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F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air force, surviving several crashes without any severe injuries.
One of Murnau's acclaimed works is the 1922 film Nosferatu, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Although not a commercial success due to copyright issues with Stoker's novel, the film is considered a masterpiece of Expressionist film.
He later emigrated to Hollywood in 1926, where he joined the Fox Studio and made three films: Sunrise (1927), 4 Devils (1928) and City Girl (1930). The first of these three is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
In 1931 Murnau travelled to Bora Bora to make the film Tabu (1931) with documentary film pioneer Robert J. Flaherty, who left after artistic disputes with Murnau, who had to finish the movie on his own. A week prior to the opening of the film Tabu, Murnau died in a Santa Barbara hospital from injuries he had received in an automobile accident that occurred along the Pacific Coast Highway near Rincon Beach, southeast of Santa Barbara. Only 11 people attended his funeral. Among them were Robert J. Flaherty, Emil Jannings, Greta Garbo and Fritz Lang, who delivered the eulogy.
Of the 21 films Murnau directed, eight are considered to be completely lost.
In July 2015 Murnau's grave was broken into, the remains disturbed and the skull removed by persons unknown. Wax residue was reportedly found at the site, leading some to speculate that candles had been lit, perhaps with an occult or ceremonial significance. As this disturbance was not an isolated incident, the cemetery managers are considering sealing the grave.- Florian Panzner was born on 20 July 1976 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is an actor, known for Valkyrie (2008), Dark (2017) and Luther (2003).
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- Producer
Rolf Kanies was born on 21 December 1957 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Downfall (2004), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) and Einstein (2017).- Actress
Susanne Wolff was born on 1 May 1973 in Bielefeld, Germany. She is an actress, known for Styx (2018), The Three Musketeers (2011) and Morgen hör ich auf (2016).- Actress
- Writer
Jana Nawartschi was born in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Hunters (2020), Simon (2023) and Deranged Granny (2020).- Michael Wittenborn was born on 31 May 1953 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is an actor, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Merz gegen Merz (2019) and Toni Erdmann (2016). He is married to Karin Beier. They have one child.
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Barbara Orbison was born on 10 January 1950 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She was a producer, known for Roy Orbison: I Drove All Night (1992), Forbidden Apple (2018) and Roy Orbison Live in Texas (1986). She was married to Roy Orbison. She died on 6 December 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Gustav-Peter Wöhler was born on 31 July 1956 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is an actor, known for Soul Kitchen (2009), Alles außer Mord! (1994) and Tod eines Mädchens (2015). He has been married to Albert Wiederspiel since 2008.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Martin Bretschneider was born on 22 December 1974 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Red Cell (2020), Phantompain (2018) and The Miracle of Bern (2003).- Director
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Hanno Olderdissen was born in 1976 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Lassie - Ein neues Abenteuer (2023), Robin (2008) and Rock My Heart (2017).- Bernhard Schlink is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller.
He was born in Großdornberg to a German father (Edmund Schlink) and a Swiss mother, the youngest of four children. His mother, Irmgard, had been a theology student of his father, whom she married in 1938. Bernhard's father had been a seminary professor and pastor in the Confessing Church. In 1946, he became a professor of dogmatic and ecumenical theology at Heidelberg University, where he would serve until his retirement in 1971. Over the course of four decades Edmund Schlink became one of the most famous and influential Lutheran theologians in the world and a key participant in the modern Ecumenical Movement. Bernhard Schlink was brought up in Heidelberg from the age of two. He studied law at West Berlin's Free University, graduating in 1968.
Schlink became a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1988 and in 1992 a professor for public law and the philosophy of law at Humboldt University, Berlin. He retired in January 2006.
Schlink studied law at the University of Heidelberg and at the Free University of Berlin. He worked as a scientific assistant at the Universities of Darmstadt, Bielefeld and Freiburg. He had been a law professor at the University of Bonn and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main before he started in 1992 at Humboldt University of Berlin. His career as a writer began with several detective novels. One of these, Die gordische Schleife, won the Glauser Prize in 1989.
In 1995, he published The Reader (Der Vorleser), a novel about a teenager who has an affair with a woman in her thirties who suddenly vanishes but whom he meets again as a law student when visiting a trial about war crimes. The book became a bestseller both in Germany and the United States and was translated into 39 languages. It was the first German book to reach the number one position in the New York Times bestseller list. In 1997, it won the Hans Fallada Prize, a German literary award, and the Prix Laure Bataillon for works translated into French. In 1999 it was awarded the Welt-Literaturpreis of the newspaper Die Welt.
