Konrad Wolf was an East German film director, son of Friedrich Wolf, brother of Markus Wolf

Markus Wolf

Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf was head of the General Intelligence Administration , the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security . He was the MfS's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War...

.

He and his family left Germany for Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 when the Nazis

Nazism

Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...

 took power in 1933, where Wolf came into intense contact with Soviet film. At age 10, he played a minor role in the film Kämpfer, filmed among the German Communist emigrants in Moscow. He and his brother attended the Karl Liebknecht School

Karl Liebknecht School

The Karl Liebknecht School , named after Karl Liebknecht, was a German-language elementary school in Moscow. It was established for the children of German refugees to the Soviet Union. It opened in 1924 and was closed in 1939...

 in Moscow. At age 17 he joined the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

 and in 1945, he was among the first troops to reach Berlin. He remained in the Soviet Army

Soviet Army

The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...

 until 1948. He later described these events in the 1968 film, Ich war neunzehn

I Was Nineteen

I Was Nineteen is a Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft production that tells the story of a young German, Gregor Hecker , who fled the Nazis with his parents to Moscow and now, in early 1945, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army...

(I Was Nineteen).

Shortly after the war, Wolf returned to Moscow, where he studied at VGIK

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov), VGIK for short, is a film school in Moscow, Russia.-History:...

. He worked afterwards as a film director at DEFA

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the public-owned film studio in East Germany throughout that country's history.-History:...

. He was the President of the Academy of Arts of the GDR from 1965 until his death in 1982.

In 1978, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival

28th Berlin International Film Festival

The 28th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 22 to March 5, 1978. This was the first year the festival was held in February.-Jury:* Patricia Highsmith * Sergio Leone* Theodoros Angelopoulos* Jacques Rozier...

. In 1980, his film Solo Sunny

Solo Sunny

Solo Sunny is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Renate Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Renate Krößner - Sunny...

was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival

30th Berlin International Film Festival

The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...

.

Films

• 1954 Einmal ist Keinmal
  Einmal ist keinmal
  Einmal ist keinmal is a German phrase which translates roughly as "once is never" in English, essentially meaning that a single event is not statistically significant. It is the title of an East German film, released in 1955. The phrase was also significant in the novel The Unbearable Lightness...
  
  
• 1956 Genesung
  Genesung
  Genesung is an East German film. It was released in 1956....
  
  
• 1957 Lissy
• 1958/1972 Sun Seekers
  Sun Seekers
  Sun Seekers is an East German film, directed by Konrad Wolf during 1958. It was banned and subsequently released only in 1972.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1959 Sterne
  Stars (film)
  Stars is a 1959 film directed by Konrad Wolf. It tells the story of a Nazi officer who falls in love with a Greek Jewish girl while escorting Jewish prisoners through Bulgaria to a concentration camp. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sasha Krusharska -...
  
  
• 1960 Leute mit Flügeln
• 1961 Professor Mamlock
  Professor Mamlock (1961 film)
  This article is about the 1961 film. For the play upon which it was based, see Professor Mamlock . For the film by Herbert Rappaport, see Professor Mamlock .Professor Mamlock is an East German drama film...
  
  
• 1964 Der geteilte Himmel
  Der geteilte Himmel
  Divided Heaven is an East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf. It was released in 1964.-Plot:While recovering from a mental breakdown, the young Rita Seidel recalls the last two years: in which she fell in love with Manfred, a chemist who is ten years older. As Manfred became disillusioned...
  
  
• 1966 Der Kleine Prinz
• 1968 Ich war neunzehn
• 1971 Goya - Der lange Weg der Erkenntnis
• 1974 Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz
• 1976 Mama, ich lebe
  Mama, I'm Alive
  Mama, I'm Alive is a 1977 East German film directed by Konrad Wolf. It was chosen as East Germany's official submission to the 50th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination...
  
  
• 1979 Solo Sunny
  Solo Sunny
  Solo Sunny is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Renate Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.-Cast:* Renate Krößner - Sunny...
  
  
• 1981/82 Busch singt (6 part documentary about Ernst Busch
  Ernst Busch (actor)
  Ernst Busch was a German singer and actor.Busch first rose to prominence as an interpreter of political songs, particularly those of Kurt Tucholsky, in the Berlin Kabarett scene of the 1920s...
  
  , completed by others)

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