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Frank Paul Beyer (German: [fʁaŋk ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ] ⓘ; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany.
With the genre piece "Karbid und Sauerampfer" from 1963, he made his breakthrough as a celebrated director of comedies. Frank Beyer became the most important filmmaker in the GDR alongside Gerhard Klein, Joachim Kunert and Konrad Wolf, but his works also caused political controversy.
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- Nobitz, Thuringia, Germany
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- Berlin, Germany
Oct 3, 2006 · Oct. 3, 2006. BERLIN, Oct. 2 (Agence France-Presse) — Frank Beyer, one of East Germany’s most renowned filmmakers in its Communist era, best known for his Warsaw ghetto drama “Jacob the Liar,”...
Frank Beyer (* 26. Mai 1932 in Nobitz, Thüringen; † 1. Oktober 2006 in Berlin) war ein deutscher Filmregisseur, der die meisten seiner Filme für die DEFA in der DDR drehte und dort trotz seiner im Lauf der Jahre zunehmend kritischen Haltung gegenüber der SED mehrfach ausgezeichnet wurde, unter anderem mit dem Nationalpreis der DDR .
Feb 9, 2007 · Frank Beyer (1932—2006) directed some of the most powerful and historically significant films made in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Frank Beyer was one of the most important German directors of the postwar period and made some of Germany’s most powerful and historically significant films. Throughout his career, Beyer collaborated with many artists on more than one film project: actors Manfred Krug, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Erwin Geschonneck; and authors and scriptwriters ...
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FRANK BEYER – GERMAN FILM DIRECTOR. The University of Waterloo welcomes Frank Beyer to campus on Friday, November 8th 2002. Mr. Beyer was born in 1932, and after working in theatre in Berlin moved to Prague to study directing at the famed Prague Film School (FAMU) with the likes of Milos Forman and other budding Czechoslovakian directors.
