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- Rob Pilatus was born on 8 June 1964 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1987), Rob & Fab: We Can Get It On (1992) and Milli Vanilli: Blame It on the Rain (1989). He died on 2 April 1998 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Rosemarie Fendel was born on 25 April 1927 in Koblenz-Metternich, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Trotta (1971), Im Reservat (1973) and Tätowierung (1967). She was married to Hans von Borsody and Johannes Schaaf. She died on 13 March 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Karl Walter Diess was born on 25 January 1928 in Salzburg, Austria. He was an actor, known for Masters of the Universe (1984), Wallenstein (1978) and Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt (1964). He was married to Silvia Simon and Miriam Spoerri. He died on 30 March 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Reno Nonsens was born on 3 April 1919 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Herr Hesselbach und die Firma (1956), Kassensturz (1983) and Der ideale Untermieter (1957). He died on 27 September 2001 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Justus Fritzsche was born on 1 January 1941 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eolomea (1972), Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) and Aus unserer Zeit (1970). He died on 26 July 2003 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Producer
- Executive
Karl Baumgartner was born in 1949 in Brunico, Bolzano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. He was a producer and executive, known for Underground (1995), Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) and Tulpan (2008). He died on 18 March 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Hanna Reitsch was born on 29 March 1912 in Hirschberg, Silesia, Germany [now Jelenia Góra, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Rivalen der Luft - Ein Segelfliegerfilm (1934) and The Secret War (1977). She died on 24 August 1979 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany [now Germany].
- Stefanie Zweig was born on 19 September 1932 in Leobschütz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Glubczyce, Opolskie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Nowhere in Africa (2001), Alpha Forum (1998) and Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998). She was married to Wolfgang Häfele. She died on 25 April 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ivan Rebroff was born on 31 July 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Code Name: Kill (1967), Der Bettelstudent (1981) and Ein Sommer - ein Herbst (1964). He died on 27 February 2008 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Drafi Deutscher was born on 9 May 1946 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and composer, known for Beerfest (2006), Zärtliche Chaoten II (1988) and Ein irres Feeling (1984). He was married to Isabel Varell, Karin and Sandra. He died on 9 June 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- 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.
- Alfred Edel was born on 12 March 1932 in Abensberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was an actor, known for Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968), Class Relations (1984) and 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler - Die letzte Stunde im Führerbunker (1989). He was married to Dorle Miesala. He died on 17 June 1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Pit Krüger was born on 1 August 1934 in Mannheim, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Zwillinge aus Venedig (1965), Parlez-vous français? (1962) and Rudi, benimm dich! (1971). He was married to Ingrid Krüger. He died on 6 November 2003 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
He was known as 'the man who spoke for the animals'. A public relations genius, Professor Bernhard Grzimek not only managed to create nationwide interest in the plight of endangered species and threatened habitats, but actively raised in excess of five million Marks in donations via his television show "Ein Platz für Tiere" ("A Place for Animals",1956-87). The series ran for 175 episodes, ending with Grzimek's death in1987. Entertainers performed for him without pay and he even motivated school kids to help collect funds to equip rangers for Africa's national wildlife parks. Veterinarian and behavioral scientist, Grzimek assumed the directorship of Frankfurt's Zoological Garden in 1945, a position he held until his retirement in 1974. For those 29 years, he was instrumental in modernizing zoological displays and animal enclosures, introducing educational slide shows, films and audio tapes, providing windows for the public to view food preparation and animal husbandry. In addition to breeding endangered species, Frankfurt's was the first European zoo to feature a special section which provided care for orphaned baby animals, including gorillas, orang-utans, panthers, lions and bears. Frankfurt's Zoological Society (for which Grzimek served as president) stood in the forefront of international conservation. Not shying away from controversy or confrontation, Grzimek was one of the first to vociferously oppose the factory farming of chickens on a political level.
