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- Hendrik Arnst was born on 7 May 1950 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for Enemy at the Gates (2001), The Reader (2008) and Hamlet_X (2003). He died on 2 January 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
- Thomas Thieme was born on 29 October 1948 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Lives of Others (2006), Downfall (2004) and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).
- Ekaterina Novikova was born on 9 October 1982 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic [now Germany]. She is an actress, known for Salyut-7 (2017), Kak zavesti zhenshchinu (2013) and Taras Bulba (2009).
- Claudia Geisler-Bading was born on 30 November 1965 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Monuments Men (2014), Jerichow (2008) and Lore (2012). She is married to Thomas Bading. They have two children.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Alex Rodine was born on 18 June 1922 in Berlin, Weimar Republic [now Germany]. He was an actor, known for JFK (1991), Firefox (1982) and Battlestar Galactica (1978). He was married to Anna Cheselka. He died on 4 January 2003.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Lothar G. Buchheim was born on 6 February 1918 in Weimar, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Das Boot (1981), Das Boot (2018) and Das Boot (1985). He was married to Diethild Wickboldt and Geneviève Militon. He died on 22 February 2007 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Holger Mahlich was born on 6 December 1945 in Weimar, Germany. He is an actor, known for Traffik (1989), Eolomea (1972) and Das unsichtbare Visier (1973). He was previously married to Micaela Kreißler.- Actress
- Soundtrack
In addition to her vocal dubbing and on-screen film credits, Etta Moten played the role of Bess in the 1943 revival of "Porgy and Bess" at the personal request of Ira Gershwin (not George, who had died in 1937). Etta and husband Claude Barnett, founder of the Negro Associated Press, served as US representatives to the independence celebrations of Ghana and several other African countries. Also a radio journalist, Etta interviewed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. after the ceremonies in Ghana on March 6, 1957, and conducted her own radio show for WMAQ/NBC in Chicago for many years.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Paula was born in Weimar, Germany, in 1995 and later moved to Wales. She is bilingual; fluent in English and German. She started acting at the age of 9, when she was discovered by a Berlin Acting Agency. Paula made her debut on the German TV show 'Leo ein fast perfekter Typ'. Paula attended the UWC Atlantic College, where she graduated with an International Baccalaureate. She later moved to Scotland to study Business Administration. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.- Ivo Kortlang was born in 1994 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Club der roten Bänder (2015), Tatort (1970) and Ameisen gehen andere Wege (2011).
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Ilka Teichmüller was born on 15 November 1970 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Cosmo (1995), Die Wache (1994) and In aller Freundschaft (1998).- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hans Werner was born on 11 May 1950 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. He is a director and writer, known for Police Call 110 (1971), Tatort (1970) and Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965).- Claus Clausen was born on 15 August 1899 in Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach [now Thuringia], Germany. He was an actor, known for Burning Hearts (1945), Der Feuerteufel (1940) and Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933). He died on 25 November 1989 in Essen, Germany.
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
- Location Management
Johanna Ragwitz was born in 1978 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. She is a casting director, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), Pandorum (2009) and Cloud Atlas (2012).- Dagmar Dempe was born in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. She is known for Soy Luna (2016), Nelken in Aspik (1976) and Lissi und der wilde Kaiser (2007).
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Evgeniy Puzyrevskiy was born on 17 February 1987 in Weimar, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for He Was a Friend of Him (2015), She Sees Red - Interactive Movie (2019) and Mama vsegda ryadom (2016).- Karl Walter Sprungala was born on 14 April 1957 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. He was an actor, known for Sapphire Blue (2014), Lindenstraße (1985) and Tatort (1970). He died on 7 July 2022.
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actress
Charlotte Flemming was born on 3 July 1920 in Weimar, Germany. She was a costume designer and actress, known for Cabaret (1972), The Last Summer (1954) and The Serpent's Egg (1977). She was married to Günther Anders. She died on 3 March 1993 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was born on 8 March 1714 in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire [now Thuringia, Germany]. Carl Philipp Emanuel was a composer, known for Paris (2008), Después del sueño (1992) and Wuthering Heights (2011). Carl Philipp Emanuel was married to Johanna Dannemann. Carl Philipp Emanuel died on 14 December 1788 in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany].- Helmut Gauß was born on 2 August 1944 in Weimar, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Liebling Kreuzberg (1986) and Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968).
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Ken Lamkin was born on 22 June 1932 in Weimar, Texas, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for This Is the Life (1952), Frasier (1993) and Suburban Commando (1991). He died on 1 November 2012 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.- Wolfgang Hohlbein (born August 15, 1953 in Weimar) is a German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction who was born in Weimar, Thuringia and today lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike, is also a writer and often works with her husband. He is quoted saying it is she who brings the "fairytale-magic" to his works.
Writing short stories since age 15, Hohlbein was first recognized as an author after sending in a manuscript he and his wife had written at a fantasy and science fiction writing contest in 1982. They won and their book, Märchenmond (English title: "Magic Moon"), was published by Ueberreuter Publishing, soon becoming a bestseller and winning several awards. It is one of their greatest successes till today.
Hohlbein is the best known and most productive German writer of fantasy. Many of his more than 200 books are translated and published in all major European countries except Great Britain as well as in Korea. Yet for many years none of his works had been translated into English, not even the eight Indiana Jones novels he wrote. In 2006, Magic Moon was translated into English and published in the United States.
He says that Hagen von Tronje, his adaptation of the germanic legend of the same name, is his favorite among his own novels. - Helmut Müller-Lankow was born on 19 April 1928 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Kleinbürger (1968), Gavroche (1987) and Die Frauen der Wardins (1974). He was married to Anne Dessau. He died on 8 March 2006 in Berlin, Germany.
