Konrad Petzold
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 26, 1930, Radebeul, Germany
- Died
- November 12, 1999
- Movies
- 29
Konrad Petzold (26 April 1930, Radebeul - 12 November 1999, Kleinmachnow) was a German film director, writer, and actor.
Born the youngest of six children in a poor family, he was the son of a worker and a housewife. After an internship at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), he shot his first feature film in Czechoslovakia in 1955, a comedy called The Fools Among Us. His next film was an adventure film, A Dog in the Marsh, which brought him national recognition, especially among young people. However his next movie The Dress (1961), based on "The Emperor's New Clothes", was accused of hidden political satire, and he was temporarily dismissed from the profession.
Petzold, along with other directors such as Konrad Wolf, Heiner Carow, and Egon Günther, were part of the so-called "second DEFA generation" born in East Germany between 1920 and 1930.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1983 | The Scout | |
| 1980 | Alma schafft alle | |
| 1979 | Für Mord kein Beweis | Obermeister des Strafvollzugs |
| 1971 | Osceola | |
| 1970 | Fatal Error | |
| 1950 | The Benthin Family | FDJler |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1991 | The Robe | Director |
| 1989 | The Goose Princess | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Startfieber | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | The Scout | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Martin XIII. | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | Alma schafft alle | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | Für Mord kein Beweis | Director, Writer |
| 1978 | Oh, diese Tante | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Kit & Co. | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Die Hosen des Ritters von Bredow | Screenplay, Director |
| 1971 | Osceola | Director |
| 1970 | Fatal Error | Director |
| 1969 | White Wolves | Director |
| 1966 | Alfons Zitterbacke | Director, Writer |
| 1964 | The Song of the Trumpeter | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes | Director |
| 1962 | The Hunt for the Boot | Director, Writer |
| 1960 | The Moorhound | Director, Writer |
| 1959 | Natürlich die Nelli! | Director, Writer |
| 1958 | Adventures in Bamsdorf | Director, Writer |
| 1956 | The Trip to Bamsdorf | Director, Writer |
| 1955 | Fools Among Us | Writer, Director |
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