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Grimme-Preis award winner, Matthias Schweighöfer, is one of Germany's most successful actors and is quickly becoming an international phenomenon.
Schweighöfer was most recently seen in Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer," Netflix's "Heart of Stone" opposite Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan and "The Swimmers" for director Sally El Hosaini. Upcoming, Schweighöfer will be seen in Netflix's "Family Switch" opposite Jennifer Garner and "Girl You Know It's True," a film based on the incredible story of the R&B duo Milli Vanilli.
A talented multi-hyphenate, Schweighöfer also discovered his love for being behind the camera and has gone on to direct multiple projects. In addition, he founded his production company, Pantaleon Film, with his producing partner Dan Maag which continues to be one of Germany's preeminent production companies.
Born behind the Berlin wall, Schweighöfer's last 10 films have all reached #1 at the German Box office. He is best known for his films "Der Geilste Tag," "Der Nanny," "100 Dinge" and "Vaterfreuden," and his first English speaking role and international film, "Valkyrie" alongside Tom Cruise and Kenneth Branagh.
Schweighöfer has continued working on international projects and produced, directed and stared in the first German-language Amazon Original Series "You Are Wanted." The series launched in over 200 countries and in 6 different languages. He also starred in and produced "Resistance" for IFC Films which also stars Jessie Eisenberg, Ed Harris and Edgar Ramirez.
Most recently, Schweighöfer Directed, Produced, and Starred in "Army of Thieves," the prequel Zack Snyder's "Army of the Dead," in which he also starred in. "Army of the Dead" was viewed in over 72 million households and quickly became one of Netflix's most viewed film of all time, and "Army of Thieves" became the Number 1 film on Netflix in 90-plus countries during its first week.- Rüdiger Joswig was born on 30 May 1949 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He is an actor, known for Coast Guard (1997), L'avvocato delle donne (1997) and Hallo, Onkel Doc! (1994). He has been married to Claudia Wenzel since 2003.
- Schabowski came from a working-class family. Schabowski joined the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) when he was just 17 years old. In 1947 he began working as an assistant for the trade union newspaper "Tribüne", where he joined the editorial team in 1952. After the founding of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Schabowski became a member of the Free German Youth (FDJ) in 1950 and a member of the SED in 1952. From 1953 to 1967 he served as deputy editor-in-chief of the "Tribüne". At the same time, Schabowski studied journalism via distance learning at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig. In 1962 Schabowski graduated with a diploma.
In 1967/68 he trained at the CPSU party college in Moscow. In 1968, Schabowski was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of the SED's central organ "Neues Deutschland". In 1974 he was promoted to first deputy editor-in-chief. From 1978 to 1985 he served as editor-in-chief. In this position, Schabowski was also a member of the central board of the GDR Journalists' Association and of the agitation committee at the SED Politburo. In 1981 he entered the People's Chamber, where he remained represented until the end of the GDR. In 1981, Schabowski became a member of the SED Central Committee and in 1984 a member of the Politburo. From 1986 he also served as secretary of the Central Committee. From 1985 to 1989 he was also first secretary of the SED district leadership in Berlin.
As a possible successor to Erich Honecker as party leader of the SED, the politician was able to point to several official honors such as the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold (1977) and the Karl Marx Order (1989). In the wake of the autumn riots of 1989, which led to the dissolution of the GDR and German reunification, Schabowski played a key role in party officials. On November 4, 1989, he faced the masses at a protest rally on Berlin's Alexanderplatz. On the evening of November 9, 1989, at a press conference broadcast live on television, Schabowski announced that short-term visas would be issued for GDR citizens wishing to leave the country at all GDR border crossings. The announcement came prematurely and to the surprise of his Politburo colleagues.
It triggered a massive rush to the border crossings that night and the unexpected dismantling of the wall and border facilities within a few days and weeks. After Schabowski was appointed secretary of the Central Committee for Information and Media Policy in mid-November, he resigned from his political leadership positions with the Central Committee of the SED in December 1989. In January 1990, Schabowski was excluded from the newly formed SED/PDS. A year later he presented his experience report "The Crash". Schabowski turned back to journalism and worked for the "Heimatnachrichten" in Bebra from 1992 to 1999. In 1994 he published "Farewell to Utopia".
A case initiated against Schabowski in connection with the falsification of the GDR local elections was discontinued in 1997. In the same year, however, he was sentenced to three years in prison during a trial because of his shared responsibility for the victims of the Wall. After an unsuccessful appeal, Schabowski began his prison sentence in Berlin in December 1999, from which he was released early in October 2000. In his private life he was married to Irina and had two children.
Günter Schabowski died on November 1, 2015 in Berlin. - Rolf-Jürgen Gebert was born in 1955 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He is an actor, known for Schauspielereien (1978), Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965) and Bereitschaft Dr. Federau (1988).
- Otto Lilienthal was born on 23 May 1848 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was married to Agnes Fischer. He died on 10 August 1896 in Berlin, Germany.
- Ulrich von Hassell was born on 12 November 1881 in Anklam, Pomerania, Germany. He died on 8 September 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee, Germany.
- Alice Hechy was born on 21 July 1893 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. She was an actress, known for Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1916), Variety (1925) and Die Puppe vom Lunapark (1925). She died on 26 May 1973 in Berlin, Germany.
- Wilfried Hark was born on 5 June 1960 in Anklam, East Germany [now Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany].
- Heinrich Hannover was born on 31 October 1925 in Anklam, Pomerania, Germany. He was married to Elisabeth Hannover-Drück. He died on 14 January 2023 in Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Julius Urgiss was born on 6 August 1873 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der gefesselte Polo (1929), Schlagende Wetter (1923) and Arme Lena (1918). He died on 12 March 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.