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Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Germany and one of the country's most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. His most famous work was the musical "The Threepenny Opera" (with Kurt Weill), but his dramas such as "Mother Courage and Her Children" or "The Good Person of Sezuan" were equally successful. As he opposed the upcoming Nazi movement, he fled Germany in 1933 and finally emigrated to the United States. After testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, he left Hollywood and returned to Europe. He settled down in East Germany, where he founded the famous "Berliner Ensemble" and became the state's intellectual hero. He died on 14 August 1956 in East Berlin.

Hertha Thiele was born on 8 May 1908 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress, known for Mädchen in Uniform (1931), Little Man What Now (1933) and Elisabeth und der Narr (1934). She was married to Heinz Klingenberg and Wolfgang Wohlgemuth. She died on 5 August 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.

He was the son of the German dramatist Friedrich Wolf. He left Germany with his family for the USSR and came back to Germany as a nineteen year old Lieutenant in the Russian Army in 1945. Was a short time commander of the town Bernau near Berlin in Spring 1945. _Ich war 19 (1968)_ is an autobiographical movie about this time.

Harry Hindemith was born on 16 June 1906 in Brussels, Belgium. He was an actor and writer, known for Snow White (1961), Tilman Riemenschneider (1958) and Die Heiratsurkunde (1964). He died on 21 January 1973 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Eduard von Winterstein was born on 1 August 1871 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for The Blue Angel (1930), Die Sonnenbrucks (1951) and Hamlet (1921). He was married to Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein and Minna Mengers. He died on 22 July 1961 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Wolfgang Heinz was born on 18 May 1900 in Pilsen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Plzen, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), A Blonde Dream (1932) and Professor Mamlock (1961). He was married to Erika Pelikowsky. He died on 30 October 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Theo Shall was born on 24 February 1896 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Moselle, France]. He was an actor, known for Anna Christie (1930), Ten Minute Alibi (1935) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 4 October 1955 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Sabine Thalbach was born on 4 August 1932 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1967), The Small White Mouse (1964) and Der Untertan (1951). She was married to Benno Besson. She died on 30 September 1966 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Günther Simon was born on 11 May 1925 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse (1954), Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955) and Das Lied vom Trompeter (1964). He was married to Margaritha. He died on 25 June 1972 in East Berlin, East Germany.

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.

Helene Weigel was born on 12 May 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Mother Courage and Her Children (1961), Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1955) and Señora Carrar's Rifles (1953). She was married to Bertolt Brecht. She died on 6 May 1971 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Carola Braunbock was born on 9 January 1924 in Vseruby, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Der Untertan (1951), Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) and Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967). She died on 4 July 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Lutz Götz was born on 12 August 1891 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tragödie einer Leidenschaft (1949), Kongo-Express (1939) and Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948). He was married to Anneliese Körner. He died on 3 October 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Siegfried Seibt was born on 19 August 1920 in Görlitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Zaubermännchen (1960), Bärchens Traum (1979) and Spuk unterm Riesenrad (1979). He died on 6 January 1982 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Friedrich Gnaß was born on 13 November 1892 in Langendreer, Bochum, Province of Westphalia, Prussia [now Bochum, North-Rhine Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor, known for M (1931), Danton (1931) and Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932). He died on 8 May 1958 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Gerd Biewer was born on 9 February 1926 in Saarlouis, Saar Territory [now Saarland, Germany]. He was an actor, known for Das grüne Ungeheuer (1962), Schule der Frauen (1965) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He was married to Brigitte Krause. He died on 29 March 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Gustav Püttjer was born on 15 May 1886 in Altona [now Hamburg], Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Die lustigen Weiber (1936), Wie der Hase läuft (1937) and Comradeship (1931). He died on 11 August 1959 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Herbert Dirmoser was born on 12 April 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Eolomea (1972), Der Berg ruft! (1938) and Sommerwege (1960). He died on 23 January 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Nico Turoff was born on 6 December 1899 in Kremenchuk, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Trenck - Der Roman einer großen Liebe (1932), G.P.U. (1942) and The Devious Path (1928). He died on 22 June 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Karl-Helge Hofstadt was born on 16 April 1900 in Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Gleiwitz Case (1961), Professor Mamlock (1961) and Brot und Rosen (1967). He died on 11 April 1975 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Fredy Barten was born on 30 July 1891 in Rostock, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Quartett zu fünft (1949) and Der fliegende Holländer (1964). He died on 3 March 1972 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Herwart Grosse was born on 17 April 1908 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Nichts als Sünde (1965), Minna von Barnhelm (1962) and Das Filmmagazin Nr. 1 (1961). He was married to Annemarie Hermann. He died on 27 October 1982 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Helmut Spieß was born on 3 March 1902 in Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Eine Handvoll Noten (1961), Einer von uns (1960) and Hexen (1954). He died on 11 March 1962 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Berko Acker was born on 14 March 1945 in Silberstraße, Zwickau, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dagny (1977), Der Nachtigallenwald (1969) and Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet (1979). He was married to Margot Gabriele Winkler. He died on 1 December 1978 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Margarete Kupfer was born on 10 April 1881 in Freystadt in Schlesien, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Kozuchów, Lubuskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Nathan der Weise (1922), Woman in the Moon (1929) and Bon Voyage (1933). She died on 11 May 1953 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Hans Pitra was born on 7 February 1915 in Dresden, Germany. He was an actor, known for Sein großer Sieg (1952), Die gefrorenen Blitze (1967) and Rocník 21 (1958). He died on 14 August 1977 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Peter Edel was born on 12 July 1921 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Die Bilder des Zeugen Schattmann (1972) and Die Ermittlung - Oratorium in 11 Gesängen (1966). He was married to Helga Korff-Edel. He died on 7 May 1983 in East-Berlin, Germany.

