Peter Lilienthal
Birthday: 1929-11-27
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
Biography: His family emigrated to Uruguay in 1939. 1956 scholarship at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HDK) in Berlin, Germany. Between 1959 and 1964 he worked at the German TV channel Suedwestfunk, first as an assistant, later as a director. 1967/68 he was lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. Co-founder of the German distributor Filmverlag der Autoren. Since 1985 headmaster of the section Film- und Medienkunst at the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin.
Movies
The American Friend
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture fra...
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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag f...
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Milo-Milo
Set in the greek island Milos, this action comedy follows a group of people searching for the actual...
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The Foundling
The story centers on the Roman merchant Piacchi, who raises the foundling Nicolo after the death of ...
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Who is Helene Schwarz?
Only the chosen few know this woman who started working as a secretary for the German Film and Telev...
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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
A private detective infiltrates a gang of drug-dealing extortionists who prey on politicians....
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Ein Fremder
Sixty years after the Holocaust, director Peter Lilienthal, himself a victim and refugee of the Nazi...
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Starbuck Holger Meins
Twenty-five years after the death of Holger Meins, filmmaker and former student friend of the deceas...
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Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
One of Germany's stars of cinematography, embarks on the journey through his life. The film begins i...
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