His status as a major public figure was confirmed with the release of his documentary Bambuti (1956). An even more successful sequel followed, the Academy Award-winning Serengeti (1959). Sadly, it cost the life of Grzimek's son Michael (until then his closest collaborator), aged 24, killed in a plane crash during filming. Between 1967 and 1974, Grzimek published a 13-volume encyclopedia, entitled "Grzimeks Tierleben". He received numerous awards, including the Federal Cross of Merit (Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz). His legacy survives in zoos around the world today.- Fritz Bauer was born on 16 July 1903 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eichmann und das Dritte Reich (1961), Als sie noch jung waren (1965) and Das Podium - Ein Gespräch über kulturelle Fragen (1961). He died on 1 July 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Christiane Nielsen was born on 10 September 1936 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1963), Ein Mann namens Harry Brent (1968) and Secret of the Red Orchid (1962). She was married to Miloud Ganga and Konrad Leeb. She died on 8 April 2007 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Liesel Christ was born on 16 April 1919 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mit Leib und Seele (1989), Das größte Fest des Jahres - Weihnachten bei unseren Fernsehfamilien (1991) and Tatort (1970). She was married to Fritz Dahlem. She died on 15 August 1996 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Walter Flamme was born on 13 December 1926 in Dortmund, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin (1973) and Notarztwagen 7 (1976). He died on 13 May 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Karl-Heinz Hess was born on 20 March 1930 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hamburg Transit (1970), Timm Thaler (1979) and Sir Roger Casement (1968). He was married to Denise Laumer, Denise Laumer and Bärbel Christ-Heß. He died on 1 July 1995 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Rainer Koechermann was born on 4 April 1930 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Dancing Heart (1953), Der Himmel ist nie ausverkauft (1955) and Alles für dich, mein Schatz (1954). He was married to Hanni Vanhaiden. He died in October 2004 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Clara Schumann was born on 13 September 1819 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony [now Saxony, Germany]. She was a composer, known for Management (2008), Ammonite (2020) and The Europeans (1979). She was married to Robert Schumann. She died on 20 May 1896 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse-Nassau, [now Hesse], Germany.- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Paul Hindemith was born on 16 November 1895 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Dr. M (1990), Notes of Love (1998) and Im Kampf mit dem Berge - 1. Teil: In Sturm und Eis - Eine Alpensymphonie in Bildern (1921). He was married to Gertrud Rottenberg. He died on 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Leopold Biberti was born on 18 September 1894 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Paradies (1960), Ein Volksfeind (1965) and Dilemma (1940). He was married to Traude Pulfer. He died on 24 November 1969 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Writer
Peter Heusch was born on 9 March 1938 in Halle, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for The Getaway (2002), Gothic (2001) and Arcania: Fall of Setarrif (2011). He died on 13 April 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- 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.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Fritz Umgelter was born on 18 August 1922 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Bratkartoffeln inbegriffen (1967), Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplicissimus (1975) and The Violin Case Murders (1965). He died on 9 May 1981 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Dinu Ianculescu was born on 24 March 1925 in Bucuresti, Romania. He was an actor, known for Michael the Brave (1971), The Secret of Bacchus (1984) and Zestrea (1972). He died on 7 February 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Arthur Shopenhauer was a German philosopher and one of the greatest thinkers ever. Schopenhauer created his own original philosophical conception by merging elements from the philosophies of Plato and Kant with the suggestion exercised by oriental doctrines, characterized by a strong pessimism, which had an extraordinary influence, on subsequent philosophers, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, and, in general, on European culture, entering the current of philosophies of life.