Friedrich Richter was born on 5 June 1894 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Ein idealer Gatte (1962), The Adventures of Tartu (1943) and Jacob the Liar (1974). He was married to Amy Frank. He died on 3 March 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Jörg Knochée was born on 6 December 1944 in Druxberge, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Karla (1965) and Kit & Co. (1974). He was married to Heike. He died on 27 October 1989 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Wolfram Handel was born on 16 May 1929 in Erfurt, Germany. He was an actor, known for Archiv des Todes (1980), Front ohne Gnade (1984) and Wolf unter Wölfen (1964). He was married to Ingrid Handel. He died on 11 December 1987 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Walter Felsenstein was born on 30 May 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for Fidelio (1956), Ein Windstoß (1942) and Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1970). He was married to Ellen Brenner and Maria ?. He died on 8 October 1975 in Berlin, East Germany.

Mathilde Danegger was born on 2 August 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Frau Holle (1963), Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940) and Der fliegende Holländer (1964). She was married to Walter Lesch, Herbert Crüger and Herbert Waniek. She died on 27 July 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Rudolf Leonhardt was born on 27 October 1889 in Lissa, Prussia, Germany [now Leszno, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) and Das Haus zum Mond (1921). He died on 19 December 1953 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Axel Triebel was born on 13 December 1899 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967), Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967) and Hut ab, wenn du küßt! (1971). He died on 10 February 1976 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Erika Müller-Fürstenau was born on 5 July 1924 in Leobschütz, Silesia, Germany. She was an actress, known for Besondere Kennzeichen: keine (1956), Kapitäne bleiben an Bord (1959) and Hotel du Commerce (1964). She was married to Gerhard Fürstenau and Hans Maikowski. She died on 14 June 1986 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Gerd Ehlers was born on 21 May 1924 in Reinfeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963), Das grüne Ungeheuer (1962) and The Small White Mouse (1964). He died on 27 June 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Peter Kiwitt was born on 4 December 1904 in Oberhausen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die schwarze Galeere (1962), Musterknaben (1959) and Der Hauptmann von Köln (1956). He died on 10 March 1969 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Walter Richter-Reinick was born on 14 April 1911 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der letzte der Mohikaner (1956), Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (1960) and Der Fächer der Madame de Pompadour (1964). He died on 14 December 1984 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Siegfried Weiß was born on 18 April 1906 in Chemmitz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Geizige (1956), Die Häuser des Herrn Sartorius (1955) and Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961). He died on 8 October 1989 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Kurt Wenkhaus was born on 10 September 1891 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Gewissen in Aufruhr (1961), Acht Uhr dreizehn - Das Geheimnis des Deltaklubs (1921) and Der Hauptmann von Köln (1956). He died on 22 December 1965 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Heinz Kögel was born on 22 November 1916 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Mohr im Hause der Kreuzspinne (1964), Der Rubin (1969) and Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (1970). He died on 25 March 1973 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Else Wolz was born on 14 January 1908 in Kleinschwalbach, Germany. She was an actress, known for Johnny Belinda (1960), Die schwarze Galeere (1962) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). She was married to Walter Ohm. She died on 10 July 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Ursula Deinert was born on 17 October 1910 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Bal paré (1940), The Stars Shine (1938) and Mordsache Holm (1938). She died on 21 December 1988 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Peter Brang was born on 5 September 1897 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was an actor, known for Addio, piccola mia (1979), Der Mord, der nie verjährt (1968) and Die Hosen des Ritters Bredow (1973). He was married to Marion van de Kamp and Nella Sauer. He died on 17 July 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Andrew Thorndike was born on 30 August 1909 in Frankfurt, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Der Weg nach oben (1950), Unternehmen Teutonenschwert (1958) and Die alte neue Welt (1977). He was married to Annelie Thorndike, Irma and Helga Schrader. He died on 14 December 1979 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Gina Presgott was born on 13 October 1924 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967), The Axe of Wandsbek (1951) and Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963). She died on 8 October 1985 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Ruth-Maria Kemper was born on 6 December 1930 in Dortmund, Germany. She was an actress, known for Tag für Tag (1964), Steinzeitballade (1961) and Füchsin und Biber (1963). She died on 29 September 1965 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Gerhard Klein was a native Berliner (born 1920) whose film work keeps coming back to his fascination for that city. He was arrested during World War II for being part of the Resistance against the National Socialists. Self educated, he turned the after the war to work as a cartoonist and in documentary filmmaking. He joined the DEFA company in the East as a screenwriter in 1946 at first for short subjects and documentaries and then starting in 1952 on fiction features.Several of his later films did not meet with regime approval, such as his depiction of rebellious 50s teens or his recreation in The Gleiwitz Case of the justification for the Nazi invasion of Poland. He died in 1970 at age 50.

Lissi Nebuschka was born on 11 November 1888 in Dresden, Germany. She was an actress and director, known for Das Märchen vom Glück (1913), Das Komödiantenkind (1912) and Maria Sonetta, das Findelkind (1913). She was married to Carl Schaum. She died on 22 July 1966 in East-Berlin, Germany.

Erich Brauer was born on 12 September 1914 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dny zrady (1973), Eine Berliner Romanze (1956) and Archiv des Todes (1980). He died on 26 October 1989 in East Berlin, East Germany.