Hans Kratzert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hans Kratzert

German film director

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1940

Place of Birth: Polkowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Hans Kratzert

  • Hans Kratzert (born 3 February 1940) is a German screenwriter and film director.
  • Kratzert was born in Heerwegen in the Province of Silesia during the Second World War.
  • He was part of the mass emigration of Germans westward following Nazi Germany's defeat during the war.
  • Kratzert's family settled in the Soviet-occupied territory that became East Germany, where he grew up. After military service, Kratzert began working at DEFA the state-owned East German film company.
  • After making his directoral debut in 1968, Kratzert went on to direct a further thirteen films up to 1989.
  • He made a number of family films and in 1972 directed the Red Western Tecumseh (1972), a biopic of the Native American leader of the same name.
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the closure of DEFA effectively ended his career as a film director.

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