In 2000, Schlink published a collection of short fiction called Flights of Love. In 2008, Stephen Daldry directed a film adaptation of The Reader. In 2010, his non-fiction political history, Guilt About the Past was published by Beautiful Books Limited (UK). - Actor
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Known for his intense on-screen presence. German actor Wolf Danny Homann studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institut before becoming part of the Young Ensemble at the renowned Burgtheater Vienna. Than he completed a four-year acting diploma at the University Mozarteum Salzburg. His movies include work with directors such as Oscar winning Director Caroline Link. He has also appeared in English-speaking features, such as "The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015) ". Homann is based in England and Germany.- Jeannine Gaspár was born in 1992 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Storm of Love (2005) and Nachtschwestern (2019).
- Matthias Komm was born in 1966 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is an actor, known for Die LottoKönige (2012), Axel! wills wissen (2005) and Open House (2008).
- Bernd-Christian Althoff was born in 1983 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Der Lehrer (2009), Neandertaler (2016) and Tatort (1970).
- Natalie Esposito is an artist, actress and designer who started her acting career in her early twenties, after graduating as a fashion designer. Already at age five, she discovered her love for art and acting. She was born in Germany and was raised by her parents who originally stem from Croatia, Israel and Germany. Growing up, she learned several languages such as German, Spanish, English and Arabic, which is her second mother language. Early on, Natalie took the opportunity to train with top acting coaches such as Larry Moss, Bernard Hiller and Rodney Rowland.
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Horst Wessel was born on 9 September 1907 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is known for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008), The Big Red One (1980) and Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001). He died on 23 February 1930 in Berlin, Germany.- Pascal Houdus was born in 1986 in nearby Bielefeld, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Am Ende der Worte (2021), One Last Evening (2023) and Morden im Norden (2012).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Greta Isabella Conte was born on 24 August 1990 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Greta Isabella is a cinematographer, known for Shelter (2017), Die feige Schönheit | About them and Burn Out Love (2015).- Isabell Horn was born on 31 December 1983 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Alles was zählt (2006), Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992) and Meine wunderbare Familie (2008).
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
Albrecht Konrad was born in 1949 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Ghost Writer (2010), Gladbeck (2018) and Until the End of the World (1991).- Producer
- Executive
- Production Manager
Timm Oberwelland was born on 4 November 1969 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a producer and executive, known for The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018), A Whole Life (2023) and Catweazle (2021).- Susann B. Winter was born in 1962 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Die Tigerin (1992), Die Spider Murphy Gang (1983) and Der Schneemann (1985).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Heinz Theo Branding was born on 4 February 1928 in Bielefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Viola und Sebastian (1972), Bel Ami (1968) and Der Eismann kommt (1968). He died on 4 May 2013 in Löhne, Germany.- Writer
- Director
Thomas Möller was born on 12 February 1974 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for Stundenhotel (2000), Schneller als der Zug (2000) and Pittiplatsch (2019).- Ulrich Wildgruber was born on 18 November 1937 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Super (1984), Felidae (1994) and Queen Margot (1994). He was married to Vera. He died on 30 November 1999 in Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Torben Kessler was born on 8 January 1975 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Verbotene Liebe (1995) and In aller Freundschaft (1998).
- Ingolf Lück was born on 26 April 1958 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Die Wochenshow (1996), Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999) and Feel the Motion (1985).
- Nicole Ernst was born on 14 August 1972 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Achtzehn minus Elf (2010), Tatort (1970) and I Phone You (2011).
