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Frank Beyer (1932-2006) was a German film director who worked for the state film monopoly DEFA in East Germany. He made films that dealt with the Nazi era, contemporary East Germany and other topics, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Jacob the Liar.
With the genre piece "Karbid und Sauerampfer" from 1963, he made his breakthrough as a celebrated director of comedies. Frank Beyer became the most important filmmaker in the GDR alongside Gerhard Klein, Joachim Kunert and Konrad Wolf, but his works also caused political controversy.
Oct 3, 2006 · BERLIN, Oct. 2 (Agence France-Presse) — Frank Beyer, one of East Germany’s most renowned filmmakers in its Communist era, best known for his Warsaw ghetto drama “Jacob the Liar,” died here on...
Oct 6, 2006 · Frank Beyer, 74, a well-known film director in the former East Germany who saw some of his movies banned by its communist authorities, died Sunday in Berlin after a long illness.
Frank Beyer. Director: Trace of Stones. After school, Frank Beyer studied theater studies. He started his career with an internship at the theater and as a stage dramaturge. He later attended the Film School in Prague (FAMU). While still a student, he became Kurt Maetzig's assistant and accompanied films such as "Castles and Cats" (1957).
Feb 9, 2007 · Frank Beyer (1932—2006) directed some of the most powerful and historically significant films made in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Frank Beyer was one of the most important German directors of the postwar period and made some of Germany’s most powerful and historically significant films. Throughout his career, Beyer collaborated with many artists on more than one film project: actors Manfred Krug, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Erwin Geschonneck; and authors and scriptwriters ...
