FILM DIRECTOR

Kurt Maetzig

1911 - 2012

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Kurt Maetzig (25 January 1911 – 8 August 2012) was a German film director who had a significant effect on the film industry in East Germany. He was one of the most respected filmmakers of the GDR. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Maetzig has received more than 46,825 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Maetzig is the 982nd most popular film director (up from 1,053rd in 2019), the 4,444th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,204th in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kurt Maetzig ranks 982 out of 2,041. Before him are Ramanand Sagar, Mario Camus, Gregg Toland, Hamilton Luske, Christopher McQuarrie, and Louis Daquin. After him are Harry Beaumont, Pasqualino De Santis, Danièle Thompson, Nick Park, Alex van Warmerdam, and Helmut Dietl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Kurt Maetzig ranks 243. Before him are Gyula Lázár, Giuseppe Olmo, Reg Parnell, Ján Cikker, Fauja Singh, and Mirza Ibrahimov. After him are Leif Erickson, Stan Kenton, Max Gluckman, José Augusto Brandão, Franz Wagner, and Leonard Warren. Among people deceased in 2012, Kurt Maetzig ranks 278. Before him are Ann Curtis, Barney McKenna, Fyodor Khitruk, Victor Mees, Eric Sykes, and Piermario Morosini. After him are Richard D. Zanuck, Boris Parygin, Ian Abercrombie, Ċensu Tabone, Homai Vyarawalla, and Mike Kelley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Maetzig ranks 4,444 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Gerber (1832), Prince William of Baden (1792), Otto Heckmann (1901), Kurt Beck (1949), Ernst Stromer (1871), and Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631). After him are Georg von Kopp (1837), Oliver Shanti (1948), Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750), Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1662), Gotthard Handrick (1908), and Eugen Drewermann (1940).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Kurt Maetzig ranks 48. Before him are Edgar Reitz (1932), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Percy Adlon (1935), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), Ludwig Berger (1892), and Helmut Käutner (1908). After him are Helmut Dietl (1944), Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (1973), Peter Fleischmann (1937), Frank Beyer (1932), Herbert Selpin (1904), and Curtis Bernhardt (1899).

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Filmography

First Spaceship on Venus
Director
A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it.
Feb 26th 19604.7 / 10
The Rabbit Is Me
Director
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his opportunism and hypocrisy. It is a sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic's judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. It henceforth lent its name to all the banned films of 1965, which became known as the "Rabbit Films." After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. It was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.
Oct 25th 19656.7 / 10
The Sailor’s Song
Director
A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize with each other. By disarming the officers, machinist Henne Lonke and stoker Jens Kasten prevent the attack on a Russian freighter. When German admiralty gives out orders for operation "Nibelungen", which would lead the German fleet into a suicidal attack against England and quell the revolutionary spirit, seamen and soldiers from different political backgrounds unite in protest.
Nov 9th 19586.5 / 10