Frank Beyer

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Frank Paul Beyer 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. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED.

26-05-1932

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Gemini

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Total Films

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Nobitz, Germany

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26-05-1932

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Gemini

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Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Nobitz, Germany

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director

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Traces of Time: The Director Frank Beyer

Documentary about the East German director Frank Beyer, a remarkable man with a remarkable career whose films should be much better known.

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1997

DEFA – Es werden ein paar Filme bleiben

On May 17, 1946, Deutsche-Film AG (DEFA) was founded in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Until 1990, DEFA produced nearly 700 feature films, 750 animation films, 2250 short and documentary films and synchronized about 8,000 films from abroad.

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1996

Janus Head

World-famous geneticist Professor Hülsenbeck is a man of integrity who refuses to mix science and political gain. When his findings are being used to harm humanity, he immigrates to the USA in 1933 in protest against Nazi racial politics.

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1972