- Evelyn Fischer was born in 1964 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
- Ludwig Bechstein was born on 24 November 1801 in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Holy Roman Empire [now Thuringia, Germany]. He was a writer, known for The Little Broomstick Rider, Vom Knaben, der das Hexen lernen wollte (1988) and Der Hasenhüter (1977). He was married to Johanne Therese Schulz and Karoline Wiskemann. He died on 14 May 1860 in Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen [now Thuringia, Germany].
- Composer
- Music Department
Plagens was rated one of the top organists and pianists in the American Southwest, in constant demand for entertainment at public and private events in addition to his radio and TV work in Dallas, Texas. A musical prodigy, he began playing the piano at the age of 4 and at 7 became the pianist of First Baptist Church. He made the piano and the organ his career after graduation from high school in 1941, and after 36 months in the Air Force he settled in the Dallas-Ft.Worth area, where he eventually became music director of WFAA-TV.- Actor
- Writer
Holger Franke was born on 5 May 1942 in Weimar, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Go for Zucker (2004), RobbyKallePaul (1989) and Antibodies (2005).- Horst-Werner Loos was born on 4 February 1915 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zwischen den Zügen (1961), Nebelmörder (1964) and Picknick im Felde (1962). He died in 1981.
- Writer
- Director
- Cinematographer
Jochen Wisotzki was born in 1953 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. He is a writer and director, known for Komm in den Garten (1991), BAIZ bleibt ...woanders (2014) and Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg. Begegnungen zwischen dem 1. Mai und dem 1. Juli 1990 (1991).- Heinrich Severloh was born on 23 June 1923 in Metzingen, Weimar Republic [now Germany]. He died on 14 January 2006 in Lachendorf, Germany.
- Walburga Gmür was born in 1901 in Weimar, Germany. She was an actress, known for Le règne de l'esprit malin (1938), Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe (1941) and Es Dach überem Chopf (1962). She was married to Max Haufler. She died on 9 December 1974 in Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Hans-Hartmut Krüger was born on 26 November 1926 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Die Falle (1975), Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965) and Meine Freundin Sybille (1967). He died on 7 February 2000 in Eisdorf, Lower Saxony, Germany.- Robert Nickisch was born on 22 November 1982 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Mute (2018), Tatort (1970) and Harro #KillThemAll. He is married to Sophie Schwarz. They have one child.
- Juliane Korén was born on 17 January 1951 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. She was an actress, known for Sleeping Beauty (1971), The Diary of Anne Frank (1982) and Die Hosen des Ritters Bredow (1973). She died on 7 May 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
- Anica Röhlinger was born in 1996 in Lehnstedt bei Weimar, Germany. She is an actress, known for In aller Freundschaft (1998), Castle Einstein (1998) and Unsere zehn Gebote (2005).
- Valeska Hegewald was born on 14 June 1958 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Lord Hansi (1991), Flugstaffel Meinecke (1989) and In aller Freundschaft (1998).
- Actress
- Writer
Andrea Hanna Hünniger was born on 13 October 1984 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Jesus Cries (2015), Ruthtutgut (2010) and Menschen (1982).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ella Endlich was born on 18 June 1984 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Das Kreuz mit der Schrift (2005), Die 30 legendärsten Popstars der Achtziger (2014) and Wenn die Musi spielt (1992).- Sydney Loder was born on 4 June 1899 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Eureka Stockade (1949). He died on 22 July 1977 in Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Hesse, Germany.
- Alexandre Bakhtiarov was born on 2 February 1987 in Weimar, Germany.
- Tanja Lasch was born on 11 September 1975 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Harald G. Petersson was born on 16 October 1904 in Weimar, Germany. He was a writer, known for Vom Schicksal verweht (1942), Mistress of the World (1960) and Der Zinker (1963). He was married to Sybille Schmitz. He died on 8 July 1977 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
- Production Designer
H.M. Crayon was born on 13 November 1890 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor and production designer, known for Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben (1973), Naked City (1958) and Hafenpolizei (1963). He died on 19 November 1972 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Yvonne Andrä was born on 9 May 1969 in Weimar, Germany. Yvonne is a director and writer, known for Die jungen Kadyas (2022), Arena 196 - Zwischen Wende, Wahl und Wirklichkeit (2023) and The Other Europeans in: Broken Sound (2011).- Sigurd Lohde was born on 4 June 1899 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for Und das am Montagmorgen (1959), Frozen Alive (1964) and Das Kaffeehaus (1964). He died on 22 July 1977 in Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Hesse, Germany.
- Willi Neuenhahn was born on 25 January 1928 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frau Venus und ihr Teufel (1967), Der Traum des Hauptmann Loy (1961) and Das Licht auf dem Galgen (1976). He was married to Leonore Neuenhahn-Henke. He died on 25 August 1993 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Gustav Grabolle was born on 18 January 1993 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Castle Einstein (1998), Unsere zehn Gebote (2005) and Ein Engel für alle (2005).
- Heinz Hellmich was born on 11 March 1924 in Weimar, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Divided Heaven (1964), Zeit der Störche (1971) and Die Glatzkopfbande (1963). He died in 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
- Lisa Weise was born on 16 December 1880 in Weimar, Germany. She was an actress, known for Klein Doortje (1917), Durchlaucht Hypochonder (1918) and Fräulein Wildfang (1916). She died on 6 December 1951 in Weimar, Germany.
- Axel Buether was born in 1967 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.