- Writer
- Actor
Oliver Welke was born on 19 April 1966 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for heute-show (2009), Der Wixxer (2004) and Ich bin Boes (2010). He has been married to Diane since 1997. They have two children.- Producer
- Executive
Christian Baute was born on 15 February 1971 in Bielefeld, Germany. Christian is a producer and executive, known for Funny Games (2007), Son of Rambow (2007) and Peter and Wendy (2015).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Elsa Sophie Gambard was born on 30 November 1980 in Bielefeld, Germany. She is an actress, known for Free Rainer (2007), No More School (2000) and Der Wunschbaum (2004).- Director
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- Editor
Matthias Müller was born in Bielefeld, West Germany on March 29, 1961. He first became interested in filmmaking while he was a student in Arts and German Literature at Bielefeld University in the 1980s. In 1985 Müller co-founded the Alte Kinder Film Collective with friends Christiane Heuwinkel and Maja-Lene Rettig. The members of Alte Kinder collectively produced and distributed a series of cutting edge films on Super-8, the film gauge preferred by Germany's post-punk wave of underground filmmakers. Müller first gained international attention with the release of his 1989 film, Aus Der Ferne, a meditation on loss and mourning. Müller's next film, Home Stories (1990), used a mesmerizing montage of shots from technicolor melodramas of the 1950s and 60s to comment on Hollywood conventions. The film went on to win numerous awards and to establish Müller's international reputation as an important new star of the film and art worlds. Since then, Müller has continued to create some of the most stunning works to come out of the avant garde in years. Vacancy (1999), a nostalgic glance into the past, examines the hopes and dreams of a post-World War II, pre-Kennedy assassination world. The film's flickering cuts between 1961 and the present are a heartbreaking reminder of promises left unfulfilled. In 1999, Müller and collaborator Christoph Girardet were commissioned to create a series of works based on the films of Alfred Hitchcock for the Oxford Museum of Modern Art. The result, Phoenix Tapes (2000), is an entertaining study of the themes and techniques of the master of suspense. Müller's short film, Breeze (2000), was used as an advertisement for the Vienna International Film Festival.- Karina Schieck was born in 1967 in Bielefeld, Germany. She is an actress, known for Die Camper (1997), Gesches Gift (1997) and Alles wegen Paul (2001).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Albert Florath was born on 14 December 1888 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Liebe, Tod und Teufel (1934), Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf (1931) and Donogoo Tonka (1936). He was married to Elz Rothenaicher. He died on 10 March 1957 in Gaildorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.- Director
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- Producer
Engin Kundag was born in 1984 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Ararat (2023), Ararat (2012) and Etwas Frieden (2010).- Special Effects
- Manager
Sven Kühn was born on 11 May 1969 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is a manager, known for Ninja Assassin (2009), (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004) and Aazaan (2011).- Richard Oetker was born on 4 January 1951 in Bielefeld, Germany.
- Aristodemo "Béby" Frediani and his older brother, Guglielmo "Willy" Frediani, was the son of an acrobat, circus director, Auguste Frediani, born in Florence in 1846. Auguste Frediani, originally shoemaker, started in show business in the late 1860s as "gymnast" and "mime". He staged an acrobatic number with his brother Eugenio who was acclaimed all over Europe and particularly in Prague in 1875, Germany in 1880 at the Cirque Fernando in 1884, London in 1885 and in Brussels in 1887. Béby and his brother Willy, started very young with the "Cirque Toscan" where their father staged a spectacular number of acrobatics, engaged at the Nouveau Cirque de Paris in 1900 and then by Barnum & Bailey in 1908. In 1918 Béby, after a series of injuries, began to perform as a clown. He then formed a duo with the already famous white clown Antonet. A collaboration that lasted for fifteen successful years. After their separation in 1933, Béby was working with other great white clowns, including Maiß, Pastis, Alex and Pipo.
- Christine Kutschera was born in 1968 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Die Feuerengel (1997) and Morden im Norden (2012).
- Jannik Mioducki was born in 1993 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for A Good Place (2023), Der Staatsanwalt (2005) and #ichbingenug (2017).
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- Director
Nuran Calis was born in 1976 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Revolution Now! (2015), Spring Awakening (2009) and Woyzeck (2013).- Writer
- Actress
Hera Lind was born on 2 November 1957 in Bielefeld, Germany. She is a writer and actress, known for Das Superweib (1996), Ein Mann für jede Tonart (1993) and Mord an Bord (2002). She has been married to Engelbert Lainer since 2002.- Björn Ingmar Böske was born on 5 July 1991 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Das Traumschiff (1981), Findher (2018) and Country Girls (2017).
- Leonie Emelia Kranzle, best known as Leonie Kranzle, was born in Bielefeld in 1991. She's best known for the film "Love Pills". She has got one older brother (Raban Kranzle) and one older sister (Taylor Kranzle). Her dad (Joseph Kranzle) is a doctor, while her mother (Kielhina Whienkronner) is an actress.
- Heinz Klingenberg was born on 6 April 1905 in Bielefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Herrin von Atlantis (1932), S.A.-Mann Brand (1933) and Die Stärkere (1953). He was married to Hertha Thiele. He died on 12 September 1959 in Schweinfurt, Germany.
- Talin Lopez was born in 1977 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Ghost Writer (2010), Suck Me Shakespeer (2013) and Die Konterrevolution (2011).
- Patricia Schäfer was born on 13 March 1967 in Bielefeld, Germany. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Rote Rosen (2006) and In aller Freundschaft (1998).
- Daniel Aichinger was born on 25 October 1974 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is an actor, known for Alles was zählt (2006), Lindenstraße (1985) and Der Bergdoktor (2008).
- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Henning Heup was born on 17 August 1978 in Bielefeld, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for Tempel (2016), TSC Theseus (2013) and The Cool and Creepy.