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Peter Zadek(1926-2009)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Peter Zadek was born on 19 May 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969), Der Pott (1971) and Eiszeit (1975). He died on 30 July 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
BornMay 19, 1926
DiedJuly 30, 2009(83)
BornMay 19, 1926
DiedJuly 30, 2009(83)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 3 nominations

Known for

I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969)
I'm an Elephant, Madame
6.9
  • Director
  • 1969
Der Pott
8.6
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 1971
Eiszeit (1975)
Eiszeit
5.5
  • Director
  • 1975
Piggies
7.2
  • Director
  • 1970

Credits

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Director

  • Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Rosmersholm (2001)
    Rosmersholm
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Ivanov
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Der Blaue Engel (1992)
    Der Blaue Engel
    Video
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Lulu
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991
  • Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1990)
    Der Kaufmann von Venedig
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1990
  • Baumeister Solness
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1984
  • Dominique Horwitz, Christine Kaufmann, Peter Kern, Juraj Kukura, Sona MacDonald, Eva Mattes, Sunnyi Melles, Freddy Quinn, and Beatrice Richter in The Roaring Fifties (1983)
    The Roaring Fifties
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Der Menschenfeind
    TV Movie
    • theatre director
    • 1980
  • Hedda Gabler
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1978
  • Die Geisel
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Eiszeit (1975)
    Eiszeit
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Die Möwe
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Brigitte Mira in Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1973)
    Kleiner Mann - was nun?
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Van der Valk und das Mädchen (1972)
    Van der Valk und das Mädchen
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1972

Writer

  • Baumeister Solness
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1984
  • Hedda Gabler
    TV Movie
    • translation
    • 1978
  • Die Geisel
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1977
  • Eiszeit (1975)
    Eiszeit
    5.5
    • Writer
    • 1975
  • Brigitte Mira in Kleiner Mann - was nun? (1973)
    Kleiner Mann - was nun?
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1973
  • Van der Valk und das Mädchen (1972)
    Van der Valk und das Mädchen
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • writer
    • 1972
  • Der Pott
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1971
  • Piggies
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Rotmord (1969)
    Rotmord
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1969
  • I'm an Elephant, Madame (1969)
    I'm an Elephant, Madame
    6.9
    • screenplay
    • 1969
  • Maß für Maß
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1968
  • Der Kirschgarten
    9.1
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1966
  • Der Nebbich
    9.4
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Die Stühle
    TV Movie
    • adaptation
    • 1964
  • Das Jubiläum
    7.8
    TV Movie
    • teleplay
    • 1962

Actor

  • Lulu
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Dr. Bernstein
    • 1991
  • Rosel Zech in Veronika Voss (1982)
    Veronika Voss
    7.6
    • 2. Regisseur
    • 1982

Personal details

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  • Born
    • May 19, 1926
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • July 30, 2009
    • Hamburg, Germany(cancer)
  • Other works
    He directed Jean Genet's play, "The Maids," and Jean Tardieu's play, "Three Men and a Chair," at the New Lindsey Theatre Club in London, England with Tutte Lemkow, Aubrey Woods, Selma Vaz Dias, Hazel Penwarden, and Betty Stockfield in the cast.
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    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    One of Germany's most influential theater directors.
  • Nickname
    • Peter Arsch

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