Michael Gwisdek

German actor and film director (1942–2020)

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Michael Gwisdek
Born(1942-01-14)14 January 1942
Berlin-Weissensee, Germany
Died22 September 2020(2020-09-22) (aged 78)
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Years active1968–2020

Michael Gwisdek (14 January 1942 – 22 September 2020) was a German actor and film director.[1]

Career

He began his acting career in East Germany and has appeared in more than 130 films and television shows since 1968. His debut film as a director, Treffen in Travers, was the first East-German film[2] screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.[3] His 1998 film The Big Mambo was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[4] The following year, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival, for his role in the film Nightshapes.[5]

He married the actress Corinna Harfouch in 1985 and they divorced in 1997. They had two sons together before they married; the musician Johannes Gwisdek (born 1980) and the actor Robert Gwisdek (born 1984). He married his second wife, Gabriela, shortly after divorcing Harfouch.[6]

Gwisdek died on 22 September 2020 aged 78.[2]

Selected filmography

  • Jadup and Boel (1980)[7]
  • Woman Doctors (1984)[7]
  • Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund (1987)
  • Just for Horror (1987- produced)
  • Treffen in Travers (1988 - directed)[7]
  • Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)[7]
  • Coming Out (1989)[7]
  • Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness (1991)
  • The Tango Player (1991)[7]
  • Das große Fest [de] (1992, TV film)
  • Constable Zumbühl [de] (1994)
  • Night Time [de] (1998)
  • The Big Mambo (1998 - directed)
  • Nightshapes (1999)[7]
  • No Place to Go (2000)[7]
  • Vaya con Dios (2002)
  • Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)[7]
  • Herr Lehmann (2003)[7]
  • Speer und Er (2005)
  • Pornorama (2007)
  • Kaifeck Murder [de] (2009)
  • Boxhagener Platz (2010)[7]
  • The Day I Was Not Born [de] (2011)
  • A Coffee in Berlin (2012)[7]
  • Shark Alarm at Müggel Lake [de] (2013)
  • The Silent Revolution (2018)[7]

References

  1. ^ Schauspieler Michael Gwisdek gestorben (in German)
  2. ^ a b "Michael Gwisdek ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Treffen in Travers". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Berlinale: 1998 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Berlinale: 1999 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  6. ^ B.Z. - Hausbesuch bei den Gwisdeks in B.Z., 12 September 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2018
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Michael Gwisdek". DEFA Stiftung (in German). Retrieved 23 September 2020.

External links

  • Michael Gwisdek at IMDb
  • Michael Gwisdek discography at Discogs
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