- Walter Raffeiner was born on 8 April 1947 in Wolfsberg, Carinthia, Austria. He was an actor, known for Zufall (1985), Wozzeck (1987) and The Sounds of Silents - Der Stummfilmpianist (2006). He died on 25 December 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Herta Böhm was born on 10 January 1911 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress, known for Herzklopfen (1984), Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977) and Patient aus Leidenschaft (1991). She died on 1 October 2002 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Günter Lampe was born on 7 August 1931 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand (1975), Sommergäste (1976) and Winterreise im Olympiastadion (1979). He died on 23 January 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Walther Troger was born on 4 February 1929 in Wunsiedel, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Almut. He died on 30 December 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Alfons Paquet was born on 26 January 1881 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Alfons was a writer, known for Melodie der Welt (1929). Alfons was married to Marie Henriette Steinhausen. Alfons died on 8 February 1944 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Marilene von Bethmann was born on 19 December 1925 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Was ihr wollt (1954) and Der Trotzkopf (1983). She died on 12 December 1996 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Music Department
- Composer
Heinz Schönberger was born on 12 March 1926 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He was a composer, known for Ein Lied für Luxemburg (1973), Einer wird gewinnen (1964) and Acht nach 8 (1973). He was married to Heidi. He died on 25 November 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Karl Gutzkow was born on 17 March 1811 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Zopf und Schwert - Eine tolle Prinzessin (1926), Uriel Acosta (1920) and Die preußische Heirat (1974). He was married to Bertha Meidinger and Amalie Klönne. He died on 16 December 1878 in Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Wolfgang Lauinger was born in 1918 in Zürich, Switzerland. He died on 20 December 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
The German presenter, radio and television journalist became popular with the television series "Reunion Makes Joy" (1978-1984). He also had great success as an author and speaker on audio cassettes and long-playing records. He also became popular as a "weather frog" when it came to weekend weather, according to the today-journal; He knew how to spice up sad weather reports with his kind of sunshine. From May 1980 he was the presenter of the show "Lustige Musikanten". Elmar Gunsch published the books "Donnerwetter" (1984) and "Listen, what's coming in from outside" (1989), many fairy tale cassettes and CDs, records, and his own stage productions "A Journey into the Realm of Fantasy" with the classical guitarist Barbara Hennerfeind. As an actor he appeared in the television films "Family Festival" (1980), "My Brother and I" (1982), "Schloß & Siegel" (1987), "11 dreamlike fairy tales" (2006) and "Das Musikhotel am Wolfgangsee" ( 2008).- Writer
- Additional Crew
James Forbes was born on 2 September 1871 in Salem, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer, known for The Chorus Lady (1915), Bachelor's Affairs (1932) and The Traveling Salesman (1916). He was married to Ada Eugenie Fischer. He died on 26 May 1938 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Director
- Writer
Ulrich Lauterbach was born on 28 March 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Familie Hansen (1966), Der Revisor (1955) and Drei Rosen aus Papier (1967). He died in 1988 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Margarete Buber-Neumann was born on 21 October 1901 in Potsdam, Germany. She was a writer, known for Eine Gefangene bei Stalin und Hitler (1968), Margarete Buber-Neumann: A German Destiny (1987) and Ost und West (1965). She was married to Rafael Buber and Heinz Neumann. She died on 6 November 1989 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Sophie Cossaeus was born on 30 August 1893 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Firma Hesselbach (1960), Die Familie Hesselbach (1954) and Herr Hesselbach und die Firma (1956). She died on 23 September 1965 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Werner Franz was born on 22 May 1922 in Frankfurt, Germany. He was married to Annerose Franz. He died on 13 August 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Elke Kast was born in 1946 in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Die Supernasen (1983), Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm (1984) and Ein Wort aus Musik (1981). She was married to Manfred Kast. She died on 6 January 1993 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Helmut Walcha was born on 27 October 1907 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He died on 11 August 1991 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Gerhard Rachold was born on 3 September 1928 in Ranis, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Mord, der nie verjährt (1968), Tatort Berlin (1958) and Dny zrady (1973). He died on 18 May 1993 in Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Norman Peck was born on 26 April 1908 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Publicity Madness (1927), Hello Sister (1930) and A Low Necker (1927). He died on 17 September 1999 in Frankfurt, Germany.
- Uwe Günzler was born on 26 October 1941 in Dortmund, Germany. He was a producer, known for Hessenreporter: Kommissar Brinkmann (2003), Stadtgespräch (1979) and Brennpunkt (1971). He died on 6 March 2008 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Peter Zingler was born on 5 January 1944 in Chemnitz, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Tatort (1970), Alles nur Tarnung (1996) and Kommissar Rex (1994). He died on 30 December 2022 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.- Director
- Writer
Ludwig Cremer was born on 4 July 1909 in Duisburg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Zimmerwirtin (1967), Minna von Barnhelm (1964) and Reisender ohne Gepäck (1963). He died on 23 November 1982 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, West Germany.