Konrad Petzold
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Konrad Petzold
, organized in your city youth amateur theater. After 1949, the works in the studio of the DEF, in 1950, making his debut as a film actor. After internship in film&television school of the Academy of arts in Prague
, was shot in Czechoslovakia
in 1955, his first feature film - comedy "the Fools among us" . The adventure film "a Dog in the marsh" brought Петцольду national recognition, especially among young people. However, the next movie "Dress" after story of a fairy tale
"the emperor's New clothes" was accused of hidden political satire
on the current system, and the director temporarily dismissed from the profession.
In 1969, Petzoldt shot the first of the five "american indian films" (it. Indianerfilme), which became for many years the "business card" of the film studio DEF and the director. After the unification of Germany
in 1990, the director was unclaimed.
Biography
Born the youngest of six children in a poor family of a worker and a housewife. After the end of the Second world warWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, organized in your city youth amateur theater. After 1949, the works in the studio of the DEF, in 1950, making his debut as a film actor. After internship in film&television school of the Academy of arts in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, was shot in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
in 1955, his first feature film - comedy "the Fools among us" . The adventure film "a Dog in the marsh" brought Петцольду national recognition, especially among young people. However, the next movie "Dress" after story of a fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
"the emperor's New clothes" was accused of hidden political satire
Political satire
Political satire is a significant part of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics; it has also been used with subversive intent where political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political arguments where such arguments are expressly...
on the current system, and the director temporarily dismissed from the profession.
In 1969, Petzoldt shot the first of the five "american indian films" (it. Indianerfilme), which became for many years the "business card" of the film studio DEF and the director. After the unification of Germany
Unification of Germany
The formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state officially occurred on 18 January 1871 at the Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors in France. Princes of the German states gathered there to proclaim Wilhelm of Prussia as Emperor Wilhelm of the German...
in 1990, the director was unclaimed.