra (1963). He died on 30 January 2024 in Vienna, Austria.- Ingolf Gorges was born on 8 April 1940 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der blinde Richter (1984), Speed Driver (1980) and Streng geheim (1963). He died on 24 May 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
- Bettina Engelhardt was born on 25 March 1971 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Unbroken (2021) and Sleeping Songs (2009).
- Albert Venohr was born on 4 September 1902 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Nosferatu (1922), Bürgerkrieg in Russland (1967) and Irrtum des Herzens (1939). He was married to Maria Griem. He died on 22 June 1979 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- 1982 to 1990 attendance of the POS "Fr. Engels", 1991 to 1994 of the Börde-Gymnasium in Wanzleben, 1994 Abitur. July 1994 to June 1995 ambulance battalion in Hildesheim. July to September 1995 internship/training as a paramedic at the company Krankentransport und Rettungsdienst Ackermann GmbH, October 1995 to September 1998 training as a registered nurse at the Protestant Nursing School of the Pfeiffersche Stiftungen Magdeburg, 1998 final examination as a paramedic, 1999 as a paramedic. 1998 to 2005 diploma studies in medical education at the Martin Luther University in Halle.
October 1998 to 2000 and since November 2004 employee in the rescue service at Krankentransport und Rettungsdienst Ackermann GmbH. November 2000 to October 2004 teaching nurse at the ev. nursing school of the Pfeiffersche Stiftungen Magdeburg. April 2003 to 2005 Managing Director of Medi-Z-Halle GmbH.
Since 1996 member of the parish church council of Bottmersdorf/Klein Germersleben, since 2004 chairman of the sports youth of the Börde district.
Since 2005 member of the district executive of the FDP district association Börde. Since 2004, member of the FDP parliamentary group in the Börde district council, where he is a member of the hospital and youth welfare committees; 2000 to 2004, member of the Bottmersdorf municipal council as chairman of the FDP parliamentary group.
Member of the Bundestag since 2005. - Costume Designer
- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Baum was born on 7 May 1944 in Magdeburg, Germany. She was a costume designer and actress, known for The House of the Spirits (1993), Der Kinoerzähler (1993) and Buddenbrooks (2008). She died on 15 April 2023 in Berlin, Germany.- Ekkehard Schall was born on 29 May 1930 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mother Courage and Her Children (1961), Mandragola (1961) and Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (1979). He was married to Barbara Berg. He died on 3 September 2005 in Berlin, Germany.
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Michael is an independent filmmaker, editor, motion graphics artist, and web designer
in Washington, DC. A German native, Michael started his career in the
U.S. as a Program Coordinator for a non-profit German political
foundation, where he has also taken on the responsibility of
integrating multimedia via photography, video, and graphic design.
Michael is a graduate of the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston
University. He has filmed, edited, produced, and/or worked on a number
of narrative and documentary films, music videos, non-profit ads, as
well as motion graphic shorts. Michael is the author of a book on
religious and family values in American society as portrayed in pop
culture icons 'The Simpsons', which has been published by Tectum,
Marburg and is currently in its 2nd edition. Michael has also received
a M.A. in American Studies and Political Science from Leipzig
University, Germany.- Evelyn Cron was born on 24 February 1940 in Magdeburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Der Hexer (1962), Die schöne Lurette (1960) and Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz (1974).
- Lutz Salzmann was born in 1958 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic. He is an actor, known for Kaskade rückwärts (1984), Fridolin (1987) and The House on the River (1986).
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Ludwig Hollburg was born on 19 February 1954 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany]. He is an actor and director, known for Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands (1999), Dr. M (1990) and Lusitano (2010).- Helmut Peine was born on 5 May 1902 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Inspektor Hornleigh greift ein... (1961), Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1959) and In Sachen Erzberger gegen Helfferich (1967). He died on 28 August 1970 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Walter Oehmichen was born on 30 July 1901 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Kinderbücher für Erwachsene (1954), Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1955) and Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (1953). He was married to Rose Oehmichen. He died on 2 November 1977 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
- Editor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Herbert B. Fredersdorf was born on 2 October 1899 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was a director and editor, known for Nordlicht (1938), Der Schandfleck (1956) and Spähtrupp Hallgarten (1941). He died on 21 July 1971 in Alicante, Spain.- Director
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Lorenz Piehl was born in 1989 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Lorenz is a director and writer, known for Ratten im Hamsterrad (2015), Zorn dem Volke (2017) and Guy (2016).- Ilja Roßbander was born on 29 September 1988 in Magdeburg, German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany]. He is an actor, known for The Forgotten Battle (2020), Tatort (1970) and GG 19 - Eine Reise durch Deutschland in 19 Artikeln (2007).
- Gaby Albrecht was born on 1 November 1956 in Magdeburg, 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.
- Olaf Malolepski was born on 27 March 1946 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tach Herr Dokter - Der Heinz Becker Film (1999), Jennifer - Sehnsucht nach was Besseres (2015) and Hier und heute (1957). He has been married to Sonja Erhardt since 1971. They have two children.
- Actor
- Sound Department
Manfred Richter was born on 3 January 1944 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Tal der sieben Monde (1967), Familie Neumann (1984) and Aerolina (1991). He was married to Barbara. He died on 20 April 2012 in Berlin, Germany.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Nils-Peter Mahlau was born on 25 October 1935 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Sonderdezernat K1 (1972), Tatort (1970) and Les rideaux blancs (1965).- Karl-Heinz Weiss was born on 8 December 1923 in Magdeburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955), Hotel du Commerce (1964) and Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957). He died on 28 November 2007 in Berlin, Germany.
- Hans-Laurin Beyerling was born on 14 October 1997 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He is an actor, known for Die Wolke (2006), Kinder, Kinder (2007) and Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (2008).